Neo914 powerplant mates!!!!, Audi V6 twin turbo likes Boxster tranny Options

[neo914-6]

I couldn't find a Gates hose supplier open today so my V8 project got stalled. I really need to get this car running before Neo914 arrives from WA.

I went ahead and dug out the Boxster tranny buried behind the 914 V8 and got my new jack installed in my engine lift to get the Audi block on a dolly. This enabled me to test mate them for the first time. I knew the patterns were close but I found the alignment pins matched perfectly and most of the other holes as well. The starter pocket matched too. This means no adapter, no modifying the bellhousing, or finding an alternative tranny. The Audi pins had a shoulder but the diameter matched so all I need to do is buy the pins from the Porsche parts dealer and buy the bolts from the Audi parts dealer (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

[grantsfo]

QUOTE (Neo914 @ May 29 2005, 12:00 PM)

QUOTE There are a growing number of Boxster drivers who have done the 3.4 conversion quite successfully. Grant, Did they do the 3.4 conversion with the 5-speed? I really wanted an “S” 6-speed but noticed too many differences on Jason’s tranny to match to the Audi engine. He has the full “S” drivetrain for his 914 and I would have followed this route but didn’t want to modify the engine bay and rear suspension. I never got to the point of creating a template to check bolt patterns when I noticed the starter pocket is on the top.

Yep I followed a guys project using the 5 spd tranny. He converted an older 2.5 to 3.4. I just cant remeber if he did any level of fabrication to get it to mate to the 5 speed. I do remeber it went together pretty quickly. At one point he had a site but it isnt online anymore.

I'd still love to see somone convert a 914 with either the 986 S 3.2 or the 996 3.4.