Porsche 924

[merlin1]

Dont think I coul fit the 8 in and i dont know of any other 4s that would fit the mouting brakets or bell housing and cost is too much to move (make) new braket and running im running on modorate budget

[Jim]

hehe yeah but you could buy a 928 for under $20k and sell the motor and box, and do a complete conversion and come away with a portch that owes you $10k in total! and go harder :D

[Warpspeed]

Merlin, I believe the cylinder heads are interchangeable between the 4 and the 8, well the right hand one is anyway. Perhaps a lot of other things are very similar as well. If the engine mount locations and bell-housings are interchange, it might not actually be that difficult.

A lot of manufacturers are waking up to the economy of making modular engines that can share a lot of components. So a slant four can also be made as a V8, and a straight six as a V12.

Jaguar 6 and V12 cylinder heads also interchange.

[Spac]

You can get import 928s for less than $10k, apparently - a mate found somewhere that had a couple for about $7k each.

Frankly, I'd much prefer a 928 myself... Only portch that I could pretend to afford that does anything for me.

[Warpspeed]

Yes, me too.

But funnily enough the Porsche fanatics hate it, the engine is at the wrong end apparently, so its not a real Porsche.

[denmaster]

Hey - I take offense to that - SAABS make perfectly wonderful 45deg angle engines in their c900s

K-Jetronic fuelling is also 2d (rpm indexed) tunable. Search k-star on google.

LG

[Warpspeed]

Wonderful indeed. But try to imagine how sublime it would be with another four pots hangin out the other side as well.

[itsnotagsr]

The engines suggested above would probably upset the handling and balance a fair bit..... The other issue is that from memory the 924 box is in the rear is it not? therefore youd be moving a lot of weight forward.

[doctor ed]

sorry, a little OT...

but just quietly, ive been thinking for the last 6 months or so of doing a worked NA 1uz into a 928...

now ive not gotten too far into researching this, not even seen a real 928 in the flesh to eyeball the bay, but does anyone know if a 1uz would potentially fit??

dont be concerned with engine mounts blah blah blah - that can all be fabricated, im just interested in "will it fit" ??

also on a side note, what does the 928's native engine weigh?

cheers
ed

[Warpspeed]

itsnotagsr,

The 928 has a similar layout with the box at the back, That is just another reason why fitting a 928 donk would probably be a far easier proposition than fitting anything else.

How much it weighs I would not have a clue, but the later 928 motors have quad cams and four valves per cylinder. The technology is every bit as good as the Japanese engines.

[Spammy]

http://www.renegadehybrids.com/main.htm


these guys do all manner of bad things to Porsches...mostly Chev V8 Conversions.

[Warpspeed]

Golly......... an old iron block chev engine in the bum of a 911.

I bet it would be really tail happy in the wet.

[Nero]

I am thinking why bother?...I recently looked at a 944turbo for 14500 with service history.....better bet than a soggy 924?
928 engines are nice and power upgrades are easy...but its all expensive.....could not think of a good reason to 1uzfe a 928.
re the sc...look on ebay america. there is a new whipple lysholm blower for $1000 usd....a good price

[Stix Zadinia]

i've seen a few 924 Turbo Conversions, should trade it on a 944 Turbo, or upgrade to a bigger motor

maybe find an Audi turbo motor and slot it in

[Ehhhe Yebeb]

Come on, stop talking about toyota motors in porches, any toyota motor in a 924/944 would just be wrong.

You can pick up 944 turbo's pretty cheep too. Around $15K. But i'd set aside alot more than that depending on the condition.

APPARENTLY the 924 turbo/944 NA/944 Turbo engines are all high maintanence engines. The 924 NA engine is supposed to be pretty good.

Take a read of this:

http://www.connact.com/~kgross/FAQ/944faq.html

I don't know how successful you would be ****in about with toyota stuff in a porsche 924, probably cost a heap and take alot of work!!

As for those chev's, yanks will put a chev in anything with wheels. A porsche with a chev would sound so horribly wrong.