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Old 01-30-2010, 08:56 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Adam
The 3.4-3.8L engines are not physically bigger than your Boxster engine. If you put a 3.8L right next to a 2.7L the layman would have trouble telling which one is which. The increase in size is all internal by more stroke/bore so I don't see why there wouldn't be enough room. Somone with experience in swaps might be able to get more into the details or point out potential problems.
Actually, both the 3.4 and 3.6 have slightly taller intake manifolds (just enough to cause interference), which create top clearance issues that require fooling with the engine mounts to get the necessary vertical clearance .....
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