3.4L vs. 3.6L Engine Swap

[BoxsterRS]

Does anyone know the price for the 3.4L engine or 3.6L. I have tried contacting various companies such as Roock USA, RUF, and some cheap @$$ company who says they do "cost effective Boxster engine swaps" with no reply's did see on the FVD Website a 3.8L engine swap for about 24K which is a lot but considering the potency of the engine (I believe its the gt3 engine or new 997 engine) its sort of a bargain. Also, can someone tell how much $$ wil I be going to spend for the engine swaps and what other improvements would I need to do to my car in order for the swaps to occur ?

[markk]

I have heard that possibilities are limited by means of the type / model-year of your car.

Earlier 986 type cars only have 3.4 possibilities.
Only latter 986 type cars have 3.6 possibilities.
Only 987 type cars have 3.8 997S engine possibilities.

This might be related to non e-gas and e-gas engines but might as well be a seperate criteria for picking an engine.

Furthermore note that, to my knowledge, a 997 3.8S engine is a completely different "beast" than a 996 3.8 GT3 engine. 997 3.8S engine is a MY96 type engine, just like the Boxster 2.7, 3.2, and 996/997 3.4/3.6 and now 3.8 engines. 996GT3 engine as well as the 996TT engines are derived from the completely different GT1 engine (and much better / more expensive)

If have never seen or heard of a Boxster with a 996 3.8 GT3 engine. I have heard of 987 conversions to the 997S 3.8 engine. I have also hear BoxsterS 3.2 conversions from Gemballa to twin turbo's reaching up to 450bhp. Whether they modify the original MY96 3.2S engine and put turbo's on it or put in a 996TT engine and modify it is beyond my knowledge.

Maybe the above is complete bull but those are my conclusions from what I have picked up from various boards.

Would love to know the _REAL_ answers...


Mark.

Here is what Ruf Auto Centres says about the 987 on their web-site:


"2005-2006 Boxster S:

RUF offers a 3.8 liter 997 Carrera S Engine Conversion for the 2005-2006 Boxster S. Each conversion includes a crate motor from Porsche, complete RUF exhaust (headers, sport cats, muffler), RUF air intake, RUF tuned 997 ECU, all necessary wiring, hardware and labor.

The RUF 3.8 liter Boxster S conversion will yield 365hp and has the same reliability and maintenance intervals as a RUF 3800S and 997 Carrera."


The cost is about $40K!!!!

[Brucelee]

"The cost is about $40K!!!!"

That is crazy!

[RandallNeighbour]

I doubt you'd ever get your money back out, even 25% percent of the engine upgrade.

I do love the idea though and have written about it here many, many times! I'd love someone on the forum to do an engine swap. My 1997 is a great candidate for it, but I'd much rather have a 987S that has warranty on it and doesn't need an expansion tank, O2 sensors, probably a MAF soon, etc.

It's all dollars and cents now.

So, I'm looking at earning and raising enough cash for a supercharger. Far cheaper (8k) and easily removed and adds tons of HP.

[Brucelee]

Now back in 1966, my brother dropped a 400ci Buick motor from the junkyard, into his 56 Chevy Bel Air Coupe.

If I recall correctly, he paid $200 for the motor and most of the other components mated (love those divisions in GM). Maybe we spent $500 total, I doubt we had much more to spend.

That car was really really fast in a straight line, and frankly, that is all we cared about. It was also very loud and could smoke the tires for about a city block. I love TORQUE!

He painted it flat black, threw some chrome wheels on it and we had the best summer our our lives.

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