Engine swap thoughts

[woodsman]

$11000! I could have a Porsche for that....

[Jamesp]

The LS1 seems like a good choice from a bang for the buck, and long term reliability standpoint.

[ルーカス]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

The LS1 seems like a good choice from a bang for the buck, and long term reliability standpoint.

You make a valid point, American heart in a German car... Although on paper it sounds great, I wouldn't want the Porsche gods to hate me lol.

As for the EJ's those engines have problems just like ever other engine, the 2.5's suffer from the ring land failures and head gaskets. The whole oil starvation is easily fixed with an oil pressure gauge. Keep an eye on it and you will be okay. The only other oil starvation i've ever seen is guys running VERY stiff suspension with R-compounds on exceptionally long turns (the sweeping right at mosport park for example). There's pros and cons to every engine I suppose. I'd like to stay in the Porsche family.

[Porsche9]

Stick with a Porsche motor. Go find yourself a low miles 3.4 or 3.6, take care of the IMS and any other know weakness and sell the old 2.7l to help pay for it all.

[itsnotanova]

I'm thinking about going with the Audi 2.7T for my mid-engine 911. This is what sparked my interest in that motor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtNMxVKegM
They did a single turbo conversion on the one in the video, but they come with twin turbos from the factory. It's a pretty stout motor in stock form and not too hard to get 600hp out of them with some bolt-on parts. The more I read up on the 2.7T, the more I like it. Heck I'm half tempted to put one in a boxster. The biggest reason I'm leaning toward the 2.7T, is their size. It's only roughly 18 inches long and they're dirt cheap. You can pick one up for just a few hundred $$. I had the chance today to see one in person and get some measurements. I took a 6 speed along with me so I could see how well they mate up.


The dowel pins are just a hair too big and keep the engine and trans from mounting flush together. That would be an easy fix by just drilling out the dowel holes.

This is another problem when trying to mate the Porsche 6 speed to the 2.7T. The starter is in the bottom right corner. Still not a hard fix. Just cut out an area for the starter nose and weld on a cover.

[ルーカス]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I'm thinking about going with the Audi 2.7T for my mid-engine 911. This is what sparked my interest in that motor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtNMxVKegM
They did a single turbo conversion on the one in the video, but they come with twin turbos from the factory. It's a pretty stout motor in stock form and not too hard to get 600hp out of them with some bolt-on parts. The more I read up on the 2.7T, the more I like it. Heck I'm half tempted to put one in a boxster. The biggest reason I'm leaning toward the 2.7T, is their size. It's only roughly 18 inches long and they're dirt cheap. You can pick one up for just a few hundred $$. I had the chance today to see one in person and get some measurements. I took a 6 speed along with me so I could see how well they mate up.


The dowel pins are just a hair too big and keep the engine and trans from mounting flush together. That would be an easy fix by just drilling out the dowel holes.

This is another problem when trying to mate the Porsche 6 speed to the 2.7T. The starter is in the bottom right corner. Still not a hard fix. Just cut out an area for the starter nose and weld on a cover.

You had my interest but now you have my attention.
Build thread anywhere?