How much would a 2002 3.6L swap cost?

[Jacques79]

So basically it would be cheaper for me to sell my Boxster S and buy a mint 2002 911 convertible...

[ChrisZang]

yep, but remember that a 911 has the engine in the wrong place and having it turned 180 degrees will cost you even more

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Jacques79

So basically it would be cheaper for me to sell my Boxster S and buy a mint 2002 911 convertible...

How about upgrading to a 09 987 with DFI engine?

People who do these type of mods want to be different from everyone else. Yes they can buy a new one but that's not what they're after.

And a Porsche is not a Honda where it costs $3k for a mint JDM motor and spend an afternoon at your buddy's garage to do the swap.

Either you fully understand what you're doing and do the work yourself for much less, or fork out $25-30k at a shop to do the full conversion.

[BoxsterLewis]

I'm currently in the process of putting in a 2004 3.6L. I can say its been a little of a nightmare but heres what has gone on:

spent 6K for motor at about 30K miles
it needs new headers to fit and also new fuel rails but i have a 2001 so u might not need it. its looking like aorund 8-10K to put in. I also bought a clutch and new flywheel along with other parts. The HARD part is having the electricals work, getting it in is not a problem its having the car work right with the 911 variocam, ect stuff. As of now i need to get a 911 ECU and you have to cut some wires and reattach to make it work which my shop says takes quiet sometime. So they are looking at 60 hours for the whole project unless i can buy a harness from Thoyalack that i can pay him to make me. ill keep you guys updated, its expensive but i cant wait to have a faaast boxster!!

[tholyoak]

You don't need new fuel rails and 60h of labour is a bit on the absurd side.

A 2001 is cheaper to do than a 2000 as other components need to be upgraded to work with the 7.8 DME and CAN bus system on the earlier cars. The nice thing about the 2001 is all of the CAN bus network is there, it just uses a 7.2 DME.

In general you will need
Engine
Clutch and flywheel
Exhaust
Air filter/intake system

Depending on the year you will also need other components like fuel pumps, DME, other system controllers and rewiring.

For a pre-2001 car I if you are paying someone else to do the work I would probably go with one of Jake's big bore motors.

For the later cars I still like the 7.8 DME with the variocam plus, that I don't think is present in Jake's conversions. The variocam plus gives a lot more range in cam timing as well as more valve lift that the earlier variocam heads don't do with there simple all or nothing ramp system of cam timing adjustment.

At this point if you are going to do a swap, go with the 3.8 the only difference is a small difference in the initial cost of the motor, the rest of the expenses are the same.

-Todd

[BoxsterLewis]

Todd they did get a new clutch but its a clutch for the Boxster S but a 996 flywheel i think.For the fuel rails he was tlaking about the return system being dufferent on mine? Would you be able to fabricate a harness i could buy from you?