how about this for a transplant?

[autodoctor911]

found engine weights per din 7002A

2.5 182 Kg(402lb)

3.2 196 Kg(436lb)

[autodoctor911]

so I would add almost 100lbs of engine, or almost 300 lb feet of torque, which do you think will have mor effect on lap times?

[The Radium King]

too tall to fit?

[autodoctor911]

if you look closely, although the overall hieght is fairly significant, remember it is only 20 inches long, and also look how high the crankshaft centerline is. a large portion of that height is below the centerline, which would be a ground clearance issue, more than anything. not a big deal, unless you have lowered your boxster significantly, or like to haul ass over speed bumps. but a dry sump oiling system with a large capacity, may be in order anyways to increase cornering ability without starvation, as well as increasing ground clearance, and just to increase oil capacity.

[autodoctor911]

definitely not as tall as 2.0 t porsche is talking about installing in new boxster. they must be going to redesign it to lay over on side.

[Lobo1186]

personally, unless you are going for the uniqueness factor it does not seem to be a very good Idea. Especially now with the porscharu conversion or brad Roberts LS boxster. with either of those you have cheaper motor, cheaper power, similar or less weight and also the convenience of being gasoline.
but that is JMHO

[autodoctor911]

I recently spent a year at a ford dealership working on turbodiesels, and I do not know of any gosoline engines that you can make the kind of easy power upgrades that you can on these turbodiesels. they are a hacker's dream. a reprogram that you can download onto a sd card insert int a programmer and download to the pcm can gain 150hp with no modifications to the truck. other hacker mods I did were to eliminate egr, mainly for reliability, not for power gains. also arp head studs with factory multilayer steel head gaskets. I once tried the fire ring head sealing system, but it failed for unknown reasons. diesel is available everywhere, and the efficiency is great. the impact on the environment is not one of my first concerns, but it sounds good when your talking to a non-gearhead.

Originally Posted by Lobo1186

personally, unless you are going for the uniqueness factor it does not seem to be a very good Idea. Especially now with the porscharu conversion or brad Roberts LS boxster. with either of those you have cheaper motor, cheaper power, similar or less weight and also the convenience of being gasoline.
but that is JMHO