What engine swap for a Challenge-priced Boxster?

It's a real shame that you don't know a guy with a 928s4 motor laying around. That with a pair of turbos on megasquirt would be hilarious.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/09/twin-turbo-v8-porsche-boxster/

sesto elemento wrote: It's a real shame that you don't know a guy with a 928s4 motor laying around. That with a pair of turbos on megasquirt would be hilarious. http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/09/twin-turbo-v8-porsche-boxster/

DING DING DING!!!

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VW VR6, possibly with turbo(s).

In reply to sesto elemento:

That could be a thing, if you haven't sold it by then. At this point, it's all future music because I haven't even bought the newer Boxster yet.

I don't know anything about swaps but two turbos would be nice.
I think Maserati made one.

newer scooby H6 is interesting. wonder if it has the same interference issues as the wrx motors and the same bell pattern.

Keith Tanner wrote: I know the internet makes it a joke - but I'd be calling up Renegade and stuffing an LS in there. It's popular for a reason, and they really really work. Why deal with Subaru reliability?

The answer is V-8

Biturbo motor...

In reply to stafford1500:

TheMaserati's engine isn't a biturbo, it's just confused

I'm leaning towards the 1.8T, mainly because I've got one laying around and it doesn't appear that I'll have to cut anything

then you can put a turbo badge on the back

It may end up that a running 2.5 is the cheapest and easiest swap.

1.8T or a VR6 would be my vote. Of course I've owned a 2.7 BiTurbo A6 and would love to try a boxster... and then a boxster with a 2.7T.

I wonder if one of the v6 ford EcoBoost motors would fit in there.

Think totaled F150 or mustang or Tauris.

M030 wrote: I'm looking at Audis. There's an A6 with a 2.7 twin turbo that runs but sucks in every other imaginable way for $500 locally

Bolting to the transmission, and having a working starter, are important-I get that. Cheap is nice, too, but aren't these inline, mostly upright engines? Seems like that would require cutting the (top of the) firewall, and maybe even getting into the top mechanism, or is there room? In my dreams, this, or a 914 would get a H6 Subaru, a modded Subaru transmission, and the flat 6 sound.

Above is an opinion loosely based in reality, as I can endorse it as neither feasible, nor advisable.

EDIT: I see they come with all sorts of engine configurations, but the questions still stand.

Challenge price I would go with an ACVW or 914 Porsche transmission, a Kennedy adapter, and a Mazda rotary engine.

oldopelguy wrote: Challenge price I would go with an ACVW or 914 Porsche transmission, a Kennedy adapter, and a Mazda rotary engine.

Call it the Brapster and make sure it shoots flames.

Would you be willing to franken-fab the entire front subframe from a 97-04 Regal GS or sixth gen Grand Prix GTP into the 986? Then all you would need is to wire it up, throw on a pulley, water injection, flash the ECU, and you should have a reliable, practical, economical to run Porsche.

There seems to be a something of a contest to come with the weirdest idea. Here are mine 1. Packard Straight Eight 2. Buick Nail head 3. TDI with VW factory cheater tune.

In reply to Type Q:

Actually, a TDI isn't that bad of an idea. It keeps it within the VAG family, is highly tuneable, fairly common, and rather practical.

dean1484 wrote: Think totaled F150 or mustang or Tauris.

Love the idea but reading this makes me think that's a really difficult trick (unless you spend $$$ for an ECU from Ford

You would need the ecu but it would be a great ride.

Eureka! I've got it! A 3.2L VR6 from a base-model Cayenne. Cayennes are cheap and plentiful at the salvage auctions. It would stay "all Porsche" and I could part-out the rest of the Cayenne to offset its purchase price

That sounds interesting!