[V8] Here's an odd, off the wall question....

[Scott Simmons]

The large, square exhaust hangers back on the rear muffler of your V8 
are Porsche parts, 928.xxx.xxx.xxx

In the 944 world, all the new guys are all gung-ho about squeezing a 928 
motor into their 944.  Why not? Twice the engine in a lighter body.  The 
problem arises in space.  Pull a 928 engine out of a 928, then try to 
get it back in.  That, in itself, is a feat.  The 928 engine /barely/ 
fits into a 928, although I have seen someone squeeze an early model 
(with the spider intake manifold) into a 914.  It took me quite awhile 
to reinstall an 87 S4 engine, especially the clutch.

As for other part interchangeability, a lot of the hardware is probably 
all the same.  The studs, nuts, bolts, possibly injectors, clips, bulbs, 
etc.  They may have different part numbers, although many Porsche parts 
are VAG part numbers (477.xxx.xxx e.g.)

~Scott S.

Roger Woodbury wrote:

>In reading the last post one comment struck me sharply...well, it IS early
>here, afterall.  The comment was that the reason the ignition components for
>the V8 are so expensive is that they fit only that car.
>
>I was wondering if that is entirely accurate.  My musings took me back to
>the time that I spent several hours with the Wrench fantasizing shoehorning
>a Porsche 928 V8 into an Audi 200 Avant Quattro.  
>
>So, since it is so early in the morning, I was pondering whether anyone had
>even considered shoehorning a 928 V8 into an Audi V8?  How about an early
>engine...before they became the S or S4 versions?  
>
>There were quite a few more of them produced than the Audi V8, but I was
>mostly wondering if the back of the engine cases might by some weird
>coincidence be the same...or similar enough to work...
>
>Probably not.  But I was also wondering if ANY of the miscellaneous
>components might actually be the same, if numbered differently, and if put
>into the little plastic baggie with the right symbol on the outside.
>
>Probably not.  But still, the engines are remarkably similar in outward
>appearance...although even the earliest 928 engine is probably a LOT
>wider....
>
>Oh, maybe I should go back to bed.
>
>Roger
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