Re: Porshche 944 engine in a 4000Q

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Dan Dwyer writes:
> Anyway, getting to the subject at hand.  I have the oppurtunity to pick 
> up a totaled '84 944 for super cheap.  I was wondering if anybody has 
> heard of doing such a conversion.  The idea of a non-turbo lagged 150 
> horsepower does sound kind of nice.  I understand that the 944 has 
> Motronic rather than K-Jetronic fuel injection, but I'm pretty 
> confortable doing any harness or other changes associated with that.  
> I'm primarily concerned with whether or not it will bolt to the Quattro 
> tranny and motor mounts.  Would it interfere with any other systems on 
> the car?  I had read that audi and porsche engines were interchangeable 
> on the old 924's, but I don't know if that carried over to the 944.

You'd be faced with A LOT of custom fabrication to make that work.
That's like building a new car, not just doing an engine swap...
Definitely not for the faint of heart.  Neither the 944 nor the 924
engines were never used in a Audi type 81/85 chassis so there are no
factory pieces to use from a parts car...  all the various brackets,
mounts, supports, linkages, hoses, lines, etc need to be custom made...
and that's assuming that the engine will even fit without interference
with various componentry or bodywork (if so those will need reworking).
This is just to start, and you'll get into making a custom adapter for
the engine to transmission bellhousing, custom wiring, etc.  How much
time and money do you want to spend?  This would make a turbo I5 swap
seem like a piece of cake by comparison.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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