Re: 951 swaps - back to reality

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In a message dated 6/15/99 4:02:14 PM Central Daylight Time, 
schulz@ed.ray.com writes:

> Tomas Leveckis wrote:
>  > 
>  > would it be possible then to fit a 944 turbo engine (specifically the 
1989
>  > 2.5L turbo)
>  > into a 90Q20V?????? i
>  > 
>  Tom:
>  
>  As the saying goes, given $$$ and time, anything is possible...
>  No, it's not a bolt in and would require _ALOT_ of custom fabrication.
>  Not to mention alot of custom wiring...to build an ersatz S2, one can
>  always 
>  buy the factory S2 harness and install on a 3b turbo motor from 
>  a 1991 200 donor vehicle...
>  
>  see Brandon's ersatz web page for the real technical details
>  and tradeoffs: http://20v.org/s2 
>  
>  
>  Custom = $$$$
>  

Bingo.  Anything is possible, it's only money after all.  I'm a fan of the 
951, but would talk any customer out of a 951 to quattro swap.  Why bother?  
The bux involved would be beyond reasonable, in fact, you could probably keep 
your CQ for the winter and buy a 951 for the summer, and still have money to 
tweek the 951, for the price of doing the 951 into the q.  

Hopefully this was a dreamy thread that will find a realistic end.  Let's 
stick to the reasonable I5 to I5t please.  Given the number of actual swaps 
done on any of these lists, diving into the 951 motor tangent seems a bit 
more than premature.

My .02

Scott Justusson
QSHIPQ Performance Tuning
QSHIPQ@aol.com
'87 5ktqwRS2-10vt
'84 UrqRS2-20vt
'87 4Runner turbo