New Project.... 1983 Porsche 944

[BuickFan25]

First off, let me start by saying howdy...

My new project is a Porsche 944, that i want to drop a Turbo Buick motor into...

I have had two different buicks, turbo-t and grand national... so ia m very familiar with the motor, just need help with ideas and how to's..

Thanks in advance for any assistance

Hank

 

[22lbChevelle]

Hey welcome and nice project. The swap should be fairly straight forward until you get to the wiring. A lot of guys use casperselectronics.com for a harness for adapting the wiring to another car. If you want to build the wiring yourself just ask, I went this route and have some good sketches and diagrams that can be useful. Good luck!

 

[stagemonster]

nice project

 

[1dollardog]

Refresh my memory. Does the 944 have a transaxle instead of a transmission. I recall (or think I do) that it has some sort of a dirrect driveshaft from the engine back to the transaxle assembly. In other words it doesn't have a standard rear end like a regular rear wheel drive car. I've never owned one so I'm probably not right. I've always wanted to put a GN engine in a 914 or even a 911 but as far as I got was finding and buying the adapter plate and flywheel for the GN engine to the porshe trans. Good luck and keep us posted.
Steve

 

[BuickFan25]

Yeah... it uses driveshaft tubes...

The 944 does use a sort of direct drive... there r adapters for SBC swaps, but I dont want to do that one...

 

[CTX-SLPR]

The 944 does use a sort of direct drive... there r adapters for SBC swaps, but I dont want to do that one...

what about putting the adapter in there and then using the Chevy to BOP-C bellhousing adapter to get it to mate up? I'm assuming this thing has like a C5/6 torque tube setup with an engine speed driveshaft inside of a tube connected to the front of the trans axle.

 

[BuickFan25]

Yep...

U absolutely correct, on the driveshaft tube... I will look into the adapter u were talkin about..

Thanks..

 

[BuickFan25]

One more thing...

Anyone out there using the T/A performance aluminum motor for their car...

thanks

 

[CTX-SLPR]

They are not that common as they are expensive and take a lot of the prep work that a stock block had done by GM but they are very nice motors after you get them up and running.

 

[DR BOOST]

contact turbobob924 on this board. he has completed this swap years ago.