Porsche 944 engine swap

[e301988325i]

Have just been looking on EBAY and there'ss a 3.0L 16V 4 pot 944 s2 engine available. item number 120370319390.

As there's lot's of argument about torquey high capacity sixes vs light weight revvy 4 pots,
Would this be the ideal NA swap of a short and light (?) 4 cyl engine and the chassis balance that goes with it, with the capacity of big six? It's a darn site lot cheaper than a s14 too.

nb) 210bhp, 210 ft/lbs for that engine

Alex

[Jon_Bmw]

Arn't they a bit underpowered for all of that effort?

You'd get better weight distribution, but a turbocharged 4 pot of some description would be the way forwards if an s14 was out of the question.

[e301988325i]

Hence the ideal NA swap, not that powerfull but it's a wide torque band

[Jon_Bmw]

Oh right, I have seen your edit now. 210bhp isn't too shabby I guess. I thought they were around 190bhp for some reason. Depends what you want the car for I guess, just for all the effort that is needed I would kind of want 250bhp+ imo. Perhaps I am just lazy?

[UweM3]

what gearbox would you run with this? The Porsche transaxle?

[e301988325i]

Good question hence the discussion!!
Anythings possible in the end, bolting a BMW gearbox to it with a custom prop would be my guess of the easiest route? Would there even be space for the transaxle? custom driveshafts sound more expensive than a custom prop too.

[UweM3]

Good question hence the discussion!!
Anythings possible in the end, bolting a BMW gearbox to it with a custom prop would be my guess of the easiest route? Would there even be space for the transaxle? custom driveshafts sound more expensive than a custom prop too.

hmmm, driveshafts! Never thought about this. Good to have this discussion

My honest opinion would be NOT to use this engine in the first place. When my M3 was falling apart I was thinking of getting rid of it and buy a 944/968 so I looked a little bit into that (wanted to fit an LS1 engine) and was surprised to read that the engine is a bit fragile and very costly to rebuild. Especially the 3.0
Also tuning parts are not that easy to get hold off and £££'s

[e301988325i]

All interesting stuff. If only porsche had attached a gearbox it would make the transplant an interesting car! supercharged 16v bmw engine it is then! Cheers