boxster spyder with a gts engine

[mayes911]

was thinking about gen 1 boxster/cayman s with x51 engines which has been done and also been done by an opc.as the gen 2 cars are not easy to tune for more power what if you put a gts/x51 3.8 in a spyder or cayman R what a car you would have 400 bhp 1275 kg. but is it going to go in and what else would need changing if anything?
so you buy a £30k spyder add new engine fitted for £15k less £5k for old engine =£40k for a giant slayer!!

[mrh1275]

I spoke to the guys at ruf,I'm thinking of going for the 3.8 conversion on my
Spyder .. 400 plus bhp !

[SonnyM]

Can the chassis and drivetrain handle 400hp?

[mrh1275]

Easily

[sleep envy]

I know of two 986 that have hat GT2 engines fitted - they don't tend to hold together too well for some reason

[DS240]

mrh1275 said:

I spoke to the guys at ruf,I'm thinking of going for the 3.8 conversion on my
Spyder .. 400 plus bhp !

Wow, that would be amazing. Please add updates on whether you are going to do this.

[iandews]

I was told the GT3 engine will fit and the Boxster/Cayman can easily take it, but unsure how accurate that would be, and suspect it would cost a huuuuge amount.

[Magic919]

Of course 911 engines rotate in the opposite direction too.

[arcamalpha]

Magic919 said:

Of course 911 engines rotate in the opposite direction too.

Opposite direction to Cayman/Boxter engines? Surely they just swap the differential to drive the other way?

I did hear that the GT3/Gen1 Turbo engines spin the other way though, hence why they can't mate to a PDK box...

Edited by arcamalpha on Friday 20th January 08:36

[iandews]

Magic919 said:

Of course 911 engines rotate in the opposite direction too.

Damn it, I'll have to drive around in reverse

[AxelS]

Like this?

http://home.mobile.de/home/showDetails.html?id=151...

[iandews]

AxelS said:

Like this?

http://home.mobile.de/home/showDetails.html?id=151...

Oddly no pictures of the engine (you'd think that would be an important picture to take) and that exhaust is well off centre haha

[khooni]

mayes911 said:

was thinking about gen 1 boxster/cayman s with x51 engines which has been done and also been done by an opc.as the gen 2 cars are not easy to tune for more power what if you put a gts/x51 3.8 in a spyder or cayman R what a car you would have 400 bhp 1275 kg. but is it going to go in and what else would need changing if anything?
so you buy a £30k spyder add new engine fitted for £15k less £5k for old engine =£40k for a giant slayer!!

labour cost would hurt + insurance + limited resale value..............

you have to be committed...

crazy IMO.. but hey it will be unique for sure.....

[Pope]

arcamalpha said:

Opposite direction to Cayman/Boxter engines? Surely they just swap the differential to drive the other way?

I did hear that the GT3/Gen1 Turbo engines spin the other way though, hence why they can't mate to a PDK box...

The differential orientation is different that's all, Porsche engines all turn clockwise - (some/all?) Honda engines turn anticlockwise..........

[cragswinter]

Has Amari sold that cayman with the carrera 3.8S engine yet? According to their sales spiel it cost the orig owner 40 grand or something? (punch of salt perhaps?)