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Originally Posted by Corbic
Now the much better plan is his latest efforts...
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Thats right, 4.2 baby!
Boxster's two transmission are the Audi/VW 012 FWD 5spd Transaxle and the 01E 6spd Tranaxle. These units share the same bell housing pattern as all the Longitudinal VW/Audi engines. The 2.7TT, 1.8T, 2.8 V6, 4.2 V8 etc.
Another example:
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The 4.2 came in several forms. Most common will be the vanilla A6 and A8 engines. They all make around 300hp. Newer engines and specialty engines (RS6/RS8) make more power but cost considerably more. A 32v 295hp 4.2 is ~$500.
So you'll save some coin by skipping the adapter plate / clutch+flywheel issues. You'll get a cheap powerful engine and my god the noises it makes...
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So my plan at this time is sell my running 2.5l for $2,500 - $3,000. Buy a 4.2l for $500, clean it up for another $500, megasquirt, long tubes... oh yeah... poor mans R8
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Ok, so this idea got me all hot and bothered and ready to go buy a 986 for swapping. Until I actually looked into this shit. I couldn't find 1 example of anyone completing this swap and getting it running. If you have info on running 4.2L 986's (preferably with the 6spd trans), please post it.
Everything I've seen says, yeah, the dimensions are right so getting it to fit isn't the problem. But wiring it up is still mystifying most ppl. You can't run either the Porsche or Audi ECU, so say goodbye to a working gauge cluster and other niceties. And since the 4.2L is a pretty complex motor, most doubt that megasquirt will be able to operate it fully, causing a big loss in power.
Seems a lot like the early issues we encountered trying to run VQ engines in 240's. I want the 4.2L 6spd 986 idea to work, but I can't find any examples of anyone getting it done...