Anyone planning on putting a Porsche engine in?
 

Just thinking about how cool a 911 engine would be in an 86/FR-S/BRZ. Especially something out of a GT3.

I'd love to know if anyone has plans along these lines.

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no! would prefer to buy the whole porcshe.

Good point and if we could get them in Australia as cheap as you get them over there I'd have one now.

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2013/...e/911/pricing/

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/535...e-in-australia

and our dollar buys $1.03 US dollars too!

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im not sure what you are saying makes much sense.

If you were going to buy a 911 engine, you would put it in the cayman chassis, not the fr-s. The 911 turbo engine in a cayman chassis is one of the most potent combinations available. Its like taking a nail file and turning it into a chainsaw.

why the hell would anyone do that to a Porsche.

because the cayman chassis is the best chassis porsche makes. Its a potent weapon on the circuit.

OP is joking, right?

Right??

Just go buy a Porsche. Done.

Enough crashed porsches around that are unrepairable you can use as donor so why not? dont see what's wrong with the idea?

a 2JZ GTE would be nice but a little front heavy. Ahh Porsche, would the 3.2L H6 from the Boxter match up?

True as far as the general configuration AFAIK, (I'm not an expert), but the Carerra chassis has been so well developed and refined over the years that its tough to beat..

Thematically curious, maintaining the boxer engine configuration. It won't be a drop-in of course. Even if the engine fit, you'd likely need a bell-housing adapter, and of course an entirely new wiring harness + ECU. Dash communication may be difficult too. The result may harm the weight balance of the car, but it would be an interesting experiment

By continuously polishing a turd of an idea [rear engine], you can eventually approach the inherent goodness of a haphazardly executed good idea. The Boxster and Cayman are wonderful chassis, but Porsche is politically biased to keep the 911 as its halo car, despite its inherent flaw. If they put the same resources into the Boxster/Cayman, they'd likely be on par with the 458 Italia and MP4-12C for significantly less money. Don't misconstrue that I'm dissing the 911; it's still a wonderful car for what it is; just like there are some really great front-drive cars.

Depending on which Porsche engine, it will probably cost the same as the frs