so i bought a porsche.......
12-03-2014, 02:59 AM
#1
so i bought a porsche.......
ive been looking for a project car for a while. it had to be small, light and rwd, and i wanted something you dont see everywhere. i had been through the datsun 510s, 70s celicas and corollas, almost bought a cortina, i ended up with an idea for something different and ran with it.
its a 1985.5 porsche 944 non turbo. i looked at a few of these cars and this was the best fit, clean car, drove nice and priced right. its a hell of a good handling car, just way underpowered for what it is.
so whats my plan? well, itll get some wheels, might do a flares, drop it a bit, oh and this
i built that engine in 2008 for a friends sunbird. well years later, and not that many miles the car has changed hands and is getting parted out, and im getting the engine back. its a 2.2l ecotec, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, ported head, balance shaft delete, and a bunch of other goodies. it ran off a megasquirt 2 ecm. i built it based off the gm build book for 400hp. the engine never really was pushed, the car couldnt take it at 10psi.
should be a heck of a fun car with 400hp.
its a 1985.5 porsche 944 non turbo. i looked at a few of these cars and this was the best fit, clean car, drove nice and priced right. its a hell of a good handling car, just way underpowered for what it is.
so whats my plan? well, itll get some wheels, might do a flares, drop it a bit, oh and this
i built that engine in 2008 for a friends sunbird. well years later, and not that many miles the car has changed hands and is getting parted out, and im getting the engine back. its a 2.2l ecotec, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, ported head, balance shaft delete, and a bunch of other goodies. it ran off a megasquirt 2 ecm. i built it based off the gm build book for 400hp. the engine never really was pushed, the car couldnt take it at 10psi.
should be a heck of a fun car with 400hp.
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12-03-2014, 03:26 PM
#12
Yes the trans is mounted in the rear of the car. I'll be using the stock trans and torque tube and making an adapter to bolt a solatice bellhousing up to the torque tube
It's sort of a shame to cut up, although I'm over it. Last night I had a huge fireball from underneath the car, lost oil pressure and had to coast off the road. The front of the motor is soaked in oil and I have no idea where it's coming from as of yet
It's sort of a shame to cut up, although I'm over it. Last night I had a huge fireball from underneath the car, lost oil pressure and had to coast off the road. The front of the motor is soaked in oil and I have no idea where it's coming from as of yet
12-03-2014, 11:18 PM
#16
it started life as a 90 sunbird turbo convertable, it got an 87 z24 cavalier front end and 92 cavalier tail lights. the main reason we built it was because everyone said its impossible to put an ecotec in a 1st or 2nd gen j-body. it was actually quite simple, however nobody has been able to replicate it.
12-06-2014, 12:22 PM
#21
ls swaps in the 944 is actually quite common. quicktimes makes a bellhousing to bolt it direct to the torque tube, spec makes the clutch setup, and several companies make mount kits. kooks even makes a set of ls swap headers. about the only thing thats not so easy about it is there is no direct swap wiring harness as of yet. with an aluminum ls it doesnt change the weight of the front very much, the stock 4 cyl is 450lbs, almost the same as an ls.
that being said, im going to need to lighten the back of mine to keep the weight balance, the ecotec is significantly lighter.
that being said, im going to need to lighten the back of mine to keep the weight balance, the ecotec is significantly lighter.
