Porsche 911 Turbo Rearend Has Us Scheming

Tim Odell

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turbo porsche engine and transmission for saleturbo porsche engine and transmission for sale

Simply put: yes. A 415hp turbo pancake six, plus six speed transmission, plus suspension out of a 2001 996. Maybe not the simplest would-be transplant (or the cheapest at $25k), but if it were easy everyone would do it, right? Along the same lines, while more than doubling the output of an older 911 (or 356?) might be tempting, an intra-Porsche swap is no good here.

The options are manifold, but obviously lean towards rear-engined examples. Personally, I’m sure the Baja Ghia could use a few more ponies. More absurd: something like a Corvair Greenbriar. Most absurd? Up to you.
Porsche 911 996 Twin Turbo Engine Transmission – eBay Motors, from LA Dismantler, which looks like a place we may need to visit.
Hat tip to DamnElantra!

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54 responses to “Porsche 911 Turbo Rearend Has Us Scheming”

  1. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Renault Dauphine or maybe a Hillman Imp or better yet a Bond 875
    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Bond_875_Van_1970.jpg&quot; width="600"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_875
    Here's one for sale! <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160464159871” target=”_blank”>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160464159871

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  2. engineerd Avatar
    engineerd

    I think Jeremy should buy it and put it in an NSU.

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    1. damnelantra™[!] Avatar
      damnelantra™[!]

      hush, hush!

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  3. Hörñéy Avatar
    Hörñéy

    *cough*sand-rail*cough*

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    1. acarr260 Avatar
      acarr260

      Brilliant! Watch as I climb this hill… and then launch myself into suborbital flight on the next jump!

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  4. scroggzilla Avatar
    scroggzilla

    The answer is…….Porschvair
    <img src="http://automotivehistoryonline.com/1965%20Chevrolet%20Corvair.jpg"&gt;

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    1. muthalovin Avatar
      muthalovin

      I am rather pleased that you beat me to the punch. A Porchvair would be awesome, but I think I got something a little awesomer.

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      1. scroggzilla Avatar
        scroggzilla

        An Uber914/6 has a lot going for it.
        But a Porschvair (Porchvair…hmmm) would offend Corvair AND Porsche purists, which appeals to my instagatorial nature.

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    2. njhoon Avatar
      njhoon

      I know of a certain 4 door that was raced in lemons that could use the power plant. Now just to make Mr Motor Trend and That Saucy Minx to look the other way at tech inspection…

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  5. Maymar Avatar
    Maymar

    I betcha there's a dull or battered Subaru just waiting for more power.
    Or maybe just shoehorn it in a Corvette, either to piss off the faithful, or to to build the rear-engined 'Vette that GM never will.

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    1. dr zero Avatar
      dr zero

      Revenge for all of the SBC motivated Porsches?

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      1. Maymar Avatar
        Maymar

        That's a good point, it'd piss off the PCA too, and I can live with that. Although, I'm now thinking of a Jag straight six dropped in any number of Chevrolets, for the same reason.

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  6. jim-bob Avatar
    jim-bob

    I would put it in a ZAZ 965. Add the Porsche's front suspension to the mix and you would have an awesome little toy, all wrapped up in a cool vintage Soviet wrapper.

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  7. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    <img src="http://www.yourautostuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/porsche-914-green.png"&gt;
    Shiiiiiiiiit

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    1. dragon951 Avatar
      dragon951

      Damn you! That was my first thought too.

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    2. dustin_driver Avatar
      dustin_driver

      This cannot be topped.

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  8. skitter Avatar
    skitter

    Whale tail, meet dorsal fin.
    <img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt237/jskitter/jalopnik/Tatra603.jpg"&gt;

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  9. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    <img src="https://hooniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/275px-Automotive_diagrams_07_En.png"&gt;
    Refer back to my mid-front-engine/front-drive post. A couple of steering knuckles and you're golden.

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  10. fisheater Avatar
    fisheater

    Mid-engine Subaru Brat. You would lose the jump seats but it would be worth it.

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    1. dwegmull Avatar
      dwegmull

      Just move the jump seats where the original engine used to be.

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  11. Sivart_R1 Avatar
    Sivart_R1

    The Cayman that should have been from the factory.

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  12. Tomsk Avatar
    Tomsk

    <img src="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/05/Rabbitamino_LH.jpg&quot; width="475" height="242">
    Drop it in where the stock rear axle lives, hide it under a camper shell or hard tonneau cover and go Lambo hunting.

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    1. damnelantra™[!] Avatar
      damnelantra™[!]

      i approve of this idea.

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    2. Deartháir Avatar
      Deartháir

      And leave it looking exactly like that. As boring-bone-stock as possible.

      Reply
  13. Hörñéy Avatar
    Hörñéy

    <img src=http://vlane.com/img/blogs/mb/feat03ford_shogun.jpg width=600>

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    1. Hörñéy Avatar
      Hörñéy

      Hmmm… Apparently that didn't work. Anyways, it was a Ford Shogun.

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      1. austinminiman Avatar
        austinminiman

        I want that exact phrase on a T-shirt.

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        1. joshuman Avatar
          joshuman

          <img src="https://www.wordans.com/wordansfiles/ordered_products/2010/8/4/7e0bf1bb6aa9fe2851d4b2242f0c2580/7e0bf1bb6aa9fe2851d4b2242f0c2580-front.jpg?1280936064"&gt;
          I couldn't find a very good shot of the Shogun and I didn't look very hard. It is really hard to see on this shirt but I is supposed to be Leno's 1989 Shogun.

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  14. dustin_driver Avatar
    dustin_driver

    Race Taxi 2?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWDqY7cdX4

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  15. Tim Odell Avatar
    Tim Odell

    Now I'm confused…a Vette convertible or something else?

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    1. Alex Kierstein Avatar
      Alex Kierstein

      Did the image come out incorrectly? That, sir, is an X1/9. So I guess it falls into the "something else" category.

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      1. SirNotAppearing Avatar
        SirNotAppearing

        No, you got hotlink cockblocked. It's a boring silver Vette.

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    2. Alex Kierstein Avatar
      Alex Kierstein

      <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Fiat_X19_1978.JPG/800px-Fiat_X19_1978.JPG"&gt;
      OK, let's try this again.

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      1. acarr260 Avatar
        acarr260

        That time it worked, and I like your idea both for the light weight and strange taste. How long do you think you would drive that before a fiery death cuts short your life? I'm thinking that I would get a bit too comfortable with it after a week or two, then one wrong steering input coupled with a bit too much throttle would result in a spectacular, interstate-closing crash (and my obituary).

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  16. SirNotAppearing Avatar
    SirNotAppearing

    <img src= "http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:yjnN54XNclnxSM:l"&gt;

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  17. BGW Avatar
    BGW

    My neighbor's beachbuggy could use a little more grunt…
    <img src="http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/341/img3657s.jpg&quot; width=500>

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    1. SirNotAppearing Avatar
      SirNotAppearing

      There's a large, out-of-focus beachbuggy roaming the countryside. And to me, that's extra scary. Run, he's fuzzy!

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      1. BGW Avatar
        BGW

        It's not the photographer's fault. Beachbuggy is blurry.

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        1. bzr Avatar
          bzr

          Quick, run before he uses lens flare!

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        2. grantlinderman Avatar
          grantlinderman

          Golf clap for the Mitch Hegberg references.

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    2. engineerd Avatar
      engineerd

      Were you taking a picture of Big Foot and a beach buggy got in your way? 😉

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      1. BGW Avatar
        BGW

        I told you I lived in an edgy neighborhood. It's always that blurry around here.
        Or I'm always very drunk. Either way.

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    3. JeepyJayhawk Avatar
      JeepyJayhawk

      Arg! Its coming right for us!

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  18. FЯeeMan Avatar
    FЯeeMan

    My son, bless his heart, wants to make one of these mid-engine, right-wheel drive.
    <img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/commerce/images/U9DTGEK2_Regular.JPG&quot; width="500">
    He's already got the donor – our totaled one w/280k on the clock and a caved in drivers side. All he needs now is $25,000 and some practice with a slide rule & a Sawzall!

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    1. engineerd Avatar
      engineerd

      You seem to be raising a fine young hoon.

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    2. JeepyJayhawk Avatar
      JeepyJayhawk

      I approve. Photos and video needed.

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  19. Josh Avatar
    Josh

    <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/1987PontiacFieroGT.jpg&gt;

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    1. Josh Avatar
      Josh

      Well crap supposed to be a pic of a Pontiac Fiero.

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  20. Josh Avatar
    Josh

    Pontiac Fiero?

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  21. grantlinderman Avatar
    grantlinderman

    Many awesome ideas out there…. kinda surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet: Renault Clio Flat6
    http://jurajos.blog.auto.cz/files/2008/10/2005ren…

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  22. JeepyJayhawk Avatar
    JeepyJayhawk

    with big enough sway bars, I think we could make this work. <img src="http://www.postaljeep.net/images/jeep1.JPG&quot; width=500>

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  23. joshuman Avatar
    joshuman

    This will be extremely offensive to many people but give it a moment's thought before you grimace.
    <img src="http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/533/836_1981Ferrari308_01.jpg"&gt;

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    1. JeepyJayhawk Avatar
      JeepyJayhawk

      Keep it red or go German gray?

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  24. Chad Avatar
    Chad

    If only I could fit that in my Elise (backwards of course – with the engine in front of the axle).

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