3.4L Swap Underway

[trustn01]

The supercharger has worked perfect.  No driveability issues or problems at all.  The installation has approx 40k on it so it has been quite reliable.  The supercharger is a small low boost setup and I find it seems to run out of breath at the top end or maybe it just has so much down low that you don't get the typical push when the car comes on cam at high rpm.  Nice torque down low but just not enough HP and torque for my tastes.  If I drive it after being in my '80 911 with a modified 3.6L 993 engine, it is quite tame.  So I am looking for more of the same performance that I have in the 911 in the Boxster. I am hoping the 996 engine swap will give me that.  I believe the supercharger is supposed to be 210 hp 210 ftlbs at the wheels vx ~142 and 132 for the stock car (based on the TPC site (I have the actual dyno runs of my car somewhere as well)) I think the 996 engine should be somewhere around 300-320 hp at the crank with a good exhaust and DME remap so hopefully I won't be disappointed.

My supercharger setup will be for sale after the swap, so if you are considering it you could pick up the setup for about 50% of what TPC will charge you for a new setup.

Todd

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Todd - how's the swap going? I'm interested in the TPC if you still have it. Heck, I'd be intreested in finding out how screamin' fast your car is when it's done, and what the whole deal ended up costing you. If it's "reasonable", I might consider that route.

Scott

[tholyoak]

Scott,

The swap is running well. I finally got around to installing the proper exhaust. I went with Supersprint headers and mufflers, and the Dansk high flow cats (the 200 cell ceramic supersprint ones were 2 x as much).

The original engine and supercharger were sold rather quickly.

The biggest surprise was the expense of the proper exhaust. It cost almost as much as the engine. The supersprint pieces are almost too pretty to hang under the car.

[alfatony]

[Thanks for sharing this Todd. How about some driving impressions. Was the exhaust a big bottle neck? Did the Supersprint exhaust make a fantastic difference? How is the power vs a '05 Boxster S? About the same..or more like a 996 Turbo? :eek:

Tony