 718 cayman engine swap, Will the 4 cylinder turbo engine physically fit in a 914 |
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| david63 |
 Dec 13 2025, 11:25 PM
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Searched through threads for a bit and didn’t see anything referencing swapping a 718 cayman 4 cylinder turbo motor into a 914. I imagine in the near future these engines will start showing up for sale from wrecked cars, etc.
Realize that it is water cooled so cooling would require a radiator like the unit Renegade hybrids sells. Will need to get air flow to the turbo. Also lots of questions about if the engine will physically fit in the 914. Wiring, ECU’s, transaxle, on and on. I get it, it would require a lot of fabrication. The price of doing a 6 cylinder conversion is straightforward but getting pretty expensive. The turbo 4 cylinder motors advertise over 300 hp at the crank and it would be cool to have a 914 with a 4 cylinder high horsepower motor. I bet someone has already done this I just haven’t found anything. Who knows, someday this may be a common swap…. What do y’all think about this idea? |
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| rgalla9146 |
Dec 15 2025, 10:23 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,897 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None 
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Anyone consider a '04 R32 (240 hp) 6 speed ?
plenty out there, engine in front of axles and has to carry a THOUSAND fewer pounds. Plus a little reverse heritage. |
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david63 718 cayman engine swap Dec 13 2025, 11:25 PM
Front yard mechanic Just 30k shy of trying this :driving-girl: Dec 14 2025, 10:04 AM Mitox Very cool expensive idea. Go for it, so we can wa... Dec 14 2025, 10:35 AM SirAndy Looking at some pictures of the engine online, the... Dec 14 2025, 10:38 AM
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Looking at some pictures of the engine online, th... Dec 15 2025, 06:32 PM mepstein If it's your passion to do the swap, go for it... Dec 14 2025, 11:11 AM wonkipop could be wrong but pretty sure 718 4 is direct inj... Dec 14 2025, 03:19 PM mepstein
could be wrong but pretty sure 718 4 is direct in... Dec 14 2025, 05:26 PM wonkipop
could be wrong but pretty sure 718 4 is direct i... Dec 14 2025, 05:54 PM bkrantz
could be wrong but pretty sure 718 4 is direct i... Dec 15 2025, 08:44 PM Spoke
I believe they are $80-100k now.
Yikes... Dec 16 2025, 10:38 AM Ninja This is one of the swaps I considered.
When swapp... Dec 14 2025, 05:34 PM scallyk9 Check out the 914 with an early Boxster engine tha... Dec 14 2025, 10:28 PM Steve I rented a 718 Cayman S in Germany. The turbo lag... Dec 15 2025, 08:31 PM targa72e Doing a air cooled 6 swap is the easiest (not the ... Dec 15 2025, 10:47 PM Kraftwerk Guy from Quebec who bought my car years ago claime... Dec 15 2025, 11:55 PM |
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