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subaru engine vs 911 engine |
lfdrumz0929 |
Dec 5 2005, 12:28 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 9-August 04 From: Los Angeles,ca Member No.: 2,491 |
hi I was wondering if you had a choice between the subaru engine and the 911 engine which one would you choose? and why?
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fiid |
Dec 7 2005, 07:44 PM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
I don't think anyone's done it yet, but that doesn't mean it's not possible or even reasonably easy to do once you have it running.
There are 2 main challenges to putting A/C in a stock 914: 1) it's hard to fit all the air plumbing and the heat exchanger to the inside of the car. 2) it's tricky to get the unit bolted up to the engine becuase of the air ducting for engine cooling. 2 is made easier by the subaru engine since they all come from the factory with AC pumps. The 2.5l conversions that are running the radiator in the trunk depend on flipping the intake manifold around, which requires moving the alternator. As far as I know - ther alternator in these setups goes where the air conditioning pump goes on a stock subie engine - which might make it harder - plus there's just less room around due to the radiator being there. So: challenges, but not impossible. |
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