Tiptronic in 914?, anybody done this? Options

[shadygrady]

I recently bought a 1990 911 with the 3.6 and tiptronic. I love driving it and came up with a crazy idea. I want to put one in my street 914. Has anyone done this? I want to mate it to a 3.6. Is the tiptronic in a boxter the same as the one in my 911? If so, it would not need the gears flipped. Any help with this dream would be appreciated.

[shadygrady]

Thanks for the replies. Buying a Boxter may be cheaper over the long haul, but I like 914's. That's why I have 3 of them. One of them needs an engine and tranny. I already bought a 3.6 for it and was planning to get an adapter from Kennedy to use a 901. Then I came upon this C2 with the tiptronic. The auto is fun and very practical when you get stuck in traffic. The 3.6 does very well with the 4 speed auto in the 964, so in a lighter 914, I figure it would do well. I would drive the 964 tail dragger everywhere, but you can't fit 2 sets of golf clubs and your luggage in it like you can the 914.

As for cost, I too am a CSOB. My best friend is a Porsche mechanic and likes to tackle projects like this if I can get the parts. If someone had already done it, we didn't want to reinvent the wheel. From what I gather from your posts, I need a tiptronic from a C2 like my 3.6 with the ECU, and the computer for the tranny. What all sensors go with the tiptronic? Also, I wonder about flipping the gears in the tranny. 4 reverses and one forward would be a problem.

Thanks again,