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I was doing searches for the 915 transmission swap and didn't find any primers on what needed to be done to do it. I was planning on just beefing of my 901 and use an adapter plate but I often see deals that sell the 3.2L with a 915 tranny. Just curious as so how much work was involved in it.
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You need to flip the ring gear, which isn't all that tough if you can do transmission work. You also need to fabricate a shift linkage and a clutch linkage. Most 915 conversions wind up being home-brew 'tailshift" setups, with frankly really horrible shifting. I think that Wevo makes a side-shift conversion kit.
http://www.wevo.com/porscheproducts.htm Vellios used to, but I have heard some bad stuff about the manufacturing/machining on some of his stuff. We used to carry those; I'm not sure if we still do. The availability was always spotty...
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Bottom line, it needs to be fun.
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Heck, a 1.8 is fun when properly driven!!
And finally, I would not use any of the motor mount bars that attach to the four-cylinder mount locations. One or two people have had the bars fail, which results in the engine falling onto the shift linkage.
--DD