yes, you can get lot's of power out of the water cooled Porsches. I started this project long time agao (6 years) and finally finished it, as the previous mechanic F**ked me over on the built and i had to redo the entire engine $45K in repair. The engine can make lot's of HP, but it's been detuned down to 600whp now. I'm only running 0.7 bar of boost, where i still have the warrenty on the new engine. Yes, if i only new i had to do this all over again, i would jump on a first model of 997 turbo and built it up
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Originally Posted by smokintr6
The cost of getting 550 to the wheels will be so high that a flat fan conversion would not be out of line with build costs... yes I know they're crazy expensive. I was looking at trying to turbo charge my 3.6 911, and for the same money I bought a nice 944 turbo and make as much power as my blown 3.6 would have made...and I still have the 911. I wouldn't even think about trying to get that much power reliably out of an old air cooled engine without spending a fortune on it. Probably would be light years ahead of the game if you sold whatever you have and started with a 996 TT. Prices are low right now and they dont have the IMS problems that the wet sump engines have....
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