I bought a Quantum TD on the bay last year for $400. Intention was to use it for a engine donor for an "Ultimate Ecomomy Commuter" project by plugging it into a Porsche 924.
Never was able to find a good solid car here in oxidation country, and I found that said swap was no slam dunk, as the 924 used an old Audi based lump with the non-standard "5 cylinder" bell housing.
Now it so happens that I have a '65 356 coupe up on blocks in my barn, where it has been since I put it there in the fall of '82. It's hardly cherry, as I bought it in '75 for the princely sum of $600, with holes in it big enough to throw a cat through. I will spare the crowd here all the gory details involving many boxes of pop rivets, sheet metal liberated from discarded major appliances, and of course, tubs of bubbling bondo. Indeed, lets draw a veil of decency over the whole of my young "Porsche Years", the grenaded original "S" engine, the "Rustoleum" paint jobs, the VW bus engine swaps, the roll over in the manure pile, the outstanding warrants, etc.; none need be mentioned here.
As the father of two teenage (shudder) sons, and the husband of a lead footed wife, I have been under considerable pressure for years to "get the Porsche going". The other day my older boy was on my case again, but I told him with my current interest in bio-diesel, and our almost all diesel fleet of vehicals, I just have no interest in working on a mere gas powered car right now. So, of course, he said maybe we should put the Quantum motor in the 356.
My first reaction was like the worlds smartest man in "The Princess Bride" --"Inconceivable!"-- I said, but then I thought of the Kennedy Engineering adaptors for putting all kinds of engines onto type 1 trannys. Fitting a rad would be a challenge, but probably not insurmountable. While the 1.6TD would be heavier than the aircooled P motor, I don't think it would be enough to be a real problem.
The self-impressed twits who flock to Porsche ownership these days (and I certainly apologize to any that read this :wink: ) would, of course, be outraged, but that's only all the more reason to try it!
I told my crazy motorhead brother about it, and he said he thought it was a great idea, in fact, he was thinking about putting a VW diesel into his old Citron Traction Avant, - the one with the blown motor (yes, he has two, I told you he was crazy).
That SOB will stop at nothing to top me :!:
moT
Topic: Maybe the craziest engine swap ever? (Read 18927 times)
