How much does a 3.8l 997S engine cost? - 6SpeedOnline - Porsche Forum and Luxury Car Resource

Jun 9, 2005 | 07:29 PM

Desmo

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How much does a 3.8l 997S engine cost?

Im thinking buying a base 5 speed 987 and swaping a brand new 997S 3.8 engine 355hp in it will custom full exhaust...im thinking the swap would be pretty straightforward...RUF has done it already...what you guys think???How much run this engine?

Jun 25, 2005 | 08:09 AM

Gabriel

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DO you have a link for the RUF 3.8 Conversion?

Jul 14, 2005 | 06:30 AM

Steve Huggins

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Steve Huggins is infamous around these parts

For what it's worth, I spoke to my local dealer about dropping a 3.8L into a Cayman and he said "the system's not designed to take that much torque"!

Jul 22, 2005 | 03:14 PM

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New: Around 29K
Rebuilt (probably new since there aren't many rebuilts): around 15k
Evan
PS- Steve, that is BS. Though we have not seen the car, if it is built anything like most Porsches it will work. We will be offering that conversion for sure!