yeah, i'll bet a 951 (944 turbo) engine would work pretty well, especially
if you wanted some serious power. the upgrade options for those engines are
awesome.
On Dec 5, 2007 6:00 PM, N9TE <Fujitsu@turbo505.com> wrote:
> I wanted to put a 7M-GTE or 2JZ-GTE into a 505. Problem is it would
> require
> major surgery. I measured. Not much north-south room in there. Naturally,
> being a Toyota guy, the next logical engine was the 3S. But that's mainly
> a
> east-west engine (MR2 turbo) and FWD conversion stuff is hard to come by.
> The Nissan SR20 is probably the easiest fit.
>
> I've always been impressed with the 944 turbo engine 2.5(?).
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tilac1" <tilac1@yahoo.com <tilac1%40yahoo.com>>
> To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com <peugeot-L%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:37 AM
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Engine swap
>
> >I love Peugeot 505s. The chassis are great but the engines aren't.
> > Sorry guys. I've gone through too many XN6 heads (cracks, head
> > gaskets) and having worked at a Peugeot repair shop years ago, the
> > gas-turbo heads are even worse. Which got me thinking, what would be a
> > good, fairly modern, 4-cyl engine to swap into a 505 while retaining
> > the 4-spd auto box?. RWD toyota, nissan, porsche 924, bmw 3 series,
> > benz C class? I'm thinking 80's 90's vintage. Any ideas? Just
> dreaming....
>
>
>
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Received on Wed Dec 5 10:35:41 2007
