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Can the 3,8 be fitted to the Cayman?

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YOUR RESEARCHCan the 3,8 be fitted to the Cayman?

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Mike - I just read where Tec Art is using the 3.4 crankcase and putting on new cyliders and heads to make the motor into a 3.8, but other tuners are taking 3.8 and

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Mike - I just read where Tec Art is using the 3.4 crankcase and putting on new cyliders and heads to make the motor into a 3.8, but other tuners are taking 3.8 and

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POST 1Original post

One of the Lotus guys whom runs a GT3 tells me that the 3.8 will not fit the Cayman..............Which i find hard to belive. Mike/Liverpool

POST 2Original post

Mike, With 145 posts here surely you must have read about the 1/2 dozen or more 3.8L conversions that have already taken place??? The GT3 guy is flat out wrong..

POST 3Original post

K He says that its not the 3.8, just the other engine bored out. I don't belive him simply because no way in hell Porsche would hand string themselves like that! Mike

POST 4Original post

I hear RUF are doing a supercharger to 420 bhp

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Mike - I just read where Tec Art is using the 3.4 crankcase and putting on new cyliders and heads to make the motor into a 3.8, but other tuners are taking 3.8 and 3.8 X51 crate motors and putting them into the Cayman S , without any problems, and getting rid of the 3.4 motor that comes in the car. I believe 9ff is also modifying 3.8 motors into 4.0 liters and putting them into Cayman S cars, too. brad

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Supposedly the Farnbacher Loles car is the true 3.8 X51 engine, RUF also provides a 997S 3.8 as well as the X51 for the Cayman. I believe some of the early 3.8's were modified 3.4's or 3.6's so he was right at one time.

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does the 3.8motor go in the rear trunk or is it mid-engine like the cayman?

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