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2.5 tiptronic, with a seriously dead engine (rod bearings, scored cylinders etc) that i swapped for an Audi 3.0 30v v6 engine.

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2.5 tiptronic, with a seriously dead engine (rod bearings, scored cylinders etc) that i swapped for an Audi 3.0 30v v6 engine.

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Here is one odd question, My car is 1997. 2.5 tiptronic, with a seriously dead engine (rod bearings, scored cylinders etc) that i swapped for an Audi 3.0 30v v6 engine. The motor itself bolts to the 986 tranny and it is already in, on a fabricated cradle. My intention is to run it with stock DME for convenience and stock look and feel, so i already made adjustments to 60-2 trigger wheel on the crank, and now it has the same angle as on m96, also made wiring modifications for the new fire order , 3d printed adapter for porsche throttle body etc etc. I will start a build thread later. The question is , will the DME fire the engine with both CAM sensors disconnected ? Audi engine has a different style toothed cam wheel with 4 teeth, all different length, and porsche has only one tooth for sync. I will have to deal with it later , to make the camshaft variator work, but for now , i just want to hear the engine fire. If anyone is servicing his car and is willing to help, please just unplug both sensors and try to fire up Regards, RAle

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Today I was doing some work on Boxsters and had a 2001 car with a 1997 2.5L engine available to do the test. The car started normally. I had thought of doing basically the same thing with an Audi 2.8L engine a few years ago, but never got beyond thinking about it.

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Thanks mate This means a lot to me. You are beyond cool ! I noticed that the engine is E-gas, me7 ecu, and mine is cable throttle m5.2.2, hopefully i will find out if it fires up this weekend Thanks a lot again, You have a beer on me

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Yes, that car is a 2001 model with DME 7.2. The engine is a 1997 2.5L with an E-gas intake. It has a cracked head now, but ran well other than that.

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