A hybrid built by a buddy of mine...

[Numbersix]

I'll post this pic first to see if anyone can guess what's wrong with this picture:

[Rob]

944 motor in a golf?

[franz]

944 motor in a golf?

Doesn't look FWD.

[Rob]

rwd conversion perhaps? thats definately a front engine water pumper from porsche...

[OOMPH!]

what's up with the Ferari badge..... :roll:

[UNHCLL]

what's up with the Ferari badge..... :roll:

Its a porsche badge.

[franz]

what's up with the Ferari badge..... :roll:

I don't see one.

[Rob]

the grill and black front bumper look remarkably like a MKII or III golf

[Brian 89 325i]

Def MKII. Look at the strut towers, notice anything TOTALLY MKII?

Brian

How much did that cost?

[Rob]

jon needs to tell us whats up

[Jon325i]

Def MKII. Look at the strut towers, notice anything TOTALLY MKII?

I noticed those too. I'm certain this is an MkII chassis. Check out the lower portion of the intake tubing. In some respects it looks like an elaborate CIA, on the other hand maybe its attached to a supercharger (could be possible given the design of the motor). I don't know if they ever made such a kit for the N/A 944 engine though.

Engineering a FWD car to a RWD car would be no weekend task. It would sure make for a unique sleeper.

Jon

[Rob]

only with a FI motor though, 944 NA motors are fairly weaksauce until the S2 variant came out.

[Jon325i]

944 NA motors are fairly weaksauce until the S2 variant came out.

Agreed. ;)

Jon

[Numbersix]

944 NA motors are fairly weaksauce until the S2 variant came out.

Actually, the 190 hp 944S is quite competive with the E30 325is--in fact, perhaps a bit faster overall: factory figures are 0-60 7.2s, top speed 144mph (the 944S was a 'world' car, meaning one motor/emissions setup for all world makets; so performance doesn't change.) As a prior owner, I can verify those figures are accurate--even a bit pessimistic.

The stock 148hp 2.5L 8v is competitive with an ES, and the 1989-only 2.7L 162hp 8v would give a M20B25 a run for its money.

Back to the topic at hand:

The build--944 torque tube and custom mount for the rear transaxle


944 rear IRS, including torsion beam tube




Front bellhousing


Finished product. Appearances can be deceptive; apart from the slight camber of the rear wheels, it looks to be just another clean Mk2 with P-wheels


Ultra-sano smoothed engine bay. Countless hours invested in this...believe me.


Fuel cell + battery in trunk. I'd love to figure out the weight distribution on this car, post-surgery

[Rob]

what do I win?