Porsche Tranny Re: [DMCForum] DIS, and my engine conversion.

[Andrei Cular <acular@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Strickland ran a 993 6-speed with the 3-rotor.  The biggest problem 
is the Porsche clutch requires much much more pressure to hold the power 
of the engine.  In the 993 along with a different sized hydraulic system 
they use a spring to assist in pedal movement.  The other problem he had 
was due impart to the engine being too long and having to slide the 
tranny fwd as much as possible.  To do this he had to hack and wack the 
frame to fit the nosecone in.  This also put CV's at their limit and 
they would eat boots every few thousand miles.  He said without the 
3-rotor the tranny would fit much better.

If you go to eliseusa.com you can find an e-mail and phone number for 
him.  Most of the time he is friendly and willing to talk about the fun 
he had with the car.

Almost forgot he did have a slight problem with the shift linkage.  It 
had to do with where it was connected to the shifter, but all it did was 
invert the pattern.  1st was left and down rather than left and up

Andrei

Marc Levy wrote:

>Spark plug wires??  We don't need no stinkin spark
>plug wires!!
>
>Actually, my SHO is the older style DIS.  It has one
>coil pack (but I think there are 3 coils in the pack)
>then expensive (MSRP is like $250 from Ford) spark
>plug wires.
>
>The 3.5L Chrysler engine I have (well, HAD) to put in
>the DMC has the direct coil on plug design.  I like
>it! 
>
>Speaking of my conversion, they guy who has my engine
>and trans has not called me back in 3 months.  Maybe
>he is dead or something, but I want to get done.  I
>may bite the bullet and go buy another engine and a
>Porsche trans with the Kennedy adapter kit and install
>it.  Has anyone installed a Porsche trans in a DMC?  I
>am concerned about the linkage.
>
>--- Andrei Cular <acular@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Marc
>>
>>How dare you suggest the use of such a modern
>>technology... With DIS you 
>>have to worry about multiple coils.  If you have the
>>system with the 
>>coils mounted directly over the plug you then have
>>all that extra weight 
>>sitting on a brittle ceramic insulator, its just a
>>matter of time till 
>>one snaps off.  And have you ever tried to set the
>>dwell on a DIS? 
>>Probably not cause you can't unless you have a
>>programmable ECU and 
>>laptop. 
>>
>>Give me points any day...
>>Andrei
>>    
>>
>
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