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update on the oil pan,since I don't have another stock caddy pan laying around,and the closest one in a wrecking yard is 60 miles away.I thought I would try to add A sump to the drysump pan I started building. I was surprised that the stock pump and pickup fit behind the X-member,so I just shortened the sump part of the pan that was already removed, then welded it back on. I know this pan will work,but how well?I don't know. My concern was the shallow part of the pan has almost no slope from the front to the sump,when level,but the eng sits in the car with the same amount of angle as it does on the engine stand .I did measure this ,but at the moment I forget how many degrees It was. seems the oil will flow to the sump,But I don't know.It's not the end of the world if I have to build another pan.

[chad-tanner]

I shortend the pickup tube a little,now It's pretty close to center of the sump,front to back and side to side. If I have a problem with oil starvation,I don't think the pickup will be the cause.The HT4100 engine was an earlier RWD version of this eng.It's oil PU was in a similar location.

[chad-tanner]

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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[chad-tanner]

Another update: My heads and intake have gone away to be matched and ported.I got the oil pan buttoned up.The lower portion of the alt bracket is finished,the belt tensioning part of the bracket will connect to the front of the head and to the Obvious point on the alt.I painted the engine block with dupli-color "new ford gray" It seems to have a slight blue tint.I am very happy with the way the alt bracket turned out,looks alot like a factory piece.
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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[chad-tanner]

Hello fiero Guys!!!Someone tipped me off,that you guys were lurking in the shadows.I could use some tech support from you 4.9 gurus!!!!
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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[chad-tanner]

Here is some technical info on the fwd gm bellhousing,In case someone has interest in doing such A swap in the future.
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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[chad-tanner]

[more technical info for future reference] This is the same bolt patteren as the 924 flange,as this is what I used to drill my holes.
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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[chad-tanner]

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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[Chrenan]

Making progress! When does the engine go in?
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[chad-tanner]

I,ve been wanting to get the engine back in the car,so I can work on the engine mounts,but have not had much time when there was someone available to help me,as I think it's a job for more than one person.I've also been putting it off,because my heads have still not returned.I don't have much progress to report.In my spare time, I stripped and sanded the battery box area,plus patched the hole for the AC.I also cleaned up all the windshield wiper parts.Putting the engine in the car today was a little out of the order of the things that need to be done on the project,but like I said,I rarely have someone available to help,so I used the opportunity to get the engine connected to the TT,I think this makes like the 25th "dry run".I guess it's all part of the process,This is the largest project I have ever attempted,as far as having to build mostly everything from scratch.I hope to have the engine mounts finished very soon.
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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[Chrenan]

Yeah, that is true hot rodding, swapping a completely different engine into a car by yourself, pretty cool stuff. Looks like it sits nice and low, very good.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[chad-tanner]

[chad-tanner]

I remember some discussion about what bell housing to use for a 3800 and 3800sc swap.I recently dicovered some great info,and I could'nt believe it had alluded me for all these years,almost like the discovery of a georgian bigfoot,except this is not a hoax.
I thought I would pass this along,because someone doing a fwd gm engine swap into a 924, may have more clutch options using this bellhousing.

96-00 dodge Dakota 2.5L bellhousing: Connects all to any Jeep 2.5L L4. Because of it's GM 60 degree V6 inherited bolt pattern, also works with any Buick FWD V6 and supercharged V6, any Chevrolet 2.8/3.1/3.4 V6, any Cadillac 4.1/4.5/4.9 V8 and with a minor modification, any Olds Aurora DOHC V8 and Cadillac DOHC Northstar V8. Also bolts to any Isuzu 3.23.5 DOHC V6, Holden (Australia) 3800 V6 and the LS4 5.3L V8

I bet you guys did'nt know that
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77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap

Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping.

[fiat22turbo]

Actually, I was vaguely aware of that. Only because I'm interested in the 95 and earlier version of that bellhousing for use with my Chrysler 2.5L turbo engine.
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)