{"id":60784,"date":"2020-09-08T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60784"},"modified":"2020-09-08T01:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T06:16:33","slug":"porsche-944-with-a-turbo-vw-inline-five-makes-454-hp-on-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60784","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 944 with a Turbo VW Inline-Five Makes 454 hp on Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=60792\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60792\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60792\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=60792\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Porsche 944 with a Turbo VW Inline-Five 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Porsche 944 with a Turbo VW Inline-Five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Porsche 944 with a Turbo VW Inline-Five\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Porsche-944-with-a-Turbo-VW-Inline-Five-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guys at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCV1tPo3OHwgZt5H5ekvU0kQ\">Boost Brothers Garage<\/a> have been building a unique Porsche 944 for the past year. The sports car is now longer powered by a inline-four. Instead is now sports a turbocharged Volkswagen 07K inline-five installed using the company&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boostbrothersgarage.com\/collections\/944-07k-swap\/products\/944-07k-swap-full-kit\">07K swap kit<\/a>. The team celebrated their hard work with a trip to the dyno where the motor produced 454 horsepower and 384 lb-ft of torque. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hwckS1ZmtY0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCV1tPo3OHwgZt5H5ekvU0kQ\">Boost Brothers Garage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/boostbrothersgarage\/\">@boostbrothersgarage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guys at Boost Brothers Garage have been building a unique Porsche 944 for the past year. The sports car is now longer powered by a inline-four. Instead is now sports a turbocharged Volkswagen 07K inline-five installed using the company&#8217;s 07K swap kit. The team celebrated their hard work with a trip to the dyno&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60784\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Porsche 944 with a Turbo VW Inline-Five Makes 454 hp on Dyno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146083,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146083","url_meta":{"origin":60784,"position":0},"title":"Tyler Davis&#8217; 1984 Porsche 944 with a Turbocharged 07K Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Tyler Davis had a simple plan for his 1984 Porsche 944; just drive and enjoy. 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