I recently came across a 923 on the Samba.
It had been listed for six months or so with no takers.
He wanted $800 for it, and sold it to me for that, but he paid for shipping.
It was a little scary, because the car was in a fire, then the junkyard bent the shift rod taking it out.
It went to my local ace for a go-through, and all checked out well.
THey were able to straighten out the shift rod, and the case didn't get warped from the fire.
It did come to $700(!) for a gasket set and look-through.
Good thing it didn't need any parts!
The scary thing was, if it had been robbed for the close-ratio gears...
A tooth count, along with a cross-reference, showed that it had the correct 1-4, but a closer-ratio 5th from the 2.7 Carrera.
R/P 4.43
1st 3.182
2nd 1.834
3rd 1.261
4th 0.96
5th 0.72
The master said it looked like the box had never been apart,
He was betting that the .072 5th was installed from factory.
Doesn't hurt my feelings, as this is going in a type3 with type4 power.
In digging around, the 923 boxes are out there...
Search 923 or 912E in Google.
There were a couple of different Porsche-specific and 912E-specific that had a used box or two...
While the release type can be easily ironed out, try pricing out those gears
Unless you are going to find a 2.7 Carerra box, maybe....
