2011 HDD into a 2008 MBP?????

I have a 2011 mbp HDD.  I know of a 2008 mbp (non-unibody) for sale.
Is it possible to, if not internally mount the drive can via a USB HDD case boot the 2008 from it?
In that I am going to be using the 2008 as a shell for access to the 2011 HDD.
Thanks.

In theory it should work as the kernel should reconize that it is booting the os but the physical machine has different hardware and then reload extensions.
Boot the machine into verbose mode by restarting and hitting "Command V" that will show you where the boot process stalls or stops.
To save time though you should make a 10.9 bootable install and put that on a usb stick. This woudl be the proper way to do it with less headaches.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mav ericks-usb-install-drive/

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