By taking a kitbashed GM-sourced LS1 V8 engine and slotting it into an AWD Porsche 996, LS1tech forum member “1dirtyZ” has set out to create something truly unique. Sure, it’s unconventional and perhaps a little sacrilegious...but just look at the Porsche donor car.
It’s a wreck, the victim of a catastrophic engine fire. It has a ruined interior and a body that’s been damaged both by fire and rust. It would have spent the rest its days rotting away in a car wreckers yard if 1dirtyZ had not rescued it.
And even though this confabulation of All-American grunt and German precision engineering is not yet finished (it doesn’t have a rear bumper, for one), it certainly runs and can even be driven around a dirt race track. You can check out our gallery of in-progress images below and a handful of videos showing the V8-powered Porsche 911 running.
All it needs now is a name. Wheels dubbed the R35 Nissan GT-R Godzilla so should we maybe call this science-project-gone-wrong “Cloverfield”? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
By Tristan Hankins
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10 Comments:
good engineering, lousy video, extremely lousy driving.
Is there any car an LS block hasn't been stuffed in yet?
Sacrilegious? Yeah, but at the cost of getting a new crate engine from Porsche, I'd say this was a far better choice.
Blasphemy!!!!!!!!!
No thanks. Porsche struggled for decades to achieve a perfectly balanced car. This will probably kill you in the first corner. But considering it was a wrecked car I forgive them:)
These guys did a Great job, keeping this car on the road, not like that "smart" guy who donated his car to be used as target practice by others "smart" guys ( Opening Salvo on Porsche 911 - Comm2A benefit Shoot )
Carroll Shelby made a fortune plugging heavy V8’s into little European cars. It would be nice to have that kind of time on my hands! No need to finish a rear end that's soon to be thrown into a wall, though, but definitely an interesting diversion to temporarily stay out of trouble and hone tech skills. Was it like this? "Hey, Al, now that we drained our last barrel of fuel in the nitro-methane Hemi Bentley, I've been thinking: you know what we can do with that LS1 over there, yeah, that one...", I mean, how much time/money/facilities must one have readily available to successfully execute such a thing? An even-more-challenging mid-ship's mount would improve balance; maybe they'll do that next...after the wreck.
If I could only get my GLI to sound like that!
What a hideously dumb idea... its not like Porsche hasn't spent the last 50 (yes, its now 50) years developing the bejesus out of the 911 to make the flat 6 work in the rear engine configuration. Something about a big heavy v8 right over the rear axle screams under steer and getting up close and personal with some foliage.
Very bad mechanic
"Something about a big heavy v8 right over the rear axle screams under steer and getting up close and personal with some foliage."
Yeah, because an aluminium engine block is SOOOOOO heavy.
The LS block isn't as big as you think it is. the small block itself fits in virtually any RWD application, and even in the back of this 996.
As pointed out before, would you want to pay Porsche's prices for a new engine and get a slower car than one with an LS?
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