Originally, Gaskins tried to make the rear fenders out of four pieces of aluminum, but Karl’s attempt to make those curve around the fenders resulted in deformed metal that wasn’t going to hold its shape well. Cars like the BMW E30, Mercedes 380SL, or Porsche 944 are all solid canidates. The 912 would have twice the number of cylinders and nearly four times the displacement it did when it was stock. Club These are available as reman units from Porsche and other sources, enabling a car to have a new or near-new transaxle for relatively little money. We’re featuring the coolest project cars from across the internet on Build of the Week! » Porsche 987 » An LS swap on a Porsche Cayman, when will this end? Additional modifications for street and track use include Koni coilovers, an ACT Stage 2 clutch disc and pressure plate, and Porsche Carrera II wheels as well as other drivetrain, suspension, … Porsche had nothing to do with Amrrican muscle. That person thought he needed more, and what better engine to turn to than a 5.0-liter naturally-aspirated Coyote V8 from a Ford Mustang. “All these ridiculously expensive and kind of pointless restomods done by big super-equipped garages like Singer and a lot of muscle car builders irritated me so much I just had to speak up,” Gaskins told us. I love those cars. The owner states the Porsche transaxle was rebuilt in 2014. Let's look at the facts together: The flat-6 engine from the Cayman, and an LS series all aluminum V8, weigh almost exactly the same. Of course, we have adapter plates that adapt the G96 series of transaxles to the following engines: “By then, the GM LS engines were all over the place, and I switched to a junkyard 6.2 Escalade V8,” Gaskins told us. He revived his 912 project in the early nineties after seeing someone in Hot Rod stuff a big block Chevy into a Porsche 930, stuffing it in front of a Toronado transaxle that had been repurposed to drive the 930's rear wheels. “I had no equipment or training for making compound curves in aluminum, and thought generating curves using straight lines would get me where I wanted to be, All it took was a bandsaw, a four-foot finger brake, and files,” Gaskins told us. “I’m not the only idiot out here working on his car by himself at home in his garage.”. To go with it, he also made a 180-degree exhaust system reminiscent of that of a Ford GT40. Karl had a reason for adding such a radical widebody: he also upgraded the suspension, steering, and brake components to those of a wider 1981 Porsche 911 SC. We believe this is due to the versatility of the LS engine. Porsche AG is the largest and most traditional Sports Car manufacturer and the most profitable automotive manufacturer in the world. When the OP first posted this 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo in the forum marketplace section, he provided very little information. Gaskins’ flat-four wouldn’t hold a tune, perpetually leaked from its valve cover gaskets and pushrod tube seals, plus the heater kept putting an oily haze on the inside of the windshield. This set him back $4,750. 1987 Porsche 951 ( 944 Turbo) with LS Engine This is a running proven car. PORSCHE 911 987 997 GEN 2 TURBO CARRERA 4 S TARGA 4 S CABRIOLET BOXTER S CAYMAN S ALCANTARA LEATHER GT2 RS STYLE STEERING WHEEL (PDK-MULTIFUNCTIONS-OPTIONS AVAILABLE) 450£ or 250£ using our steering wheel exchange service We can offer wide range of Porsche steering wheel upgrades to suite all design tastes and to enhance your driving … 6.0 liter corvette engine with 80,000 miles. The car is finished in black over black leather, and additional modifications include a Kennedy Engineered clutch, flywheel, and adapter plates, custom built … With a lightweight body and a torquey LS under the hood, the S2000 can be a supercar-killer. I need a video of this hooning about. The G96 range of Porsche transaxles was an evolution of the venerable G50 series, with improved synchros, and other technology. Home; Porsche interior ... GT2 RS, RS, Club sports conversion and is great upgrade compared to standard leather steering wheel. This 2006 Porsche Cayman S was acquired by the seller two years ago and has since been fitted with a GM 6.2L LS3 V8 crate engine mated to a Porsche 986 6-speed manual transaxle and an OS Giken limited-slip differential. Mr. Tyler Hoover chose an aluminum LS2 from a 2006 Corvette, which, when mated to the Porsche gearbox, makes 371 horsepower at the rear wheels. Why? Calm down. A junk small block and heads were used as a stand-in to design a box steel subframe for the engine swap. If you’re looking for something off the beaten path to do an LS swap on, an older german car might be a good option. Join the LS1Tech Forums Now! Porsche 944 Turbo LS Swap. Gaskins also built mounts on the subframe to attach coilovers that eliminate the need for the 911's stock torsion tube in the rear suspension. Life got in the way of finishing the car at the time as the Gaskins family built a house and put two sons through college—but the project 912 certainly wasn’t forgotten. chassis has only 70,000, upgraded brakes. Gaskins added a new metal firewall to move the engine forward.