porschekid7

Looking to see if anyone has a completed or project LS swapped 951 for sale. I'm interested and cannot seem to find many around. Feel free to pm me or email me at porschekid7@gmail.com. Thanks.

tempest411

For every 100 people that want to LS swap their 944, ten actually begin the work. For every ten that begin the swap, probably one finishes the job, with the other nine getting parted out. At least according to my thoroughly unscientific survey.

MAGK944

Very true, I’d add that even those that finish are not all primo examples of engineering. I’ve only seen 3 anywhere, either online or in person, that were completed professionally enough that I would be happy to own them and those guys all started with 951’s and spent north of $15k.

turbogrill

Whats the hardest part? Is it to get all the details sorted out?

I know on the 996 LS swap the biggest problem seem to be to make the Porsche stuff work with the Chevy stuff (AC,Power Steering, Dash, etc). Just to get the car running doesn't seem impossible.

V2Rocket

theres a lot of details to sort.

people see $300 engines and a $2k swap kit and think thats all it takes...

simply put most folks cant afford (money and/or time) to chase down the little stuff.

theres an outspoken v8-swap enthusiast around these parts who has maybe 50k into the swap - TPC did it at their shop.
the car is fast, and sounds good, but the hydroboosted big brakes feel like oatmeal, the clutch doesnt fully disengage, and the pedal has hardware store springs wrapped around it so it comes back up...
and the heat doesnt work. and the throttle cable had 4" of dead travel before the throttle body actually started to open (i fixed this with zipties to make it driveable).

PorscheDoc

A well sorted LS conversion done right is going to cost you 25k IMHO. You might try the 944 hybrids forum for cars for sale.

porschekid7

Thanks for all the responses. I just posted a similar wtb on 944hybrids. I've been contemplating doing the swap myself but quickly questioned my sanity as my 88' 951 is running perfectly (knock on wood). I don't mind spending for a quality build, but finding any builds for sale has proved to be the hard part. Tempest411, no matter how unscientific your survey is, it seems to be pretty accurate.

ian

There is one for sale on Bring a Trailer right now, not sure what the final hammer price will be, but should give a good indication of the market for LS1 944s

LS1 944 on BaT

87944turbo

I just finished my LS swap a couple months ago and some of what is being said here is true. I did it all myself in my garage and it is a lot of work and I would consider myself pretty competent when it comes to working on these cars. That said, my swap is pretty basic, no A/C and no power steering. I got rid of both of those years ago though, so it wasn't that I choose to loose them based on the swap. I would consider my car a streetable track car.

If you keep things simple, it really is pretty straight forward. I am running a very simple stand alone harness and there is a grand total of four wiring connections that have to be made to get it running. Everything else is nuts and bolts.

It will be interesting to see what the one on BAT sells for.

zoo

It probably makes most sense to swap a non-runner, if you do decide to go that route.

chrenan

Wow I guess I’m 1 in 100, I’m special!

porschekid7

Wanna sell it??? lol

chrenan

But then what would I take to the track?

porschekid7

I'm sure we could work something out... Have a couple toys to trade if you're interested

chrenan

Unless one of them is an LS swapped 944 with an LS bigger than mine it’s a hard no from me. I suppose if you had one of those you wouldn’t be looking though