dporto

I would surmise, there was a high rate of speed involved...

m3driver

If mine ever drops the m96 I will do a LS swap no questions asked. The m96 is just not worth replacing when the LS series motors are hand down better in every category. About the only downside to the swap is losing that flat 6 sound, however a LS sounds really good too, it's just different

philooo

Could be but as car mileage goes up, and engines die, I doubt many people will be interested rebuilding porsche engines especially as cost keep going up each year.

If you buy a base car for $7k with a blown engine, it makes more sense to put a LS engine in it.

I just like the idea of an LS engine

Anyways unless the value of the 996 goes up, there is no financial incentive to rebuild these car with Porsche engine.

alpine003

Guys, don't forget about the one member on here that fabricated everything from scratch(no conversion parts bought) and IIRC, completed it in some crazy amount of time, like a month or so. That guy was my hero.

white out

If I did it again, I would just make my own motor plates and go straight with KEP for the motor/trans adapter & cutch/flywheel.

Vdubjetta02

I couldn't put an American motor in my Porsche..... I know I might be the only one, however I just couldn't do it

-I am though an all around car enthusiast so I'll be watching this thread

niche

Would you want to do it again? It's an interesting proposition. I'm not a purist when it comes to the 996 or 986...

Animus

Seems like a kit with parts. Don't know about engine mgmt.

http://www.renegadehybrids.com

white out

After owning a modified 996TT, it would be difficult for me to choose over another LS swap or TT. I think it would come down to an LS C4S or TT. With that said, I would do it again. The car was VERY fun to drive.

That's the kit I used. Wouldn't use it again.

alpine003

I wouldn't be surprised if I see Taiwan copies soon. This has already been done with the LS BMW swap kits.

Engine management would be to use factory LS ecu or something like the FAST ecu for more flexibility.

911Dreamer

Man is it me or are the 996 engines just letting go? It seems theres too many members losing their skin on the M96 engine in the forums?

alpine003

It's you. Consider there are over 100k 996's out there. Take a tally of engines that have blown here. Then factor in track, maintenance abuses, factory recommended OCI, 2nd/3rd/4th used car ownership with no history, boy cry wolf, etc. and you can see it's nothing really out of the ordinary.

The e60 M5 guys have it worse when it comes to engine failures. The only difference being that their's is a lot less to fix than ours.

niche

Also, with time, there are known weaknesses that can be addressed long before anything blows. These can be great engines.

911Dreamer

I don't doubt the engines can be great but there are factors that make even the best maintained engine fail. Maybe thinking too much about it since I been reading up on the boards lately.

5CHN3LL

...said everyone who has ever heard about the LS swap but not actually started doing the math.

Unless you have the chops to DIY, most LSx swaps turn out to be $10K hack jobs that the owner can't wait to unload.