rmc1148

I'm sure its fast and to each his own but you can also drive a nail in with a sledgehammer but that shows no finesse lol.

"02996ttx50

... that just seems so out of sorts... ok a jag!? i can see.

but a porsche? i don't know

neanicu

The man is trying to tell us an electric steering is a better option for that car for God's sake! The same system that most hate in the newer cars because it provided no feedback to what the wheels are doing! Right there and then I'd shut the video off and not listen to one more thing that man is saying!

jbossolo

If the object is to be fast and reliable (both premiums on a track car), no issues for me at all.

Again, you're basing your opinion on ONE video. I can tell you after having been to his shop, seen more than one finished product, and DRIVEN one, the guy makes a very high quality product. Again, not for everyone. And BTW, I've also driven the 997 Carrera S, Cayman S and Panamera GTS, all with paddles, at Barber. Trust me, they can MOVE. Plenty of feedback for me.

And for the record, I'm a Porsche guy "through-and-through". Have owned 4 in my life, have two currently. An unmolested 87' 930, and an 02' 996 TT X50, heavily modded for track use. I wouldn't do a V8 conversion on the 930. On the 996? In a heartbeat. As a matter of fact, my dad has a stock 986 S that will be my prime test bed for one of them, as soon as he cant drive it no more (he's 73).

Imagine an 02'-bodied 986 that can blow the doors off a 996 TT, hell, even a Ferrari for that matter. Now we're talkin'.

Enough "thread jacking". Sorry!

"02996ttx50

i hear ya i wouldn't try and argue against the idea,.. but it ( again.. ) just doesn't sound/feel right.

but then everything is different,.. "these" days. why not car "chimeras" lol

docwyte

Having put an LS into my 944 I can say that the motor is truly a gem. I do take guilty pleasures in easily keeping up with (and passing) GT3's on track in my 944.

I'd have no issue swapping an LS into a "regular" 996. Not sure I could do it to a 996 Turbo tho...

stilov

Hmm. Ya I wouldn't want it in a 996 t, but I'd love to put one in my wife's boxster. Or a 944.

cdk4219

I might just do it to my running x50 car. It certainly would be a better car all around period. The ls design is just a better engine design than a mezger. Most last into the 300 thousand mile territory, and make great power all across the powerband. Coolant pipes are pressed in, timing chain does not break, I would call that engine design bulletproof, and have transplanted these engines in 2 rx7s, E36 M3, Datsun 240z, mercedes r129 600sl, Lincoln mark VII LSC, mercedes 500sec, and even a boat, not to mention other cars that I don't own.

In every case the outcome was a better, faster more reliable car. I have never had to take any one of them apart for failure, even though the FD rx7 had a procharger on it that put out 560whp for 10 years with a completely stock engine. They are all easier to drive and most of them will outperform the 996 turbo, some of them embarrassing it.

Say what you will about the LS base Chevrolet engine, but it is a better design than all of the porsche engines I have owned or own, bar none. It is definitely what I would refer to as bulletproof, not the beloved mezger engine, burning oil, popping out coolant tubes, leaking oil, and sounding like a blender full of ice. Even with a procharger on the rx7 it never used a quart of oil every 2500 miles much less 1000 miles like each porsche turbo I own.

blockhed

So what do you drive, and why are you here if you love the LS so much? I have personally seen my brothers c6 in stock form lose a cam bolt and saw a almost new zr1 with head internals not torqued properly. Every car has a problem and it's all about maintenance and tune. Metzger>LS

"02996ttx50

sacrilege is the word that comes to mind lol

neanicu

Troll

Dock

Each to his own: I'd never consider doing that to my Porsche.

rmc1148

Yes troll and if he feels that strongly sell his Porsche and move on. Why does he put these engines in foreign makes= stick with GM platforms as I'm sure there better quality in his eyes.

Dock

"Now we're talking"?? I don't think so.

Statements like yours amaze me. What does anyone gain by finding excitement in "blowing the doors off a 996 Turbo" in some modified car when the Turbo owner could likely easily afford to build the same (or better) car if he wanted to?? Does "blowing his doors off" somehow indicate that the Turbo owner made a bad decision purchasing his Turbo?

Kevinmacd

cdk4219 - you need to spend sometime on the corvette forum, and see how many of your so called Ls1 are having main bearing problems, and faulty dry sump issues! I will attest to the fact that Porsches do quit well on the long endurance races, in fact better then the Corvettes. Seems they always have engine issues lately in the 12hrs of Sebring!