Sloss

Hi Everyone

Thought id share the progress of my 997 project

So i have this 2006 911 Carrera S and basically i was bored of the power. I own a dyno and tune cars here in Toronto and have lots of Honda clients making 500+ HP effortlessly and very inexpensively

So... my idea, swap in a Honda K24 engine with a custom turbo kit and shoot for 500-600whp

A couple details of the project - The engine is a 2013 Civic Si K24Z7, I have a GTX3582R turbo, i have ordered up a Kennedy Engineering engine to transmission adapter with clutch kit and I have a Syvecs S7Plus ECU to get the Honda engine to run in the Porsche

I have my reasons for doing this project and i am sure it will be met with mixed reviews, but I wanted to share the progress so far and figured this would be a good place to start

If you're interested in checking it out, I've been documenting it on my YouTube channel


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Baseline dyno of the stock Porsche engine

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Intro to the project - Porsche engine removal

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Test fitting the K24

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K24 engine fits in the Porsche

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997 Adapter Plate

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K997 - K24 bolted in!

If the the project is well received i'll keep updating

Let me know that you think

Thanks

Bud Fox

Please keep updating. This is very neat. Has it been done before in the US?

Adamant1971

Get your flame suit on. The horror.

On the other hand, It’s your car and you only live once, so enjoy the project.

Sloss

Thanks - There is one other example - someone swapped a K20 into a 930, but as far as i can tell this is the first for a 997

Imo000

That's AWESOME!!! But why not start with a Honda V6 and boost that? With a V6 you will have more low end torque that can be used when driving around.
That oil pan looks pretty close to the ground.

Sloss

flame suit ready, so far it has been well received tho

moab

good luck... not a fan of "re-badging" though.

Adamant1971

Cool, props for taking on this project. Good luck.

Imo000

We can all thank, like him or not, Rob Ford for getting rid of Drive Clean and allowing us to do things like this.

Sloss

Thanks. i had considered the V6, the issue is the size, the Honda J series engines are even taller and i doubt it would have fit. Oil pan wise, i believe its about the same as the Porsche oil pan clearance

lowbee

Please keep us in the loop on the cost of this conversion, I'd like to know how's this compares to a LS1 swap

Cosmo Kramer

I’m going to be “that guy”. Lol

its nice to do things just to say you did it or that you can, but sometimes you shouldn’t. You can shoehorn anything into whatever car you want if you have the talent but doesn’t make it sensible. From what I have seen, when the 4 cyl Honda engines are boosted to those power levels the power comes in at high rpm like a sledgehammer and not really usable. There is nothing like the sound and smooth power delivery of a N/A flat 6, it’s what gives these cars the incredible balance they have. Another point, a well maintained 911 is one of the lowest depreciating sports cars out there, and doing this your car it will drop 20k in value minimum.

But I digress, not my money not my car just may opinion, which are like @ssholes, everybody has them.

wc11

The only cars with another brand engine that ever peaked my interest.....

jumper5836

Cool idea keep updating. Though I have doubts that that engine would last 138k km tracking it like my m96 did.

Only1

Fantastic swap!
K20's rock. Plenty of torque and bottom end on what you have planned.
Post pics while progressing.