mamxx

Howdy All, I finally decided to shut up and make an account.

Long story short; I cracked the head on my 2000 Porsche 911.

Frankly, I have no experience with engine swaps, zero, none. zilch. (Thank god for the internet, right?)

After stalking just about every build thread on here, I decided to make my own here for recording the swap, and if I have any burning questions.

(I honestly have never even put an engine on an engine stand until just now)

This swap will take some time, I have yet to order the Renegade swap kit. I am in the middle of purchasing my first house(with a two car garage, thankfully). Please bear with me, updates might be long and far away, but they will come. I unfortunately OWE on this car and I do not have the funds to fix it all at once. Especially with the house purchase on the way. I hope to have the engine in and running this winter.

Also I get to work in this tiny *** garage until I move into my new house.


TL;DR: Some experience wrenching, zero experience with engine swaps, broke my Porsche.

The forementioned car.


Rear engine cars = fun tripods.


I'm going to need to buy a new license plate..

The engine and the car.


The engine in its current state.

hayabusa

iTrader: (7)

Happy to see another person joining the 996lsv8 club!

Stampede4ever

What the plans for the car, just an ls1 swap? It kind of sucks about the swap kit being a little pricey.

Stampede.

GPappy

I will be interested in your journey. I have wanted a 911 for a long time and have run into a couple of nice deals on ones with blown engines. Rebuilding a Porsche engine seems to be as expensive as an airplane engine which is hard to believe.

AussieDan

subscribed, good luck with the swap!

mamxx

Got some work done today.

I bought this as a complete drop out from a C10, so truck pan.

Corvette batwing pan/windage tray/pickup tube.

txcarbuilder

I sent you a PM about the adapter for the engine to transmission. Let me know if I can help you.

dcd215

Good luck with the project .I used a txcarbuilder adapter and it's a quality kit , priced fairly .

hayabusa

iTrader: (7)

Good Luck with your swap.

mamxx

3 month update.

1. Bought a house! Finally moved out of my parents house (ripe age of 23, lol)
2. Baby on the way! Due date is 1/8/17!
3. 2 Car garage is obtained, floors are sealed, shelfing is in, lights are hung.
4. Bench built, a real work place now instead of working in a drive way.


Now back to the swap stuff.

Corvette batwing oil pan+Paint.


ICT Billet Alternator mount + new OEM Tensioner.


Now here we are, wiring harness is getting trimmed down, front drive assembly consists of:
ICT Alternator Bracket.
OEM Belt Tensioner
OEM Harmonic Balancer.


Progress is coming faster and faster now that I have a real work place.

rsford2013

mamxx

Bringing back the dead post here.
Sorry, it's been almost a whole year since the last post. But I had a baby, finished moving, and life. right?

I got the adapter plate from Eric at KitCarChassis (Txcarchassis),

mamxx

Also, Engine Mounts are done.


Huge thanks to Andrew!

Also here to plug the Swapped Porsche group on facebook, boy have they been helpful and the reason I actuallly havent been posting on here!

They're great people, if you're swapping a 911 you should join the group!

mamxx

Huge thanks to SWAP Specialties, great set up, great customer service and good communication from their end, and they're local!
Purchased the harness/ecu from them.


Engine and Trans are mated, and mounts are completed.
Time for a test fit!


Batwing oilpan was a great choice for this swap!


I had to cut so much... looking to box this in eventually.

hayabusa

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APillow

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Nice work! Subbed.

LQ4-E39

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Love the color on the car, keep us posted!

Lsx Rubi

Cool project , my friend bought a 2000 996 with the cylinder liner and head cracked as well. I was bugging him to do a LS swap as well only problem is his is an auto . Such a light chassis with the potential to put the power down would love to drive a swapped 996

Lol here is a picture of the carnage

G Atsma

That block got NUKED! lol

mamxx

The fuel system is complete! been awhile since I updated last... My son is 1 year old! Expecting another one here in 7.5 months!
Also updated the garage, insulation (cold michigan winters!), 220v heater, pegboard, and TV mounted in my tiny garage. what an update!



Now, onto the car.
I bought Holley EFI Fuel Rail, mostly for the AN fittings.
180 degree AN fitting.
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I am using the C5 fuel filter/regulator, 996.1 has a fuel return line so this seemed to be my best bet.
This is my first time ending AN fittings! Easy, and worry free.
Thankfully, the 911 uses "bundy" fuel quick disconnect lines, so I purchased adapters to go from the hard fuel lines to AN6

Here is the fuel return



Fuel Feed



I accidentally flip/flopped the feed/return on the C5 fuel filter regulator, i have since then fixed this, but I haven't taken a picture yet. Mounted in stock location.



Just enough length left! I ordered 10ft and it was just enough!


Part list:
Holley Sniper EFI Fuel rail
C5 Fuel Filter/Regulator
6AN SS Braided hose 10ft
6AN 180 Degree
6AN Hose end
6AN 90 Degree
8an to 6 AN
6an to 5/16 SAE QD Fitting

Moving on to the throttle cable assembly, I am going DBC, utilizing the original 996 DBC pedal, the interior is already stripped, looking forward to it!
Getting so close, I purchased a standalone harness from Swap Specialties (http://swapspecialties.com) here in Ovid, MI. They were great to work with! Time to get the coolant system sorted, drill a hole to run the ecu harness through, gunning for first start in March, road worthy by April!