2001 porsche 996 ls1 conversion
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if it was a dedicated 2wd race car you could shove the engine and trans more towards the center of the car negating the need to cut the brace 
some times i think all cars where desined to fit an ls1 originally , but then something happened and they put some other crappy engine
some times i think all cars where desined to fit an ls1 originally , but then something happened and they put some other crappy engine
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Hello, my name is Az and I'm a new convert :-)
I had a 350Z with a VQ35DE and the devil had me believe that I can mod that engine but then I saw the LSX (read: "light") ... I was a astray, but now I'm here among brothers.
Az
I had a 350Z with a VQ35DE and the devil had me believe that I can mod that engine but then I saw the LSX (read: "light") ... I was a astray, but now I'm here among brothers.
Az
Nice swap!!! You still have your procharged SS Camaro? I've talked to you a while back when you lived in Arizona, you coming back to AZ? I want to see this beast running the streets of arizona... PS no more speed camera's...... I have a 2JZGTE swapped Toyota Cressida, trying to get 700rwhp, and see what it will do a Firebird...
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looool, AZ has the exact same porsche as mine , and just like i convinced him to change from his nissan engine to ans lsx ,,,, i will convince him to sawp an ls into his porsche
mike , how are you doing ?? good to hear from you again
no updates right now , been busy with other stuff and waiting for some more stuff to show up , i did get some things half done , like the fuel lines and oil cooler and brakes , but as soon as i'm done with them i'll update with pics.
mike , how are you doing ?? good to hear from you again
no updates right now , been busy with other stuff and waiting for some more stuff to show up , i did get some things half done , like the fuel lines and oil cooler and brakes , but as soon as i'm done with them i'll update with pics.
looool, AZ has the exact same porsche as mine , and just like i convinced him to change from his nissan engine to ans lsx ,,,, i will convince him to sawp an ls into his porsche
mike , how are you doing ?? good to hear from you again
no updates right now , been busy with other stuff and waiting for some more stuff to show up , i did get some things half done , like the fuel lines and oil cooler and brakes , but as soon as i'm done with them i'll update with pics.
mike , how are you doing ?? good to hear from you again
no updates right now , been busy with other stuff and waiting for some more stuff to show up , i did get some things half done , like the fuel lines and oil cooler and brakes , but as soon as i'm done with them i'll update with pics.
Arizona. You plan to ever come back to the states, if so bring the Camaro and the Porsche...
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hehehe,,, now i'm looking for another victim ,,,, maybe omar or ,,,, medhat!
on a side note , heard roumors that porsche will be putting v8's in their new 911's, guess the idea is getting popular
also found out that RUF does that already , at about $300K a pop !
on a side note , heard roumors that porsche will be putting v8's in their new 911's, guess the idea is getting popular
also found out that RUF does that already , at about $300K a pop !
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finally some updates :
i finally have the rear brakes done , all i have to do now is bleed them and later down the road paint them and add the "porsche " stencil to them :
gotta love the rusty rotors
i also figured out where to mount the oil cooler :
i also had to clerance the oil filter pad to clear the belt :
here you can see how close the belt would run by the oil filter:
i also found these cool hose seperators from summit , nice and clean :
also got the puke tank and vette filter/regulator mounted in place :
and here are all the fittings on the filter :
all i have to do for the fuel system is run a hose to the fuel rail and attatch the return line and that should be it for the fuel system .
also looked at the cooling system plumbing ; for the heater hoses i'll be using an ( of all things ) f-body heater hose assembly wich fits and tucks in real nice under the puke tank and connects to the stock porsche stuff . and on one of the hoses i have to T in the puke tank itself just like on vette cooling system. all that is left to do for finishing that is a couple of under car soild lines i ordered to show up.
as for the rest of the cooling plumbing , i decided to just get some stainless steel pipes and elbows and make my own coolant lines after messing with countless rubber hoses, this way i guarantee myself a better fit and one less thing to go wrong in the long run.
so next up on the list is finishing the fuel lines , fab up some heat shields to seperate the headers and mufflers from what ever will be above them as well as isulate the cooler lines, alt. and A/C compressor where they get real close to the exhaust .
i'll also see if i can the heater hose done as much as i can without the parts i ordered .
i finally have the rear brakes done , all i have to do now is bleed them and later down the road paint them and add the "porsche " stencil to them :
gotta love the rusty rotors
i also figured out where to mount the oil cooler :
i also had to clerance the oil filter pad to clear the belt :
here you can see how close the belt would run by the oil filter:
i also found these cool hose seperators from summit , nice and clean :
also got the puke tank and vette filter/regulator mounted in place :
and here are all the fittings on the filter :
all i have to do for the fuel system is run a hose to the fuel rail and attatch the return line and that should be it for the fuel system .
also looked at the cooling system plumbing ; for the heater hoses i'll be using an ( of all things ) f-body heater hose assembly wich fits and tucks in real nice under the puke tank and connects to the stock porsche stuff . and on one of the hoses i have to T in the puke tank itself just like on vette cooling system. all that is left to do for finishing that is a couple of under car soild lines i ordered to show up.
as for the rest of the cooling plumbing , i decided to just get some stainless steel pipes and elbows and make my own coolant lines after messing with countless rubber hoses, this way i guarantee myself a better fit and one less thing to go wrong in the long run.
so next up on the list is finishing the fuel lines , fab up some heat shields to seperate the headers and mufflers from what ever will be above them as well as isulate the cooler lines, alt. and A/C compressor where they get real close to the exhaust .
i'll also see if i can the heater hose done as much as i can without the parts i ordered .
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some updates to report :
i took everything off the car in preperation for painting the engine compartment and putting the real engine in there. i also just got the coolant hoses and engine mounts from the powdercoaters today ( the hoses are silverish in color but for some reason they show up white in the pics) :
i also just finished painting the engine compartment ( just need one more coat to make sure i covered everything):
and i finally cleaned up the old porsche harness and cut/removed what wires i don't need , now they are nicely tucked out of the way:
and to cap all that i installed the GT2 slave conversion from EVOMS that gets rid of the bulky original clutch slave cylinder ( which by the way uses the power steering pump to provide the "assist" ) , evoms basically sells you all original parts along with their adapter bracket for the actual slave:
off course there has to be a hitch .,,,, i ordered some clutch fork shaft needle bearings and bushings a while back , and for some reason i can not find them !
so i reorderd them again and am now waiting for them to show up,,,, which means no engine trans mating ( and lift up ) untill they show up
i also finalized A/C hose and heater hoses routing , the heater hoses will be just like the
original porsche design and routing ( waiting for the metal hoses to show up too) , while the A/C lines will be routed in a way that they go over the trans , but more on that later .
so , next up on the list :
- paint compartment
- make a mini engine harness for the starter, porsche sensors , and other thingies
- fab a stainless steel section of coolant hose to tie into the original hoses
- install adapter plate and clutch on the the engine
i took everything off the car in preperation for painting the engine compartment and putting the real engine in there. i also just got the coolant hoses and engine mounts from the powdercoaters today ( the hoses are silverish in color but for some reason they show up white in the pics) :
i also just finished painting the engine compartment ( just need one more coat to make sure i covered everything):
and i finally cleaned up the old porsche harness and cut/removed what wires i don't need , now they are nicely tucked out of the way:
and to cap all that i installed the GT2 slave conversion from EVOMS that gets rid of the bulky original clutch slave cylinder ( which by the way uses the power steering pump to provide the "assist" ) , evoms basically sells you all original parts along with their adapter bracket for the actual slave:
off course there has to be a hitch .,,,, i ordered some clutch fork shaft needle bearings and bushings a while back , and for some reason i can not find them !
so i reorderd them again and am now waiting for them to show up,,,, which means no engine trans mating ( and lift up ) untill they show up
i also finalized A/C hose and heater hoses routing , the heater hoses will be just like the
original porsche design and routing ( waiting for the metal hoses to show up too) , while the A/C lines will be routed in a way that they go over the trans , but more on that later .
so , next up on the list :
- paint compartment
- make a mini engine harness for the starter, porsche sensors , and other thingies
- fab a stainless steel section of coolant hose to tie into the original hoses
- install adapter plate and clutch on the the engine
Last edited by 1dirtyZ; Aug 23, 2010 at 08:47 PM.
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Nothing much right now been busy messing with the camaro
kinda stuck cause i still didn't get the clutch fork needle bearing and bushings , so i can't mate the trans to the engine yet, which means i can't install the engine yet
guess i'll do some little stuff here and there today like alternator heat shield and a/c compressor heat shield , and i might do the starter to alternator cable as well as start on the smaller "interface" harness ( mini comaprtment harness ) ; which basically connects all the engine compartment sensors needed by the porsche PCM to the Porsche PCM.
kinda stuck cause i still didn't get the clutch fork needle bearing and bushings , so i can't mate the trans to the engine yet, which means i can't install the engine yet
guess i'll do some little stuff here and there today like alternator heat shield and a/c compressor heat shield , and i might do the starter to alternator cable as well as start on the smaller "interface" harness ( mini comaprtment harness ) ; which basically connects all the engine compartment sensors needed by the porsche PCM to the Porsche PCM.