LS swapping the Porsche Boxster/Cayman (photos)
by Joe Coelho

 

Hard to tell from the pic but has the engine been moved to the rear of the car any?

 

The entire transaxle is moved back 4" or so. The firewall has to be modified to add a bit of room, but it all works with an electric water pump and power steering set up.

 

Cv shafts are close to the suspension cradle i bet.

 

The transaxle and motor need to move back 4"?? That seems like quite a bit, both in terms of weight distribution and axle joint angle.

Do you have any shots of the drivetrain from underneath the car?

 

They claim it is well within the limits of the CV joints. It is probably as far back as it can go without interfering with anything hard, because if not I'm sure they would go another inch so the firewall didn't have to be moved. I'm going to guess the LS motor is actually lighter than the original flat six

 

I moved the engine in my 996 back about 2.5" and the cv's have some angle but nothing serious. The 935 back in the day ran some real hard cv angles and they would live one race with BIG hp.

 

The boxster swaps are always blowing axles says the guy on 986 fourum. He's running a ls3 480 hp, That why changed to 996 instead swap,