2001 Porsche 996 LS1 Conversion Thread by 1dirtyZ

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well sorry for not updating you guys as often as I should, but I've done nothing much to the car other than drive it

i've been busy with the race season over here as well as moving so I was kinda pressed for time . but now that the move is over and the last two races of the season are the next two weekends I should have time to start messing with it.

but on a side note ( well more of something to get me to start work on the car ), I decided to take the car out a few days ago and after starting it I started smelling gas,,, so when I backed out of the driveway I saw a puddle , and after further investigation it turned out to be gas . so I now the car is not drivable ,,,,, which means I can't use the excuse of why fix it if its not broken

so I see progress in the near future

7-8-2015

so i guess now is as good as anytime to get working on this thing again

i finally pulled the trigger and decided it was time to start working on the Porsche again. so i pulled the thing into the shop and began ripping it apart

for starters here is how it looked when i drove it in ,,, you can tell it has been thoroughly "tested"



so off came the rear bumper and stuff around it :





and soon afterwards it was time to separate the engine and tranny from the body :




if you recall this was the "bitch" engine that i put in there for "temporary" testing ,,,, well it has served its purpose well



more evidence this thing has been driven every where



and here is the new engine sitting on the engine stand for over a year and a half now ( ignore the intake manifold - its just there for show)




so far i managed to separate the tranny form the engine , and transplant all the accessories over to the new one. i still need to clean the old intake manifold and install the new injectors , then i have to clean the wiring and plumbing in the engine compartment ,,,, currently this is what i have :



so the plan now is to finish plumbing the turbos' cooling lines , then run the new fuel lines and updated coolant lines . after that i can slap the engine and tranny together and shove them back into the car's ***

i also plan on swapping both front and rear shocks as well as the fuel pump.

and maybe after finishing that i can weld the existing exhaust setup to the flex coupler on the turbo , then work on the cold side piping. but i have a feeling i will finish everything under the car first before doing anything above .

updates to follow soon