Finishing my 951 Ls swap

[Ataylor951]

For those of you (likely almost all of you) that aren’t familiar with the “wonderful” life my 86 951 has had over the last 3 years, it’s finally to a point that I would call done…. For now. I bought the car non running with a Lindsey racing super 75 kit on it and had to fix a broken timing belt and bent valves. Three days later and maybe ~30 miles, the aftermarket ignition coil shorted out and cause a fire.

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Undeterred I decided to finally build my dream car and Ls swap it, that turned out to be much more than I thought it would be, after one Ls lost oil pressure after ~700 miles I bought a running junkyard engine and did the basics, heads, cam, intake, oil pump, and so on.

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The car still never looked that good with its mismatched panels and, in my opinion, awful burgundy interior.

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Finally after 3 years it’s painted and has a black interior. I’m proud to say I have done 100% of the work myself including learning how to weld and paint (with some amount of success) all at home in my garage.

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I’m relatively new to this forum and recently got a 3d printer so I’m very excited to see what 944 goodies I can use it for.

[Green_Acres]

That’s some strong work ethic there!
Looks great, really like the color.
Congratulations.

[blueline]

For those of you (likely almost all of you) that aren’t familiar with the “wonderful” life my 86 951 has had over the last 3 years, it’s finally to a point that I would call done…. For now. I bought the car non running with a Lindsey racing super 75 kit on it and had to fix a broken timing belt and bent valves. Three days later and maybe ~30 miles, the aftermarket ignition coil shorted out and cause a fire. IMG_2302.jpegUndeterred I decided to finally build my dream car and Ls swap it, that turned out to be much more than I thought it would be, after one Ls lost oil pressure after ~700 miles I bought a running junkyard engine and did the basics, heads, cam, intake, oil pump, and so on.FC_20240712_0130.jpeg The car still never looked that good with its mismatched panels and, in my opinion, awful burgundy interior. FC_20240712_0128.jpegFinally after 3 years it’s painted and has a black interior. I’m proud to say I have done 100% of the work myself including learning how to weld and paint (with some amount of success) all at home in my garage. IMG_5168.jpeg
I’m relatively new to this forum and recently got a 3d printer so I’m very excited to see what 944 goodies I can use it for.

Wow! Congrats on the journey and the perseverance!

Welcome to Carpokes!!!

[blade7]

White is one of the most forgiving colours to paint a car. And I'd think a V8 trumps anything else for noise.

[JDSPYDER]

How difficult was the swap? Is there a kit for it?

[Ataylor951]

How difficult was the swap? Is there a kit for it?

There’s a couple kits out there, I used the renegade hybrids kit. It can be done fairly easily but I did a lot of custom wiring, painting, and sanding

[JDSPYDER]

Nice work… getting it done in three years is impressive too.

[996C438]

Well done ! The LS is a great engine , I recently purchased a 1998 S10 with a 5.3 conversion . It is a crazy hot rod parts chaser . Good luck and enjoy the power .

[ROB III]

Congratulations on completion and dedication! Looks great and thanks for joining.