Porsche 911 with GM LS1 V8 Photos And Videos

By taking a kitbashed GM-sourced LS1 V8 engine and slotting it into an AWD Porsche 996, LS1tech forum member “1dirtyZ” has set out to create something truly unique. Sure, it’s unconventional and perhaps a little sacrilegious...but just look at the Porsche donor car.

It’s a wreck, the victim of a catastrophic engine fire. It has a ruined interior and a body that’s been damaged both by fire and rust. It would have spent the rest its days rotting away in a car wreckers yard if 1dirtyZ had not rescued it.

And even though this confabulation of All-American grunt and German precision engineering is not yet finished (it doesn’t have a rear bumper, for one), it certainly runs and can even be driven around a dirt race track. You can check out our gallery of in-progress images below and a handful of videos showing the V8-powered Porsche 911 running.

All it needs now is a name. Wheels dubbed the R35 Nissan GT-R Godzilla so should we maybe call this science-project-gone-wrong “Cloverfield”? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Tokyo Auto Salon 2011: Nissan 350Z Poses as a Porsche Drag Queen with a Panamera Face...

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The Tokyo Auto Salon is always a blast featuring all sorts of unique tuning proposals, like this here Porsche wannabe. When our Tokyo show man Phil sent us the above photo, we assumed it pictured a Porsche -possibly a Boxster- wearing some kind of extreme bodykit. We were quickly proved wrong, however, when he sent over an image of the interior as well as short video, and revealed that the Porsche Panamera-faced tune was actually a Nissan 350Z Roadster!

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Eliica EV vs Porsche 911 Turbo - Drag Race

As electric cars seem to be in the hot spot these days, I thought this video would be very interesting. Some guys from a Japanese TV Show put the electric powered Eliica -short for Electric Lithium Ion battery car, against one of the fastest cars in production today, the Porsche 911 Turbo, to see which one would win a 0-100 mph race in a drag strip.

If youre thinking that the Porsche broke the red ribbon with ease, well think again. Luckily for you, no bets allowed here because the "martian" looking 8 wheel Eliica gave the 911 Turbo a whip in the ass, needing a mere 7,02 sec compared with the 9,2 sec of its german counterpart ! Watch the video bellow via Jalopnik

Porsche Cayenne Turbo S Vroom-Vroom Commercial

I leave this commercial uncommented. Just take a look at the previous post by clicking here: Greenpeace anti SUV Add

Top Gear gets its hands on the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S

Yet another great video from Top Gear testing the all new 520 hp 2007 Porsche Cayenne Turbo in Cyprus. But wait –what's that helicopter doing there…?

Electric Porsche 928 Sheds 400 Pounds and Three Gears to Make One Man Happy

Jeff McCabe owns a Porsche 928. However, he wanted an electric Porsche 928 in the vein of the Tesla Roadster that he can't afford. So here's what Jeff did: he removed "over 1,700 lbs" of dead weight by eliminating a bunch of useless stuff like the standard engine, transmission (actually just 1st, 4th, and 5th gears), and a bunch of electronics, pop-up headlights, and so on.

He also replaced the wheels and brakes with lighter units and made sure to ace that heavy glass. Once that 1,700 pounds was in the trash, he added 1,300 pounds in the form of 750 lithium iron-phosphate cells (he originally used lead acid batteries).

The result is a car that can go for 115+ miles before it needs a recharge (versus the ~45 from the lead acid units) and can hit 85 miles per hour (137km/h). Too bad it can't do 88. For some info straight from the owner of the car, check out the vid below. Anyone interested in providing him with a CVT?