Here's A Cost Breakdown For A $17k Porsche 911 LS Swap

Tyler Hoover's 996 LS conversion is at last finished, and it's ended up being rather expensive...
Remote video URL

Last time we saw YouTuber and brave/bonkers used car buyer Tyler Hoover’s 996 Porsche ‘Apollo 911’, its LS2 V8 engine transplant was nearly finished. At the time the man was having regrets over his decision to do the engine swap, with the higher than expected cost listed as one of the main reasons.

So, just how expensive was it? Well, there’s no way to sugar coat this, so we’ll just come out with it: $17,043. Ouch.

At $4750 the engine made up a relatively small percentage of the final cost, with the end figure inflated by an expensive conversion kit, the unexpected purchase of a whole bunch of extra parts, and a lot of labour.

Hit play about and be prepared to wince at the full breakdown…

Sponsored Posts

Comments

Anonymous

He should get a 13b-REW.

09/24/2017 - 09:25 |
62 | 4
P1eased0nteatme

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

That would probably have been more expensive

09/24/2017 - 09:29 |
48 | 2
Nishant Dash

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

R O T A R Y P O W E R

09/24/2017 - 09:46 |
6 | 0
🎺🎺thank mr skeltal

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Why?

09/24/2017 - 10:41 |
0 | 0
Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

No, LS swap in a 911 pisses off Porsche purists and that’s something funny, plus LS engines are common, cheap, bulletproof and easy to fix, everything the 13B isn’t

09/25/2017 - 01:22 |
2 | 0
Anonymous

Couldn’t get any worse than a RX7 LS swap.

09/24/2017 - 09:49 |
10 | 4
Joel Lundin

Should have done a Ev conversion

09/24/2017 - 09:53 |
10 | 8

No.

09/24/2017 - 10:38 |
4 | 4

YAAAS

09/24/2017 - 11:45 |
6 | 6
Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Joel Lundin

No, you would still have not finished the conversion, it would have cost you three times more, and try to find any kits for an artisanal EV conversion in a 911. You won’t. And there’s no interest in it.

09/25/2017 - 01:25 |
0 | 0
ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

Even still, a Flat 6 probably would have costed more. Because Porsche, that’s why

09/24/2017 - 10:45 |
4 | 0

Why not Subaru then?

09/24/2017 - 13:51 |
0 | 0
TheMindGarage

He forgot to budget an extra $50,000 or so to defend against the inevitable haters.

09/24/2017 - 10:53 |
20 | 0

Just dab on them. Costs nothing

09/24/2017 - 11:19 |
16 | 6

Don’t givin’ a F**k it’s free :)

09/25/2017 - 07:58 |
0 | 0
JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

What is a 966? MattRobinson

09/24/2017 - 11:34 |
0 | 0

It’s a typo-spec 911

09/24/2017 - 14:53 |
6 | 0
Anonymous

So you took something German and made it american…

09/24/2017 - 17:16 |
0 | 0
maurotehsilva

Good luck with the maintenance unless the back seats can go down is the most obvious thing someone would say to him. It’s work enough to put that engine into such a small space but the implications of it may be for a long time.

09/24/2017 - 17:38 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

I’m 100% sure a rebuilt six wouldn’t cost 17k

09/24/2017 - 21:11 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

If you want to make the same kind of power it does… and even more!

09/25/2017 - 11:24 |
0 | 0
Midwest Hoonigan

$4,750 for the engine? Did he buy a brand new crate engine? Could have pulled one at a junkyard for under $1,000. My neighbor does that all the time for the hot rod cars he builds.

09/25/2017 - 13:15 |
0 | 0