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Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 4:19 pm
by 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.
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:34 pm
by Green_Acres
That’s some strong work ethic there!
Looks great, really like the color.
Congratulations.
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:03 pm
by blueline
Ataylor951 wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2024 4:19 pm
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!!!
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:51 am
by blade7
White is one of the most forgiving colours to paint a car. And I'd think a V8 trumps anything else for noise.
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:31 am
by JDSPYDER
How difficult was the swap? Is there a kit for it?
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 11:18 am
by Ataylor951
JDSPYDER wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:31 am
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
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 11:51 am
by JDSPYDER
Nice work… getting it done in three years is impressive too.
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 1:06 pm
by 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 .
Re: Finishing my 951 Ls swap
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 5:14 pm
by ROB III
Congratulations on completion and dedication! Looks great and thanks for joining.