LS1 in a boxster - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

RandallNeighbour · 01-06-2010, 05:09 PM

I'd drop a LS1 in my car when the motor blows if someone made a kit for it.

Brad, are you listening??????

JAAY · 01-06-2010, 06:24 PM

I want to know if the new 4 cyl turbo that might come out will fit our tranny and mounts. If so I will drop that in and figure out the wiring later.

Lobo1186 · 01-06-2010, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JAAY

I want to know if the new 4 cyl turbo that might come out will fit our tranny and mounts. If so I will drop that in and figure out the wiring later.

from what i have heard around the NET is that if they do the 4cyl it may still be just entry level and not meant to compete with the 987S seems childish to me.

they should do it like the 968TS

3.0 4cyl turbo

nice.

jmatta · 01-06-2010, 07:03 PM

Great...a Boxster that sounds like a NASCAR.

coreseller · 01-07-2010, 03:08 AM

I too had been following that thread. The deck height would be an issue, that along with probably screwing up the handling dynamics due to weight / torque. Regarding the sound, my daily driver is a LS1 6 speed and IMO it sounds MUCH better than the 3.2 Boxster, even with a B&B TriFlow exhaust.

Lobo1186 · 01-07-2010, 05:10 AM

I wonder if to help lose some height you could put a dry sump oil system in. that would let you drop the engine at least a couple inches and help with your center of gravity as well.

as far as torque... of course you would need to upgrade suspension a little but I think that if the carrera GT which weighs 3000 lbs and has about 100 more torque than even a well tuned LS1 can handle it. then the boxster should be able to also with some well invested upgrades.

widebody kit anyone?

landrovered · 01-07-2010, 05:57 AM

I have become quite familiar with the LSx to porsche G50 inverted transaxle setup through researching the Factory Five GTM. It is a doable conversion but there are numberous issues that you would face trying to shoehorn that big a setup into a chassis as small as the 986. It is very tight in the GTM and it is a much bigger car.

I suggest you go to the Factory Five website and check out some of the eye candy there. I have seen the cars in person and have the assembly manual sitting here on my desk. It is an awesome car with awesome performance. But it is not for the technically meek. There is a whole lot of problem solving and engineering that goes into the build.

Cheers!

Lobo1186 · 01-06-2010, 06:25 PM

I was looking through the other thread from a while ago about this and there were alot of haters. it seems maybe some people now see the merit?