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Swapping in a V-8 in a Porsche 911 is a sacrilege, according to purists, but there are some obvious advantages when doing it on a 997 Carrera/ Carrera S

Many Porsche flat-6 engines are experiencing bore scoring and IMS failure - both expensive to fix problems, warranting an engine rebuild at $30,000

An LS3 crate motor from GM solves those issues and adds performance, and CPE has the most comprehensive kit for the purpose

CPE's LS V-8 engine swap for the Porsche 911 is an easy conversion, and costs much less than rebuilding the stock engine at a Porsche dealer

CPE's V-8 conversion includes a proprietary, single-mass flywheel

The stock Porsche 997 Carrera S made 350 hp and 295 lb-ft on the crankshaft

The new V-8 engine packs 495 hp and over 420 lb-ft

Less weight: despite almost twice the displacement, the GM V-8 engine is over 40 lbs lighter than the boxer engine

This particular Porsche, owned by "Street Bandito" also gets carbon fiber bits that would shave even more weight

Swipe up to learn more about the advantages of an LS V-8 engine swap on a 911 and how much it costs.

YouTuber Brooks Weisblat Got His Hands On A 992.1 Porsche 911 Turbo S

He Runs The Drag Times Channel And Got To Take On The Tail Of The Dragon With A Couple Of Friends

The 'Tail Of The Dragon' Mountain Pass Features 318 Curves In 11 Miles

While Brooks Owns Several Supercars, His 911 Turbo S, Is His First Porsche

One Of The Other Stars At The Meet Was This Ferrrari SF90 Spider

A Brand New Corvette C8 Z06 With The Z07 Track Package Also Came To Shine

Other Track Weapons In The Group Include A GT3 RS And GT4 RS

There Was Also A Shark Blue GT3 RS, And A Grey 911 C2S

We Get To See 360° Cam Footage From Three Cars In The Group

Firstly Brook's Guards Red Turbo S, And While It Is Quick, The Sound From The Stock Exhaust Is Far From Spectacular

Especially When Compared To The Stock Exhaust Of The C8 Z06

This GT3 RS With Downpipes And Its NA Flat-Six Put Up A Far Better Show

The Turbo S Has A Soft Limiter And It Can Never Match The Sound-Profile Of A GT3 RS

John Hilton, The Owner Of The GT4 RS, Breaks In His New Tires In Style

The Video Ends With Some Spectacular Footage From One Of The Most Beatiful Roads In The Country

Swipe Up To Compare The Specs Of These Breathtaking Machines

Doug DeMuro Recently Reviewed The Porsche 718 Spyder RS

Popular For His Quirks And Features Format, One Feature Was Particularly Interesting To Him

The RS Spyder Has A Ridiculously Complicated Manual Top Installation, Which Starts With The Key Fob

This Pops Open The Rear Clamshell Lid

After Manually Lifting It Up, You Have Access To Your Soft Top, Which Consists Of 2 Parts

The First Part Has The Appearance Of A Rolled Up Tent

It Has To Be Lined Up With The Winshield With It's Latch Open

Once Lined Up You Can Engage The Latch To Secure It

The Next Step Is Unrolling It To Reach The Rear

The Metal Tubing Has Inserts In The Rear

You Also Have Two Wires On Either Side Which Have To Be Attached To Fastening Points

The Tension On These Wires Can Be Tautened With A Lever

You Can Leave This First Part Of The Top As Is, Or Go For Additional Protection With The Second Part Of The Top

This Is Also Quite A Time Consuming And Not-So-Straightforward Step

Finally After The Second Part Is Secured, You Can Close The Rear Lid And Attach The Last Trailing Bits To To Latches Present

This Is How It Will Finally Look With The Top Up

Would You Spend $217,000 On This Car?

It Only Takes 10 Seconds To Put The Top Up In A Standard Boxster

Swipe Up To Find Out Exactly Why Porsche Went With This Complex Roof Mechanism For The Spyder RS.

Porsche Works driver Pascal Wehrlein claims the 2024 Formula E Driver's Championship title in the season finale

Three drivers entered the London finale with a shot at the championship, separated by just 7 points

Starting 4th on the grid, Wehrlein displayed exceptional driving skills under pressure

While Evans and Cassidy initially led, strategic issues caused frustration and gave an advantage to Porsche

Eventually, a safety car bunched up the pack, placing all title contenders in the top 3

In the end, it was Porsche's strategy and teamwork that played a key role in securing the driver's championship

Despite prior race wins, team mate Da Costa prioritized supporting Wehrlein's efforts

Wehrlein secured second place in the final lap, putting him in a position to secure enough points to win the championship

With that Pascal Wehrlein becomes the first champion of Formula E's Gen-3 era

Porsche finished second in the Manufacturer's Championship with 451 points, behind Jaguar who secured 455 points

The Porsche 99X Electric has won 8 out of 16 races and the innovations & technologies featured will trickle down into Porsche road cars

Swipe up to watch the highlights of the 2024 Formula E Season finale.

Porsche issued a press release about a new Nürburgring record in a upcoming top-end variant of the Panamera

Porsche Did Not Specify The Trim, But Has Now Confirmed It As The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid

Porsche Test Driver Lars Kern Set A Record Time Of 7:24.17 Minutes For Luxury Cars With Combustion Engines And Hybrids

This New Panamera Is 5.0 Seconds Quicker Than The Last Model

Unlike The Street Version, This Pre-Production Unit Was Equipped With Bucket Seats And Protective Roll Cage

The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Has A Combined System Output Of 771 horsepower

A Couple Of Months Ago Veteran 2-Time WRC Driver, Walter Röhrl Got Behind The Wheel Of The Panamera E-Hybrid

This Drive Took Place In The Picturesque Austrian Town Of Zell am See

He Was Impressed With The Panamera's Active Ride Suspension

The Panamera's Active Suspension Not Only Responds To The Road Conditions, It Actively Varies Damper Pressure As Well

This System Can Run Thanks To The Hybrid Panamera's High Voltage 400V Battery

The Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Costs $226,500 And Will Hit U.S. Dealerships In Late 2025.

The Porsche 4Kids Summer Holiday Program Is Joining Hands With LEGO Technic This Year

The Porsche Museum In Stuttgart, Germany Organizes The Porsche 4Kids Summer Program Every Year

This Year The Program Is About Celebrating The Porsche GT4 e-Performance

Porsche Has An Established Relationship With Toymaker LEGO

In The Past They Have Collaborated To Create The LEGO Model 911 GT3 RS, Which Consisted Of More Than 2,700 Parts

You Can Also Get A Detailed LEGO Replica Of The Porsche 911 RSR Racecar

Kids Can Participate In Several Activities Centered Around The GT4 And The LEGO Version

Participants Get The Chance To Drive The Remote Control GT4 Around An Actual Racetrack

Attendees Also Get To Participate In LEGO Building Sessions

Participants Also Learn About The Engineering Which Went Into Both Of These Projects

The Stuttgart LEGO Club Will Be Creating Some Unique Models And Landscapes Which Can Only Be Seen At The Museum

The Activites Are Free And Will Run From 30 July To 18 August, Online Registrations Are Now Open

This 1997 Porsche 911 GT1 is one of only 9 race cars Porsche sold to privateers

The condition of this veteran race car is surprisingly immaculate, considering the grueling nature of Endurance racing

Being a '97 model, this 911 GT1 features 993 front headlights for homologation purposes

The 993 GT1 taillights, however, come from the Porsche 996

This particular 911 GT1 Race version is chassis number 108 and one of the most successful 911 GT1s to grace IMSA and Le Mans

The 911 GT1 is the only mid-engine Porsche 911

The 911 GT1's clamshell hides a twin-turbo, water-cooled flat-six, and one of the last Mezger engines

In order for the 911 GT1 Rennversion to go racing, Porsche built 25 Street versions of the GT1

Unlike the road-going GT1s, which came with a 6-speed manual, the Race version had a sequential transmission

Even early, 993 GT1 variants could hit 62 moh in 3.9 seconds and blast down the 1/4-mile in 11.6 seconds

On the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans, the Porsche 911 GT1 reached over 191 mph. The GT1 Evo was even faster, at 205 mph

At just 2,480 pounds, the 993 GT1 was lightweight

The 993 GT1's rear subframe was a direct- carry-over from its predecessor, the Porsche 962

This 1997 Porsche 911 GT1 has the potential to become one of the most expensive Porsches ever sold at an auction. Swipe up for more details

Porsche Design products are known for their timeless design and high functionality

This also extends to its recent lineup of high-end e-Bikes, designed for those who embrace the rugged outdoors

Porsche Design has introduced two new colorways for its eBike Cross Performance EXC 2nd Gen

The first is Cartagena Yellow, a bold new shade introduced with the recent 2025 911 Hybrid

The second is Oak Green Metallic Neo, which complements the Macan EV 4S

The Cross Performance EXC 2nd Gen is the flagship model and retails for $15,665

Porsche Design is also renowned for its timepieces and one of the firm's very first projects was the 1972 Chronograph I

It was designed by Ferdinand A. Porsche, who also designed the iconic 911

Porsche Design has also ventured into smartwatches and has launched a collaboration with Garmin

The Porsche x Garmin Epix Pro smartwatch features a sporty design with Porsche branding

It offers advanced features like heart rate monitoring, GPS tracking, and ECG

It retails for $1,250, excluding taxes

Swipe up to learn more about these lifestyle products, from Porsche Design.

Porsche Has Added Two More Macan EV Variants To Its Line-up - The Entry-Level RWD Version With 398 Miles Of Range

And The More Powerful, And Sportier 4S Version With Upto 376 Miles Of Range

The Base RWD Macan Will Be The Entry Variant And Make 355 HP And 415 Lb-Ft Of Torque

The 4S Will Slot In Between The Macan 4 And The Top End Turbo Variant

The RWD Version Will Come With A Single Motor Over The Rear Axle And The Same 95 kWh Battery Found In The Rest Of The Line-Up

The 4S Features Two Motors Which Deliver 442 HP And 578 Lb-Ft Of Torque

The RWD Macan Can Reach A Top Speed Of 136 MPH And Hit 0-60 MPH In 5.4 Seconds

The More Poweful 4S Is Faster With A Top Speed Of 149 MPH And Does 0-60 MPH In 3.9 Seconds

Porsche Has Also Upgraded The Interior With A New 12.6-Inch Curved Instrument Display, A 10.9-inch passenger Display, AR HUD, And Ambient Lighting

The Brand Calls It The Porsche Driver Experience

The Base Variant Has A Starting Price Of $75,300

The 4S Comes With A Starting Price Of $84,900

Swipe up to read more about the 2025 Porsche Macan EV.

Porsche has employed Boxer engines in its sports cars for decades

The first time Porsche used a boxer engine wasn't in a Porsche car, but the original VW Beetle

The first Porsche to feature a boxer engine was the Type 64. It was a modified VW Beetle engine

Hans Mezger was responsible for almost all Porsche boxer engines in the brand's history

The last Porsche to feature the Mezger boxer-six engine was the 997 GT3 RS 4.0

Porsche chose the boxer engine for a few important reasons, and all of them have to do with the car's driving dynamics

The boxer engine (especially the six-cylinder variants) are incredibly smooth and balanced

This also allows boxer engines to feel like they can rev more freely

The low engine profile makes for better handling, despite some earlier 911s suffering from snap oversteer

Before AWD became common, cars with rear-mounted engines had better handling in harsh conditions

Among the boxer engine's many advantages is that they are the best candidates for air cooling

However, boxer engines are very wide, making them more difficult to service

Boxer engines are also more expensive to make due to their compelxity

But having the boxer engine in the rear allows the 911 to launch like no other car

Porsche doesn't plan on phasing out the boxer engine, and the T-Hybrid powertrain ensures it

Swipe up to read more about the benefits and drawbacks of Porsche's boxer engines.

Like other Porsche names, the "Targa" comes from racing

In this case, the Targa Florio, in Sicily, which Porsche won 10 times

All 911s score a retro-futuristic design, but the Targa goes further with the signature B-pillar from the 1965, original 911 Targa

Porsche calls its 911 Targa, the first "safety" convertible, due to the fixed roll bar

The Targa's retractable roof uses identical mechanism to the 911 Cabriolet

The Porsche 992's retractable Targa top goes down in 19 seconds

The Targa top can also be operated at speeds of up to 31 mph

Versatility comes at a cost. At 3,847 lbs, the 992 Targa is the heaviest 911 ever made

Porsche 992 Targa is offered only as an all-wheel-drive model

In 4 GTS guise, the 992.2 Targa comes with Porsche's new T-Hybrid powertrain and does 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds

Despite the additionally-reinforced chassis, the 992 Targa is not the best choice for track days, especially with the top down

The 992 Targa is the most GT-oriented 911. It comes with a softer suspension setting

However, The Porsche 992 Targa is as practical as the fixed-head coupe while adding versatility

Swipe up to learn why the Porsche 992 Targa is the most versatile 911

If You Have Deep Pockets, This Pristine Porsche 911 Dakar Can Be Yours

Its Currently Listed On Car Gurus For $359,999

Porsche Also Offered Off-Road Pack With The Vintage Rally Livery Which Costs $28,500 Extra

This Example Is Finished In Shade Green Metallic And Optional Decorative 'Rally 1971' Sticker Set

This Would Have Cost You $3,686 When You Bought The Car New

According To Car Gurus, It Has Been Listed For 50 Days And Pricing Has Fallen By $19,001

This Car Has Been Outfitted With A $7,550 Dakar Branded Roof Bin With Jerry Cans, Recovery Boards, And Auxillary Headlights

The Auxillary Lights Are Functional, And Offer Great Convenience When Out On The Trails

The 911 Dakar Comes With A Fixed Rear Wing, Which Helps It Save Weight Over The Carrera 4 GTS On Which This Car Is Based

The Roof Rack Is Sturdy Enough To Support A Porsche Branded Roof Tent, Which They Offer For $7,029

The Interior Features The Standard Equipment Of Light Weight CFRP Bucket Seats

This Particluar Model Is Serial Number 1626 Of 2500

The Lamborghini Sterrato Is The Only Other Car Which Can Be Compared To The Dakar

This One Was Sold On BaT Not To Long Ago For $285,000

To Swipe Up To Find Out How Its Stacks Up Against The Sterrato In Terms Of Value.