{"id":106850,"date":"2023-10-27T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106850"},"modified":"2023-10-27T12:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T17:11:03","slug":"ls7-powered-porsche-997-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106850","title":{"rendered":"LS7-Powered Porsche 997 Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=106859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-106859\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"106859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=106859\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?fit=1400%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,787\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Porsche 997 with a LS7 V8 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Porsche 997 with a LS7 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Porsche 997 with a LS7 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=62236\">we shared<\/a> the &#8220;Green Monster&#8221; Porsche 997 built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TKAutosports\">TK Autosports<\/a> in Millville, New Jersey. The sports car lost its flat-six in favor of a 7.0 L LS7 V8 using a Renegade Hybrid swap kit. The motor&#8217;s 505 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque is sent to the wheels through a 997 Turbo six-speed manual transaxle. The company recently shared two videos showcasing the car&#8217;s exhaust note produced through custom 180-degree headers. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-AiS0fYlCRI?si=fMvqheX9Jvf0-5KY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hoXoZEnQgKQ?si=-X0QgswyVbvRozeF\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tkautosports5905\">TK Autosports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020 we shared the &#8220;Green Monster&#8221; Porsche 997 built by TK Autosports in Millville, New Jersey. The sports car lost its flat-six in favor of a 7.0 L LS7 V8 using a Renegade Hybrid swap kit. The motor&#8217;s 505 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque is sent to the wheels through a 997 Turbo&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106850\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LS7-Powered Porsche 997 Driving<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":106859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[627],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-627"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Porsche-997-with-a-LS7-V8-08.jpg?fit=1400%2C787&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112874,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112874","url_meta":{"origin":106850,"position":0},"title":"Porsche 997 GT3 Cup with a LS7 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"We stumbled across this Esses Racing listing for a unique Porsche 997 GT3 Cup while researching. 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