{"id":110599,"date":"2024-01-24T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=110599"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:24:50","slug":"custom-porsche-997-with-a-mercedes-m111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=110599","title":{"rendered":"Custom Porsche 997 with a Mercedes M111"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mitchell Race Xtreme<\/a> builds amazing vehicles such as the Nascar-powered Challenger<\/a> and IndyCar-powered Ferrari<\/a>. Their newest project might be the most unique. Mitchell Race Xtreme is building a custom Porsche race car to compete in NaZCAR’s<\/a> Limes series. The company is starting with a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup shell installed over a 2015 Ssangyong Actyon<\/a> racing truck chassis. The car is powered by a 2.3 L Mercedes M111 inline-four producing around 240 horsepower. Behind the motor is a Quaife six-speed sequential transmission sending power to a solid rear axle. Read more about how the project was born at TheDrive<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: Mitchell Race Xtreme FB page<\/a> and TheDrive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitchell Race Xtreme builds amazing vehicles such as the Nascar-powered Challenger and IndyCar-powered Ferrari. Their newest project might be the most unique. Mitchell Race Xtreme is building a custom Porsche race car to compete in NaZCAR’s Limes series. The company is starting with a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup shell installed over a 2015 Ssangyong Actyon… Read More »Custom Porsche 997 with a Mercedes M111<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":110607,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[627],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110599","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\/2024\/01\/Custom-Porsche-911-with-a-Mercedes-M111-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134968,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134968","url_meta":{"origin":110599,"position":0},"title":"GT3RR’s Porsche 997 with a LS7 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"GT3 Road & Race is a collaboration between BC Fabs, LSX Performance, and VAD Design focused on building GT3-style cars for the street. 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