{"id":13514,"date":"2016-12-12T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13514"},"modified":"2016-12-12T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:35:00","slug":"matt-farah-reviews-a-porsche-cayman-with-a-coyote-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13514","title":{"rendered":"Matt Farah Reviews a Porsche Cayman with a Coyote V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=12691\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?fit=1440%2C909&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,909\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"porsche-cayman-with-a-ford-5-0-l-coyote-v8-11\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Porsche Cayman with a Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?fit=1024%2C646&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?resize=620%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Porsche Cayman with a Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8\" width=\"620\" height=\"391\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?resize=620%2C391&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?resize=600%2C379&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?resize=768%2C485&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C646&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt Farah decided to see what all the internet buzz was about and drive the Porsche Cayman built by Limitless Motorworks. If you don&#8217;t remember this project suffered a catastrophic engine failure and the owner opted to install a Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8. Watch as Matt has fun with this German Frankenstein&#8217;d sport compact and for more photos and details please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12688\">previous article<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjeKSumjcRA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgeGealT0QYcrnoYRMltDZg\">The Smoking Tire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Farah decided to see what all the internet buzz was about and drive the Porsche Cayman built by Limitless Motorworks. If you don&#8217;t remember this project suffered a catastrophic engine failure and the owner opted to install a Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8. Watch as Matt has fun with this German Frankenstein&#8217;d sport compact&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13514\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Matt Farah Reviews a Porsche Cayman with a Coyote V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cayman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Porsche-Cayman-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-Coyote-V8-11.jpg?fit=1440%2C909&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11420,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=11420","url_meta":{"origin":13514,"position":0},"title":"Porsche Cayman with a Coyote V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When the owner of this Porsche Cayman S (2005-2008) damaged the 3.4 L flat-six engine he might have been in shock to see the replacement price. 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