{"id":2646,"date":"2013-02-06T18:18:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2013-02-06T18:25:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T18:25:09","slug":"jack-olsens-1972-porsche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2646","title":{"rendered":"Jack Olsen&#8217;s 1972 Porsche 911"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video about Jack Olsen&#8217;s Porsche 911 has been out for a while , but it is worth watching. Jack&#8217;s goal was to build a 911 that is a daily driver but also could compete on the track. To build his ultimate Porsche he cherry picked the best parts from different generations. The 272 horsepower engine is from a 1995 911, the transaxle is from a 1977 911 and the brakes are from a 1986 turbo. Jack&#8217;s continued focus over the years has been perfecting the suspension.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/57909173\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video about Jack Olsen&#8217;s Porsche 911 has been out for a while , but it is worth watching. Jack&#8217;s goal was to build a 911 that is a daily driver but also could compete on the track. To build his ultimate Porsche he cherry picked the best parts from different generations. The 272 horsepower&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2646\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jack Olsen&#8217;s 1972 Porsche 911<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-103"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92314,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=92314","url_meta":{"origin":2646,"position":0},"title":"Porsche 911 GT3 with a Turbo Subaru EJ25","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Faruk Kugay spent several months at his company DevSpeed Motorsports building the unique ENEOS Porsche 911 GT3 STI for the track. 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