{"id":4948,"date":"2014-11-19T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2014-11-19T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T20:31:07","slug":"porsche-gt8rs-has-8-cylinders-of-dont-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4948","title":{"rendered":"Porsche GT8RS Has 8 Cylinders Of Don&#8217;t Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4952\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4952\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4952\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4952\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;GT8RS 1974 Porsche 911 with Chevy 427 ci V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4952\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GT8RS 1974 Porsche 911 with Chevy 427 ci V8\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-02.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a 1974 Porsche 911 with a 530 horsepower 427 ci Chevy V8. To improve the power-to-weight ratio even further the Porsche has fiberglass fenders, doors, trunk lid and a carbon fiber hood. In total the car weighs around 2,000 lbs. This is a head turner at every car event it goes to.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQ_t9WWf6XQ\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4951\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4951\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4951\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;GT8RS 1974 Porsche 911 with Chevy 427 ci V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4951\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GT8RS 1974 Porsche 911 with Chevy 427 ci V8\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1974-Porsche-911-with-Chevy-427-V8-01.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Photos by Tim Shaffer on <a href=\"http:\/\/oppositelock.jalopnik.com\/interesting-1656992207\">OppositeLock<\/a> and info from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/20090448@N06\/5046975877\/\">Mark Porter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a 1974 Porsche 911 with a 530 horsepower 427 ci Chevy V8. To improve the power-to-weight ratio even further the Porsche has fiberglass fenders, doors, trunk lid and a carbon fiber hood. In total the car weighs around 2,000 lbs. This is a head turner at every car event it goes to. Source:&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4948\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Porsche GT8RS Has 8 Cylinders Of Don&#8217;t Care<\/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-4948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-103"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102821,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102821","url_meta":{"origin":4948,"position":0},"title":"1982 Porsche 911 with a Turbo 930 Flat-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Rennline purchased this 1982 Porsche 911 to develop products. 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