{"id":56983,"date":"2020-06-10T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56983"},"modified":"2020-06-09T23:36:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T04:36:53","slug":"building-a-porsche-cayman-with-an-audi-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56983","title":{"rendered":"Building a Porsche Cayman with an Audi V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56988\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Porsche Cayman with an Audi 4.2 L V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Porsche Cayman with an Audi 4.2 L V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Porsche Cayman with an Audi 4.2 L V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Porsche-Cayman-with-an-Audi-4.2-L-V8-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0mrwW5oE8PZABgl85mtJ8A\">Jason Wilkinson<\/a>\u200e loves driving his Porsche Cayman S but doesn&#8217;t like the cost of rebuilding the flat-six. So he&#8217;s decided to replace the factory motor with a 4.2 L AQH V8 from a 2000 Audi S8 (D2). The V8 will sit on a custom subframe and mate to the factory Cayman S six-speed transaxle. Jason also plans on installing a custom exhaust system and rear wing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xtqkulboNcA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/NGEkeHpS4D4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_KaZtTMwiBQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0mrwW5oE8PZABgl85mtJ8A\">JaseWilks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasewilks_\/\">@jasewilks_<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Wilkinson\u200e loves driving his Porsche Cayman S but doesn&#8217;t like the cost of rebuilding the flat-six. So he&#8217;s decided to replace the factory motor with a 4.2 L AQH V8 from a 2000 Audi S8 (D2). The V8 will sit on a custom subframe and mate to the factory Cayman S six-speed transaxle. Jason&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56983\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building a Porsche Cayman with an Audi V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56988,"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,"_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":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cayman"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143684,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=143684","url_meta":{"origin":56983,"position":0},"title":"Porsche Cayman with a LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2006 Porsche Cayman (987) visited Renegade Hybrids in Las Vegas, Nevada for a power upgrade. 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