Doubling or tripling the horsepower of a car with minimal weight gain, plus a massive aftermarket and they can be found everywhere for cheap. I think its pretty self explanatory why the LS is so popular.

944 with a V8 conversion? Sure , I think it's the perfect marriage!

I ran a 944T in the SCCA for 7 seasons. With minimal mods - cam, chip, bigger turbo, injectors, intercooler - was able to get 375 to the rear wheels at 16lbs of boost. Car was very reliable. 404 HP at 19 lbs of boost, still reliable. If I was going to do the LS swap, it would need to be at least 450Hp at RW HP to make it worthwhile!

I love how this car still looks like a 944. It was a beautiful car and I am glad they kept it's good looks.

Why? Because they run forever and are easy to find, cheap to buy, cheap and easy to fix, cheap and easy to hop up, aftermarket support is virtually limitless, they make great power, they sound AWESOME, and most importantly small and light (for V8s that can make the kind of power they can) enough to be adaptable to almost any chassis. Yeah, everyone does it and it's boring, but damned if I'm not putting an aluminum 5.3 in my El Camino when the Edelbrock injected 327 in it now blows up. Sure, it'd be way cooler to do a big block or a hot rodded straight six or, well, damn near anything, but for a regular guy with regular tools, regular abilities, and a regular paycheck, nothing else can remotely compete. I LOVE when people build hot rods, racecars, Jeeps, trucks, whatever with cool and original engine choices, but I FULLY understand why LSs go in like 70% of builds. They're kinda perfect, not unlike their small-block Chevy ancestor and the Ford flathead before that.

Wow Van Svenson! I've watched all of his 944 videos back in the day. Great to see him still tinkering with them!

Somebody should put LS in a Ferrari to make it more reliable

Why did the world drop SBC in everything for 30 years? Inexpensive, reliable, small dimensions, able to make power. Same with an LS. After all, it's the next generation SBC. Oh, and did I mention decent gas mileage?

the only thing Stef loves is Mr. Regular

"mmm hmm", "mmm hmm"

I want an LS swapped "rally cross-play" 944, IOW, a "fake" Safari Porsche, like the heavy duty trucks you see at Kohls, or the plethora of Jeep-thing Jeeps I see around the burbs, lightbars and all. More specifically, I want a "cyberpunk" 944. Inspired by the cars in the live action Ghost in the Shell, which I believe were Lotuses.

One of the best engines EVER!!

I'm going to do this soon... mine will be an LS6 car, and I bet I get it done (caged, painted, race suspension, tires) for 6k or less... stay tuned!

Ayeeee the 944 getting some love

I had a 86 944. Wish I still had it. Was a fun car to drive very balanced.

hate the LS swap cause it's basic? Basic is every engine that gets swapped out, they are basic because they just don't cut it. In the HP world the LS is never basic. I think the word you were looking for is common. LS's are common because they are that good. Small package, easy to modify, cheap. I'm sure they are "icky" to the bespoke crowd, but I don't think you're gonna find a lot of support for that kind of thinking in this kind of Car enthusiast. They think of going Fast above anything.

The "pumpkin spice of engine swaps" I like both pumpkin spice and LS swaps 😁

Small, light, and powerful. That is why LS motors are so popular.

Because they're physically relatively small (especially considering potentially 6+ L displacement), light, and have the ability to make 450+ HP to the wheels with some minimal mods. The LS3s in particular are essentially begging for a more aggressive cam, which with today's cam technology can be very streetable/usable. Even leaving the stock LS3 heads (which flow VERY well) and adding just a cam, longtubes, better air intake, and a tune can net you 530+ to the crank.

Next video: "Converting an 2JZ Swap Hater"

LS haters be mad.

I found myself saying uhh hmm everytime he spoke on the car by the end of the of the video lol

One if my fav cars of all time!

“Everything on a long enough timeline gets an LS” -Mr Regular

I’ve always thought it would be a fun project to dry dump a Euro 3.0 liter M3 engine and stick it in a 944 chassis.

Nobody ever talks about the trans-axle! What do you do when you have a 944 with a bad trans-axle and no donor. You can't put a Corvette one in there , and the original ones cost a ton of money to rebuild because they're super complicated. Someone needs to engineer an aftermarket one for the 944. Emagine the possibilities!

LS swap all the cars!

I recommended that Hoover LSX swap his Testarossa(for the month he had it) as the OG engine was going to be pulled out for service. Why not put something in that is powerful and more reliable?

Spencer Cox!!! I know him!! He did my 997.1 C2S build a few years ago. Great work!

If they needed to be converted, were they even a car guy? Who doesn't love a roaring v8

No way! I saw Stef’s car at Radwood Austin!

Are you jeagoulous, Stef Schrader?

I have a deserted 944 in the neighborhood. Been wondering about this engine swap. 🤔

not difficult to ad 80ft lbs of TOKE to 944t. This has more low end range on dyno vs 2.5" turbo.

I love the editing and the music

Getting rid of my BBC and opting for a 4.2l Vortec

On a long enough timeline...

Van you have two better choices a properly built turbo motor or a well built 3 ktr motor

Honda J-series V6 surely should be up there with 2JZ as the 2J is a very heavy engine but very well engineered

My Son's is in the Process of becoming a Stroker Small Block FORD👈🇺🇸 and junking that Weak link Transaxle out back !

I NEED those taillights 😍

Hey, I'm just being honest- At the very beginning the LS has an odd sounding exhaust note. I believe the best swap for a 944 is the VW/Audi 07k 2.5 5 cylinder with a from-factory high flow head designed by Lamborghini's design house with 100CFM more air flow than the comparable 944 2.5 4 cylinder head AND nothing beats the 5-cylinder rasp at such an affordable price. Check out @Boost Brothers Garage on KZfaq for more info. I just figure they deserved a mention. Maybe you guys could do a video on that. You should ask Boost Brothers if you could do a video offering about their 944 07K...

Renegade hybrids in Las Vegas makes some great Porsche V8 conversion kits for 911,944 & Cayman/Boxster.

Is that a custom rear spoiler or available for purchase?

I did a swap on an 83 944, but I would never touch the outside of the car...

Why start the video with some kid wasting tire rubber showing they are idiots. Great swap but why not just buy a C-5 Vette.

Great video!👍🏻

LS3, automatic thumbs up

Holding the throttle of an LS wide open, like in the beginning of the video, to where the rev limiter is chattering like that, is seriously stupid

When people cringe at Ls swapped Japanese or German cars, i cringe and think to myself “why does it matter?”

Great work Stef so jealous !

I used to have a 90' S2. Absolutely loved that car and regret selling it to this day. Just curious what they're doing to the transaxle to get it to handle all of that power?

I love jalopnik that 944 is so cool

Please let me know if you ever sell it!

stef your car might have a lot of drag resistance with its new tailgate.

What wheels are those?

They fucked it up. LS engine is good for truck not sport cars specially Porsche. Sport car you need Rpm not torque.

Thats a great idea for that car

I owned 3 Porsche 944 and it has a balanced chassis from the factory and swapping an LS for factory motor doesn’t put any strain on that platform!

I have a 1987 944 S 😃

WHERE CAN I GET THAT WING !!!!!

LS is often seen as a relatively simple way to get gobs of power. The fact that so many people swap GM LS engines makes it seem a bit unimaginative and compromising the original character of the car. For mad tire destroying builds, particularly slow but good chassis like Nissan S1_ or Toyobaru twins, that's fine (though pro drifters might give you crap for getting power the "easy way") but it's when people swap them in as a means to put 1 billion hp in their car just so it goes faster (as compared to learning how to _be_ faster) and totally ruins the ability to actually be able to enjoy as a road car vs working over the existing engine, that's where people get upset about it

How much for this swap ? I have a 944 turbo

Where can I find those rear lights? O_O

A 944 turbo motor will turn out 600+ hp

k is it the kit from we wont way name of company in nevada...alot of people were not satasfied with it a number of problems with it..were more satasfied with the supercharger kits avaliable..also a 944 928 931 will outhandle in turns most newer porsches

I'm not a fan of cross breeds, but this is cool. I would put a 350hp 6 cylinder in one out of a new Camaro.

What tail lights are those?

“Mhm....mhm....mhm......”

An LS swap may be called many things, but BORING is NEVER APPROPRIATE

I like this host, she's a natural presenter. Let's have more. Side note, I feel like I saw her on an RCR video? Could be wrong idk

Is that Monticello, NY?

#PorscheNoSubstitute944

You Know

LS is always the answer. But i'll build my Ford anyway.

taqt 4:44 it appears Ship the Sheep taking a ride. (Ship the Sheep frpm Webcomic Count your Sheep 2003) I could be wrong, but the resembelance is uncanny

All my life myself and my friends have shoe horned big iron into small import cars. It's a little hard to make them handle properly. Over.

only the americans could have a modified 6 litre v8 and only produce 390 whp

Oh ya the swap kit cost me 7.5k canadian. Our dollar sucks.

944 didn't need anything. The stock power plant was great it had an S version and a turbo version.

"mmm hmm....mmm hmm" between and in the middle of individual points of information...

Because the 4th gen camaro sucks.

So you called the LS swap basic.. but never sat in a car nor driven a car with the swap? That speaks volumes about your "journalistic" style.

German Camaro

Porsche 2.5 four cylinders aren't brilliant. 😅

Title should be "boring history of the 944"

Doesn't a Corvette already have all that??

A Porsche that runs ...had a 944 what a pos

Don’t be so pretentious. Brilliant, didn’t you say?

Mmm hmm.

I hate the person who LS swaped rotary cars even the engine is in good condition . Now change my mind

So She used to think the LS was boring? Coming from the mouth of someone Who thinks the 4 pot with no torque and 170 to 211 bhp Porsche engines are brilliant ... only the turbo made decent Power complementing the excelent chassi, but it wasn't very reliable...

And this fudgesicle's opinion matters, why?

Under powered 944 they are flooding the junk yard with these porsches. Hard to ruin a junk car..

The wing and color combo are idiotic

I would rather take an Rotary that has 60hp instead of driving a V8 car. 1. V8's are wayy to common, 2. Personally i think V8's don't sound good, not even nearly comparable with the sound of an Rotary. V8's are heavy and also personally i love the power Band of rotarys is way more interesting to me.

Why does she have to talk like she is the host of a kindergarten kids’ educational DVD?

I hate it when it's a rotary. If you think rotary is unreliable then you could be right. If you dont freaking understand the engine. I've seen rotarys that pass the 200k miles and if you know how to take care of a rotary itll last buddy. Bite me.

You need a different narrator.

Also also also I love the fact that 4bangers can make a v8 run for its money. Lmao