--- title: "Porsche 911 With a Corvette Engine Is a Recipe for Insanity" description: "911 handling with a Corvette heart." date: "2017-01-24" modified: "2017-01-25" authors: - name: "Max Goldberg" job_title: "Associate Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/7096/porsche-911-with-a-corvette-engine-is-a-recipe-for-insanity" categories: - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Porsche News" tags: - "9/11" - "911" - "Corvette" - "Coupe" - "Engine Swap" - "LS1" - "luxury" - "porsche" - "sports car" --- # Porsche 911 With a Corvette Engine Is a Recipe for Insanity ![]() *\www.thedrive.com* When you think of a late 80’s Porsche, engine swaps shouldn’t be the first thing to come to mind. Most Porsche aficionados would cringe at the concept of doing an engine swap on such a vehicle. However, certain circumstances can lead to exceptions...like this 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera for example. Starting off as a Carrera, the car's owner quickly changed it into an IROC RSR tribute, with an LS1 engine swap from a 1998 Chevrolet Corvette. Reportedly cranking out 400 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque, the LS1 only ways 60 pounds more than the original motor—yet pumps out a ton more horsepower. When the driver steps on the gas, it sounds like a hundred lions are angrily roaring in your ear and simultaneously trying to break free. As the car does a pull in 1st gear, you can see the rear end slipping all over the place, trying to put the power down on such a light vehicle (it weighs just 2,575 lbs). We understand many of you may be upset about “ruining the integrity of the car,” but you do have to admit: It sounds amazing...and looks absolutely terrifying to drive. https://youtube.com/embed/qck_ayDZNX0 ## Author Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm. ### Author social links [Instagram]()