Why Swapping To a Modern Engine is The Best Mod for a Classic 911 ! 911 3.2 + 964 RS CUP Engine 

I absolutely love the whole resto mod scene especially when it involves a 911! Awesome stuff Jack 😃

Makes sense as a resto mod, enough DNA of the original car with a lighter engine does make some sense. Would far prefer this to an EV conversion any day of the week.

Any content with an air cooled engine is always good!

Cheers Jack,one of these days you’re going to meet Harry Metcalf coming the other way 🚒👍👍

Sounds to me this is the perfect upgrade without bastardizing the car. Lovely car. Keep it up jack. Love these reviews.

The interior is gorgeous and the view over that bonnet,lovely😊

I've been working on lowering the weight of my NA 944 with the 2.5 and it's a different car. So far taken out about 150lbs and added exhaust and intake. Not much you can do to engine but plans are 2100lbs and restore suspension and brakes and that's it. Such fun cars. 🔥

Lovely to see thanks Jack. Not seem your mate in ages, the cool chap with the beautiful 911’s he was on some of your earlier videos.

BTW, this car has torsion bar suspension, not torsion beam. Torsion bar refers to the springs being straight rods loaded in twist, while torsion beam refers to the "twist-beam" rear suspension found in (among other cars) the early VW Golf.

I agree with not being the biggest fan of the 911 and it's weight distribution, it feels a little too tail happy. Of all the Porsches I've owned the 928 was my favorite. Thanks for sharing 👍

these classic 911s has always been a childhood dream, unfortunately i do have the same feeling regards to the balance of the car and could never get comfortable with it..still look at them with a certain awe and respect.

Nice machine Jack. And amazing colour.

Always love your videos! Drove a 914 yesterday; lots of fun. Be well Jack!

Totally agree about the 915 gearbox is fantastic. It’s a real throwback shifter and brings yet again another level of direct driving.

Nice one Jack, she sounds great 👍👍.

I can conclude Simeon simply opted for a much taller ring and pinion set that makes the overall gearing in 5th feel "too tall". When you mention cams, what do you have installed in your 964? Mod S? They'll run out of steam at around 65-6700 rpm on a 3.4+ liter displacement engine. On a 2.5 and downwards, they pull to the moon. I've recently finished building and tuning a 3.4 for my best friend's '84 Carrera. Single plug, Mahle pistons, Mod S cams, PMO 46mm carbs, crank triggered ignition. It makes 300hp at 6600 rpm. I like torsion bar cars over the 964 personally. The twin plugs and excellent G50 transaxle are very nice, but that chassis is so damn heavy. Cheers to yourself and Simeon for sharing this lovely car with us!

Wish you still have that 964, that was an awesome car. The 308 is great as well once you get it sorted.

Just had a built 3.8 stuffed into my ‘71T! Awesome fits! TRE in LA did the work.

Good stuff!

Great vid Jack 👍🏽

I'm building my 3.2 engine now into a 3.4l with 964 cams and exhaust. I can't wait. I'm not sure what the difference is in the air cooled engine weights, but the core of the A/C engines all have similar cases. Most of the weight savings I've seen so far is in the aftermarket SS exhaust I've purchased- maybe 4 lbs for both heat exchangers. Switching out the muffler is worth at least 12 lbs. I have the rear bumper off mine and a carbon fiber bumper blade for the G series would be great. Too many backdated cars now so let's save the g series for us 80's kids.

The mention several times of Tuthill suggests an expensive upgrade, lovely car, lovely sound.

Cracking video, thanks Jack

Sunday video - thanks!

I hope you are able to get ahold of one of the e46 M3 CSLs that’s been converted to a manual and go for run in one. It would be interesting to get your thoughts. Great vid!

my 3.2 can use some extra punch... And yeas the 915 gearbox is not to bad at all.. Great video & great car. Thanks!

Nice, that's the Porsche I want.

Great video great car I’d love an air cooled 911 snd that looks and sounds so good I’ve never driven an air cooled 911 would they be a disappointment after my 996 Carrera

As german watching this the only trouble is I heve this weird queasy feeling when you are going through these curves that there is something wrong. It is simply so that the instincts from driving on the other side of the road give you this feeling "Oh sh*t, I hope no other car comes. Oh, there is one ALAAAARM! Oh ja, right, this is UK, all is well". I suppose it is not so critical (for a continental driver) when you are in the city or in traffic, as there are constant "reminders" where your lane is. But on these lonely country roads I could imagine it is easier to drift to the wrong side. Probably it is better not to take your LHD car along, but deliberately rent an RHD, then you have an "in-built constant reminder".

Once you’ve seen the hilarious face in the seats you can’t unsee🤣

That engine in a sorted 914 = rear handling ‘problems’ of 911 solved. The 914 is now the ‘affordable’ air cooled Porsche now that 911 prices have gone through the roof. Would love to see a review of a nice one.

The 915 shifter is Not the easiest but easy enough if you learn to use it properly and utterly charming.

Lovely car overall. The only thing I feel missed the mark is the seats, a pole position or SPG would fit much nicer and appear more period. I never really found the CS/sportster to be supportive or light and often ended up in more show cars

My 1977 911S with 3.6 993 Varioram approves.

A very well put together car but when you see the list of the contributors it's no surprise, a very tasteful look both on the outside and in I'd take that rather than a goudie Singer !

Hello I was wondering what exhaust this car has. Can you please let us know as it sounds really nice ?

arent they the roads that Harry Medcalf uses? Lovely car 👍

Few years ago…. I jumped on the opportunity to test and taste the same concept… 3.2 with 993 engine that time 300hp as well minimum … as passenger…and a fairly good driver…. The car was flyiiiiiiing… extremely efficient… but with a sound more modern… I prefer the 3.0 or 3,2 sound… just a question of taste….

Nice car 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍

Finally a review with a real car 😁👍👏

Looks and sounds excellent......and then I ask myself why I've sold every air cooled 911 I've owned within 6 months max. However the UK's cheapest 996 C2 auto(!) will probably be mine for life

Great driver's car...

What muffler is on this 3.6 conversion?

That’s a lovely 911 - would rather see a modern engine swap over an EV mod any day. I know we need to reduce reliance on petrol - but if these are used for high days and holidays, with an EV doing the bulk of journeys, then surely that’s a happy compromise?

Have you seen the K997 project? Amassing swap.

It is true that the early M64 had a lot of leakage problems. Bad seals were used everywhere, also the cam covers etc. Carrera 2’s were much better than the first Carrera 4’s. Cheers from Belgium 🇧🇪

My wife's Copen is available for test drives - it's the 1.3 rather than the 0.6 turbo so you might struggle to adapt to the power...... 😚

And in the event of an accident, with fatalities involving a vehicle that has undergone this kind of "swap", what does your insurance say ? Bye, bye ? 😱

Air cool life 😎

put a 95 3.6 into my SC in 1996

First thing I would do is get that Rev counter clock screwed back in correctly its almost upside down

Interesting thought... hmm; gives me an idea for my old P5B..... Not an engine swap; convert to a 5 speed manual IF a gearbox can be sourced from an SD1. My only concern is the Insurance - would that; like the engine swap featured here; be classed as one Modification too far? Cool content. Enjoyed that 👊👍.

This looks similar to the one Jeremy Clarkson shot, kicked, crashed and dropped a piano on!

A genuine 300hp is all you really need, I'd put a short shifter in it tho

Btw if you didn't know Carrera means race in spanish;

Keep your fingers outside the steering wheel.

Try a Subaru sti down that road and you’ll suddenly realise why they won so manny rally championships , I personally don’t like them , but they’re unsurpassed on suspension control on rough roads.

Saw a 1970’s 911 in London recently and the the engine was running so rich, one could smell the over fuelling as it drove by. Had a 993 Turbo 4, sold it, the 4WD was too anodyne, pedals either too close under one or the steering wheel and gearshift too far away. And, too much Turbo lag and the exhaust note stifled by the turbos. Beautiful to look at. Burnt its alternator belt off twice, dealer failed to fix it the first time for any durability, I fixed it myself the 2nd when it burnt off entering Barcelona. Incorrect spacing on a tension pulley which is adjustable in the width of the channel with shims. Happy owner of a 928 GTS Manual for 17 years.

Thanks Jack, yes, it does seem to combine the best of all worlds! Time to upgrade the Ferrari?..............

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These cars are for the chosen few,video cars people can relate too

Adding a modern engine to a classic? A certain troublesome Ferrari 308 comes to mind Jack . Beautiful car but that engine is nothing but trouble.....

No. The stock engine is more than adequate. It’s not all about speed.

We are not all Porsche experts so a bit of background about the engines and their evolution would have been helpful.

The best idea is to get rid of slow italian poser cars with endlos issues and get a decent air-cooled Porsche which is superior in many respects, also soundwise, even with 2 cylinders less.

You can’t beat the original steering wheel for the 3.2 . Everyone gets that wrong.

Just buy a 930 with the 3.3L turbo. No nannies, problem solved.

It's a fairly obvious mod given a 964 is basically a slightly evolved 911 ..so not really groundbreaking ?..And a 964 is hardly a modern engine...they are a 90s car.

Still a posh beetle 🪲

Just buy a 996 fantastic 911 .

No. The best way to keep a classic car is original.

Hi Jack, love your videos. I'm sure it's me, but I think 911's should be kept standard. Putting Renault seats in a 911 is pure motoring vandalism. Swapping in a non standard engine and adding whale tail spoilers just results in a Frankenstein car and in Porsche land this holds little worth. Imagine buying a Chippendale cabinet and adding an epoxy top.

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime./()/()/()()!