Porsche never sold a production 911 with a V8. The 928, the Cayenne and the 918 Spyder got eight cylinders, but the 911 stayed with its flat-six. Two builds presented by ENEOS at the 2026 SEMA Show, held November 3-6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, ignore that rule entirely.
Jimmy Oakes' "Porrari" 911 SC
The first car is a 1978 911 SC built by Jimmy Oakes. Its engine is the 4.3-liter F136 V8 from a 2007 Maserati Quattroporte, a unit built by Ferrari, which explains the nickname. The V8 is bolted to a 996 transmission through a Kennedy Engineered Products bellhousing, with a custom clutch and flywheel and a fabricated cradle holding everything in place.
A Link G5 Voodoo Neo 6 ECU runs the engine, which breathes through Stainless Bros headers and individual throttle bodies taken from the S65 V8 of the BMW E90/E92 M3, mounted with 3D-printed adapters from Ding Dong Drift. The rev limit is set at 8,000 rpm. No output figure has been published.
The torsion bars are gone in favor of Stance coilovers. The car also has a roll cage from Accurate Fabrication, a carbon roof skin from EP9 Autosport, four-piston Brembo calipers from a Boxster and 17-inch Volk VRX-10 wheels under a Guards Red widebody. It was shown earlier at Round 4 of Formula DRIFT and sits on the ENEOS booth, 22811, in the RAYS Silver Lot.
Faruk Kugay's LS-powered 997 GT3
The second build started as a damaged 2007 997 GT3 shell. Faruk Kugay of DEVSPEED fitted a VAD Design GT3R-style widebody and first brought the car to SEMA in 2023 with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four. It now runs a dry-sump 6.0-liter LS2 V8 with LS3 heads, rated at about 342 kW (around 458 hp).
A Chavis adapter mates the V8 to a 996 Turbo transmission. A Wisefab angle kit and a hydraulic handbrake point to drifting, and the car rides on 18-inch Rotiform KPS wheels. Visitors can see it driving at the Optima experience in the Bronze Lot.