Trolling e-bay this morning when I ran across this:
"Up for auction is a 1999 Porsche 996 that has had the original engine swapped with a 2000 LS1 aluminum V8. I bought the car from a California dismantler with the plan of swapping in an LS1 V8 and did so successfully. This was the worlds first running 996 with this engine conversion and there is only one other that I know of in Saudi Arabia. So, pretty unique!
All was well until I tried to smog the vehicle in California and was unsuccessful due to a technicality with exhaust configuration. Basically since the exhaust faces a different direction on the LS1 than it did orginally, it cannot be smogged in California. Crazy. Since I can't smog and legally drive the car on the road I have decided to sell."
Porsche : 911 - eBay (item 140530101221 end time Apr-07-11 13:47:15 PDT)