Stormcrow defines the resistance to your conversion and why I can't swallow the idea of the butchery. Go to autocross sometime and you'll see Vettes smoking the place. Good old American Iron. Honda S2000 with 240 horsies and all the RPM you could want if that's your thing.
I picked Porsche for the whole package. The same guy who goes to a junk yard weekends to dig up old 356 gauges rather than put gauges from AutoZone in his car is the same guy who wants, with all its imperfection, an air cooled boxer engine in his Porsche. By design, with reasonable mods, driving the Legend.
The problem with your post is where it's posted. Here. There's nothing magical about the butchery. You could also bolt a rocket on the rear or turn it into an electric car. You could put a lawnmower engine in it, or you could take a baseball bat to it. We'd all think the same thing: One more member of the family just passed away. In my mind, it's no longer a Porsche....it's a kit car
