did some more work over the weekend. dropped the motor & cleaned a bunch of things. overall, it went very well. this car, to me, is nice to work on.
the toughest part was turning the motor sideways to clear the suspension subframe. FYI, you have to pull the flywheel to get clearance.
IMS retrofit is on the way. a HUGE box of goodies from sunset is on the way. a new clutch disk from spec is on the way (their stage 1 clutch for the boxster, BTW, is good to 340ft-lbs of torque). i have also ordered a BMC air filter, some bits from pelican, & probably a few things i'm forgetting......$$$$$!!!!!!
Times:
Prep: 2hrs 20min (includes draining coolant, breaking lines, removing AC comp.
Drop: 1hr 30min (includes dropping the tranny & motor separately)
Clean: 2hr 10min (getting the goo off everything)