It’s like Christmas without the wrapping paper.

[ChrisZang]

my replacement engine finally arrived (after an IMS failure and a looooooong hassle with my extended warranty)

New engine
New throttle body
New primary cats
New headers
New O2 sensors (4 x)
New alternator
New water pump
New oil pump
New engine mounts

New smile on my face

[Dragonwind]

Sweet! Now hurry and get that installed!

[mikes_box]

You mean your warranty company didn't pay for the new engine or install.... wow what did that bad boy cost????

[unklekraker]

deng, chris...that's way better than my Griots kit...hahahahaha!

so for the longest time you've disappeared, it's because the box is out of commision..wow, that must be a tough one

congrats on your "soon to be new baby"...hehehehe!

[CJ_Boxster]

Damn thats such a master peice!

I'd ask them to place the old engine back in that crate and you take to a DIy carwash and use the high pressure degreaser setting to clean that sucker off and make it a conversation peice!

[ChrisZang]

No,

they FINALLY (after like 6+ weeks) approved the repair and eventually even sent the check for the engine and the repair (after another week of waiting). I'll post a complete summary when I have my car back (don't want to jinx it)

Originally Posted by mikes_box

You mean your warranty company didn't pay for the new engine or install.... wow what did that bad boy cost????

[ChrisZang]

Good idea but won't work.
You need to return the old (identical - so no 3.6L conversion here) engine to avoid a $3k core charge

Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

Damn thats such a master peice!

I'd ask them to place the old engine back in that crate and you take to a DIy carwash and use the high pressure degreaser setting to clean that sucker off and make it a conversation peice!

[Topless]

Woohoo!!!
Great news Chris. Now to get that new motor broken in nicely. My brother and I are planning to come up to Laguna Seca in August. Wanna come out and play??

[ChrisZang]

Originally Posted by Topless

Woohoo!!!
Great news Chris. Now to get that new motor broken in nicely. My brother and I are planning to come up to Laguna Seca in August. Wanna come out and play??

Sounds interesting.
What date in August, which driving organization and how much do they charge?

So far I was planning on Thunderhill August 16/17 with PCA (same weekend as the Monterey Historics , provided that I have enough time to break in my new engine properly

Chris, do a proper engine break in and change the oil at the 1,000 mile mark.

[ChrisZang]

Seems like I am hi-jacking my own thread now

What I was planning is to break in the engine for at least 2,000 ~ 2,500 miles
with the usual procedures:
* don't rev over 4000 RPM
* no lugging
* change speed/RPM frequently
* change oil/filter at 1,000 miles

I have about 6 weeks to do that. As my Box is my daily driver I put about 1,500 miles / month on it nyways and I was planning to do some nice weekend trips as well. That should bring me to 2,500 miles on the new engine before mid-August

And it worst comes to worst: Nobody forces me to redline the engine on the track, I might as well take it "easy" (6,000 RPM max) and focus more on the line

Comments, Suggestions?

Chris, sounds good! 2,000 miles is fine. You don't need to go the extra 500.

[Topless]

Originally Posted by ChrisZang

Sounds interesting.
What date in August, which driving organization and how much do they charge?

So far I was planning on Thunderhill August 16/17 with PCA (same weekend as the Monterey Historics , provided that I have enough time to break in my new engine properly

Chris,
Here is the link:http://www.speedventures.com/events/Default.aspx

It is no cheap day at the track but tons of track time and the opportunity to run down a bunch of V8's and rice rockets in our little Nazi go carts.

[ChrisZang]

The price sounds about right for Laguna Seca on a weekend.
And passing V8's in our Nazi Go-Karts sound like a lot of fun (almost as much as passing Turbos and GT3s)

Unfortunately the date doesn't work for me , so T'Hill a weekend earlier will be the date my Boxster goes back to the track

[Jaxonalden]

Chris,

What warranty company did you go through? At what cost?

[ChrisZang]

I will post a logfer writeup about my experiences with the warrant company when I finally have my car back, so here's the quick & dirty:

The company is Warranty Direct
I bough the warranty when I bought the car the premium was around $2.6k (no deductible); coverage until the care reaches 100k miles

they paid so far (prices as I remember them, might be a bit off)
* CV boot: $450
* signal stack: $160
* RMS: $1k
* engine failure: ~ $14k

So you could say that I am way ahead here

However, there are a few things which are not so pleasant, for example the car was/will be out of action for a total of almost 2 months and I will get reimbursed for a rental car for 3 or maybe 4 days

Again I will do a longer writeup when I have my car back ...

[rick3000]

While having to cover the rental car your self sucks, it beats shelling out $14k. When you do your write up could you talk about how much/if any trouble hey gave you about replacing the engine.

[JCL12]

What engine are you putting in? 2.7, 3.2, or 3.4? Your car had a 3.2 and now you are putting in a . . . ?

Also, are you getting this done at an indy shop or AD? Lastly...out of curiosity, does this new engine come with a factory warranty?