Transmission Replacement
 

Found at the tranny died. Got a 98 box w/tiptronic. Think i'm going with a used one (likely from LA Dismantlers) and try to do it myself.

Questions are...What will fit in there? As in...What years? Can I step up to a boxster S tip and it still be a perfect swap? ...or stick w/only transmissions pulled from 97 & 98 2.5L boxsters?

'97,'98 and '99 will all be a straight swap. Anything later is for an e-gas motor and at the very least, you'd have to swap the Tiptronic Control unit and wiring harness, and even then it's not guaranteed to work. Not sure what role the DME plays, but between the early cars and the e-gas cars, these went from the 5 version to the 7 versions. Again, a wiring harness, at least, would be needed to make it work, possibly even a switch to e-gas.

There aren't a lot of advantages to the later vs early model tips, so I'd recommend staying with the right one.

Cheers!

You might want to check with these guys, their yard is LARGE!

http://www.oklahomaforeign.com/

P.S. I just checked their site and the search showed two "99 Tip's.

Thanks for the link! Bookmarked.