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Brian in Tucson · 03-26-2018, 07:02 AM

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SWEET!

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Corona C&C at Steve Saleen's CA shops. This is a '69 912. The car has been in the same family since new. Father to son who stated the car has over 400K miles on it. Repainted in the 90's. Motor was recently redone. I love this car.

Nice! My brother had a 67 912 in similar condition, lower miles, but with a clapped out engine--he got a visible smoke citation and couldn't register it in Nevada. It was otherwise a lovely example, so he did a high end rebuild that cost about $10 grand, drove it as a hobby car for a while and then sold it to a collector for $20 grand. I wish I'd gotten to drive it after the new engine was installed!

Ciao · 03-27-2018, 12:12 PM

Ciao · 03-27-2018, 03:02 PM

Brian in Tucson · 03-28-2018, 07:13 AM

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Satisfying project isn't it?

flouese · 03-28-2018, 07:21 AM

Flat bedded mine home after terminal news from the repair shop. Metal in the oil filter. Now I have to figure which motor would be the better most cost effective way to go? Replacing injectors does not appear to be too costly or difficult. Advise is welcome.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-986-Boxster-Complete-Engine-Motor-2-5-2-5L-M96-20-Core-Rebuild-LN-Kit/263511185769?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

or

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-986-Boxster-Complete-Engine-Motor-2-5-2-5L-84k-Miles-M96-20-IMS-UPDATED/263021815320?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

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Ciao · 03-30-2018, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian in Tucson

Satisfying project isn't it?

Satisfying indeed! But I had my Indy perform the work; lifetime warranty

Gjohn3707 · 03-28-2018, 01:58 AM

I got the car out for PA state inspection. I found a nice garage in State College PA that knows German cars and high performance "race" cars. Everything passed, and he said it was in excellent condition. I hit 45000 miles on the ride home.

Deserion · 03-29-2018, 05:46 PM

Washed, and ready for work tomorrow.

Porsche9 · 03-30-2018, 06:10 PM

Deserion

I like the 964 and the early 90ks E-class

MN 986 · 03-31-2018, 08:04 AM

This week I moved the snow blower and pulled the cover off and was able to get in a few rides. Not top-down yet as we are still in the upper 30s to 40s, but the roads were clear and I could not wait any longer. Looking forward to a long Summer with plenty of top down driving.

*Update, 5" of snow last night and cold temps this week... glad I got in a few rides because now I'm on hold again.

Geof3 · 03-31-2018, 08:46 AM

Oil change, X51 baffle installed, oil pump piston upgrade. AND, think my WP might be on the way out. Found a tiny bit of dry coolant under the pully. I will keep and eye on it for now. Good news, no ferrous gunk in the oil or on my mag plug. No debris in the pickup. A couple of little rubber chunks and oddly enough, one of the pins the stock baffle flap attaches to had broken off and was sitting in the bottom of the pan. No reason to believe the pan had ever been off the car before, so not a bad report for 16yrs and 58k.

JavPit · 03-31-2018, 11:54 AM

I wrapped my center console in flat black 3M vinyl wrap. A friend had some scrap left over so I gave it a shot. The previous owner had done a rather poor paint job on it. I am very happy with the color and texture result but I had some creases up by the shifter on the drivers side. I wasn't hard to do, way easier that repainting. I plan to redo it to fix the creases once I get some more wrap.

Stroked & Blown · 03-31-2018, 12:42 PM

Installed a lightweight battery:

And put on this sticker:

itsnotanova · 03-31-2018, 06:33 PM

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Installed a lightweight battery:

Please Let us know how you like it. I went with a miata battery and I'm having second thoughts. It starts the car very slowly and I've already burned through one. It was still under warranty and that's the only reason I'm still using it

Stroked & Blown · 05-04-2018, 05:23 PM

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Please Let us know how you like it. I went with a miata battery and I'm having second thoughts. It starts the car very slowly and I've already burned through one. It was still under warranty and that's the only reason I'm still using it

I’ve been running this for about a month now and it’s better than I expected. I thought I’d have to put it on the trickle charger every night but I went a week in 40*-60* weather with no charger & no problem.
This is the Deka ETX30L.
AGM battery w/ 400CCAs and about 20lbs.

Brian in Tucson · 04-01-2018, 08:00 AM

Ordered a set of Bilstein B4 struts. The stock struts are plenty firm enough for me. Old ones are just tired and blown. From the Rock, for $780 shipped.

Removed and cleaned the MAF again. It's now working, but I don't know how well since s pecs aren't readily available. Was getting nothing, now getting 2% or so. New MAF is coming tomorrow, so I'll do it all again. Today, a tune up, I hope. Getting pretty hot here in the afternoons. & this week, replacing my worn out metro blue carpeting with some much less worn black.

speedyspaghetti · 04-02-2018, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian in Tucson

Ordered a set of Bilstein B4 struts. The stock struts are plenty firm enough for me. Old ones are just tired and blown. From the Rock, for $780 shipped.

Removed and cleaned the MAF again. It's now working, but I don't know how well since s pecs aren't readily available. Was getting nothing, now getting 2% or so. New MAF is coming tomorrow, so I'll do it all again. Today, a tune up, I hope. Getting pretty hot here in the afternoons. & this week, replacing my worn out metro blue carpeting with some much less worn black.

Good luck on replacing them - I just did it about a month ago. It's not incredibly hard, but the rears are a PITA. Just take your time and use the right tools. I haven't driven the car yet since I have been replacing other parts of the suspension, but my old ones were really mushy - I could push them down easily with my hands.