Zeintop open engine
I have a 2000 Porsche Boxster S, Out of curiosity does anyone know if you can run an exposed engine with a Zeintop? Much like high end sports cars where you can see the engine through the rear glass
Seems do able, just remove the engine cover and there you go but I don't know if that effects anything Pros? Cons? http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1488582215.jpg http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1488582240.jpg |
Have you ever removed the cover and seen how dirty it is?would love to have all that oily dirty crap covering my seats and dash ...
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someone has made a plexi-glass cover, that might do the trick
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I've seen over the years these clear covers too but the OP was asking about running with no cover at all. Clear cover for me also a waste of time as after a week it will just look ****************ty anyway.
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there were clear covers available for the cayman, and cayman covers fit right on to a 986. i've a ztop on my car and can take a pic this weekend (no clear cover but do have the engine open currently ...).
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With no cover it would be very noisy, hot, and dusty. I did a test run with no cover behind the seats once and that's how it was.
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It would be irresponsible to drive a car with the engine open to the interior due to the risk of unhealthy vapors, heat, noise, and most importantly, fire. Thus, a clear cover would be the best potential solution.
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ok, here is a bad pic of an exposed engine w z-top in a poorly lit garage through some darkened glass ...
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1488599689.jpg for a split second a few years ago i thought about going to a clear cover, but either lots of $$$ of gotta fabticate your own. and, as others have noted, it would get crudded-up with all kinds of unfortunate debris in short order. not to mention the need to incessently clean the engine. |
That glass cover for the Cayman seems like the best option if you want to see the engine bay through the rear window. Are we sure that that would fit a 986 with out any modification?
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well, i know that the standard cayman engine cover fits on a 986 (i have one on at the moment) so i presume that the cover shown would fit. note that there are two types transparent covers for the cayman as the cayman has a secondary trim cover over the engine area and the other type that is commercially available mounts to this and not to the engine bay.
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