new boxster owner. Q on BSR build.

[spendy]

Originally Posted by joe shmoo

i may just leave the wires in for now.

Joe -
IMHO, the wires will be easier to get to before the cage goes in. Also, I think the dash usually comes out as part of the cage install, that will also make the wires more available.

FWIW, I went from tracking a street car to tracking a SPB. The things I miss most (other than 100 HP) are side windows, E-brake, and door locks. I'm in the east where it rains from time to time and I tow with an open trailer - which affect my opinion. I suggest them as things to consider keeping for a while until you are ready for racing, although the windows may interfere with the cage.

Have fun with the build and keep us posted!

[joe shmoo]

Originally Posted by spendy

Joe -
IMHO, the wires will be easier to get to before the cage goes in. Also, I think the dash usually comes out as part of the cage install, that will also make the wires more available.

FWIW, I went from tracking a street car to tracking a SPB. The things I miss most (other than 100 HP) are side windows, E-brake, and door locks. I'm in the east where it rains from time to time and I tow with an open trailer - which affect my opinion. I suggest them as things to consider keeping for a while until you are ready for racing, although the windows may interfere with the cage.

Have fun with the build and keep us posted!

thanks for the tip spendy. i also have an open trailer so yeah the windows will be helpful in case i get caught up in a rain trailering. i'll check with my cage builder. i'm also keeping the e-brake.

[joe shmoo]

explosives:


cleanup these adhesive leftovers from the sound deadening stuff for your cage builder.



need to tidy up wires and then she's off to my cage builder!
keeping the side windows for now. i think!



i have a bunch of interior stuff that's either going for free if you're local.
some will be up for sale like the below items.
ping me if there's something you need.





side door speakers


side impact airbags


softtop motor

[Jittsl]

Windows are next to useless the minute you go to the lightweight roof. There will be a 1" gap all round. I simply made up a couple of hooks of strap aluminum that are glued to the glass and allow me drop the windows in place for shipping and parking but whip them out come race time.

[Jittsl]

Also suspect you are about to find out that there is no market for the used roll bar. It looks like it should have a value but I literally couldn't give mine away and ended up throwing it in the garbage.

Definitely a lot easier to de-wire before the cage goes in. Simply find all the wires that now go nowhere and start unwrapping and trimming until you find your way back to the source. It's a lot easier than it sounds. In the end you'll find you only need about 6 - 10 (depending on your choices) of the fuses and only 1 relay up front (fuel pump) and 2 at rear (ECU and something else that escapes me right now). Even if you leave the immobilizer in place you'll discover that there is only about 8 of the fifty something wires currently running to it that you actually need. In my case I chose to leave the complete engine harness in place all the way to the ECU but forward of the ECU everything that went nowhere (including to a fuse that then went nowhere) was taken out. I ended up with a full domestic garbage bin filled with almost 40lbs of wire/blocks/fuse box etc. I built my car on the basis that all it needed was a motor, wipers and brake lights from the original wiring. Everything else is gone.

[Meir]

Hi joe.
i will be interested in the door panels if in good shape and a good price

[The Radium King]

as a guy who hopes to do such a build (un-build? de-build?) in the near future, how do you deal with:

- immobiliser?
- cels - deleting charcoal canister, etc., will chuck a cel - I presume you ignore it? must make for a cluttered fault read when you run diagnostics.
- door levers - do you get rid of them with the door panels and replace with ...?