Cutting out engine cover

[WizardSmokey]

Yes! It's right here, right next to your in the Boxster Racing section: Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

Basically, it's a Maserati-Ferrari F136S. The adapter was custom made by Kennedy Engineered Products, in central CA.

[Qingdao]

I sealed my back section off. I used plexiglass but I don't' think that would pass race car tech inspection.

The hardest part in sealing off the back section of the car is the weird shaped gap where the mechanisms for the convertible top normally reside. Its the void right next to the seatbelts.

Not too proud of it, but I used expanding foam to fill this void. I put painters tape on the underside of hard top. Installed the hard top completely. I cut some cardboard backings for the foam to fit against. Then sprayed the foam. The tape keeps the foam from sticking to the hard top, but allows it to press firmly and make a good seal.


To seal under the factory roll bar I just welded in a piece of sheet I had leftover from a trashed frunk lid I had laying around. Easy peasy. The aftermarket cage you have should be just as simple.


Then I cut some plexi to fit from that piece of sheet to the bottom of the hard top. I topped that plexi off with some D channel weather stripping.


I did make my panel or box out of angle iron, so rigidity isn't even a thing for me... if anything its more rigid than stock.

[Qingdao]

pics from the front with the new plate I made from some scrap steel.

[ike84]

Hey wiz, when you cut out the back side of the engine bay, did you notice any stability issues? It looks like there's a structural brace that runs along the engine bay side of the back firewall there. I'm thinking about cutting into this for some"light mods" but didn't want to mess with it if it's structural