02-02-2009, 03:29 PM
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Location: CA
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why sell something that obviously cost a pretty penny to put together?
how much hp does this car have? must be a lot!
would it pass CA smog???
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02-02-2009, 03:55 PM
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Location: Glen Allen, ON
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It is just a hobby. Allows me to have some fun doing the tinkering and someone else to get an awesome car at a reasonable price. I don't know what CA laws are but all the smog stuff stuff is present as it would be in a non-converted car and it is running new 987 catted headers so I see no reason why it wouldn't. In fact it should be even lower emissions than the original due to the newer design in cats, the newer air pump system, the returnless fuel system...well you get the idea. So in states that just do tailpipe and OBD type analysis it would be more than fine. In CA the visual inspection would be an issue if you tried to slip it through as a stock car.
-Todd
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Originally Posted by 23109VC
why sell something that obviously cost a pretty penny to put together?
how much hp does this car have? must be a lot!
would it pass CA smog???
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02-03-2009, 09:08 AM
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Location: Texarkana, Texas
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In California you can put an engine from a different car in your car, but it has to be a newer engine (from a newer model year) or the same year as the car it's going into. For example, you couldn't put an engine from a '98 into an '02 car. So you'll need documentation regarding the engine, which Todd should have. Then you'd need to take the car and the documentation to a "referee" to have it approved. The car would need to have four cats total (OEM for the S) to pass, which it sounds like it only has two. After it's refereed, then you can go get it smogged and finally approved.
Quite honestly, I'd just smog it first to see if it even passes. My shop doesn't even look at the engine when they do smog. Most shops wouldn't know what a stock Boxster engine looks like any way... If I could just pass smog and get it plated as a stock Boxster S I wouldn't worry about the whole referee gig.
Kirk
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2000 Boxster S - Gemballa body kit, GT3 front bumper, JRZ coilovers, lower stress bars
2003 911 Carrera 4S - TechArt body kit, TechArt coilovers, HRE wheels
1986 911 Carrera Targa - 3.2L, Euro pistons, 964 cams, steel slant nose widebody
1975 911S Targa - undergoing a full restoration and engine rebuild
Also In The Garage - '66 912, '69 912, '72 914 Chalon wide body, '73 914
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02-03-2009, 11:11 AM
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Location: New York
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So thats what my car would look like if it had a 3.8 in it... 
I wish I had the change to take that off your hands. Out of curiosity, did you use the stock 986 muffler?
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http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/42...425x425Q85.jpg
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02-03-2009, 02:41 PM
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Location: Illinois
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Nice, I've never seen a 3.8L conversion on the forums. Pretty cool.
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02-04-2009, 08:39 PM
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Location: Montreal
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Sent PM, interested.
Litronics? Hi-Fi Sound system? Heated seats?
thanks
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02-05-2009, 07:15 AM
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Location: Glen Allen, ON
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Option codes are listed on the linked site
C02, North American emissions
XSC, CD-RADIO "PORSCHE CDR 220"
239, 18" Wheels
288, HEADLAMP WASHER
413, 18" TURBO-LOOK-WHEEL
424, CD COMPARTMENT
446, crested wheel center caps
454, AUTOMATIC SPEED CONTROL
490, -MJ 01 SOUND SYSTEM, MJ 02- SOUND SYSTEM HARMANN ANALOG
502, Valmet Production (Finland)
551, WIND DEFLECTOR
584, Rear Storage Box (above Engine)
601, HEADLAMP LITRONIC
696 CD-RADIO "PORSCHE CDR 220"
The wind deflector parts are not present with the car and cruise control is not compatible with the conversion.
-Todd
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