WTB / Wanted: 3.8 Boxster - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

longhood · 02-28-2011, 03:52 PM

WTB / Wanted: 3.8 Boxster - why? .. because I have completely lost my mind I guess
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But I really do and I am ready to buy :-)

thank you very much in advance.

chris97boxster · 03-01-2011, 08:55 AM

A fellow porsche owner up in my neck of the woods
took a brand new cayman S
had the dealership drop the 3.4 out of it
it had 10 km on it...yes 6 miles
put in a factory crate 3.8 in it
I didn't ask how much
cause I've learnt that's not polite
I've seen the car once...its black
That all I can tell u. ..@ the moment
If I find out more...will post
Chris

longhood · 03-01-2011, 10:45 AM

Funny story - thanks for sharing .. could have been a smart move (for those who can afford to buy out of a showroom) - Seems like they purposely keep the performance of the Cayman down not to degrades the 911's value. Sounds to me like a mid-engined Cayman with a performance 3.8 should have more value than the 911, but the 911 is priced much higher due in part to the "status" of the 911 / "boxter is a chick car" , etc. So even though he made an outrageous financial decision, it may have been a very wise "showroom" decision. Perhaps he spent $14K for the crate motor, $4K install for a 911s killer. I am guessing he wanted a lease for tax purposes and swapping it at 6 miles was the only way to get a qualifying car?

Paul · 03-05-2011, 03:23 PM

No warranty on a crate motor unless it is installed by a Porsche dealer in a car in which the factory used a similar motor.

The Radium King · 03-05-2011, 04:19 PM

must be a lot of $ in alberta - a guy in calgary did the same thing to a silver cayman. there was a story on it in some online euro tuner mag. they put his 3.8 x51 cayman up against a stock 997 S and it still got beat. last i saw the car was for sale at kulu motors in calgary for $65k Cdn (that's like $70k US these days ...).

BudmanV24 · 03-24-2011, 06:29 PM

Its been my dream to build an X-51 powered cayman. It actually wouldn't be that expensive. If you decide to build a 3.8L boxster instead of buy one outright pm me.

blue2000s · 03-24-2011, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The Radium King

must be a lot of $ in alberta - a guy in calgary did the same thing to a silver cayman. there was a story on it in some online euro tuner mag. they put his 3.8 x51 cayman up against a stock 997 S and it still got beat. last i saw the car was for sale at kulu motors in calgary for $65k Cdn (that's like $70k US these days ...).

I remember seeing a magazine comparison between a Cayman and Carrera with about the same power. I can't remember which one. The Carrera was still preferred and faster around their track loop. The rear wishbone suspension of the Carrera is better behaved than the Cayman's strut rear end.

mdw48009 · 04-09-2011, 10:42 AM

Not sold. I must have accidentally toggled something when I was copying the details from planet-9 to this forum, rennlist and pelican.
The car has been for sale for about 1.5 weeks on planet-9 only.

I toggled it back to unsold. Weird that it happened since I needed to click and select a few things to mark it sold. Not sure how it happened.

RandallNeighbour · 03-25-2011, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by longhood

Perhaps he spent $14K for the crate motor, $4K install for a 911s killer.

Your numbers are way off. Double the price for the motor. Triple the price for the install, especially if both were brand new.

landrovered · 03-25-2011, 09:31 AM

Randall is right, the 3.6 transplant in my car (performed by the previous owner) was $21K and that was a used motor but it was a professional race shop.

smshirk · 03-31-2011, 11:20 AM

I have a Jake Raby 3.6 motor, built up from my 3.2. All L&N internals. Not cheap by any means and it may not have quite as much grunt as a new x51 3.8, but it is near the limits of the brakes and 10 year old chassis and well worth the money. However you get where you want to go, do it!

BudmanV24 · 07-24-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Your numbers are way off. Double the price for the motor. Triple the price for the install, especially if both were brand new.

Not necessarily. I know that one guy that put a 3.8 x51 into his cayman last winter paid $11.6k (no core charge) for a factory crate motor from the dealership. If you keep in touch with your local porsche parts department, you'll find that porsche does run some really good specials on engines from time to time.

Longhood, did you ever find a car?

tightbox · 08-21-2011, 10:03 AM

Not sure you will find ANYONE willing to part with their 3.8 conversion...it's just way too much fun! Would be happy to let you take it for a spin though - if you are near the Bay Area.

mdw48009 · 04-09-2011, 09:36 AM

See:

http://www.planet-9.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=6253&title=2005-boxster-conversion-3-8s-x-51-pss9&cat=23

Previously had a 3.4L 1999 Boxster conversion.
Will probably do another in the future.

Mike

Paul · 04-09-2011, 10:11 AM

So it's now sold?

landrovered · 03-25-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by longhood

WTB / Wanted: 3.8 Boxster - why? .. because I have completely lost my mind I guess
.
But I really do and I am ready to buy :-)

thank you very much in advance.

I have a 3.6 Boxster that I might consider selling for the right price. IM me if you are interested.