WTB: Boxster S with bad motor

[BoxsterLS376]

Hey everyone,

I appreciate all the leads and offers! I have found my next project car, but unfortunately it is not a Boxster The good news is that it is still a Porsche!! I'll probably be doing some YouTube videos on it if anyone is interested, but this one is to nice to get the V8 treatment, I think. Without further delay, the next project is...

2004 Porsche 911 C2 convertible! So the project side of it is that the motor seems to have hand grenaded itself! The car itself is in very nice shape, only 39,600 miles on it, the only other down side is that it is an automatic, but that can be changed out easily enough!

Nothing is set in stone yet but after some research tonight it looks like the whole motor will have to come apart as I found the back of the IMS bearing in the transmission bell housing inspection port and dropped the oil filter and it looks like the lost city of gold in there~ So you never know, maybe I will stick a V8 in it

Since this is a Boxster forum i'll probably not post many updates here, maybe i'll post a thread over on Pelican, but either way i'll let you all know and will at least post a link to my first video of the series here so you know where to find my future videos.

Thanks again everyone and don't worry... i'll be back! Boxsters are just to much fun bang for the buck not to have one but I just couldn't pass up this deal so off to the 911 side I go for now!
Thanks!
J

[Prelude Guy]

Did you buy the one from North Carolina? Silver one? I was looking at that one but his asking price of $8000 was way too high.

Are you sure it is easy to swap from auto to manual trans?

Also, if you need a 2004 3.6L engine with 35K miles, let me know. I have one available.

[BoxsterLS376]

Originally Posted by Prelude Guy

Did you buy the one from North Carolina? Silver one? I was looking at that one but his asking price of $8000 was way too high.

Are you sure it is easy to swap from auto to manual trans?

Also, if you need a 2004 3.6L engine with 35K miles, let me know. I have one available.

Yup thats the one! He was negotiable on the price and the car is in very nice condition. If I can put a V8 in a Boxster swapping a auto to manual transmission is no problem. All it takes is parts. Cars were designed for both so just need things like clutch pedal assembly, hydraulics & lines, shifter, not sure if you have to swap the whole center console or just the shifter insert... Instrument cluster, obviously clutch, flywheel etc., then you just re-route a few coolant hoses. I don't think you need to swap the engine ECU although I haven't fully researched it.

Send me a PM on the engine you have and how much you are asking. My plan is to rebuild what is in there as from what I can tell other the the IMS bearing completely shredding itself I think the motor is OK. ECU showed no codes at all for misfires or anything. What I think happened is that this is one of those IMS bearings that never made any noise, just ripped itself apart until the nut/bolt on the back of the bearing broke off, dropped into the bell housing and hit the torque converter, which I believe is the "noise" the guy hear when he shut it off. Of course at that point the bearing had just come apart and started pissing oil all over which earned it a tow to the mechanic who basically threw the worst case scenario at the guy which immediately scared him. I doesn't even look like they took the filter off before they deemed it dead.

You never know though, it may be completely trashed in there. Luckily I know a guy who can rebuild these if needed, he is going to be at our shop tomorrow so i'll let him know what I found and see what he says. Still gotta get the motor out first but other project have been more pressing. Once my master bathroom is done then i'll be full tilt on the 911!

[robdelorenzo]

I may have a candidate for you - an 02 Base (I just noticed the "S" in your post though), 160K, nearing engine-disaster land, not sure if I want to keep it or not.
PM for details if interested.

[Bankjob]

search craigslist may show up under Boston or Rhode Island. I think its located in Seekonk RI

[jpc1818]

Looking for an Boxster S or Cayman S as well.
LMK what you have.

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