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Old 01-31-2021, 02:32 PM   #1
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The dme is tucked up under and I've never seen the need to. I've had boxsters at my yard with no trunk lids and the dme stayed dry even during the worst rain storms. The immobilizer I do have inside a bag and disconnected from the floor though. I have it sitting upright between the rocker panel and seat. I also have holes drilled in the floor so water cannot collect inside the floor pans. So far everything is staying dry. Before I reinstalled the windshield, the fuel gauge would stop working when it would get rained on. Immobilizer aside, these cars are pretty solid electrically. I've power washed the whole car inside and out. I wouldn't recommend cleaning the interior of your street car with a power washer. lol
Well lookie lookie - I was reading into oil cooler swaps/upgrades and found this pic. They're using it to vent an external oil cooler in a 987. That would do the trick though.



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Old 02-01-2021, 12:42 AM   #2
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On a side note, when you flashed to 996 row, did your 986 guages still work appropriately? Whenever I get an hour off of daddy day care this is next on my list to do. I've read some say everything was fine, I've seen other say not so much. Reading wayne's article on cluster swaps it seems like after flashing to 996 I can go back through piwis and actually change the cluster back to 986 while keeping the 996 tune, but I haven't seen anyone actually detail doing this.

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I have an automatic cluster in my manual car with a 996 ROW tune. Everything works but the check engine light is on and it's not on when I had the 3.2 ROW tune. Honestly the temp gauge is the only one I care about though.
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Well lookie lookie - I was reading into oil cooler swaps/upgrades and found this pic. They're using it to vent an external oil cooler in a 987. That would do the trick though.



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I might do something like that. The more I think about it, the more I like the dragster scoop sticking way high. Instead of the intake drawing air from the trunk, id point it straight up. I'd build another engine cover that the dragster scoop would then attach to. Not only would it get a slight tunnel ram effect, the extra air not getting ingested by the motor will help with cooling the motor. I have an overheating issue when racing in 90+ temps. It's in the 90's or higher for half the year down here. My only issue with the dragster scoop would be that I would probably have to modify the roof. I really don't want to do that because when time comes to part the car out, that roof would become worthless.

edit; Another benefit of the dragster scoop would be that hot air would escape easier from the engine bay when the car is not in use in between runs. I thinking I'm about to ruin a perfectly good roof. lol
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Old 02-01-2021, 07:48 AM   #3
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I have an automatic cluster in my manual car with a 996 ROW tune. Everything works but the check engine light is on and it's not on when I had the 3.2 ROW tune. Honestly the temp gauge is the only one I care about though.

I might do something like that. The more I think about it, the more I like the dragster scoop sticking way high. Instead of the intake drawing air from the trunk, id point it straight up. I'd build another engine cover that the dragster scoop would then attach to. Not only would it get a slight tunnel ram effect, the extra air not getting ingested by the motor will help with cooling the motor. I have an overheating issue when racing in 90+ temps. It's in the 90's or higher for half the year down here. My only issue with the dragster scoop would be that I would probably have to modify the roof. I really don't want to do that because when time comes to part the car out, that roof would become worthless.

edit; Another benefit of the dragster scoop would be that hot air would escape easier from the engine bay when the car is not in use in between runs. I thinking I'm about to ruin a perfectly good roof. lol
Roof scoops are awesome, like the lotus exige. Definitely a complicated build but I think that your logic is spot on. Keep us posted!

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