Pics of 996 Carerra cluster into Boxster

[Cloudsurfer]

Attached are pics of my 996 Carerra cluster installed in my Boxster S. Cluster came out of an 02 Carerra 2 and my car is an 02 Boxster S.

Also included a pic of my nav install.

Enjoy

Patrick

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[AUDIOGUY]

Looks cool... but why did you install the cluster? Does everything work as it should..
speed calibration, temp and gas?

[Grizzly]

Very nice. Is it possible in an older car, like my '97?

[blue2000s]

Looks really nice. Good trimming job. Did you get it with the white faces or did you do that yourself? I'd miss the Boxster's font.

[98Boxster98]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

Very nice. Is it possible in an older car, like my '97?

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4593

If I read the renntech thread right, a 99-01 C2 gauge cluster will work for a 97.

[Cloudsurfer]

Well.... I had thought that everything was all fine and dandy, except now I am slightly concerned about the fuel quantity indication. When I swapped clusters, I had 3/4 of a tank in according to the factory 986 cluster. When I woke the car back up with the 996 cluster, it read 3/4 of a tank, so I thought all was well, which it should be as a Carerra 2 and a Boxster are the same car from the firewall forward. However, last night I went out for a drive with a couple other cars, and was showing 1/4 (as you can see in the pictures from yesterday) and was planning to get fuel en route somewhere. Well, on a very twisty road while showing 1/8 of a tank, the car ran dry. No low fuel indicator, and showing 1/8 of a tank. Added one gallon from a portable to get it started and drove 5 miles to a station and added 16.2 more (I realize the pumps arent THAT accurate but you get my point). I had thought these cars held around 15 gallons, but my point is merely that it was EMPTY.

So, the real question is: is this going to be a problem from here out, or did the sender and cluster need to establish the high and low points in the tank and from here out will be accurate? If anyone can shed some light on this I would really appreciate it.

As to the question of doing this on an older car, Porsche has a "new" and an "old" cluster design (identified by the color of the plugs on the back) and as long as you match your cluster type to your car's vintage it should be fine.

I wanted to update mine to gain the oil pressure guage, as well as have the more "professional" looking design without the Boxster's "pretty" font. Also worth noting, the newer clusters use the dot matrix display which is nice.

Patrick

[986 Girl]

Don't worry.... we all gave him sufficient hell for running out of gas, even though it really was no fault of his own

Silly Porsche owners think they don't even need gas!

[r9i8c7k]

Looks great...

[Cloudsurfer]

Getting close to low fuel after DME/ cluster re-set at full tank....so we'll see how this goes.....

Patrick

[Tool Pants]

Putting a 996 cluster in a Boxster is nothing new. Do not remember anyone having an isssue with the fuel gauge - unless they used a C4 cluster.

If the problem continues.

Is your 996 cluster new or used? If used, then can you rule out the fact it may have had a bad gauge and that is why it was sold.

How do you know for sure it came from a C2?

[Cloudsurfer]

I realize this is nothing new, and I was hoping for no issues related to it. Aside from the fuel issue (basically my 996 cluster is about 1/8 tank optimistic) all is well. Gentleman I purchased it from pulled it out of his C2 when he did a full interior gut to turn it into a track car, I have not cross checked the part #, but have no reason to suspect it not being from a C2.

If the DME/custer re-set does not work, I will just have the dealer calibrate the fuel sender to the cluster and I have to think that should cure all issues.

Patrick