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Old 02-27-2008, 10:26 AM   #1
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Butt dyno would be off on the car I'm dyno'ing Removed upwards of 500lbs out it.. LOL



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Old 02-27-2008, 10:31 AM   #2
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How in the heck did you remove that much weight? It must be just a shell.
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Old 02-27-2008, 10:37 AM   #3
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You could call it that Another Boxster Spec car being built which is why I'll be dyno'ing different exhaust combo's. Straight pipes for large tracks and *some* kind of restriction for short tracks like Laguna or Sears.





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You could call it that Another Boxster Spec car being built which is why I'll be dyno'ing different exhaust combo's. Straight pipes for large tracks and *some* kind of restriction for short tracks like Laguna or Sears.





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Dang, what do you do for a speedo and Tach?

you should caption that picture with "Still havent found where that rattle is coming from"
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Old 02-27-2008, 11:10 AM   #5
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It will have a dash (stock) one. To get the Heat/Ac unit out of the car.. pull the dash. The roll cage will pass through the dash.

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Are you going to do anything fancey to the dash now that its out like, cover it in leather or alcantera with body color'd stitching?
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Old 02-27-2008, 11:32 AM   #7
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Rattle.. :LOL:

I drove it Sunday night.. it is actually VERY quiet for having ZERO sound deadening in the chassis.







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Old 02-27-2008, 11:45 AM   #8
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For those of you following along at home.. this is what we are talking about:



Something else of note that we do to these cars: we install 996/BoxsterS oil coolers. They are nearly double the capacity.

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