02-09-2011, 06:23 AM
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have you put the car on a dyno? do you think it is more than enough power for a boxster? I was thinking of doing an engine swap as I have the 2.7 and the most cost effective way for much better numbers is a different motor. would u reccomend the 3.4 or a 3.6 or what have you.
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02-09-2011, 06:27 AM
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Location: shoreham, ny
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Lobo,
do a 3.6  3.4s can be had a bit cheaper though if it matters.
J
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02-09-2011, 06:57 AM
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Lobo -
the power is awesome. depending on the year of your car, a 3.6 can be more difficult to install i think. that having been said, it could use a little more low end torque, which i think the 3.6 has in spades.
i haven't put the car on a dyno yet, but i plan to do it. i think it will be quite a lot. right now, i still have the stock cats & pipes from the 2.5L, but used in conjunction w/ headers & a race muffler. i will probably put some cat bypass pipes on it first & see how that works out.
it's a LOT of power for a boxster. it will blow the doors off a 996.
next up: weight loss. i'm going to pull the AC & a bunch of other crap.
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02-09-2011, 07:19 AM
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Location: GA
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Insite, where are you in the Atlanta area. I would love to take a ride in that monster.
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02-09-2011, 07:45 AM
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Location: Atlanta
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Originally Posted by xamfed
Insite, where are you in the Atlanta area. I would love to take a ride in that monster.
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i live in smyrna & work in marietta. i'd love to give you a check ride. supposed to be 60 degrees on sunday.....
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02-13-2011, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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Nice job, could you elaborate on how you moved the pins on the DME harness?
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1998 Boxster with 7.8 DME, 2005 3.6 liter/325 hp, Variocam Plus, 996 Instrument panel
2001 Boxster original owner. I installed used motor at 89k.
1987 924S. 2002 996TT. PST-2
Owned and repaired Porsches since 1974. Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.
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02-14-2011, 06:37 AM
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Location: Atlanta
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Originally Posted by Paul
Nice job, could you elaborate on how you moved the pins on the DME harness?
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sure. there's a tool that can be used to gently remove a pin from the harness at the DME. after that, it can simply be pushed into another slot.
i don't have the tool, though, so i bought a pin with a segment of wire attached to it. i pushed it into the correct 'new' slot, then clipped the wire & soldered it to the new one.
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