3.4L Motor Swap Underway! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

JAAY · 02-09-2011, 05:27 AM

Lobo,

do a 3.6

3.4s can be had a bit cheaper though if it matters.

J

insite · 02-09-2011, 05:57 AM

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.

xamfed · 02-09-2011, 06:19 AM

Insite, where are you in the Atlanta area. I would love to take a ride in that monster.

insite · 02-09-2011, 06:45 AM

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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.

i live in smyrna & work in marietta. i'd love to give you a check ride. supposed to be 60 degrees on sunday.....

Paul · 02-13-2011, 01:21 PM

Nice job, could you elaborate on how you moved the pins on the DME harness?

insite · 02-14-2011, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul

Nice job, could you elaborate on how you moved the pins on the DME harness?

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.

xamfed · 02-14-2011, 05:46 AM

I met Insite and went for a ride in his car. I can say this car is insane. It sounds amazing, and is crazy fast.

He took me on some great curvy rodes in Atlanta that I didn't know existed. He has coil-overs and great brakes installed also. Thank God, because we needed them.

Thanks for the ride Kevin, it took me a few hours to calm down.

Paul · 02-14-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by insite

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.

Thanks, any tricks or guidance on safely opening the plug housing so the pin can be inserted?

Where can we obtain the pins with the wires attached or did someone with correct pin tool remove one from a used harness?