996 3.4 intake manifold on 986 boxster S

[ike84]

Lowering the engine on an already lowered car is asking for trouble imo. If you don't believe me, crawl underneath and see how many of your transmission cooling fins are still intact.

I would cut the metal around the intake. If you keep it localized to the seal area, you will never notice the difference. Woody and I both did this to facilitate intake mods without problem. Running the shifter cables under the headers are inconsequential so long as you don't damage anything while threading the cables through.

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[Robert986]

Originally Posted by ike84

Lowering the engine on an already lowered car is asking for trouble imo. If you don't believe me, crawl underneath and see how many of your transmission cooling fins are still intact.

I would cut the metal around the intake. If you keep it localized to the seal area, you will never notice the difference. Woody and I both did this to facilitate intake mods without problem. Running the shifter cables under the headers are inconsequential so long as you don't damage anything while threading the cables through.

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Any pics of how you cut it?

[Robert986]

Bumping this one...

@Ike any chance you'd share a picture or a little more info on how you did the cutting?

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Robert986

Bumping this one...

@Ike any chance you'd share a picture or a little more info on how you did the cutting?

Here's how Woody did the cut for the 3.4 intake. Note: This car is a salvage car that was rebuilt for rallycross, not made to look pretty.

[Robert986]

Thanks 78F350!

Thats's a bit to brutal for me, thinking of resale value.
I wonder if one can cut down the edge of the actual intake a bit or find some other way?