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Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-31-2023, 10:20 AM

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Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

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Wow, been a long time since I've posted here! Okay, long story short because I don't feel like typing a novel at the moment;
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Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

03-18-2022, 07:09 PM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Hell yeah! The 4.7 has even more power! The only...

Hell yeah! The 4.7 has even more power! The only reason we didn't go with a 4.7 was that it's wet sump instead of dry sump.

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

12-14-2021, 01:33 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Two quick clips from our most recent outing: ...

Two quick clips from our most recent outing:

Taking the car on a quick coffee run (https://youtu.be/Plj8iyXm0Sk)

it spits fire (https://youtu.be/RVaRjSa7RE4)

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

12-14-2021, 01:23 PM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Hey guys! I just realized that I haven't actually...

Hey guys! I just realized that I haven't actually posted any updates here in almost exactly a year.

To put it shortly: Between work and moving to the opposite side of the country, the Porsche has...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

12-07-2020, 12:39 AM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Hahaha, yes! 501st, baby! Although, that was done...

Hahaha, yes! 501st, baby! Although, that was done before the new trilogy came out....

Gutting and welding the doors has been something we've been planning on doing for a long time. We usually just...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

12-03-2020, 05:17 AM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Apologies for such the delay in any updates....

Apologies for such the delay in any updates. Haven't been doing much actual work to the car lately, other than driving it around, taking pictures, going to shows and showing it off.
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Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

11-07-2020, 05:51 AM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

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tire letters are cool.

HELL YEAH BROTHER!

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-30-2020, 11:24 AM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Hell yeah dude, that's great info!

Hell yeah dude, that's great info!

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-28-2020, 09:18 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

If the 987 5 speed is stronger than the 986 5...

If the 987 5 speed is stronger than the 986 5 sped but it nearly identical, I'll keep it in mind. But they're also about twice as much as a 986 box. If I have an issue with blowing my current box too...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-27-2020, 07:27 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

More shots from the impromptu 'meet' over the...

More shots from the impromptu 'meet' over the weekend.

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Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-27-2020, 06:58 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

JayG - I'll keep that in mind. Thanks! ...

JayG - I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

Qingdao - I did the same thing. Though, if I had known the 5 speed's limits ahead of time, I probably would still have done it anyway because of how cheap...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-27-2020, 11:27 AM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

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Everyone loves this car.

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-27-2020, 11:08 AM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

JayG, I'd love to read the pm you sent me, but...

JayG, I'd love to read the pm you sent me, but for some reason that page won't load. I've been in contact with or visited most of the Porsche shops and various race shops all over town at this point,...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-26-2020, 01:41 AM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Story time, kids! Now that it's all back...

Story time, kids!

Now that it's all back together, took the car up to JBA, a local very well regarded hotrod shop, to get it corner scaled. Car is at 2,530 lbs. 45.3% front, 54.7% rear. So weight...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-24-2020, 12:13 AM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Actually, I just got a potential lead on a shop...

Actually, I just got a potential lead on a shop who can do some custom axles for less than what some of the other places were quoting. We're thinking about doing the whole axle, just so we're less...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-21-2020, 07:59 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

How much longer are they? Is it a pair?

How much longer are they? Is it a pair?

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-21-2020, 05:07 PM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Most of the parts we've gotten have come from...

Most of the parts we've gotten have come from ebay, usually used. New parts aren't really too hard to find, there’s a handful of sites that specialize in high end European cars; it's the cost that...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-20-2020, 07:28 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Honestly, it was a bit tricky, considering...

Honestly, it was a bit tricky, considering neither of us had ever done this level of wiring for a car, but once you start tearing into it, it's not that bad.

The main thing that made it difficult...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-20-2020, 05:46 PM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-19-2020, 08:07 PM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Numbers are in! ...

Numbers are in!

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Not going to lie to you or myself, I was hoping for a bit more, if only just to have big numbers on a peice of...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-19-2020, 10:48 AM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

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ONWARDS, TO GLORY!

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-19-2020, 06:57 AM

Replies: 141

Joining the Porsche family, track rat style.

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Posted By WizardSmokey

We'll definitely be taking it easy on the...

We'll definitely be taking it easy on the standing starts, that's for sure.

Probably won't be taking it to autocrosses very often at all anymore. We're kind of leaning towards doing some SCCA...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-18-2020, 06:16 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Indeed! I most definitely feel like I'm doing...

Indeed! I most definitely feel like I'm doing some good testing. It seems like the people that may or may not have tested how much power the 5 speed can handle haven't documented it very well, which...

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-17-2020, 06:52 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

Haha, oohhh no. A proper track shakedown is still...

Haha, oohhh no. A proper track shakedown is still a few months out. (Mainly due to the fact I'm on an extended work trip right now.)

Monday morning is dyno day!

Forum: Boxster Racing Forum

10-17-2020, 06:04 PM

Replies: 141

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Posted By WizardSmokey

The tires are 315/35-17 Toyo Tires Extensa HPII,...

The tires are 315/35-17 Toyo Tires Extensa HPII, which is damn near the only street tire I could find that would fit those wheels. At $140 each, not too hard on the wallet, either. You can see...

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