Woody's build thread

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by paulofto

Shoehorned!

There's about a 1/2 inch gap between the flapper valve and the sheet metal after finding the right spacer to bring the motor down. I used a discarded engine mount brace for my spacers.

This thing barely fits in there. Even the headers are about 1/2 inch from hitting the aluminum bracing. It' good that I bought a semi-solid engine mount, because there's no room for it to wiggle around(Thanks Steve!).I had to notch the back sheet metal close to the intake tube for the tube to clear. I combined an intake tube from a 996 and a 1/3 of a 986. You also will notice I changed the brake vacuum attachment. The previous design wouldn't clear the 987 engine cover. I used the 986 attachment but extended it a few inches.

[Porsche9]

Wow that's tight. You have enough room up top for the intake tub when the engine moves?

How does the ride height of the whole car look with the engine in. Does the bigger motor weigh much more?

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by Porsche9

How does the ride height of the whole car look with the engine in. Does the bigger motor weigh much more?

I don't think the motor weighs anymore than a 2.5 or 3.2. The intake sits higher and the headers I'm using are also much larger than the factory boxster motor. I had to notch the lower brace a little. Another thing I wanted to share was the elbow I'm using for the radiator hose. The 996 coolant exit elbow needs to be replaced with one for the 986. I used one from a tiptronic for three reasons. Mostly I didn't have one from a manual, but I think that extra access tube might come in handy for draining coolant and a future trans cooler. That's what it's used for in the tiptronic. That is where the coolant returns after being used to cool the transmission fluid on the tip. I'm thinking maybe in the future I can rig something up for a manual cooler too. In the pic I'm draining the system after checking to make sure everything was good before putting in the expensive stuff.

I also had to remove this from the fuel rail because the threaded part was rubbing against the 987 air box.That piece is used for the return fuel line on the 996, but it's bypassed on the swap.



I've spent the last few days working out some bugs. I had to replace the number 6 fuel injector. I also got the temp gauge to work. Turns out I have a 2001 3.2 engine harness, and that was the first year Porsche switched to just two wires for the temperature gauge. 97-2000 986 and 99-01 996 used four wires. Two went to the DME and two went to the cluster. The 2001 boxster only has two going to the DME. Easy fix once you figure out all you need to do is run two wires from the sensor to the black plug in the trunk.