Too many Boxsters?

[78F350]

I haven't had much time to play with Boxsters, but did make it to the final race day of the season with North Texas Rallycross. The Frog held together well. My best time was 4th out of 28 drivers, but I had a few runs where I didn't keep the car on the best line and finished 7th overall. The Frog felt good and held together well.







In the off season I plan to get a better setup for the muffler and check over the suspension and alignment to see where I can improve it.

[78F350]

Happy Thanksgiving (USA). It's a slow day at work for me and I decided to upload video from my last rallycross.
Dash-cam GoPro video of the Frog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLkfBvfgJyI

Some of my drone video and 'continuous shutter' camera shots of the other racers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6YZHhBfpY

[BRAN]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Happy Thanksgiving (USA). It's a slow day at work for me and I decided to upload video from my last rallycross.
Dash-cam GoPro video of the Frog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLkfBvfgJyI

Some of my drone video and 'continuous shutter' camera shots of the other racers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6YZHhBfpY

Happy belated Thanksdriving
Great video footage.
This might be a solution for interior FPV shots:
Insta360 GO 3S - 128 GB White 4K Tiny Portable Vlogging Camera, Hands-Free POVs, Mount Anywhere, Stabilization, 140 Min Battery Life, 10m Waterproof, Apple Find My, Pet POV

[78F350]

In less than two weeks I'll be joining some friends for the 2025 Texas Carnado. Along with a trailer hitch, new off-road lights, and other changes, I decided to add a snorkel. I won't intentionally cross water deeper than about half way up the door, but unintentional happens. The fender was still dented from when the car rolled over in September and running the snorkel from the side duct up through a dented area kept it clear of anything structural and allows easy motion of the top and clamshell. It looks awkward in it's current form, but I'm going to let my mind adjust to it for a few days before making changes.

[Smallblock454]

LOVE IT!

[Burg Boxster]

hate to be the bearer of bad news but that snorkel ain't never gonna work...

... unless you add 5-7 zip-ties. 🤣

Good luck and have fun!

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Burg Boxster

.... unless you add 5-7 zip-ties. 🤣

This car doesn't go anywhere without a roll of duct tape and a bag of zip-ties

Today I added a chicken to counter-balance the snorkel. I think that will work.



Off-road lights are wired now.

[Burg Boxster]

Originally Posted by 78F350

...added a chicken to counter-balance the snorkel. I think that will work.

not ideal but qualifies as an acceptable substitution... ;-)

[78F350]

The snorkel worked well.



Going fast through the water was a little too much stress on the front lip though and it departed. Someone was kind enough to wade in and grab it for me, but it's not going back on the car.



The front bumper works as-is. I'll take a look through my scrap collection in the week ahead and figure out a better design for a dual purpose 'bow-splitter'.



It was very rough terrain. The Xbox did great and I don't think anything broke, just a few new dents and scrapes.

[gonz]

Stuttgart needs to see these pictures. Your boxster is 5 times the rally car than their latest "dakar" model, lol

[78F350]

Originally Posted by gonz

Stuttgart needs to see these pictures. Your boxster is 5 times the rally car than their latest "dakar" model, lol

I'd be willing to let them have it if they'd trade for a worn out old 959.

[78F350]

I haven't had much time to play lately and decided to sell the white '01 rather than deal with the lengthening list of maintenance issues that were gathering. The glass rear window had come out out the convertible top, spoiler was stuck, fuel spiting back out when refueling, door latch-window drop problem with the driver's door, peeling paint and clear coat, speakers shot, and probably more that I'm not remembering. All of it was stuff that I could fix, but not worth my time when I have no time; especially on a car that already has a 'rebuilt' title.
I swapped a top with a plastic window onto it and replaced the Litronics with a pair of slightly burned halogen light with quickly improvised corners to replace the missing amber ones.


One evening I listed it on Facebook Marketplace for $4,000 clearly stating the problems it had. Almost immediately I had more messages from 'buyers' than I wanted to deal with. Someone came the next morning, handed me cash and drove it away.
I've noticed that the buyer 'flips' cars and trucks and immediately relisted it for $6,500. Hopefully both he and any new buyer know the saying about a cheap Porsche.

[78F350]

In other news, I took the top with the glass window to my Auto Glass guy and asked him if he can reattach the glass. He said that he has a 3M product that works and he's done it successfully on a few cars. The only problem was that he wants the top mounted in the car so that it is fully stretched out when he puts it back together. Sometime in April I'll install the top in one of my cars and bring it back to him. I'll report back with some pictures and more detail after it's done.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by 78F350

I haven't had much time to play lately and decided to sell the white '01 rather than deal with the lengthening list of maintenance issues that were gathering. The glass rear window had come out out the convertible top, spoiler was stuck, fuel spiting back out when refueling, door latch-window drop problem with the driver's door, peeling paint and clear coat, speakers shot, and probably more that I'm not remembering. All of it was stuff that I could fix, but not worth my time when I have no time; especially on a car that already has a 'rebuilt' title.
I swapped a top with a plastic window onto it and replaced the Litronics with a pair of slightly burned halogen light with quickly improvised corners to replace the missing amber ones.


One evening I listed it on Facebook Marketplace for $4,000 clearly stating the problems it had. Almost immediately I had more messages from 'buyers' than I wanted to deal with. Someone came the next morning, handed me cash and drove it away.
I've noticed that the buyer 'flips' cars and trucks and immediately relisted it for $6,500. Hopefully both he and any new buyer know the saying about a cheap Porsche.

Hopefully a potential new owner takes the time to have a PPI done.

[78F350]

As mentioned earlier, I want to put a top on a car so can bring it to the glass shop and have the rear window put back in. I have a black '01 that I took the top from to put in the white car that I sold. It cranks and runs on starter fluid, but otherwise won't run.
With no fuel pressure I drained the tank and found that the pump was corroded and the hose to the sender cracked.


Then I found that the fuel filter needed to be replaced. Fuel from the filter:


There is now pressure at the fuel rail and fuel passes through to the return line, but it still doesn't run. Today I'm going to try swapping out the fuel rail and injectors with the engine in the car. It looks like it will be a tight space to work in, but doable. I'll soon know how much trouble it's going to be.

It would be easy to trailer the car to the glass shop and have the window installed, but I've had this car sitting since I bought it in September and it's time to get it running.

[78F350]

I opened the engine access behind the seats to disconnect some wiring. Add AC compressor clutch to the list of things to do if I get this car running. I do have a couple compressors on the shelf.

[78F350]

I took a break, had a nice lunch with my daughter, and I'm back at it now. The fuel rail and injectors can be removed with the engine in place, but I don't recommend it. I hope that putting the replacement parts in is a little easier. I will probably detail what I did later.
Here it is almost ready to remove:

[78F350]

Now I'm figuring out which rail and injectors I want to use. Probably the set from a 2.7L and not the 3.2L. Is there an advantage to the S model injectors? ...probably not on a base model engine.
Meanwhile here's the Tech article on Pelican: https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Boxster_Tech/25-FUEL-Injectors/25-FUEL-Injectors.htm?srsltid=AfmBOoqsf5WTIT6276l0s4mPqZxk E1ab6YvjctBQ1rOpPa1EP3oAolJJ Note that the instructions are with the engine in the car, but NOT the pictures.

Base vs S:

[78F350]

I found Ike's old post that I was searching for. https://986forum.com/forums/diy-project-guides/80079-986-2-injector-retrofit.html Not quite the info I was looking for, but good info.

I'm going to just use whichever set look nicer. If it's wrong, I'll have learned something.

[78F350]

It started up and ran a little rough when I finished putting it back together. It was not even giving a sign of ignition before, unless I sprayed starting fluid in the air filter. The longer it ran, the better it got. I still have a lot to do to make it ready to run for more than a minute or two.
The dip stick tube is broken off, the coils look like half of them are missing at least one bolt and a few will likely need to be replaced, The seller told me that it had a coolant leak and the heater hoses are currently bypassed, the lights need some work, the tires are good enough to drive to the glass shop, but need to be replaced asap, ...on and on. My plan for this car is to use some of my accumulated parts to eventually make it a decent daily driver.