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Gelbster · 05-13-2014, 06:06 PM

Hey Cheetah,
Wayne's book mentions that the 2002 has a few DME/CAN compatibility advantages compared to my '01. I have no clue if that is a critical difference that made your 02Box/Cayman 3.4l swap a success. And that is the problem - there are lots of unknowns in this swap issue and they are potentially insuperable- or trivial.
For example, if you did exactly the same procedure on my 2001 Boxster S 6-speed but used the $3000/8,000 miles '06 Cayman Tiptonic donor engine I found - would it work like yours did? I can't find anyone in the Boxster community who has done exactly that and shared the knowledge. There are lots of gung-ho generalizations ,but no comprehensive details. By comparison,ask which Miata engines fit which older/younger Miatas and there is a huge amount of comprehensive info. That's a pity because the Boxster project is many times the cost and complexity of the comparable Miata engine swap.
This project we are discussing even stressed Jake Raby!So what hope an over-enthusiastic noob Boxster mechanic like me?

05-13-2014, 06:06 PM	#31
Gelbster Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: S.California Posts: 2,029	Hey Cheetah, Wayne's book mentions that the 2002 has a few DME/CAN compatibility advantages compared to my '01. I have no clue if that is a critical difference that made your 02Box/Cayman 3.4l swap a success. And that is the problem - there are lots of unknowns in this swap issue and they are potentially insuperable- or trivial. For example, if you did exactly the same procedure on my 2001 Boxster S 6-speed but used the $3000/8,000 miles '06 Cayman Tiptonic donor engine I found - would it work like yours did? I can't find anyone in the Boxster community who has done exactly that and shared the knowledge. There are lots of gung-ho generalizations ,but no comprehensive details. By comparison,ask which Miata engines fit which older/younger Miatas and there is a huge amount of comprehensive info. That's a pity because the Boxster project is many times the cost and complexity of the comparable Miata engine swap. This project we are discussing even stressed Jake Raby!So what hope an over-enthusiastic noob Boxster mechanic like me?