Thread: M96 2006 swap
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Old 02-08-2017, 04:54 PM   #7
Qmulus
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Originally Posted by Gelbster View Post
Make sure you investigate Variocam/Variocam Plus before you make a big decision?
How VarioCam and VarioCamPlus works - A Primer - 6SpeedOnline - Porsche Forum and Luxury Car Resource
I am not sure what you are getting at as his '03 S has the infinitely variable VarioCam ME 7.8 just like the '06 S. That is the nice thing about having a '03 or '04 Boxster. Neither has "plus" with valve lift. That came on the '07. You CAN run a valve lift "plus" late M96 3.6 engine with the Boxster 7.8 DME as the outputs are in the hardware. You just need to add the solenoid control wires and program the DME for the engine with 996 code. It is actually quite simple.

The extra pump on the M97 is a vacuum pump. Porsche went with a vacuum pump for the brakes on the M97 supposedly for better braking in high altitude and track conditions. It might necessitate some change to vacuum line plumbing, but doesn't make much difference.

The other difference is no dipstick tube, but I think they just put a plug in the case where it was on the M96, so you just remove the plug and put in the dipstick tube.
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'03 S, manual, 18" Carrera wheels, PSM, PSE, Litronic, 996 Cluster, +

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