Belt Replacement - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Boxtaboy · 05-09-2007, 10:54 AM

Concur with Jim. The pulleys are the same, as well as the part# for the belt. I bought mine online from Suncoast Motorsports.

porsche986spyder · 05-09-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Boxtaboy

Concur with Jim. The pulleys are the same, as well as the part# for the belt. I bought mine online from Suncoast Motorsports.

Thanks, that's a good price for an O.E.M. belt, only $25.00 at Suncoast. I wonder how much they charge for shipping? Can anyone else recomend a place that can beat this price?

djomlas · 05-09-2007, 11:29 AM

i got the belt from sunset, with 6 sprkplugs and belt they charged me $42 i believe, $8 for shipping.

changing it out was a freeze, actual swap takes like 5 mins, once i got the cover open from the inside i figured out that i dont have a wrench that is big enoug (pepboys, napa,home depot, or lowes didnt have the size available), i found it at autozone for $8.

heres a pic of my 2.5 change, and what the belt looked like at exactly 60k (well, 60,032 hehe to be specific)
here is the before

and after, you can clearly see the cracks on it

Perfectlap · 05-09-2007, 01:12 PM

looks clean in there for a nearly 10 year old car.
WHat size wrench did you use to change the belt?

porsche986spyder · 05-09-2007, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

looks clean in there for a nearly 10 year old car.
WHat size wrench did you use to change the belt?

If you click on that link posted earlier it say to use a 10mm socket and a 24mm socket with a long wrench to drive it.

porsche986spyder · 05-09-2007, 01:52 PM

I'm surprised no one makes a light-weight underdrive pulley for our Boxters. Looks easy to get to after looking at all those pictures. A nice A.E.M. or Un-orthodox Pulley made out of alluminum would be nice and take off some stress on all those accessories, i.e. coolant pump, generator, power steering, ect... The O.E.M. one looks like it's made out of cast-iron. Very heavy.

CJ_Boxster · 05-09-2007, 02:21 PM

Your right, i wonder why it hasnt been made for the boxster. Depending on the total weight savings, were looking atleast 7hp increase. My TwinTurbo Z got one of them and the incease was 13hp at the wheels, dyno tested.