HELP! Opportunity for an '04 X51 engine in my boxster

[germaniac]

DC,

Thanks for the insight. Yeah, the SC was batting around $7 in the offer ranges. With the swap, I am getting everything...EVERYTHING I need to do this conversion right. Everything is at my disposal along with the Porsche Carrera tech who is doing the job.

I understand peoples feelings and love for the SC, that's why I am torn...but I also love the Boxster and think if Porsche would have given the little car a set of hairy nuts in the first place, it wouldn't have the stigma it has (of course it would have cannabaized the 911 Cabrio sales but...)

I know the history of my boxster and the X51 has all documentation from Chariots of Palm Beaches... Being that I only have this one shot (financially) for another 5 years or so to do something on this scale, I feel this feel in my lap at the right time. If I chose the SC, it would be an ongoing project I cannot tackle right now -- if I can in the future, there will be an affordable one to piucxk up that hasn't been "frankensteined"

I love my SC but I love my Boxster too. As it stands, I will be getting horsepower that is close to what both cars have combined...

Here is a pic of the SC and the Boxster, I am sure I will get hate mail on the top and two-tone treatment too lol

Thanks for all your comments, both for and against.

[tholyoak]

1) If you do this make sure you get it in writing upfront.
2) There are a lot of parts missing on your list to do this swap correctly. Heck, there are a lot of parts missing to simply put a 6-speed in a 5-speed car.
3) Make sure your tech has done this before. There is no replacement for experience in this. Trust me, I have bailed out a few shops that have committed to these projects and then found themselves over their heads. Guess who is left with the bill for all those extra hours learning how to get it to work (see point 1)
4)Iif they are going to mickey mouse it and not update to the 7.8 DME but simply use an rpm switch and reprogrammed DME to make it work I personally would walk away.

-Todd

[dcdrechsel]

$7 seems low.But,it is what is .So-all in $12 -doesn't sound too bad -considering the dismantlers are quoting north of $6 for a vanilla 996 engine .You can probably recover some $ on the 2.5 -still runs so it's a good core .
Two other points -center radiator ? Also LN Engineering has a new bearing arangement foir the intermediate shaft -since it will be an easy acess -probably worth looking into ..........
Can't wait to hear how it turns out !