Boxster Subaru conversion interest?

[Brinkley]

bravo bravo. As with most, I love this thread.

[kcpaz]

From this past weekend...

Precision Chassis Works Subaru Powered Boxster CalSpeed - YouTube

[grtc68]

I've followed the thread with great interest, and seeing it in action is amazing and reinforces what the Boxster can be.

Congrats on an amazing project...and I think you could have kept up with the first few cars had you really intended to, but I'd play it safe too...especially with the time invested into your Boxstaru project.

Please keep us updated...all the best!

[kcpaz]

Originally Posted by grtc68

I've followed the thread with great interest, and seeing it in action is amazing and reinforces what the Boxster can be.

Congrats on an amazing project...and I think you could have kept up with the first few cars had you really intended to, but I'd play it safe too...especially with the time invested into your Boxstaru project.

Please keep us updated...all the best!

The car is capable of a lot more than you saw in that video. I'm still VERY MUCH a novice driver and that weekend was my first time on that track. Watching the video now, I can see a bunch of places where I'm giving up time... including slowing down WAY too much on the NASCAR banking

[onaFLYer]

Looks like fun! Great project. What is your expected life of that engine before a rebuild?

[J Tinsby]

Originally Posted by kcpaz

I'm still VERY MUCH a novice driver and that weekend was my first time on that track.

SOOOOOO kcpaz we finally find something that you haven't mastered ... (yet)!!

I knew there had to be a skeleton in your closet!

If you take to racing like you did to building the car, everyone needs to watch out!

Great stuff as always, I'm betting one or two more races is all you need to be a pro, then what will you do??

Cheers.

J T

[kcpaz]

Originally Posted by J Tinsby

Great stuff as always, I'm betting one or two more races is all you need to be a pro, then what will you do??



J T

Build a street version so I can prove that this conversion can work in an every day application. I've already got a 987 lined up.

As far as life expectancy on the current engine... The plan is to run it at it's current power level and after the first season, if it's still alive and kicking, I'll pull the engine apart, put it back together with a Cosworth shortblock and turn the boost up and see how long the transaxle lasts at 450 whp.

[Topless]

Nice update. I haven't checked in for a while and you have come a long way with the car. It is truly a work of art with great attention to detail. Bravo!

I found your dyno chart interesting as well. That nearly vertical torque curve from 3.5k-4.3K must feel like getting hit with a hammer. If you bring the car back to Fontana for the Festival of Speed in April, as a very experienced Boxster driver on the Roval I would be willing to offer my services and act as test pilot for a few sessions... Purely in the interest of gathering data of course.

[Vizor]

Any update on how this project is going? I'm glad to see someone tackling it properly.

Originally Posted by kcpaz

Build a street version so I can prove that this conversion can work in an every day application. I've already got a 987 lined up.

I'm pretty excited about the prospects of your street version but am curious how you envision the electrical integration on a street vehicle. I can see stand alone engine management but am wondering if the CAN bus system for the rest of the car will freak out with the engine missing.