V8 Boxster for $6k, what a steal!!!
 

For $6,000, You

Includes an extra shifter, for free.

What the ?????

Watch the video at the 1min mark. Could there be an issue with the transmission? The dash lights looked like a blocking Christmas tree from manual to 5th.

My guess is nice motor but no go.

or it could be confused by the dual shifting options...

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Guess ekam beat me to it, I was going to post this up too.

I have no idea what's up with that shifter business. Everything was looking ok up to that point. I'd even take the practically browned headlights, but that shifter business is unacceptable and confusing.

The car's for sale on Renntech:

[Cars - For Sale] selling my Boxster V8 Swap - RennTech.org Forums

I guess much like anything else in life, you get what u pay for. I will stick to the tried and true.:)

I'd buy one in yellow .

80% Finished... I wonder what the 20% is ??

Pininfarina must be blowing up this guy's phone. I had to look at the pic like a puzzle in highlights magazine to catch that seamlessly integrated second shift device and accompanying rear cover plate.

+1. People keep talking about this second shifter but for the life of me I couldn't see it. He must have some mad fab skillz...

Looks like he needs to go back to grade school and learn how to write.

i remember when i was researching v8 conversions that he was a valid contributor to the dialogue; i think it's legit. the second shifter just allows him to drive the tip like a clutchless manual; about as cool as a tip can get, i suppose.

I hate to expose my obvious ignorance of the finer points of transmission theory, but I'm not following you. There is only one transmission in the car; it can only behave like a clutchless manual (PDK, F1, SMG, Cambiocorso, etc.) if that's what he installed. If he installed an automatic transmission with the ability to be shifted with paddles or the shift lever (Tiptronic, etc.) then I don't see what the other stick adds. That sort of shifting could already be done with the existing Tiptronic shifter. :confused:

Either way, this is, shall we say, an inelegant solution.

sequential vs non-?

But it's a gated shifter with, what, 8 shift gates? A sequential only has two positions: up and down. And in fact, that's all a Tiptronic with paddles does is take a standard auto and give you sequential shifting with up and down paddles or side to side movement of the stick. So I'm not seeing how this second shifter adds anything.

Again, I'm not professing to be the expert on it; I'd just love to hear the reasoning behind that second stick growing out of the radio hole.

a sequential shifter goes through gears sequentially; 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 3, 3 to 2, etc. his 'mod' allows him to skip gears on the upshift and the downshift; 1 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 2, etc.

i think.

Oh, okay, you're saying his is non-sequential -- thought you were saying the Tiptronic was non-sequential and his now makes it sequential.

I really don't know much about automatics, but I don't think you can just randomly skip around from one gear to one that's not "next door." Again, I think this is a feature of the transmission, not the shift lever. But I could be wrong, I'll give you that.

This car made it on "Nice price or crack pipe" on Jalopnik.com

It saddens my heart to realize that this car was once hot off the assembly line and brand spanking new. You gotta think that when Car Karma kicks in, this car's going to return as a Ferrari 458.

it's guys like this that give Boxsters a bad name.

I hate that he says "The porsche engine is very weak and low power". It's no Z06 or 911, but with a power to weight of 13.6 lbs per hp it's equivalent to a 300hp 4,100 lbs car like a Mercedes SL500

If he wants a faster Boxster then he should buy a faster boxster, but don't knock the 2.5 :( 0-60 in 6.0-6.3 is not horrible

EDIT: oh he had a automatic, yeah those were horribly slow, so really his problem is the transmission not the engine

Sorry guys I find it some what interesting. My buddy and I were talking and we decided if my little 2.7 failed we would not stick another p motor in. If you look at the trans it is a dead ringer for a 2wd Passat trans and most Audi motors will bolt up. If or when mine goes I will be putting in a 4.2 or a 2.7t from an Audi in. This one was done poorly but still interesting.

*ring* *ring*
kettle: "hello?"
pot: "you're black! haha"
kettle: "okay....."

he has no idea what to do with the electronics... and well.. I do.. :)

3k more and its a daily driver that passes smog.

He has two shifters/two computers, because he couldn't figure out how to make Porsche talk Audi.

The 4.2 V8 bolts up to the ALL of our transmissions, now that being said, there are some good 4.2 engines to be had and some bad ones. I'm guessing he chose the $500 variety that are not known for making power.

The CaymanS 6 speed is the Audi V8 transmission..

You will see more of these (promise) and they will be done pro :)


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Just posted this to my buddies facebook page for my engine swap and he knows of a totaled S8 01 with 47k that was hit in the rear at a yard we always do business with. I think this is the 360hp motor! I am looking to get the big Audi shipped down this week for $2200. My swap may be sooner than the failure of my engine.