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It was time for my annual rattlecan refurbish. Gold is the new bronze. And now the look matches their weight! (replicas)

I bought this engine for $2,800 to replace the one I broke (oil filter full of metal). Hope to drop it in in the next few weeks.

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Saturday got the wheels back from the shop. Washed and waxed. This morning tried my hand, first attempt, at the pinstripe. Yeah, dusty... just cleaned the edge as it was aa practice run... but the technique worked. This weekend I'll have my wife assist, and cover all 4.

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The Stripe-it-All tool worked great, after I figured it out. Took just myself 2 minute for the practice wheel. I figure the red stripe will boost the HP about 2. Per wheel.

The car is Arctic Silver with the red interior.

What color stripe would you go with?

Who is not a fan of pin striping the wheels?

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Good luck on replacing them - I just did it about a month ago. It's not incredibly hard, but the rears are a PITA. Just take your time and use the right tools. I haven't driven the car yet since I have been replacing other parts of the suspension, but my old ones were really mushy - I could push them down easily with my hands.

Welp, I've started down the hipster motor oil path. Put in some Joe Gibbs BR40 for the week, then will be switching that for DT40 after the recommended break-in period. I know it's probably a ripoff, but whatever, it's not that much more than my normal oil.

Car is almost frighteningly smooth & quiet at idle with this stuff.

Where have you been all my life?
 

Just finished my first brake fluid flush with a Motive Pro power bleeder. What a joy to use. No more yelling back and forth and crazy fast. Well worth the $80. And it came with a catch bottle that has a magnet on it. Worked flawlessly.

If I remember correctly, my indie wanted +/- $375 per car. I can do both cars for under $120. :dance:

New tyres. A little wider at the front with 225/45-17 instead of 205/50 in the hopes of a little less understeer and better braking. Still 255/40-17 in the rear.
Michelin PS2, as it should be.
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Those are awesome. I just got one to do my 924's clutch master/slave, already one of my best tool purchases. Night and day compared to the cheap harbor freight one I had before - it actually does what it's supposed to do!

this post sucks without pics... hahahaha

What headlights & taillights did you get?

I signed mine (and myself) up for an autocross at the end of the month. :D

Dropped it off at the auto body shop this morning - A Ford F150 backed into it while it was parked. Looks like big foot sat on the hood. :ah:

I've used the cheap HF one, the secret is to lube the tube with silicone grease so that it seals on the bleeder. It actually worked pretty well on the complicated brake system on my 02 Prius. It's a half assed 3rd world approach, but seems to work well--been driving the car in question for almost a year since replacing the brake booster pump & the brakes are nor mal!

I bought a set of speed bleeders for the Porscha from our friends at Pelican. Since what ever I do it is without a second set of hands, I hope they work. One of these days. . . They need the new wear sensor installed and they DO need bleeding. & flushing!


My current project from our "Are you crazy" file. I actually got stopped by an anal retentive cop the other day, "Beautiful car, did you know that your right turnsignal (clear not amber) is flashing white? That's a $125 fine in AZ (not really, but it serves the story) no ticket, but get it fixed, Please. Holy carp! "PLEASE?":o

So I came home, and sho' nuff, the yellow coating had peeled off the bulb. So I ordered a beam type 1156 amber bulb, 2 of 'em from Amazon. And while I was spending money, a white set too for the back up lamp as well as the 50w6 ohm things.

Well they look so nice, white with focused beams that I ordered more, including a hundred bucks worth of H7 led headlites. Holy carp, I say. I went donkey bonkers craggie! Every exterior bulb is gonna be LED.

They do look awfully nice, tho.

Someone stole yer wheels!

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Today I installed a new battery, since my old one wouldn't take a charge. I went with a group 47 instead of the 48. I wanted a smaller battery, but didn't want to fab my own brackets. This one bolts right in.

Item number 4, out of 10 or so, on my list of things to do before I can get it on the road this spring. PCA rally is coming up on the 29th!

I worked on audio system upgrade. Finished dash speaker components all mounted and tested.

Installing hertz mille 3 way system. Dash 3” mid and seperate tweeter. Used cai adaptor ring for 3” the tweeter became a pain. Ended up make 4 small holes in grill frame used 2 wire ties to make straps, then cut the head off 2 more to slide down to hold in place, 3rd around just to keep things sung and some electrical tape to seal around edges. Not ellegant put affective and out of site.

Ran speaker connections for tweeters to head unit, they will use the amp from the head unit. Mids currently running off stock porsche amp. Did a test with new head unit even not being tuned or having the low frreq outputs connected dystem already sounds much better.

Finishing door boxes for 6.5” speakers this week and finishing conectoons for replacment amp.

Yesterday did an oil and filter (w/ housing) change. Figured replacing the filter housing was a no-brainer considering it was $3 via our host than an OE filter, and 14 years newer. :)

Good news is that the element (inside and out) was clean (1193xx miles).

Drove to work and home enjoying stero! Rain rest of the week now:(

Drove to Parker's Maple Barn in Mason, NH for a late, humongous, breakfast. Cool, in the 30's, so the top stayed up.

great place for breakfast I love that place !
its about 45min from my house in Methuen MA

We should do a meet up and drive one morning!


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Changed oil and filter, then went to get ice cream with the wifey.

I’m in.


(This is a ten character reply, thankyouverymuch)

If my car starts when I go to get her this weekend and I can extricate myself from domestic bliss, I am in!

Another MA north forum member.

Paul.

The ounce of prevention
 

Got my 2004 Boxster S Anniversary Edition out of winter storage week before last and got it over to my local indie for last week while I was out of town.

They did the LN Engineering single row pro IMS bearing retrofit, and the RMS. The buggy is at 96k, bearing was the OEM Porsche bearing and looked ok but had noticeable movement in the bearing shaft.

Also replaced the heater core which had been corroded and leaking coolant (for some time, they say), fogging the inside of the windows. originally CA car, now in the midwest, 14 year old heater core wasn't up to it I guess.

Anyway, love these guys: BT Racing in Evanston, IL. Very communicative, sent photos throughout the process, put in the air filter and clear side blinkers that I brought them as well.

Very excited now for better weather, a thorough cleaning and top protection and the summers' car events!

Where have you been all my life Part 2.
 

First coolant flush and fill with a Uview 550000 Airlift. That was almost too easy. Well worth the money IMHO. And the time savings is significant also. Times 2 cars, a no brainer for me.

Drove it, top down, for the first time in a couple of weeks. Still feels like a new car.

sunny day drive!
 

My Boxster & I took advantage of a warm sunny day and went for a nice long drive along the muddy Maumee river, stopping just long enough to snap a quick pic at a small park along the way. The roads following the river are about the only ones in my part of the world that aren't laid out like a checkerboard. A great way to enjoy the weather!
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Tried installing new springs, but couldn't get the old hat off the first strut. Gave up after exhausting everything short of a torch, and decided to deal with it another time, probably with new struts all around.

Reassembled everything, finished my fender liner vent project, cleaned off the studs, applied antisieze, mounted my wheels (including two new rear tires) and put it down on the ground.

Turned it over a couple times with the fuel pump relay pulled, then fired it up! I expected a big cloud of smoke, but didn't get any this time. Drove it up and down the street then re-torqued the wheels. I'll probably take it out somewhere today.

1st Cars and Coffee of the season
 

Parked next to a 911 Turbo and enjoyed all the cars (unfortunately not the best weather today so we stuck to the parking garage.

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Finished replacing my clutch and brakes. track season is 2 weeks away for me. Going to Pocono North. I have a new aero rear bumper Oil cooler with fans in the trunk. I cleared some of the aluminum away from the vents on the aero bumper to get hot engine air out of the engine bay. Put my engine fan on a switch.

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After burning half a tank in the sunshine, got my $2.00 lock nut in the mail and fixed an aggravating heat shield rattle. Car sounds 100% better now! (The simple things....) :)

Let it sit in the garage after enjoying the heck out of it the last few day...
How can an 18 year old be this great?

I'm not even going to answer that last question... Too loaded!:cheers:

Installed new door speakers, and installed new driver door pocket lid the tab broke inside the old one. Gave it a nice vacuming also!

Finished the magnaflow muffler tailpipe cut, weld, and paint. Swapped out drivers side rear FSD for a guaranteed replacement FSD. Oil change and LN engineering spin on oil filter.
Also removed rear compensating plates for 6mm more drop.

I drove it down to Orlando and back from SC for a business trip this weekend, 700 mile trip, 2 tanks of gas, ran perfect- just turned over 43k miles(not bad for a '97- really wanted to leave the hard top home but i knew rain was in the forecast and glad i had the hard top on it! horrible bad rain storm on I95 from Jax to the SC boarder!! but dry as a bone and no issue, sure like the traction of the new Michelin Pilot Sport all weather tires! no hydroplaning even in heavy rain. sure glad i put the Rain-X on before i left.
while in Orlando i parked next to a very nice '70 914/6 with GT body work and a 3.2 conversion, beautiful car- paint was almost identical to my Artic silver ( may have been Carerra Silver.

lets do it !!

that be great let do it !

75% finished a 996 cluster upgrade (no oil pressure signal yet).