Sunday took a spirited drive out to coffee and cars in Novoto .. saw some beauties
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Oldcarguy, that is cool! Will the boxster's drivetrain support the swap without any upgrades? What kind of hp/torque are you looking from the upgrade?

New DIY: Replaced my brake lines with stainless steel. While I had the calipers off to paint them I went ahead and did this upgrade, but split the DIY into two videos.

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I finished taking everything apart last night. Only things holding the carriers are the driveshafts and parking brake cables. The carriers propped up with buckets.

Becasue I'm upgrading to Boxster S shocks and springs, I need to upgrade to the compensation ring from 3.5mm to 6mm. Parts are on there way from Germany. So I'm stuck for a week.........should have ordered these before I started!

Any other suggestions on what I should tackle while it's all apart?

Took it out for its first official PNW drive. Didn’t go very far as I’m still working on a brake issue, but it was nice, anyway. :)

It was a good day today. First time changing the oil and added some ceratec on my 00 box at my friend's garage Found out I have a cold air intake for hot air [emoji2959][emoji849] from previous owner. Took a ride in the hot rod. #garagegoalshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7593b6ea09.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...65405485ce.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...350531e5db.jpg

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nice garage .. your friend has ..

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With only these no, but yes after I also finish building/installing these adjustable toe arms.

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Yeah.....a little less typing and a little more "building cool parts for me", yeah? Hahaha.

Hope you're well!

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Got my rear suspension refresh all bolted back together. Brakes, tires and then alignment. But while it's all jacked up I'll change the oil.

Fun little project. I'll get around to my front suspension soon enough.

Me want garage.

Hi Ciao, because every build is different FSI doesn’t quote hp or torque gains in advance. We’ll have to wait for the dyno runs. Also, FSI is doing a custom 93 octane tune (included is their tuner which stores up to 5 tunes). They indicate that the custom tune will be more effective on my 550 SE due to the 987 intake parts and my Fabspeed mid pipes with the FVD Brombacher muffler. Probably minor improvements but worth the effort IMHO. So the dyno runs will reflect the sum of all parts.

The focus of the Stage 1+ engine is mid range torque more than hp. In any event, FSI says there is no problem with the stock 6 spd handling even their Stage 2 or race engines if the drivetrain is in good shape going in.

Thanks Oldcarguy. I believe the gains will be impressive and more cost effective in terms of buying HP for your current Porche than buying a new one. I hope the build is durable and longlasting. I've noticed typically factory specs w/out mods make for a long lasting engine 275K miles plus. But specing your engine from the bottom end up may be a better solution than just a tune or increasing intake/exhaust flows.

Flushed the brake fluid on my 986. Made another DIY.

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Changed oil, oil filter, and topped off with Tier One fuel, stabilizer, storage insurance. Need to air up tires, put on battery tender, loosen top, and cover.

Replaced top and bottom idler pulleys and belt tensioner, and picked up two sets of lobster claws.

Next up: AOS. Parts ordered and awaiting next weekend's garage time.

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Yes it will as mine has for the last 9 years.

Tinkering...

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Whasit?

I’m still working on the model...not sure yet. I don’t like my 5” Android screen rear view mirror. I did at first, now it’s size (the entire mirror) is getting annoying. Thinking about cutting the mirrored glass off and moving the screen. ;)

I’ll probably end up going the double din route eventually, but I really like this smaller screen and want to try this out.

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Went to our first PCA concour d' elegance event today. Great day got 2nd in box/Cayman division and then went to get some good pics of the car.

Also my daughter got to get in a GT3 RS...wow


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Took it out for an early morning drive. Found this old covered bridge built in 1897. The lattice wood construction with wood pegs holding most of it together was pretty impressive. Although, I'm not sure I'd want to drive anything larger than a Boxster over it.

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Two weeks ago I had a 3 day HPDE at VIR, about a 540 mile drive from home. Of course, a week before the drive I saw that the inner projector lens came unglued from the shroud in the driver side
of my Nine8Six lights. UGH, I didn't want to drive all that way, on the track and back home again with that lens rattling around inside. So I found some very used headlights on Craigslist - 2 halogen with orange turn signals and two litronics, the passenger side with a cracked lens and the driver side with some wiring issues. The Halogen driver side was useable although very cloudy and the inner lens very burned, but I put some bulbs in it and put it in my car and it worked.

Back home from VIR last weekend I started working on my headlght in need of repair. This weekend I got it all back together and everything still works! That really pleased me as there was some soldering involved which is not something I excel at. Tomorrow I should be able to install the outer lens with new Permatex silicone. After a day of curing I will install it and do the final aiming.

Over the winter I am going to make 1 set of spare headlights using the 2 amber units and the reflector bowls from the litronics, which I think I will be able to convert to bi-xenon projectors with some Morimoto minis.

Picture of me at VIR in the Climbing Esses with mis-matched headlights-

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Pictures of my handiwork (If these pictures are still upside down I tried 3 times to fix it)-

Nice work :cheers: I kept my old set of head lights for this very reason, you just never know and I can always sell them if I ever sell the car, or, most likely, just give them to the new owner.

not just today but over the last few days but finally finished getting rid of all the horrible orange LED's, about 200 of them

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I exited the Porsche world.
I traded my boxster for something I can use everyday. It was some what depressing.
But I'm thinking when the dust settles in a couple years a 996 or 997 may be next.

I’m supposed to be fixing my braking issue (new pads and new/used MC are on the bench), but have been screwing around with this instead :D

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Likewise I considered a trade, but I'm already married. I get more use from the car.

What did you get?

Dooood...... that's cooooool........
I want. Allot.

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That is great. Did you consider doing the ones behind the LCDs? When I did mine I did them all.

That is really cool PW. Do you have a 3D printer to make your prototype surround?

I have done behind the LCD's that's why they are green. To create the original orange there is a yellow piece of plastic that the original red LED's went through creating the orange so with that yellow piece of plastic still in there it's created the green with the blue LED's. I will replace the yellow plastic with a white piece at some point

I went for a mid-size pickup truck - Nissan Frontier Pro 4x (They have been around for a long time, basically unchanged - That's why I went that way)
Funny thing is I traded my 3 year old Nissan Xterra for my Boxster because I wanted a car, then I trade my Boxster in for a Nissan PU

~that~ .. looks extremely interesting ..

keep tinkering!

looks like the PNW is being kind ..

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removed the yellow filters from the LCD displays and drew around them on a white ice cream tub, cut them out and installed them. Perfect result :-)

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That's right, you BASTARD!!! I WON!!!

I spent most of the weekend fighting Satan's ball joint. With a lot of hitting, spitting, cursing and violence it finally came out.

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Yes, I do. It’s quite handy ;)

Changed waterpump and low temp thermostat:cheers:http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1574798297.jpg

Finally got around to upgrading the audio system. Replaced the head unit and amp with a double din Pioneer 2550.

Finally got around to upgrading the audio system. Replaced the head unit and amp with a double din Pioneer 2550.

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