My first REAL SCARE with the Boxster! need some advice..

[Steve Tinker]

James - he has metallic particles in his oil filter housing. They may not be magnetic, but metal all the same which will be the deciding factor....

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Steve Tinker

James - he has metallic particles in his oil filter housing. They may not be magnetic, but metal all the same which will be the deciding factor....

All that ground up aluminum just keeps a good polish on the iron and steel parts. Not to worry.

Jamesp, you should bump and update us on your rebuild and IMS fix. Great info for people with engine failures who might DIY. The threads have drifted to obscurity.

http://986forum.com/forums/diy-project-guides/49562-engine-removal-rebuild-re-installaion-2.html

[CrisZenithBlue]

some of the particles were metallic some looked like copper.

i've decided to go with a used 2.7l so i bought a 21k miles engine from Cellkid and it's gonna be on its way soon.

need some more advice while that is being shipped. this is a great time to do some upgrades and preventive maintenance on it so here's what i'm thinking:
- buy a new S model oil cooler (wont touch a used one that might come from a blown engine)
- new WP that i already have (stocking up on parts) and regular thermostat (that i already have)
- will grab the AOS from my engine, it had 15k miles on it so i dont feel i need to replace it now
- Vertex IMS bearing (they are close to me and i can get a good price on one)
- i have TopSpeed cat delete pipes and Fister exhaust. why not add some aftermarket headers while at it and make a bit more power. can anyone recommend a cheap-ish set that will also delete the primary cats but wont leave a CEL on? not fabspeed though.. i know those are way too expensive. i'm in FL so no emissions test woohoo!
- i just put a new MAF on my old engine so will pull that from it
- new stock air filter
- new plugs and tubes (engine is old in years so plastic is probably brittle)
- should i also get new coil pack? maybe at 21k miles they wont be bad but still.. plastic and age
- was thinking of getting a lighter flywheel and make it a bit more revvy.. what do you guys think? what's a good brand/clutch set?


what else should i keep in mind? i dont want to go to crazy and murder the piggy bank but it's a good time to make small improvements.

thanks in advance,

Cristian

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by CrisZenithBlue

i have TopSpeed cat delete pipes

While they are not yet installed it would be a good time to wrap them or use something like Heatshield armor to keep the extra heat from the mid pipes away from your inner CV Boots. If not, especially on a track day, you will put a lot of heat into the inner boots which may overheat the grease and cause it to sling out and also cause premature failure of the boot. The stock secondary cats have shielding which is lost when you take the cat out. I had some grease coming out of my driver side axle vent hole, pulled the axles and added some more grease, added some shielding, and the problem resolved, no more slinging grease.

At first I tried to install header wrap with the pipes installed on the car, and it was terrible. So I gave up on that, and used heatshield armor (I actually have enough left over to do 3-4 more cars). That was pretty easy to do in place. You can see it in this picture when I had the wheel off:





If you decide to wrap, while the pipes are off the car is the time to do it... I saw some videos where they soaked the wrap in warm water before starting which seemed to make it look like it would be easier...

[CrisZenithBlue]

great tip Steve! thanks a lot i will definitely do that.

i will be reaching out to you regarding the suspension later, i plan on putting the new engine in and testing it for a while before i throw more money at it so i will just fix my busted shock with some a used front pair from Woody and run it like that until i feel comfortable with the replacement engine.