What Can I fit inside the '99 Boxster Shell

[thstone]

Originally Posted by mannyd7

Is this worth tackling?

No.

But the forum insists that I post more words so I'll say no, again.

[mikefocke]

Imagine getting this smog checked in CA. Not the state you want to do this in.

The $900 for what is called a roller is a good price. But doing an engine swap by paying someone else to do it is asking for a big bill, big wait and big troubles. Shops go out of business. Mechanics die. How then does it get maintained?

[husker boxster]

If your budget is $20K, you could get a nice 911 engine, have it installed, and have a few bucks left in your pocket. And have a fun Porsche that you wouldn't have any trouble selling when you're done having fun with it (not for what you have invested but WAY more than trying to sell a Frankenstein Porsche).

[rexcramer]

One man's opinion. None of the non Porsche engine swap projects, I looked at, ever seemed to make sense to me. Unless you have the shop, tools, skill set to do most of the work yourself. And or you just want a really serious engineering project as a personal challenge.

My fear would be, I get 95% completed mechanically and you can't get the electrical systems to merge. Mating those two disparate systems together, I think, will be the toughest challenge. I would work out as much of that on the front end before you commit. Then CA emission testing/registration compounds the issues even more. Unless you know somebody who can back door that process, I can't imagine how that works practically.

Like others have suggested, this may turn into a huge money hole. Proceed with extreme caution.