What Can I fit inside the '99 Boxster Shell

[Geof3]

“Worth” is a reletive question. For a who-knows-what budget, just to see if you can do it... it might be “worth” it. Buying a roller and having a shop dump a non-Porsche motor in will get very $$$ very quickly. To me the only way a project like that could be worth the $$$ is if it were a DIY project and apporoached as a hobby. In terms of investment, given the current market for these cars $ wise, not a chance would it be “worth” it. It ultimately boils down to what you want from the car, and what it means to you, then judge the value proposition from there. Honestly, to some degree all of us that own these cars, and spend the $$$ to keep them up are in a similar boat. The good thing is, there are many that believe these cars are “not worth it” anymore and that means the inventory drops one day, and those of us that chose to keep these things running, might just luck out... the 356 was considered a throw away at one point... as was the 914...

[Cunningr]

Worth is a relative term. Not that I don't get the modding idea/mindset, but if it come down to you willing to invest $20K to $25K, with that kind of budget you can find a running Boxster S and do a hell of a lot of mods with less headache.

IE: exhaust, intake, suspension, audio, and wheels, could probably even do a 3.4L swap which I think someone said cost in the $11K range.

You will still probably never see a return on that investment either, but you would have much less headache doing them instead of trying to reengineer.

I am with Geof on values, you never know 944 prices are trending up also. I think if the value ever rises on boxsters it will be way out, but I do think prices are about as low as they will drop also. A genuine Porsche in good condition can be found in the $10K range.

[kk2002s]

For $20-$25k just buy a 996 - DONE. Turn the key and drive
Sell the roller for parts and probably turn a bit of profit

But if you must do it to the Boxster, seems that a 3.4 would be the ticket, at least in my mind.

[rexcramer]

+1 I paid $27k for an 09S with 25k ODO a year ago. Can't imagine going to all of that effort for a lessor car.

Originally Posted by kk2002s

For $20-$25k just buy a 996 - DONE. Turn the key and drive
Sell the roller for parts and probably turn a bit of profit

[pidj]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

For $20-$25k just buy a 996 - DONE. Turn the key and drive
Sell the roller for parts and probably turn a bit of profit

But if you must do it to the Boxster, seems that a 3.4 would be the ticket, at least in my mind.

That's CDN $ 25K USD is like 100,000 CDN (or some such crap conversion)

still, for 9-10 CDN he could secure a used boxster powertrain and pay someone 3-5K in labour to put it together .... a boxster 986 used price averages (around the GTA) about 17K for a base and up to 20+ for an S (all very clean condition) ....

[Brian in Tucson]

The OP is in Ontario California

Here's the thing, the car is done with all the radical stuff, probably no one will want it for any price. If you hadn't guessed we mostly don't like the idea. You can toss "uge" amounts of money and it may never be able to get smogged or registered, if it runs at all. And after 25k it will still be worth nothing.

Nice dream, tho. If I had loads of money to spend, I'd probably buy a much newer Boxster or Cayman and find an old bug to turn into an uber dune buggy. Or maybe a twin turbo Miata.

[rczap]

I have been toying with the idea of what am I going to do with my 02 S if the motor goes. I have 216K on it. I bought the car for $6k, and everything was in perfect shape, just had a lot of miles on it. Renegade is the name of the company that does the LS swap. You can do anything from an LS1 through an LS7. An LS3 will cost around 15-20k. Installed. But that is over 400 hp. Look up Apollo 911 on youtube. If you do an LS3, with catalytic converters you should be able to get it smogged. you will have to go through a referee station for that. I also am thinking about a 3.6 swap, again around 15k for someone else to do it, you get that sweet Porsche sound and 320 hp. This is all up to you, if you have the extra cash, why not? Just remember that the motor swap alone will eat up most of your $25k budget, and if there is anything else you need to fix or upgrade that adds more $.