Engine Out - 996 Intake or Any Performance Mods I Should Consider Now?

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Originally Posted by 78F350

Note: This is the internet and any 12 year old with a smartphone can give you advice. Do your own research before spending money.

I've never done it myself, but I have had two Boxsters with the 996 throttle body. For the 74mm electronic (not cable operated) throttle I think you want this: 99660511501



The intake comes as upper and lower. The lower part holds the injectors and is metal. You will have to drill and tap holes in the heads to mount it.



While you are at it, plug this into your favorite search engine: "site:986forum.com 987 air box"

You should probably get a 996 ROW tune for your DME to get it running right.

Then figure out what exhaust manifold you want.

I have all the parts you need for the intake on my garage floor right now, but I don't plan on selling them. I can probably take pics of them if you need it.

Not sure it's worth the trouble because no one has ever posted a thread about it. What's up with Boxster folk? Why don't they post anything? It's so difficult getting info on Boxsters compared to 944's, Alfa Milanos, or VW Sciroccos (my other cars.). And I know hundreds of people have done this mod but is there a single descriptive thread about it? Nope, there is not.

Originally Posted by elgyqc

I haven't watched these videos, but they may answer your questions.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWfVwnrgMS0PfJmma0f-NQIuzd8ZKx5xM

I've watched them in the past but while I enjoy Newart, I have not found the videos very helpful for my needs.

Originally Posted by mikefocke

Is the car for TN or CA and its smog requirements? Makes a difference.

I want to keep it CA friendly as I really hope to escape TN for good at some point. Can you sense my anger from being in the south for a week? Yup, not my idea of a happy place to live but I have two Porsches to play with and my Alfa Milano is being shipped out so I have enough projects to keep me busy.

I guess the whole point of this thread was whether there were any mods I could do with the engine out that might be beneficial and which people who had been in this position had wished they had done but I guess the answer is no, nothing obvious. Apparently the 996 intake isn't really worth much. And the throttle body enlargement can be done easily with the engine in place and even that isn't clearly beneficial. Oh, well, I'm still miles away from a stock rebuild so I'll be happy just to see this car running again.
And then there's that 6 speed transmission issue.... Argh!
Can't wait til the value of these cars falls into the $1000 range and then maybe I'll be able to afford a crappy Getrag 6 speed transmission!