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

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by nuvolari

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.



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



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!

With all those cars, and so little time to do your own research... why don't you just have your chef find a good mechanic to figure all that **************** out?

[Dubaday]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Where do they spoon feed Scirocco info?

Originally Posted by Starter986

With all those cars, and so little time to do your own research... why don't you just have your chef find a good mechanic to figure all that **************** out?

LOL

Originally Posted by nuvolari

What's up with Boxster folk? Why don't they post anything?

These damn boxster owners

[nuvolari]

Originally Posted by Starter986

With all those cars, and so little time to do your own research... why don't you just have your chef find a good mechanic to figure all that **************** out?

Why don’t you try posting something helpful? Not here necessarily but in all the threads you constantly peruse and post in….

Originally Posted by 78F350

Where do they spoon feed Scirocco info? I plan to go through my '81 later this year after I clear a couple Boxster projects.

VWvortex although it might not be as busy as it used to be due to the Facebook ruination of all forums everywhere.

Originally Posted by Dubaday

LOL


These damn boxster owners

Ha ha, you guys are a bit too sensitive! Not trying to offend, just curious why simple engine info is difficult to find while there are hundreds of threads on aesthetically challenged rear spoilers?

Happy Easter to everyone! Hope most of you are revving your engines to the redline on a warm spring day!