Don't currently have a Boxster, but my wife did.
She had a 99 base model slush box. She bought it for the "badge", but after I got some good tires, new struts, fixed all the cooling kinks, I realized that this chassis is by far the best handling car I've ever driven. If not for the underpowered engine, and the AWFUL transmission, it was an excellent car. And the creature comforts were great inside that thing.
Unfortunately after a year or so either the alternator wire or the starter wire found ground and the car burned up.
Here I am a few years later and both she and I are longing for another crazy good handling car.
But this one is gonna be bow tie powered. LOL
Yup, 4.3 Chevy truck engine powered. Gonna put an Eaton M 90 on top to boot.
The 4th gen Chevy 4.3's have the same accessory positions relative to the CS as the 2.5 German engine. So make some adaptors for the hoses and whatnot; get an adaptor for the transaxle... Fab up some mounts and roll.
I should be picking up another base model 986 next weekend. Blown up engine so we're good to go.
I'm not apposed to the boxer engine... shoot I love my "lawnmower engine car" (1972 Karmann Ghia). But a good engine is a good engine and Chevy made a good one.
And I've got plenty of poorly designed engines as well. Rotary engines are destine to fail. So a good 4.3 in a sports car just makes sense.
^^^ its a blow through turbo setup... Makes about 300whp.
Anyrate anybody have a shell local they are looking to get rid of let me know. I hope next weekend I can pick up this pile and get to work.
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