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Old 04-15-2010, 11:08 PM   #1
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qustion about swap
Is it better to try and find a 2.7 liter engine while I'm at it and is it a hard swap?
or is it a minor mods swap?
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Old 04-17-2010, 09:56 AM   #2
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You have a throttle cable, does the 2.7 have eGas?

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As you can see in my pics I took out the hoses and out comes nasty mix of oil and coolant. As I was taking it out a little water came out. So heres a question pretty sure there's still more oil in the pipes. How do I flush it out of there + the radiators? can I stick a hose somewhere and "let it rip"? Because I am going to have to take all this junk out of the piping and radiators right? thanks!
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Old 04-19-2010, 08:06 PM   #6
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got the bentley manual today! its a really good manual
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Who added the 'Porsche' monogrammed dead pedal?

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Is it better to try and find a 2.7 liter engine while I'm at it and is it a hard swap?
or is it a minor mods swap?
Any engine 2000 or later motor is an egas motor. It uses a different DME, different Motronic software version, different wiring harness, different accelerator assembly and different fuel tank, lines and vapor recovery system.

This is not a minor job. It is expensive, complicated and time consuming to convert a non-egas car to an egas engine.

Consider that Boxsters of your model year have been changing hands for as low as $5000, and it really makes no sense at all to do such a swap.

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I guess 2.5 it is. I bought this one for 2000.00 from my aunt pics coming today.
I just got the Bentley Manual in the mail today. It's a really good book!
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Did you see the 2.5 motor for sale in my link above?
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:19 AM   #11
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No Paul, send me the link so I can check it out.
I forgot to mention took the coolant out and out came nothing but oil. OIL! but wheres the coolant? Maybe my aunts mechanic worked on it and thought it was oil cooled and put oil in there?, It's very weird. I have like 9 quarts of oil in 1 bucket looks like with a little bit of antifreeze. Very weird. Im posting picks today just that it was to dark yesterday.
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