Taking my engine out of the Porsche, so far so good! but have couple of Q's

[2K3_Boxster_S]

Originally Posted by dti

so I'm taking the engine out. I'm using the Bentley guide. ..................................:

Balls of steel!

Ordered the Bentley from amazon.com couple days ago. doing lightweight flywheel and clutch soon. Suspect mine will look alot like your pics.

[dti]

The Bentley Manual is king! lots of pics coming soon! I'm removing the engine because I need to change my heads, one of them is busted. I'm doing it on my own time (not really in a hurry) in the meantime I'll be looking for a good deal on an engine. If I find it before the engine is sent to machine shop Ill just swap it
But it's really simple and straightforward, If you have the time and patience, and some mechanical knowledge it's a really good project : ) even to clean out

[Trey T]

Thanks for the pictures.

Are there a lot of ppl that mess w/ these Boxster? what is the biggest concern when working on these mid-engine?

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by Trey T

Thanks for the pictures.

Are there a lot of ppl that mess w/ these Boxster? what is the biggest concern when working on these mid-engine?

Spare parts after re-installation, of course!

Seriously, resetting the placement of the cam chains can be very tricky as well as a couple of other issues (all of which produce a kaboom! if the motor is fired up). I'd never pull mine with the intention of tearing it down without a lot of training from Flat Six Innovations or a qualified training center.

[dti]

Im actually taking it to a qualified professional, not doing the teardown myself : )
I dont have the tools to mess with that hehe

[Trey T]

Randall, why is it tricky?

Have you had much experience in other engine configuration(V, straight, ect...) such as engine rebuild or just overhaul? not trying to poke at you or anything... just curious about your reply.

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Spare parts after re-installation, of course!

Seriously, resetting the placement of the cam chains can be very tricky as well as a couple of other issues (all of which produce a kaboom! if the motor is fired up). I'd never pull mine with the intention of tearing it down without a lot of training from Flat Six Innovations or a qualified training center.

[RandallNeighbour]

Trey, it's only tricky to me because I've read a bunch of stuff from Flat Six Innovations about how a guy in CA with no Porsche motor rebuilding experience totally screwed up a motor in a customer's car because he approached the rebuild as if it were a domestic motor (chevy, ford, etc.)

Evidently, there are some special things going on inside a Porsche motor.

Look for a forum member named "Jake Raby" and PM him and ask him and I'm sure he'll be happy to tell you about it. BTW, he offers classes north of Atlanta on how to tear down and rebuild a Porsche motor the right way.

If I were rich I'd take that class in a heartbeat. I would love to learn how to do that.

[JFP in PA]

It is “tricky” because a number of design issues unique to the marquee, such as a split alloy case block which is difficult to nearly impossible to repair if you spin a main bearing, because of the significant number of special tools and fixtures needed for the M96, because of the dearth of technical information about the assembly, and extremely limited number of aftermarket internal part suppliers. These are the same reasons why the dealerships do not allow their techs to get too deep into these engines………..they are not for the faint of heart, pocketbook or time…………..