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Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 06-20-2008, 08:13 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 11,766
Posted By Kevfra
I bought from tuningpros in California, but I...

I bought from tuningpros in California, but I can't knock them. Their service was great, shipping immediate, price best, and they communicate. I think all of these headers shown in this price range...
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 06-19-2008, 02:53 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 11,766
Posted By Kevfra
Finished

OK - job is done.

Installed and removed four time each side for fitting and drilling. What a pain! Some holes were off by as much as 1/4inch. The other flange with three holes lined up fine.
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Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 06-19-2008, 08:25 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 11,766
Posted By Kevfra
Angry Caution on those headers...

I too bought a set of the $100 headers from eBay, no idea if they are from China or wherever as they all look the same, packaged the same etc. Nice looking when they arrive.

Removed my old with...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 06-10-2008, 03:25 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,146
Posted By Kevfra
Durametric software

Will the Durametric system allow me to turn on the onboard computer so I can get the temperature display on the dash, as well as other functions hidden in the 2001?
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 06-08-2008, 03:10 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 983
Posted By Kevfra
Red face Check my thinking on this...

Comments please - I have four O2 sensors, located just before and after the first set of cats. On most header systems these cats are eliminated, and on most headers there are four bungs to receive...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 06-05-2008, 07:40 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 7,482
Posted By Kevfra
As someone who has driven, and worked on, MANY...

As someone who has driven, and worked on, MANY German cars for thirty years, I have some thoughts.

First specifically on Mercedes is that hey have engineered too many single points of failure Why...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 06-04-2008, 07:25 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 7,482
Posted By Kevfra
I sold my SL500 and bought the Boxter. ...

I sold my SL500 and bought the Boxter. Seriously.
I drove the SL for about four years. Great looking car, very solid, terrific accelleration, gas pig. But like all Mercedes I have owned it was a...
Forum: DIY Project Guides 06-02-2008, 07:36 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,619
Posted By Kevfra
Why not just change the 'stat that controls the...

Why not just change the 'stat that controls the fans and use a lower temperature?
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 06-02-2008, 07:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,459
Posted By Kevfra
For now this project is on hold. I installed...

For now this project is on hold.

I installed the Deluboz catback exhaust and took a five hundred mile trip - the drone is just barely tolerable. It isn't so much the volume as the resonance. ...
Forum: DIY Project Guides 05-31-2008, 10:46 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,090
Posted By Kevfra
I did use true's kit and it does look just as he...

I did use true's kit and it does look just as he shows in the write-up. It's a bit of a chore, but if you have basic skills and the right tools it's just an issue of patience. However I didn't use...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-31-2008, 10:36 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,403
Posted By Kevfra
I'll have to study the Pedro design again. ...

I'll have to study the Pedro design again. Maybe an equalizer pipe between mufflers, that is a common fix in such a design as mine...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-30-2008, 07:49 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,403
Posted By Kevfra
With your sport muffler did it reduce the droning...

With your sport muffler did it reduce the droning or make it worse or...? I have the Deluboz muffler and was planning on a rear cat bypass but the 2000-3000RPM droning is so bad right now I sure...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-30-2008, 07:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,812
Posted By Kevfra
Piston rings rotate during piston stroke, this is...

Piston rings rotate during piston stroke, this is intentional and is caused by the honing on the walls. The ring gap will sometimes happen to be on the bottom of the piston when you shut it down,...
Forum: DIY Project Guides 05-29-2008, 07:45 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,467
Posted By Kevfra
Might be a matter of height. I'm 6'3" and sit up...

Might be a matter of height. I'm 6'3" and sit up fairly high in the air stream, and at a more severe angle for viewing. But then the pretty half of my equation is 5'8" and she has the same two...
Forum: DIY Project Guides 05-28-2008, 11:14 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,467
Posted By Kevfra
I have this same setup and if I had it to do over...

I have this same setup and if I had it to do over again I wouldn't install the D-3, but rather the newer model. For one thing as you asked - yes the display is worthless with the top open, and part...
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 05-21-2008, 06:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,459
Posted By Kevfra
Cool Need your input on bypass pipes

For those of you not living in California allow me to explain something about our smog test. The test equipment is connected via modem to a State of California computer such that all readings during...
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 05-21-2008, 06:58 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 11,766
Posted By Kevfra
I have the same question, as I also live in...

I have the same question, as I also live in California. I've considered all the possible mods but I'm just too lazy to make the switch every two years for testing. Today I am installing the catback...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-21-2008, 06:45 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,065
Posted By Kevfra
I dno't have the answer for your question, but a...

I dno't have the answer for your question, but a little bit of hijacking here....seems to me to be a good hack and easy to do. Mount some LEDs on the panel to let you know when your fans are...
Forum: DIY Project Guides 05-15-2008, 07:32 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,090
Posted By Kevfra
Should have closed the thread

Yes things are fine, and it had nothing to do with the AVIC. There was no battery drain. What happened was the installation triggured the security immobilizer. I had to reset it, which was a pain,...
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 05-13-2008, 07:18 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,149
Posted By Kevfra
Consider the fuel filter - when was it last...

Consider the fuel filter - when was it last changed?
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-13-2008, 07:11 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,139
Posted By Kevfra
Maybe not

Doesn't sound right, from what he writes the car won't move. When the clutch hydraulic fails what happens is you cannot disengage the clutch, or in other words if you are in gear it is going to move...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-08-2008, 09:36 AM
Replies: 151
Views: 26,481
Posted By Kevfra
You bet!

That sexy car got me lai...uh a lot of female company over the years!
Red instrument lights, overhead climate controls, a special makeup tray in the glove box, introduced stock seatbelts in the US,...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-07-2008, 05:33 PM
Replies: 151
Views: 26,481
Posted By Kevfra
You kids today...

Not that I'm all that old at 53~! But I have always collected cool cars, and have had many amazing machines. I spent twenty years restoring classic Mercedes and such. However I'm not going to go...
Forum: Performance and Technical Chat 05-07-2008, 04:06 PM
Replies: 305
Views: 79,018
Posted By Kevfra
Good customer service?

I ordered one...and from the time my paypal cleared to the time I had shipping confirmation from Che was four hours. Rediculous! What kind of service is that - four hours? Next thing you know...
Forum: Boxster General Discussions 05-05-2008, 06:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,546
Posted By Kevfra
Birds

I can't really speak to the car although it looks like either a Nash or Austin, but I do live twenty miles from where The Birds was filmed, and can tell you that town has, in just the past few years,...
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