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> Hmmm boxter conversion, Crazy thought
crash914
post Feb 5 2020, 09:26 AM
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Since I am building another hot type 4 motor, I had a thought about installing it into a boxter.

Has anyone tried this?

Full disclosure, boxter has a blown engine and I will have a fresh 4...
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post Feb 5 2020, 02:57 PM
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Yes, an 80mm but it's spoken for, the wife's 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

cheapest way to fix a 996 or boxster engine is with a factory shortblock exchange, but then you still have to do the rest of the engine.

The 996/boxter flywheel you have to replace, the rubber center goes and causes misfire codes, add a clutch kit and there's a couple grand. Same with the coil packs, around $500 not replacing them is false economy.
Big issue is making sure the rads are clean, you have to take the front bumper cover off to see all the crap behind the AC condenser. I just replaced the rads in a 4S with a pair of CSF rads, beautiful units.
AOS, water pump, T-stat, starter Y cable...Nothing is cheap, the price creep is large with these cars. Just did a 4S, $5k quote for IMS, by the time all the "while you're in there" stuff was done $15K easy.
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crash914   Hmmm boxter conversion   Feb 5 2020, 09:26 AM
Chi-town   It would be horribly under powered. The boxster w...   Feb 5 2020, 09:59 AM
crash914   not really serious about this...just saw an ad for...   Feb 5 2020, 10:09 AM
Steve   not really serious about this...just saw an ad fo...   Feb 5 2020, 10:22 AM
mepstein   not really serious about this...just saw an ad f...   Feb 5 2020, 10:48 AM
Chris H.   ^^^^This!   Feb 5 2020, 10:48 AM
Mark Henry   LS engine is little hard to shoehorn into a boxste...   Feb 5 2020, 11:07 AM
crash914   It sounds like even finding a way to repair the ex...   Feb 5 2020, 11:16 AM
Mark Henry   Yes, an 80mm but it's spoken for, the wife...   Feb 5 2020, 02:57 PM
flmont   why would it be so expensive to put a subaru 4 cyl...   Feb 5 2020, 03:46 PM
Chris H.   If you can fab the one-off stuff you need like the...   Feb 5 2020, 04:25 PM
Andyrew   The Audi motors bolt into the boxster trans FYI......   Feb 5 2020, 04:27 PM
914forme   The Audi motors bolt into the boxster trans FYI.....   Feb 5 2020, 04:43 PM
Chris H.   DO IT! Old Boxsters are SO CHEAP, especially ...   Feb 5 2020, 04:30 PM
914_teener   Value of a "hot".....whatever that means...   Feb 5 2020, 06:08 PM
jpnovak   The Audi motors bolt into the boxster trans FYI.....   Feb 5 2020, 06:36 PM
914forme   The Audi motors bolt into the boxster trans FYI....   Feb 6 2020, 01:52 PM
crash914   My hot 4 is around 15k..good thing I can use lots ...   Feb 5 2020, 07:09 PM


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