My Spec Box getting a Deman heart transplant
09-22-2011, 08:53 AM
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09-22-2011, 09:38 AM
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I'm in....
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09-22-2011, 11:20 AM
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Just remember the further North you go it's pronounced Boxsta.
09-22-2011, 10:13 PM
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Hey, Dave, what Rick said. I think you're really going to enjoy the instructor thing. You got the karma.
Sorry about the engine. I'm looking at a transplant, too. Barney is tired.
Bill
Sorry about the engine. I'm looking at a transplant, too. Barney is tired.
Bill
09-23-2011, 07:03 AM
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We'll see. Im gonna wait and see what the car feels like in places like the esses at WGI.
There was a time when I thought there was a really good chance that I was going to go racing so I wanted to keep the option open. The Spec Box rules are also a nice guideline to follow in building a Boxster.
Thank you BIll. I wish you and Barney the best.
Thank you BIll. I wish you and Barney the best.
09-23-2011, 02:45 PM
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Did you have the deep/baffled pan on the 2.5? I'm finishing a spec box and am trying get as solid of a motor as possible, the baffled pan seems to be the first order of business. IMS upgrade, center radiator, s cooler and overdrive pulley already done...but wondering about the benefit of the accusump...
(sorry for the slight thread-jack)
09-23-2011, 03:07 PM
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Jim, I would suggest using the X51 oil pan on that car since it still has the stock pan. Like you said, everything else is good to go. As far as the Accusump, I don't think it's a bad idea considering the cost of an M96 replacement/rebuild. Looking foward to doing the cage (sorry for the slight thread-jack)
(sorry for the slight thread-jack)...now back to your regularly scheduled programming...
09-23-2011, 03:09 PM
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We'll see. Im gonna wait and see what the car feels like in places like the esses at WGI.
There was a time when I thought there was a really good chance that I was going to go racing so I wanted to keep the option open. The Spec Box rules are also a nice guideline to follow in building a Boxster.
Thank you BIll. I wish you and Barney the best.
There was a time when I thought there was a really good chance that I was going to go racing so I wanted to keep the option open. The Spec Box rules are also a nice guideline to follow in building a Boxster.
Thank you BIll. I wish you and Barney the best.
Spec boxsters are awsome. i owned one last year and did a race or two. tons of fun, tons of competition, lower HP, lesser drama, lesser anxiety, every time you get out of the car you gotz a big smile on your face! awsome stuff.
anyway, glad you've it sorted, and im sure rick will deliver a boxster masterpiece when he's done upgrading your motor. now you might have ot consider better brakes, as that 3.4 or a 3.6 might be too much motor for those 2.5l stock brakes.
09-23-2011, 05:29 PM
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Hey bro. sorry to hear the Flyin' Kitty Cat got hurt! You and I have been on track together up at MMC. i have the silver grand am boxster (had is better word).
Spec boxsters are awsome. i owned one last year and did a race or two. tons of fun, tons of competition, lower HP, lesser drama, lesser anxiety, every time you get out of the car you gotz a big smile on your face! awsome stuff.
anyway, glad you've it sorted, and im sure rick will deliver a boxster masterpiece when he's done upgrading your motor. now you might have ot consider better brakes, as that 3.4 or a 3.6 might be too much motor for those 2.5l stock brakes.
Spec boxsters are awsome. i owned one last year and did a race or two. tons of fun, tons of competition, lower HP, lesser drama, lesser anxiety, every time you get out of the car you gotz a big smile on your face! awsome stuff.
anyway, glad you've it sorted, and im sure rick will deliver a boxster masterpiece when he's done upgrading your motor. now you might have ot consider better brakes, as that 3.4 or a 3.6 might be too much motor for those 2.5l stock brakes.
Rick already recommended the Box S front calipers which will definitely be added at some point as well as a LSD.
If my car gets finished next week, I'm planning on being at MMC the weekend of Oct 1-2.
09-23-2011, 09:23 PM
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Dave, bummer, but sounds like a fun rebound.
Possible that you d-chunked a cylinder wall.
You've done all the right stuff, but I think the only way to further bulletproof these M96 motors is to sleeve the cylinders.
Let us know the autopsy results
Possible that you d-chunked a cylinder wall.
You've done all the right stuff, but I think the only way to further bulletproof these M96 motors is to sleeve the cylinders.
Let us know the autopsy results
09-24-2011, 12:00 AM
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Did you have the deep/baffled pan on the 2.5? I'm finishing a spec box and am trying get as solid of a motor as possible, the baffled pan seems to be the first order of business. IMS upgrade, center radiator, s cooler and overdrive pulley already done...but wondering about the benefit of the accusump...