Porsche Boxster 986 - engine swap project

[Yazza54]

Brill, looking forward to seeing a video of it flat out

[Escy]

I took it for an MOT today and it passed. I knew the emissions would be a problem so I took my laptop with me and had to lean up the fuel to get it within spec, I then changed it back, VAG style.

I'm now booked in for mapping on the 7th of April.

[Shadow R1]

Great stuff.

[dom9]

Brilliant - well done!

[John D.]

'VAG style'

[xjay1337]

Yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!!

[Usget]

Escy said:

I knew the emissions would be a problem so I took my laptop with me and had to lean up the fuel to get it within spec, I then changed it back, VAG style.

You'd think those EU testers would have noticed a guy sat there with his laptop all the way through their tests, wouldn't you? Should have gone to Specsavers.

[mx-6]

Great project, pleased to see that you've made such good progress with it.

What kind of power are you aiming to make when you get it mapped? I see in a previous post that you said that it should be good for 650bhp+. Are you tempted to turn the wick right up on the boost, or are you going to keep it dialed back to ensure reliability?

[LordHaveMurci]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Really? Does anybody care?

[JS1500]

LordHaveMurci said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Really? Does anybody care?

Haha!

[VerySideways]

A decent map for power and torque will be maximising the efficiency of the setup, thus should also be the best result for emissions in regards to hydrocarbons and CO and so on.

Though obviously the CO2 g/km won't be great

[Escy]

Thanks for the comments. Regarding the emissions, i'm sure it'll be fine once mapped. I'm going to ask for an eco map where it shoots daisy's out of the exhaust on the overrun.

mx-6 said:

Great project, pleased to see that you've made such good progress with it.

What kind of power are you aiming to make when you get it mapped? I see in a previous post that you said that it should be good for 650bhp+. Are you tempted to turn the wick right up on the boost, or are you going to keep it dialed back to ensure reliability?

The turbo should be good for 650bhp but i'm not claiming it'll make that much power, there could easily be something that holds it back (possibly the effectiveness of the charge cooling or the clutch). I guess i'm targeting 550bhp. The plan is to get the most power possible from it and then see what happens regarding reliability. If I break something expensive like the gearbox I may re-think that.

[Vitorio]

Escy said:

The turbo should be good for 650bhp but i'm not claiming it'll make that much power, there could easily be something that holds it back (possibly the effectiveness of the charge cooling or the clutch). I guess i'm targeting 550bhp. The plan is to get the most power possible from it and then see what happens regarding reliability. If I break something expensive like the gearbox I may re-think that.

Eating Ferraris for lunch in an old boxster, excellent! (well, maybe not a 488 GTB or anything 12 cilindered, but 430s and earlier should be no trouble)

[downthepub]

Epic, thanks for the great thread! So far! More to come I sense...

[Mark-t]

I've been watching this thread for a while and only just realised you're local to me! Recognise the road on your drive video and Tynant garage?

Great work by the way

[Escy]

Thanks. Good detective work.

[Johnymd]

Superb thread. I had considered a 993 engine swap (fast and load style) as they are relatively cheap and have potential engine issues.

[RumbleOfThunder]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

The only dick move here is you. Just think about what you're moaning about and consider, is it worth moaning about?

[anonymous-user]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

To give the government something else to tax us on?

[Dr G]

A 550 BHP Boxster?

You will require:

Spare pants
Longer roads