Porsche Boxster 986 - engine swap project

[8ball_Rob]

Good point about extinguishers - even though they weren't able to save Escy's car, I think I might get one or two to carry around in the Tuscan now, just in case... I guess it's still better to have one than not at all!

[anonymous-user]

Bit of a [negative] commotion going on in the "a bit council" thread on the crowd funding

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...


Escy, I agree 100% on the crowd funding

[ILoveMondeo]

Well st.... really sorry it's ended like that.

Glad you're both safe.

[B'stard Child]

sleepera6]Bit of a [negative said:

commotion going on in the "a bit council" thread on the crowd funding

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Opinions are like aholes Everyone has one doesn't mean they are right or wrong.

sleepera6 said:

Escy, I agree 100% on the crowd funding

I agree too

[yajeed]

B'stard Child said:

I agree too

Ecsy had nothing to do with initiating the crowdfunding, what's he doing to do - turn down money that people want to give him?

We enjoy reading the thread and appreciate his skill and dedication to developing what will be a great car.

I donated because I want the thread to continue, and selfishly, I'll get enjoyment out of it. If it also happens to help him recover some losses, then that's great.

If they don't want to pay for the pleasure, then they don't have to.

Sometimes people don't know when to wind their neck in/keep their opinions to themselves 😊

Keep donating chaps, and let's get that car bought!

[dom9]

Exactly.

Bit pissed as it's almost 1am here but my reason for donating was that this was a project I'd subscribe to in a magazine at £5 a month.

We're all very lucky this site is free!

[Vitorio]

Escy said:

I'm not sure of the cause. It's quite depressing trying to pick the bones out of it. About an hour before it happened i'd opened the engine cover to show the guy that asked to buy it the engine, I couldn't smell fuel, there was no evidence of an oil leak either (it was parked in a different position on my drive and sat there for about 20 minutes and there were no oil drops). Just no signs of the impending doom, it was running fine at the time it happened. The ecu log showed the oil pressure dropped when I heard the noise and first noticed smoke. I initially thought the oil line for the turbo had failed but after seeing there was a hole in the air filter and the turbo has ingested a load of crap I'm thinking maybe the fire started a bit before that. The fuel pressure was stable. EGT's were the same on both banks. Basically, I don't know.

If anyone would like to be detective and take a look at the log i'm happy to share the file. The EcuMaster software is free to download.

If its not to depressing, mind sharing some pics? im curious about the air filter. did you also check the turbine side of the turbo? If the engine/turbo ingested something id expect to find some more clues, maybe damage to the bores/pistons, debris at in the cat?

[Escy]

I'll be stripping it all down when I get a chance so will share the pictures then. Hopefully this weekend.

The damage on the turbo compressor isn't too bad, a few of the blades are slightly rounded on the tips which I guess was from sucking in the K&N. There was no obvious damage on the turbine side but I haven't removed the exhaust housing yet.

[piers1]

So sorry to hear this, a terrible end to all of that hard work. Wish you all the best on your next venture

[Escy]

bodgerben said:

I hope her indoors doesn't give you too much stick OP.

Thank you Ben. She has been nothing but supportive, both during the build and now after the fire. I'm very lucky to have her.

[Jens1968]

Hope you don't mind still asking questions about your project. I can't go further with the exhaust so i'm looking at the plumbing. How dit you connect the two heater hoses to the Engine? One i could tap off from one off the radiator hoses, thats not behind the thermostat but where did you go with the other? The abz has normaly the heater hoses on the back of the engine (gearbox side)

Thnx, René
btw, can you mail me when you sent me the gear linkage?

[Jimmy Recard]

I've read through this from last evening to this and it's really good work OP, such a shame what happened.

[Markbarry1977]

Donated mate, sorry that it ended in this way and I know it must be heartbreaking but ultimately you both got out the car safe and are here to show us your next build. It could have been so so much worse.

[Escy]

Thank you. You're right, looking back on it i'm starting to think we were lucky but it didn't feel very lucky as I slowly watched it burn away.

Jens1968 said:

Hope you don't mind still asking questions about your project. I can't go further with the exhaust so i'm looking at the plumbing. How dit you connect the two heater hoses to the Engine? One i could tap off from one off the radiator hoses, thats not behind the thermostat but where did you go with the other? The abz has normaly the heater hoses on the back of the engine (gearbox side)

Thnx, René
btw, can you mail me when you sent me the gear linkage?

One heater hose was connected similar to how it is as standard on the Boxster, tee'd off after the alloy pipe that comes from the expansion tank, the other was run from back of the engine, it has those plastic fittings that clip on. One of mine fittings was a 90 degree, I modified the clip slightly with a dremel so I could fit it 180 degrees, the hose just naturally snaked it's way over the bellhousing and under the exhaust manifold, almost like it was designed for the job. I just connected it up with a straight piece of hose and a couple of joiners. Hopefully this helps. I sent the parts on Friday.

[Escy]

Thank you everyone for the generous donations. The ball is rolling again. I won an auction for a ropey looking A6 that's got the all important 2.7t engine. Only has 125k which is pretty low for one of these. Not sure what the plan will be yet, either use bits from this to build mine back up or just use this one. I'll make that decision when I start stripping my crispy one down. I'll break it for parts so it should hopefully make a few quid back for the kitty to put towards a Boxster.

Edited by Escy on Wednesday 16th August 18:17

[HughG]

Well done that man

[Jimbo NW]

Nice work!

I've been watching this thread quietly since it's inception and was gutted to read about what happened.
Still, metal is metal and your daughter is safe!

I'd be more than happy to chuck some funds into the new project once I've been paid.

[mikezs]

I'm so happy you're starting on a new one straight away. I had hoped you weren't going to throw in the towel or SWMBO said it's time to cut your losses

Good luck for the new build!

[Krikkit]

Just caught up on the thread, what a horrible situation! Glad you and your daughter got out OK, shame the ECU etc couldn't be rescued.

Anyway, onwards and upwards! Good to hear you've managed to source another lump.

[xjay1337]

Good for you.

Please ensure it's insured correctly this time!