Boxter Engine Mapping

[turbo-ww]

A question for you Teccies:

Is it possible to tell if a Boxter engine has been re-mapped?

If it is, are you able to identify how it has been altered?

Thanks in advance.

[mrdemon]

nope, very hard to tell.

[edc]

I don't know if there are any easy identifiers simply by plugging in via the obd port but one would think that if you wanted to you could compare a base map and a modified map check the tables and see the differences. I could tell the difference in the driving when mine was done but it was already modified.

[mattyboxster]

I have a 987 Boxster S 3.4 and am thinking about re-map, Mintec exhaust and inductions kit Has anybody done it? I see design 911 do it for about £2,000 but remap is extra. I don't want to spoil my car but some more growl would be good. Comments appreciated.

[mrdemon]

do you have a 987.1 or a 987.2

tuning for the 2 is not quite the same.

[Trev450]

turbo-ww said:

Is it possible to tell if a Boxter engine has been re-mapped?

A decent mapper with access to a dyno should be able to tell if it has been mapped and what's been done to it.

[Fire_2]

There's a mapping session on for Porsches at Surry rolling road on March 1st and 2nd

Pm me for more info full custom map via obd port will be £500/550

[mrdemon]

Who's doing the mapping ?

[Pope]

The PIWIS tester has a DME record check facility that can tell whether any map manipulation has occurred; it also can check if the present map is the 'current' version (MY and driveability improvement maps are written periodically and are worth investigating to keep the DME up to date).

[Zyp]

Pope said:

The PIWIS tester has a DME record check facility that can tell whether any map manipulation has occurred; it also can check if the present map is the 'current' version (MY and driveability improvement maps are written periodically and are worth investigating to keep the DME up to date).

Interesting.

Is it just a case of asking our OPC if an update is available?
If one is, is it FOC?

[Vixpy1]

Fire_2 said:

There's a mapping session on for Porsches at Surry rolling road on March 1st and 2nd

Pm me for more info full custom map via obd port will be £500/550

Had to check the dairy but yes he's right

[Pope]

Zyp said:

Interesting.

Is it just a case of asking our OPC if an update is available?
If one is, is it FOC?

Its a five second check once the tester is connected for a system test as part of a service; 30-40 minutes of programming if an update is available (unlikely foc but worth asking)

[Zyp]

Thanks Pope.

Would a July '11 car be in need of an update (considering it was serviced in July '13)?

[Pope]

It's possible; I would have to check when I'm back at work. The maps are in the tester and the tester is updated 'regularly' current tester SW is Vers 13.200.