TV8

Looks good

Any pics of them to see the differences please? I was going to get mine changed last autumn and there seemed to be a not many options available.

2 hours ago, CAZ said:

Was at Badger5 a couple of Sundays ago with another BoXa member and another club - loads of interest in what they do, and lots of great sounds coming out of the car they had on the rolling road and playing around with - think they have another open day on a Sunday in conjunction with Boho Bakery On Tour in August September time - 400 cars at the last meet - think I booked a ticket for it  😊

Sounds like a good bunch!

2 hours ago, CAZ said:

Was at Badger5 a couple of Sundays ago with another BoXa member and another club - loads of interest in what they do, and lots of great sounds coming out of the car they had on the rolling road and playing around with - think they have another open day on a Sunday in conjunction with Boho Bakery On Tour in August September time - 400 cars at the last meet - think I booked a ticket for it  😊

Sounds like a good bunch!

2 hours ago, fizz said:

That looks very interesting... wonder how much he would charge to install as well. Boosted 986 would be interesting having loved my old mr2 turbos in the past. 

Then it comes down to maintenance and which garage would touch it. 

In the email exchange we had he included "There is also the option of a drop off/pick up service as Badger 5 are happy to perform the full conversion, including any engine build requirements, calibration work etc. as a one stop shop"

They look to be these people. https://badger5.co.uk 

There is a big build thread on Pistonheads about this modification and it turns out, there is a full kit to fit a VW 4 Cylinder turbo engine into the Boxster. The person doing it seems super capable and a decent bloke. He picked up on one of my comments and sent me some info on another matter a few weeks back and he gave me an indication of costs to do it all - the idea of the project is to buy a 986 with a broken engine and give yourself at least 300 BHP plus the option of a lot more for the cost of a flat 6 rebuild and new clutch.

I mentioned this thread to him and he said he didnt want to join a community to simply promote something and gave me the link to his project website, which is not on Pistonheads.

https://www.986booster.com/enhancedrepowerkit  

On 5/3/2024 at 5:19 PM, phazed said:

At last took my modded S for a decent run today. Pulls like a train through the whole rev range as opposed to before where it was weak in the midrange.

Wouldn’t be surprised if it is running high 200’s bhp! Result…

Glad its running properly now Peter.

Someone has created modified version for those using double din. 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/996owners/permalink/3701682023408534/

That looks good. How does it fit to the car please? I have fitted a genuine one and can't remember where/how it fixes

11 hours ago, DorsetWurzel said:

wiring is very simple, 

especially when it’s your profession 😀

good write up, thank you. I am busy at the moment and will respond properly next week re 987 seats and 986 wiring

9 hours ago, DorsetWurzel said:

wired in factory heated seats

Did you post this on one of the Facebook groups as well? If so, I meant to message you for details and that person mentioned they were an auto electrician, so I am assuming a fully working installation?

There is someone on here who fitted 986 heated seats and didn’t find them very warm. I am sure any contributions here would be appreciated. 

8 hours ago, phazed said:

don’t want to do that again for a very long time, if at all 

You love it

5 hours ago, phazed said:

Nope. Was going well but decided to take it apart to fit the bigger throttle body, airbox, and associated pipework. Was it worth it ???

Is it driving better?

4 hours ago, phazed said:

This is the trouble when you dismantle things weeks before and leave them.

I thought it was all back together and on the road? Problems?

59 minutes ago, RedBarediver said:

The transmission mounts look a little done for to be honest so I'm sourcing some replacements from eBay. Might as well sort that out whilst we're in there.

What sort are you going for? Tpye911 do some good value rubber ones. I fitted them on my 996

Thanks for posting that. Very enjoyable, both the content and for some reason, when I watched the embedded video, it didnt interrupt with adverts but when I looked on YouTube directly, adverts straight away. 

@phazed Don't watch this re the ECU repair - <£500.....

If you with the blue tooth adapter, wire to a switched feed. Otherwise it’s permanently live and your phone can randomly connect to it. Especially if your garage is integral to the house..

Also, if you have an apple phone and use Bluetooth, set up the Bluetooth connection type to something not called headphones or apple will turn down your phone for you when you exceed what it determines an acceptable period of volume. 

7 hours ago, Bbooxxsstteerr said:

You can say that again. After establishing that my newly acquired S costs almost 3 times as much in annual car tax than my extremely comprehensive insurance policy (big hand for Carole Nash) and materially more than my Scirocco daily hack that does 4x the mileage, I will admit that I have parked my otherwise extremely transparent approach to Boxster costs I’ve been adopting with my wife. 

Hopefully, yours is not a 2006 car or it would be 5 times the cost! approx £700!

1 hour ago, phazed said:

helped by a different throttle body on the RS60...anyone know?

Its nothing to do with the throttle body. Its down to how much the road tax is. More road tax equals more torque apparently..

Hi, you’re a local to me. If you need a code reader, I have one although if you have changed the IMS yourself, that is the limit of the help I can probably offer 😀

there are a couple of relatively local groups as well. One meets at the Moat Wrotham every month and had a good turnout this morning but only a handful of Boxsters. They do other events further down in Kent each month as well. 
There is the Surrey porkers or something similar to that and that is all Boxsters and meets most Sundays but that is typically 25/30 miles and requires an early start and I mostly fail to set the alarm..
There is also a group called legends drivers club and they arrange things most months and at least once a month at Westerham Brewery. 

Found him and plenty of recommendations in this thread. 

There is a Facebook group called Torque Boxsters run by someone on here. He has cars for sale from time to time and has a good reputation for the work he does on people cars and I would expect him to buy good cars from and check them over before selling on. Worth looking up. I would tag him but can’t remember his username! 

to me, how long the person has had the car is important. If they have had it a while, look at what they have spent on maintenance and servicing in that time and recently. Even if it has been DIY, they should have receipts for parts. They are old cars and there are no guarantees but I would always take regular maintenance over no maintenance!

On 3/20/2024 at 11:54 AM, Sanky said:

there are just 2 heating elements wired in series that end up with 2 wires going to the CU unit.  Hope that makes sense.

Thinking about this, doesn't connecting the elements in series increase the resistance compared with in parallel if connecting 4 down to 2? I have this memory of light bulbs being brighter wired in parallel than in series. Assuming brighter could also mean hotter, it might explain your lower than anticipated temperatures?

2 hours ago, Sanky said:

@TV8, on the 986 seats you are correct there are 4 heater connections, 2 for the base and 2 for the backrest.

Every day is a school day! Thank you.

2 hours ago, Sanky said:

Are you trying to fit 987 heated seats into a 986?  I think you should be able to do this quite easily if you were to use the 986 CU, switches and wiring.

 

Did you have the parts details you used here please? It sounds like the output would be on 4 heaters and the 987 seats only have a single connector.

2 hours ago, Sanky said:

You may want to start another thread if you are serious about getting the 987 heated working in a 986, as others may benefit from the details.

it started with another question but hopefully covers it -