brillomaster

113k on my 987.1s.

clutch biting point is perhaps a bit high, so might change the clutch soon. but then, i only do 2k a year, so could easily last another 5 years yet.

its a load of marketing BS - its porsche trying to maintain that brand image and prestige. its a load of hot air.

incidentally, Porsche 'BS' rated hot air is exactly 64.6 degrees centigrade, this is specifically engineered, tested and calibrated to provide maximum BS. you must never use hot air that is not 'BS' rated when talking about your porsche, otherwise it may invalidate your warranty.

i'm eyeing up some acceleras or zestinos for my next tyre purchase for the boxster... they definitely arent N rated! 😄

my advice is... forget about driving at 2500rpm. keep the revs over 3000rpm, no drone! and yes, this does mean that 6th gear doesnt really become useable until about 80mph.

im thinking about getting a non valved designtek for my 987 - i've swapped from a 986, and actually, the thing i miss the most is my old ebay dronemaster exhaust, because it sounded so nice when you were on it, which i usually was as a trackday/summer weekend car.

does the aircon work in your current 986S, if not, then i'd get that fixed. then you can use the car all year round, and on the nice days when the temperature is between 17 and 19 degrees, you can drop the top too.

personally i prefer a boxster anyways - i have no use for rear seats, i'd rather have the engine in the middle and a boot at either end.

i'd be surprised if you actually got any more torque or power in sports mode... i could be wrong, but a lot of sports modes just change the throttle pedal to make it more responsive, but doesnt give you any more power at WOT.

only a handful of cars have actually had changeable power modes - the M5 and M6 of old used to be able to switch between 400bhp and 500bhp, and theres the odd supercar that can switch between 500, 700 and 900 bhp or something, but its not very common.

but would be happy to be proven wrong!

yep, oil and filter changed annually, regardless of mileage.

just get it serviced when its in for its MOT - works my daily diesel, which does 14000 miles a year, and my boxster, which only does 3000 miles a year.

it might be overkill, but oil changes are a lot cheaper than engine changes!

another simple solution - disconnect the alarm siren - no more beeps. i pretty much do it as a matter of course on old cars, the likelihood of a dodgy sensor causing the alarm to go off at 3am in the morning is far more likely than someone actually attempting to steal the car, IMO.

though i can verify, the alarm for disconnecting the battery is still very much active - the ringing in my ears has finally subsided after a few weeks...

darn electronic oil level sensors. what was wrong with a good old fashioned dipstick!

if you changed just the filter, then some oil would likely seep out while you swap the two over, which might alleviate a slight overfill situation.

however, i wouldnt do that. if you're changing the filter, you might as well change the oil as well, and then you know for sure you've put the right amount back in.

Do you have a physical dipstick?

Takes quite a commitment to give it the full beans..

 So yeah, usually 4k tops until the water temp is somewhere around 80. But even then, deploying full power on public roads doesnt happen very often - have to be really pushing on to exceed 5k.

On a trackday however... normally one warm up lap is enough to get things going, then actual full beans from lap 3 onwards. And a full cooldown lap too.

Ooof nasty.

i have to keep reminding myself how (relatively) low the front pressures are! been a long time since i've had a car that had a car with pressures lower than 30psi, but then, been a while since i've had a car as old as my boxster is!

Most mods can be reverted to standard if required... im going to swap back to standard brake pads and exhaust before selling up and upgrading to a 987.

i'm happy enough with standard brembo discs... the pads, brake fluid and brake cooling make more of a difference in my opinion.

these are the pads - like i say, not cheap...

https://www.design911shop.com/porsche/boxster-s-986-32l-1999-02/pagid-rs-allroad-racing-brake-pads/

and these are the brake cooling ducts, which are very cheap!

https://www.design911shop.com/porsche/boxster-s-986-32l-1999-02/duct-spoiler-air-scoop/

i found the standard 205 width front tyre on 17s gave a reasonable amount of understeer, though that could be my driving... if i was spending a bit more money, i'd get a wider front wheel so i could fit a wider front tyre. a 235 would be good.

i've done a fair few trackdays in my 986... at the moment, the only mods i've done are a reasonable set of tyres (accelera 651 sports) but really they'd be better - should have gone for nankang NS2Rs. also done brakes - standard pads are terrible on the front. splashed out on some Pagid RS42s and they're holding up really well. they're hella expensive, but so far dont appear to have worn at all after two trackdays, so actually hope they'll be good value.

if i was modifying further i'd consider lowering springs. stiffer sway bars only help side to side, but a race alignment shop i trust suggested that you actually want some compliance in roll to load the tyres up predictably. but springs helps lower the CoG, reduces squat and dive, and can give some camber gains too.

a couple of (nearly) free mods you can do - push the front struts all the way in on the slots to maximise camber, and also install some gt3 front brake cooling ducts, they're like, £4 a side or something.

Whats the rev limit of your car? Guessing 7500rpm?

Wonder what mine has done now... 4 trackdays done, which obviously involves frequent trips to the redline...

Id love to know whats inside a drone box. Often wondered if a balancing pipe could be welded between the two sides somewhere, but whether it would do anything depends on how the internals are arranged.

Also known as the drone box, see this thread...

Ive got one, openly admit it sounds pretty terrible at startup and low revs, drones between 2000 and 3000rpm. But sounds great over 4000rpm.

cool - i've never actually done abingdon! i can recommend bedford though if you're looking for a beginners circuit. i hear abingdon is quite hard on tyres cos the surface is rougher than dedicated race circuits. but as i say, i'd be very surprised if you tested over 100db static.

my 986 s tests at like, 93db with the ebay drone box, thats pretty loud. if you've still got the standard cats in place and just changed the backbox i think you'll be fine.

i once had a nissan 300zx twin turbo, big bore exhaust and no cats. that was really loud, but still managed to be below 100db, just. (was 99db)

what trackday you thinking of going on? i'm a big trackday fan, based in leamington spa.

if you've decided you aren't going to pursue it, would you mind posting a link to the advert? i'm also in the market for a 987.1 S, so intrigued as to what this one was...

just measured mine, 48mm diameter and about 135mm long, so, these ones:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134298196957?hash=item1f44cbdbdd:g:DJcAAOSw~9NjV6xn&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4Ie0BU4IR55ej0%2B2fTgjNuXIBKzorxlgkdIHt0XvxEkH97xd2vOSZXBtCs59pLoEi8frmHDqoX8DEmJ%2FSdVTU%2BGVX%2FI2p5sZi8T%2BY2PYoBKttqYwTVmGCRGhUX4iMYzSm0uqRDiMJwHDhfPmzBeDOh62LYnbxhpA7o6x8OPj%2BX5ff4EqyLiyd5F1AfBdys%2FyJq7BqGqm9tbXTbpcWcYWRLveyWeexvNf%2B0fZeb1s5hk8yVmiIc8ASgGIpaplr70%2Bob%2B%2B94CuwCpVFJ1er%2BPnDt%2FAEPUPELZBiRSoPFAXNiPi|tkp%3ABFBMhMiK2cFh

these do work to remove the drone, so are a good option if you want a quiet exhaust thats cheap.

however don't do what i did and buy the ones painted black - the heat from the exhaust quickly melts the paint off and makes a mess.

its horses for courses - dont get the dronebox if you do a lot of motorway driving, or use your boxster as a daily. but if your main usage is blasting around b roads on the weekends or trackdays, a dronebox is great.

a few weeks ago my boxster equipped with dronebox was called in for daily driving duties including a long distance slog with my wife. the exhaust did raise some eyebrows in the office car park, and it was a bit tedious on the motorway - basically, have to do an indicated 80 before you can use 6th gear and be out of the drone window. As soon as the speed drops you have to downshift to 5th or 4th to keep the revs up.

however, my daily driver is working again now, and i'm back to using the boxster for cross country blats - and let me tell you, 4000rpm and higher the car sounds glorious - not a hint of drone, just flat 6 loveliness. there may be a couple of extra ponies found too.