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13 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

Good stuff.  Does the RTS work with a soft top going up and down?

Am sure I’ve read somewhere that you can’t raise/lower the soft top with the RTS in place. 

Whether that is a practical fact or a product liability thing I don’t know but I will try it because I need to know. 

18 minutes ago, Patt said:

Them skis are before colour was invented ! 😄

True but they kinda match the car which is also a colour free zone. 

Put skis and poles into the RTS and it looks like this:

Had only positive comments so far and whilst it’s not snowed yet I’m ready for it when it does.......🤪

10 hours ago, edc said:

Or just go the whole hog and do a CAE shifter with Numeric cable a la @map 

As described I have a CAE shifter installed but with CAE’s own “GT3” type cables - great shift with all 7 gears in a 65mm x 65mm shift gate. 

Haven’t used the Numeric kit but hear good things about it. 

2 hours ago, Patt said:

NO! they look meaner dirty, not better 😉

Fair enough 👍

Drove it just over 300 miles. First mid distance run in a while and at the end of the day.....

- Roof rack generates some noise but nothing obtrusive. 

- Headlamp washers really aren’t much use against salty road grime.

- CarPlay makes the car’s interior a much better workplace.

- The extra grunt from the bigger engine is massively addictive. 

- Overrun exhaust rumble makes me laugh out loud.

- After 12+ years this little car retains its ability to keep me on my driving game day in day out. Ace. 

- It is still a remarkably comfortable place to be and cover distance. 

- They look better dirty. 

1 hour ago, Mr96er said:

 

Never mind the in/out shake it all about 986 garage malarkey....

What have the Hens done to your RR? That’s quite a software update!

I drove it and cursed my failure to sort the throttle sensor thingymajig. 

And by failure to sort I mean failing to even order replacement sensors. 

🤦‍♂️

That said got a fair few bimbly miles in with a 996 of this parish.

Now know I have to back off the damping for B road potters. Too harsh on the slow stuff but sublime once there’s a bit of momentum....

Also need to find a way to reduce the width of my car. 

Drove it circa 300 miles in the last 24 hours. 

Wondered if I should give it a clean. Put that decision off to another day. 

New motor settling in quite nicely and getting better as we iron out the niggles  

14 hours ago, GmanB said:

Nice work. Would love to see a picture of the camera, sounds odd I know! I was thinking of putting one to the right of the rear registration plate, there seems to be a round part perfect for it on the bumper. 

Is that “round part” the cover for the towing eye socket?

Got it back having handed it over on 10th May before we went off on holiday. 

Back home this week and so it was brought back into town.

As it was started to reverse off the trailer I remembered just how much pleasure I get from this thing. 

Sounds great, feels brilliant to jump in punch the shifter into first and move off. Felt very “bright” on the throttle  - 👍

Had hoped to get the induction development finalised but no joy - all bespoke so nothing off the shelf which means it’ll have to wait for another time ☹️ - those horses can run but they cannot hide.....

3 hours ago, Mark Lane said:

I finished the circuit board for the Arduino based 1 touch roof which I'd seen over on 986forum (and notice a few people on here have done). 

Made a few changes to the circuit and the code and mounted the components on a board. Just tested it and it works a treat. 

Will place in an enclosure and use an OEM connector and hopefully it will be small enough to fit in the cavity behind the switch in the dash. 

Cheers

Mark

Brilliant.

1 minute ago, Mark Lane said:

I shall do just that, thanks. 

👍

1 hour ago, Mark Lane said:

Hi map,

Broadly speaking I used this method https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/996-turbo-gt2/334093-3-blink-turn-signal-relay-mod.html

I used a different tool to remove the pins from the connector. And I needed to route some wiring behind the dash to allow the dash pod to fit back properly  

i have some pics and videos if you’re interested. 

Cheers

Mark

1 hour ago, Mark Lane said:

This is where I got the kit https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F141685515648

and this is the tool I used https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F303029029528

 

Brilliant - Thank you.

Have saved all of your links as bookmarks. 

Photos/Video would be great too - May be post up a new thread with your links and media in the How To part of the forum so it’s easy for people to find in future:

http://www.BoXa.net/forum/forum/61-how-to/

Will be doing this mod. Thanks again. 

22 minutes ago, Mark Lane said:

Installed the ‘1 touch 3 blinks’ indicator mod. Works very well 

Would be interested in doing this myself. I know there’s an American relay mod that does this - could you post a link to the method you used please?

Thanks map

43 minutes ago, Hewy said:

No. didn't know there was one. This evenings job then. Thanks.

Just spotted that the item you fitted is adjustable.

From memory the front and rear links were different lengths so maybe they moved to adjustable to reduce SKU count or it is in fact an upgraded part. 

@Hewy good work - did you check the sensor on the rear suspension too?

2 hours ago, AlexW said:

Couldn’t help me this time as I need a years experience driving a similar car... 

Apparently I need a years experience driving a similar car so 6 months in a macan doesn’t qualify nor 3 years in an Audi A4 with a 3 litre petrol engine

Surprised to see this - might be worth another word and ask them to go to their underwriters for a specific review/decision.  You may need to push a bit  

They did this for me to get my bizarre cover requirements in place and that direct approach on my behalf worked well. 

17 minutes ago, Sazzy said:

Removed the NS rear wheel to have a look at what the access is like to replace the 02 sensors.

Unfortunately was faced with this -

The brake pad is in two pieces !!! I'm mortified, we've just come back from nearly a 700 mile trip! The pad still has plenty of meat on it though?! I've never seen or heard of anything like this happening before?!!

Not that it is much consolation for you - have had this happen to me once (rears too) and I remember that it's a real shock, especially as I'd been leaning pretty hard on the brakes and not felt anything "different"

33 minutes ago, Davidbf1.com said:

Hi all, looking through this old thread, the general consensus I’ve picked-up seems to be that A-Plan are a decent outfit?

I’m renewing my insurance for the 3rd time on my BGTS, first year was with M***ings, second year with AS F**x.

Very happy with both previous insurers, but renewal with current insurer is up by about £100 - with no motoring convictions, accidents/claims or modifications or change of address etc to justify the increase.

Can’t get through to L**kt*ns who are a PCGB partner, and M***nings to be fair are at least consistent with what they’d quoted last year, but still several hundred ££’s adrift from where I am.

A-Plan have just given me a very palatable quote - that’s before I read here they’ll offer some discount for BoXa.net members - and having discussed level of cover etc on the phone, I’m heading towards renewing with them - even if Fl*x suddenly “lose” the additional £100 proposed renewal, for retaining my business. I value any company that will work hard to offer their most competitive rates from the off, without requiring a lengthy to & fro to get there.

 

Reading this thread, doesn’t look like I have anything to worry about going with A-Plan?

David

Have used them consistently for the last few years - I insure a couple of heavily modified P cars with them and they always manage to find proper cover for sensible money given the context of the modifications/on street parking/full work use including customers in the car (not a Taxi) and higher than average mileages. 

Not had to claim yet but they’ve been very responsive on thevodd occasion where I’ve not been 100% about something. 

On 2/9/2019 at 6:30 PM, edc said:

There will be a Zeinwing up for sale here soon. 

My earlier jubilation may be short lived.......

This site claims to show the relevant data for our model from start to 2014 or thereabouts: 

http://www.emissionsfinder.com/manufacturer/porsche/model/boxster?page=4&ipp=25&#

Via this link the 2002 3.2s is shown as Euro3......

Then if you read this from the AA it suggests that it is unlikely that earlier cars will be compliant simply because of the dates the various Euro# ratings came into force:

https://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/fuels-environment/euro-emissions-standards

What's odd is that my V5C doesn't appear to show a Euro rating at all - there isn't even a blank labelled for it.  The V5C has the CO2 but nothing else - got to wonder where the TFL website is getting its data from.  

At the moment TFL's view suits me - but I cannot help but wonder what will happen if they're wrong and decide to backdate charges against their erroneous data.

Thanks for the prompt - having been focused on our much newer diesels I had always assumed my 986S would be liable for the charge......  It isn't 

1 hour ago, Nickyg63 said:

may i ask roughly how much have you had to spend to rebuild the engine?

Difficult to answer because there are so many variables - a careful look at Hartech and similar will give you a taste for the likely costs.

The reason I'm not just saying mine cost £x is simply because the route I'm taking isn't available to most owners and as such whatever the number is it isn't representative.  The other factor is that much of what's being doing to this motor simply wouldn't feature for the vast majority of rebuild situations.  Additionally this is a Stage1 build with options left open for subsequent development.....

All that said I'll try to provide a sense of what might be involved:

Materials: Probably £1k of non-reusable parts needed to rebuild these engines - items like gasket kits, bearing shells, head and big end bolts and so on and so on.  If you have to replace anything that's damaged then there's the cost of those items on top.  For example replacing a damaged Intermediate Shaft and Housing with the latest version for the M96 motor is around £1k. 

Labour: You're then looking at labour and having been involved with this I can see where the time goes. It's like building two engines on a common crank - it is more involved than a V config engine. 

A broken engine can often be more cheaply resolved by replacing with one from a written-off car - I have been there.......  A refresh of a fundamentally tired engine is a different matter and one that I would argue may be worth doing if you know you're keeping it a good while.

54 minutes ago, edc said:

Well Carillo rods aren't cheap ... 

Very true however Carrillo rods are much better value than a smashed engine casing - this is one of those components that went in to prepare for a possible subsequent development.

36 minutes ago, fat haggis said:

That's a big service your doing in preparation of the April meeting 🦄

Do you think it won't handle the west highland roads without a rebuild 😱😁

Ha Ha - I take my Scottish visits very seriously....

This has been in the planning for a good while so the timing is unrelated to anything other than opportunity.

12 minutes ago, JimC2407 said:

That does look like it will be very much on the interesting side of quick.....what capacity have you taken it out to and will there be updates in a members rides/running reports thread?

Great work!

Thanks.

As there seems to be a bit of interest - this is one of the pistons and the big end of a conrod.

Rods are dowled H beam format (high strength: vertical, lateral and torsional) and for my engine have been specced with bolts to support >8500rpm.

Like the rods the pistons are things of beauty - too lovely to be out of sight which is why I've been such a princess 👸 about photographing them.

Combined weight of new rods and pistons saves about 1.2Kg across the 6 assemblies compared to Original Equipment, which is nice. 

Capacity to be measured but estimated at around 3.7 litres.  There will be a useful uplift in BHP and Torque.

Had a running report but lost interest in updating it a couple of years ago - the car is pretty highly developed but discretely tatty.