edc Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, JazH said: They never are! Should be a lovely motor once done and sounds quite punchy for an M96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted November 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Box of engine bits arrived today, let the engine rebuild commence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 57 minutes ago, JazH said: Box of engine bits arrived today, let the engine rebuild commence! Thanks for the voucher code 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Just found your post - looks awesome! I'm in the process of fitting a 996 3.4 l engine to my Boxster and plan to go through it before I swap, I'm really interested in seeing as many details from your rebuild as possible... 😃 On 10/30/2020 at 10:59 AM, JazH said: Today's purchase! I bought this exact kit today (off Ebay), are you happy with it so far? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 hours ago, method said: Just found your post - looks awesome! I'm in the process of fitting a 996 3.4 l engine to my Boxster and plan to go through it before I swap, I'm really interested in seeing as many details from your rebuild as possible... 😃 I bought this exact kit today (off Ebay), are you happy with it so far? Thanks! I'll let you know towards the end of this week how the kit is performing. Latest rebuild photos: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 1:46 PM, method said: Just found your post - looks awesome! I'm in the process of fitting a 996 3.4 l engine to my Boxster and plan to go through it before I swap, I'm really interested in seeing as many details from your rebuild as possible... 😃 Have a look here: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 6:05 PM, JazH said: Thanks! I'll let you know towards the end of this week how the kit is performing. Latest rebuild photos: What absolute filth! Fantastic engineering p0rn, how did that get past the moderators @Araf ? Got to love it Serious question: Is that just a skim or a deeper cut to increase compression? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araf Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, ½cwt said: What absolute filth! Fantastic engineering p0rn, Tell me about it. I've got to pay someone $1200 in bitcoins due to my computer webcam being hacked, while I was looking at those pictures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Happens..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Haha, thank you for the comments all. Things are coming together quite nicely now! Latest few shots: Fingers crossed, we should have her turned over by the weekend for the first time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Today it's IMS removal time! The IMS bearing in here was actually completely fine. But it obviously made sense to replace it whilst we had the engine in bits anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Santa was very kind to me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Meanwhile, at the workshop... Engine rebuild is almost complete and I'm about to strip the calipers today, replace all the seals and then repaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Engine looks good - is it a stock rebuild? If not what have you been able to do to maximise performance? Am thinking of porting, polishing and possibly lighter parts..... Also interested to know If the series regs stipulate an OE flywheel rather than allowing a lighter version? A 986 in circuit trim can give all but the very fastest aircooled cars a bit of a wake up call on track 👍 Watching with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, map said: Engine looks good - is it a stock rebuild? If not what have you been able to do to maximise performance? Am thinking of porting, polishing and possibly lighter parts..... Also interested to know If the series regs stipulate an OE flywheel rather than allowing a lighter version? A 986 in circuit trim can give all but the very fastest aircooled cars a bit of a wake up call on track 👍 Watching with interest. Yes, keeping it stock for now and will be upgrading things as/when. I'm still not 100% decided on what series to compete in yet but most of the Porsche specific series' insist on a stock engine. The open class races are a different kettle of fish, but I plan on trying a few different race series' in 2021 and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.I.T.T. Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 Have enjoyed reading this thread - thanks for sharing. A question: why wasn't the IMSB removed (and replaced) whilst the crankcase was apart (assuming the pictures in the build are roughly chronological)? On 12/10/2020 at 12:45 PM, JazH said: Today it's IMS removal time! The IMS bearing in here was actually completely fine. But it obviously made sense to replace it whilst we had the engine in bits anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, K.I.T.T. said: Have enjoyed reading this thread - thanks for sharing. A question: why wasn't the IMSB removed (and replaced) whilst the crankcase was apart (assuming the pictures in the build are roughly chronological)? I did wonder that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted January 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 Sorry for the delay in response here - has been a mad month so far! To answer your question, a mixture of things really which mostly revolve around a bit of "making it up as we go along" having never worked on a Porsche engine before, as well as some indecisiveness around what to do with the IMS. With it being a race car and the OG IMS being fine, we were contemplating if it was even worth changing it seeing as the race car would be having an oil change twice a month as well as a complete engine rebuild at the end of the season. Ultimately I changed my mind and it just became yet another "whilst we're there" job, even though we'd started building the engine back up by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted January 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 Oh and I'd just like to say that refurbishing brake callipers is one of the most unrewarding jobs in the world. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiffkey Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) Excellent thread. Just looked through and your engine had the exact same failure as mine with the IMS chain tensioning cover snapping off. Despite all the research I'd done on the M96 engine, I'd not come across many other examples of the part failing. Edited January 21, 2021 by Stiffkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted January 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Stiffkey said: Excellent thread. Just looked through and your engine had the exact same failure as mine with the IMS chain tensioning cover snapping off. Despite all the research I'd done on the M96 engine, I'd not come across many other examples of the part failing. Yeah I thought exactly the same thing reading back through your thread - pretty much the same throughout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted February 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Bit of an update for those who are still following! There's been quite a bit of progress since the last update - mostly that the engine has been reinstalled and is now purring away after her complete rebuild. In more visual news... Managed to secure a hard top locally! Cheap too, only £580! Replaced the entire exhaust system with this rather visually appealing de-catted solution. Started working on the suspension. Gaz Gold coilovers are due to arrive any day now! Had my new wheels delivered. These are INSANELY lightweight! And I finally finished refurbishing the brake callipers. What a horrid job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted February 11, 2021 Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 That exhaust! Those wheels! Can you and map get together and build an Outlaw Boxster? Please?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificjuha Posted February 11, 2021 Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 What is that exhaust? The whole project looks fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazH Posted February 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Menoporsche said: That exhaust! Those wheels! Can you and map get together and build an Outlaw Boxster? Please?? I'm down. Who's funding the project? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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