seafeye

Does Weissach not have any Boxsters?

Thanks for the responses. I thought for sure there would be some that say dump the 99 and get an "S". But noone did. Drove my car 70 miles this morning and loved it. Guess if my old friend can live with me, i can live with her.

I am looking at a 2002 Boxster S. 65,000 miles. Black on Black 6 spd. Hood has the usual sand blasted look, smoker car, overall OK condition. Have yet to go further as far as a mechanical inspection. From first look it was used somewhat hard. Told brakes were recently done, clutch etc... Now my question is.... My 1999 Boxster is a great car. Same miles, Cooler silver, albiet not much, but great condition. New motor, well 35k ago etc.. It will cost me about 7k for the upgrade. I like my '99, not crazy about the 2002 in black, specially here in Florida, but paying $7k worth it? Advice comments welcome.

A while back i found the following...Hope this can help in your problem... ;) The AC Climatronic unit is actually manufactured by Audi. There is some sort of serial data stream (not CAN) that allows the AC unit to display engine parameters. This works on 1997-2000 boxsters. To switch from F to C: Hold down the recirculating button then push both the temperature + - buttons. To access diagnostics: Hold down the Recirculating & Air up buttons for 5 seconds. The + - buttons go up and down through the list of "c" codes. The center vent button switches the left display between the "c" code and its actual value. Press the Auto button to exit. Here is a list of what can be seen: 0c - ERL 1c - Oil Temp? 2c - Inside temp. Sensor mounted in the aspirator assembly at the side of the dash. 3c - Outside temp. Sensor located inside the air inlet of the A/C unit. 4c - Outside temp. Sensor located in front grill of the radiator. The data is fed to the Climatronic from the instrument cluster. When not moving, the instrument cluster OBC temp display retains it's last setting until moving. This is to prevent heat emanating from the radiator affecting the temperature sensor. The A/C unit uses the lower of the two outside air temp values in determining fresh-air temp. 5c - Outside temp. (matches with OBC outside temp display) 6c - Coolant temp. 7c - Footwell discharge temp. 8c - Sun sensor (dash top) 9c - Sun sensor. 10c - Passenger compartment fan speed. 11c - Passenger compartment fan voltage. 12c - Temperature mix Flap command 1=COLD, 100=HOT 13c - Temperature mix Flap position 14c - Central Flap command 15c - Central Flap position 16c - Footwell/Defrost Flap command 17c - Footwell/Defrost Flap position 18c - Recirculation Valve command 1=OFF, 100=RECIRC 19c - Recirculation Valve position (feedback) 20c - Vehicle speed in kph, updating only once per second. (real speed, not speed+safety margin as in the speedometer) 21c - Engine RPM in hundreds. This too only updates once per second. 22c - ? 23c - ? 24c - Sun sensor, exterior lights switch & panel lights control (term. 58 & 58d voltage) - used for A/C panel display illum. 25c - ? 26c - ? 27c - ? 28c - Fan speed? 29c - ? 30c - Engine run time in seconds (255 max.)(=0xff) 31c - Timing counter 32c - Displays test 33c - Software version? Mine states 3.4 34c - ? 35c - Outside temp. from inlet sensor (filtered?) 36c - temp?

I've done a little searching and found some standard fonts, and other readily available freeware add-ons that are close, but not exact. Blazing and Bradley Hand ITC are close, but no cigar; Viner Hand ITC is my favorite, but it was unfortunately not available for my project - But WhisperWrite (a third party font readily available via search engine lookup) is probably the closest match I've seen. With some modifications via font spacing, italicizing, and bolding these fonts can be made fairly passable, but certainly not exact matches. My search was for the purpose of selecting a font for the folks at http://www.signnetwork.com to use for creating my "Tschüß!" (bye-bye!) custom spoiler lettering. :P Thanks for taking the time to help out. I thought it would be cool to have Boxster on my brake calipers instead of Porsche. I will give the above a good look. Cheers

Speaking of high torque values...The axel nut on a Boxster is way higher than any torque wrench i own...Do you have a trick to use?

Pictures i need pictures....

Glad you asked....I found this link months ago but never got around to doing this. http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/R...r/Radiator.html In terms of importance i think this should be a must do project. Some of my concerns before were that i wouldn't be able to get the bumper cover to sit properly after the reinstall. But Porsche did a great job of making this idiot proof. No matter what it seemed to line up. The other concern i had was that i would not get the car back togther. But if you can do puzzles aimed at 5-10 year olds, you are set. The other thing i did but didn't mention is that i used a hose to rinse the radiators. Not a hard spray to hurt the fins, just a gentle flow. All black bits got the Mothers treatment of "Back to Black". Works great.

Yep, slid out fairly easy. Couldn't believe all the crud in there. I wonder how much is still there between the radiator and the fan. Thought maybe i was going to find our missing cat.

Finally got around to driving to Orlando any buying the rivets for this project. Spent around 7 hours doing this. A lot of the time was spend cleaning the plastic bits. Alot. Total to take off the front bumper is about 45min and maybe an hour to put it back on. I don't know how i picked up a cigarette butt but there it sits. Anyway so far a success, maybe i am just imagining things but it seems like i am getting more air through my vents. After 7 hours i must be.

Just wondering if anyone here has a Boxster Font file? I have done some googling but unable to find one. Thx

Transport Canada does a good job of explaining it on their web site. http://www.tc.gc.ca http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/importation/menu.htm I have attached the file that i hope will help. Importing_to_Canada.pdf

Thanks Loren... When do you sleep?

Anyone know if i can get a Sticker for under the front hood with the Options listed? Thx

I like all data. http://www.alldata.com For less than $30, you even get the TSB's, parts diagrams, labor costs...

Not really my idea...But anyone know someone or a friend of someone that can make a computer mouse in the shape of a boxster or 911? I think it would be a great christmas present idea. I know my wife would like one of her BMW 330CIC. But forget that....

Just finished polishing the car all day. Of course i went inside to get a cold drink and found a rain cloud above. Just a little damp....Got to be more carefull. Got the Porter Cable polisher from Sonus. Fathers day special, great deal, works great. I had the Mothers 1,2,3 step polishing system so that is what i used. The sonus website is the bomb. Great work there!

come to England where we can sell you gas - we call it petrol, for what would be to you 9 dollars a gallon - mind you our gallons are a bit bigger than yours. We also have less warranty, higher servicing costs, higher purchasing costs, road fund licence etc etc Yes but we have George W. and that is not a good thing!

Three things come to mind: 1) Air? If it turns over i doubt you have an air restriction problem. 2) Fuel? Fuel pump/filter/injectors/low gas/ice?--far fetched but ntl. 3) Spark? As loren said...check for spark. How is your battery? 12-14v? Started grounded? Electrical fault stealing power?

Don't listen to them. I think it looks great. Now get a paintbrush out, dip it in some car wash soap and get cleaning. Can't show off a new strut bar and have people see dirt. When did you get the car? What year is it? What else have you done?

thanks for your help ,i appreciate it so if i can unplug the maf and the car will drive normally ,why dont i just do that instead of buying a new one Cause gas is at $3.17/gallon. And when your car gets up to operating temperature it won't be operating properly. The MAF measures the quality of air, maybe quality isn't the right word but it measures the temp/density/weight of the air and sends it to the computer. The computer then can determine how much fuel to mix into the air. Until we get direct injection in Porsches the mixture is taken place in the intake manifold and then down to the intake valve. If the mixture is not right you may burn up your catalitic converter. Too little fuel. So spend the $220. Cause you don't want to be buying a new exhaust.

Jim, no logic in your assertion, the wheel diameter with tyre is the same no matter what the rim size as the aspect ratio of the tyre reduces, this also affects speedometer readings. Weight difference would be so negligable no one could measure a difference, of course you could also claim driving at night the car is slower as there is a greater load on the alternator powering the lights, or having just had a meal the return journey takes longer - sure there are differences but not worthwhile differences, I would also guess the extra alloy to make a 19 inch rim in weight is less than the reduced tyre aspect ratio, well perhaps a few gramms. http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculato...p?action=submit Too bad they don't give the weights for the wheel combo's. Anyway i am going to go with 17" being the lightest of all. I can't remember off the top of my head the equation for calculating the weight of something spinning but i am sure it is more then negligable. Anyway remember back to when Porsche had the brake calipers on the front of the rotor? I am talking about the front brake systems. Then they moved them behind the rotor. Why? Cause having that extra weight behind brings the balance of the car closer to the center. Less weight in front of the front wheels the better and opposite for the rear.