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  1. Highlander
    While you are in there, check the torque on the drop links. If it not swaybar related, check the nut holding the strut together. If this backs off even a little, you'll get an infrequent and annoying "clunk" Good Luck, Graeme
  2. Highlander
    Congratulations, You are the grand prize winner of.... My congratulations! Can you belive they got rid of the dipstick? Sheesh! Graeme
  3. Highlander
    What 2 items on a 986 (one in the front trunk, one in the rear) were omitted by Porsche on the 987? Loren and Jeff, you two are ineligible to answer! :P
  4. Highlander
    Yup, water. However, I wouldn't use tapwater. Get a bottle of distilled water from your local supermarket and top up to the max mark. Make sure you do this after the car has completely cooled off - preferably overnight - and tighter the cap fully. Good Luck, Graeme
  5. Highlander
    Oops, I totally ignored your first question - Sorry. Struts are physically interchangeable between non-S and S Boxsters. In fact, as far as I'm aware, all 986 struts are interchangeable between any vehicle. However, Each year/model strut is carefully matched to the weight of the car, the power it delivers and the springs that are used. By mixing assemblies, you will end up with non-optimal handling. I don't think it will be dangerously bad, but it may take awaythe fantastic balance of ride and performance the factory manages to supply us with. Using "S" struts on a non-S car - assuming you retain the non-S springs - will result in the fornt end being overdamped. This will make the car less compliant over bumps and will increase understeer a little. Good Luck, Graeme
  6. Highlander
    Knocking noises can come from a multitude of places. Some cheap and easy to fix, some not so... Easy things to try. Check your swaybar endlink bolts. Are they tight? Check the nuts that attach the strut to the body. Use a torque wrench to make sure they are torqued to 27ftlbs. Check the nut that attaches the strut shaft to the top mount. If this comes even a little loose, it sounds like the suspension is about to fall off the car. This can be a little tricky with the strut in the car if you don't have an impact wrench. If all of the above check out, the you may have a balljoint going bad. Suspension noises can be tricky to diagnose. Best suggestion I can make is take it to an good Porsche shop and get the tech to find out where your clunk is coming from. Good Luck, Graeme
  7. Highlander
    It's unlikely to be alignment. Most likely culprit is balance. If this has just started happening you probably lost a wheel weight. If it has been like this since you acquired the car, then the wheels were never balanced properly in the first place. If you can, follow Tom's advice and find somewhere with a Hunter 9700 - click here for a location finder: http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/FindGSP9700.cfm (this page was having problems when I tried to go there - hopefully the IT folks at Hunter will have it fixed soon) This cool machine not only balances the tire, but checks for out of round and other potential issues that can cause vibrations. Good Luck, Graeme
  8. Highlander
    Matching tires front and rear should definately be priority #1. If you want crisper turn-in and a little less understeer, try adding 2 or 3 psi to your front tires. I run 31f/36r. Then again, I also run 225/45-17 tires up front. The bigger contact patch combined with higher tire pressure makes the car feel much tighter. Graeme
  9. Highlander
    "N" rated tire arguments aside, I have personal experience with PZero Nero tires. I was seriously unimpressed. Squishy sidewalls and not so great grip. Nice "comfy" ride, but if I'd wanted a comfy ride, I'dve bought a Buick ;) "N" ratings assure you that the tire has passed stringent Porsche testing. The number after the N is simply a revision number and is not important. I wouldn't go so far as to say running a Boxster on non "N" rated tires is "not permissible", but using "N" rated tires is definately advisable (don't tell anyone, but I don't!). I'm partial to Michelin tires myself and if you want a great summer tire, go with a set of Michelin Pilot Sport Rib. Hope this helps, Graeme
  10. Highlander
    I have the Sport Black in my car. Great feeling pad, but a little noisy. If you can deal with some brake squeal, I would highly recommend them. If you want silent brakes, go with OEM. Graeme
  11. Highlander
    This is what they should look like once you are done. (Click image for larger ~110k picture) Good Luck, Graeme
  12. Highlander
    Difficult to say without some pictures. Here is a link to the front suspension torque settings. Hopefully you'll be able to figure out which is which. Front Torque Specs Good Luck, Graeme (edit -fixed link - Loren)
  13. Highlander
    Unfortunately, Outlaw Performance who I dyno'ed with have gone out of business :( You can't directly compare results from different dyno's so there is little point. ;) C'est la vie! Graeme
  14. Highlander
    Yup, very possible for the MAF to go bad. When it is working OK, it only fine tunes the mixture. When it is bad, the signals it sends to the fuel computer are way out of whack and will cause exteremely poor idle and difficult start. Good Luck, Graeme
  15. Highlander
    Get into the engine compartment and disconnect the plug to the MAF. The car will run fine without the MAF (it's only used to fine tune the mixture for emmissions. I ran mine for a week while I waited for a replacement MAF). If the car will run, then you know it's a MAF issue. If it doesn't, you know it's not a MAf issue, but something else. Either way it's a cheap (free!) test. Good Luck, Graeme
  16. Highlander
    I should point out that before I installed the EVO intake, I actually LOST 9rwhp by installing the exhaust :oops: Adding the EVO intake gained back my lost 9hp and added a few more. the interesting thing about the combination of exhaust and intake wasn't so much the extra peak hp, but was the additional hp at the upper revs, the car just kept on pulling rather than running out of breath. My exhaust is for sale...$300... Click thumbnail below for larger image
  17. Highlander
    Mine was a DIY install, took about 3 hours. I'd recommend an independent shop over a dealer for installation. I installed it after I had a custom exhaust fitted so I don't have an intake only number, but the combination of my custom exhaust and EVO intake netted 7rwhp. Good Luck, Graeme
  18. Highlander
    I have one in my car. It did set a CEL. I cleaned my MAF carefully with electrical cleaner, cleaned and re-oiled the filter lightly and have not had problems for the last 2 years. Graeme
  19. Highlander
    Here are some short movies of me at La Junta raceway in Colorado in 2002. The exhaust on my car at the time is for sale if anyone is interested :) Exhaust for Sale, $300 Each of these short clips is less than 1M, but unfortunately they are in Real Media format -sorry. Launch Flyby 1 Flyby 2 Flyby 3 Flyby 4 Flyby 5 Passby The "flyby 1- 3" clips are me entering turn 1 foot to the floor @~110mph :drive: Yeeeeehhhaaaawwwwwww!!!!!!! Graeme
  20. Highlander
    Doesn't strike me as being a regulator problem. The only reason the window would go back up is if the car thinks the door is closed. This could be a sensor problem, a wiring problem or a computer problem. Sorry this isn't a lot of help other than I'm pretty sure it's not a regulator problem. Good luck and please let us know what it turns out to be when you find out. Graeme
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  22. Highlander
    PASM by itself is very cool. PASM with Sport Chrono is the reputedly the ultimate. Sport Chrono sharpens throttle response (although at least 1 report indicated the effect was much less obvious than on a 997) and increases the amount of fun you can have before the electronic nanny (PSM) cuts in. The increased PSM thresholds have been verified and this will be a boon for track junkies - like me :) Not that I'm planning a 987 anytime soon :( I have not heard a bad word about PASM other than "yet more expensive stuff to go wrong". Those with PASM on 997's appear to be pretty much unanimous in their advice to combine it with Sport Chrono and every independent review I have read think that Porsche "got it right" with PASM. If you decide to go with PASM, please share your thoughts once you have driven it for a while. Good Luck, Graeme
  23. Highlander
    I recently returned the suspension on my Boxster S to stock and during the process, I wrote up instructions to help anyone who might want to change springs/struts and/or camber plates. http://gwl.rmsolo.org/hacks/suspension/index.html Overall this is not a difficult job but it can be somewhat time consuming the first time you do it. Graeme
  24. Highlander
    Does it screech when you turn the wheel or just when the engine is running? Graeme
  25. Highlander
    What year is your car? If the battery is flat, the method to get to it varies by model year. '01's and later have a terminal behind a panel to the left of the drivers feet that you can attach another battery to which will allow you to open the front trunk. Once you get to the battey, the usual techniques are recommended. With the donor vehicle turned off do the following: 1. Connect the positive terminals of each battery using your jumper cables. 2. Connect the negative terminal of the vehicle supplying the jump to a good grounding point on your Boxster - NOT the battery. 3. Start the donor vehicle, let it run for a minute of so at ~1500 rpm to get some charge in your battery. 4. Start the Boxster. 5. Turn off the donor vehicle. 6. Remove the cables. Drive off :) Failure to execute step 5 has the potential to damage the donor vehicle. It's alternator is pumping lots of current to charge your battery. Simply removing this heavy load can cause a voltage spike. This spike may or may not occur. If it does occur, it may or may not damage something. OTOH, why risk it! Good Luck, Graeme p.s. My car does not like to sit idle. It takes about a month of inactivity for my battery to discharge enough that it needs a jump start.
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