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Thanks to Ed B, Navman and Loren's instructions, I finally got the cruise control hooked up and programmed by a local Porsche specialist through the PST2 :) Tested working on the road on my way back. However.... I'm not getting the "Cruise" indicator on my instrument panel. I followed the instructions to connect the white instrument connector pin 17 to the Motronic connector 4 pin 18. The only discrepancy is the color of my white instrument connector pin 17 is not black as indicated by Ed B. But I figured as long as the pin number's correct, that's what matters most.... apparently not! :( Anyone got any clue to this? Mine's a year 2000 Boxster S.

That's something that I did not think of :) I'll probably just leave it as it is...

I read that it's 0.8mm for the 2.5 by Toolpants. Is it the same for the 3.2?

You guys are amazing. Thanks!

B)--> QUOTE(Ed B @ Nov 5 2003, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...Visit your dealer to have the cruise control activated. Cost me one hour labor. I'm gonna do the hack pretty soon. Only thing is when I visited the OPC today and told them I'll be coming for them to activate the cruise control, they looked at me with absolutely blank faces. Both the mechanic and the service advisor. Does anyone how this is done from the PST2?

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out during the repairs. The local agent do keep stock of the fender so it's just a matter of picking it up if I feel it warrants a replacement....

I got myself into a minor accident and got my left front fender dented. I'm in favour of replacing the fender with a new piece. But the body shop person said that to replace the fender, you would need to cut some seals and glue which is not recommended. Is that true? I reckoned it's just unscrewing some screws and it'll come off.

That really sounds simple :) I'll give it a try. But what you pointed out are very valid concerns, esp the part on storing top elsewhere where it might be folded as well.... Are you sure about the mis-alignment that may happen if I lower the assembly without the top in place? I don't want to end up screwing up the entire mechanism when I put the top back on....

Any chance that you could pdf the factory convertible removal/installation instructions? I've been wanting to remove my softtop as I almost always have my hardtop on. It's the lacking in instructions that keeps me from doing it. The plastic window will form a permanent crease and eventually crack if I were to store it in the down position for months on end.... :(

I assume the photos you took were off the 987? The rear glass looks a lot larger than the ones pictured on cabrioworld.com.... Is the top by cabrioworld double layered? I'm told that on the original tops, the S gets the double layered top while the non-S gets the single layered one.

Great to hear that. I've already blown $349 on the intake kit but I got it from Mid America. I wonder if Evo will have an upgrade price for those that has the existing intake.... even if it was not purchased direct from them. I still wonder why there is such a power dip at 6k rpm.... if it's not AFR, it has to be ignition timing.

So what program did you use for the 2nd and 3rd run? Custom GIAC or stock? The resonance chamber in the stock intake piping actually enhances low end power/torque. I'll be taking out the EVO kit in due time and replacing it with the stock piping but with a BMC filter. I will then dyno the car after that and let all know the results. Thanks for sharing your experiences....

Great to know you're still working on it :) I know the demands this kind of project will put on your work. All the more respectable you're doing it yourself!

Then I consider myself lucky. Although the person wasn't exactly helpful, he at least was quite forthcoming in offering me a refund :) And it was about 3 weeks after I got my DME back before I managed to contact him. They really should give you money back. It says "Satisfaction Guaranteed" on their website. I'm sending mine back next week when I'm travelling to minmise inconvenience.

Dumb Ole Donkey, I appreciate you sharing this piece of advise with us here :) For a moment, I thought the problem with my car being a non-US one. Someone did mention that another guy over at ppbb as very good experience with GIAC with similar mods to mine. Good luck with your tuning. So what will you be using to adjust the fuel/ignition map on the DME? Revo? I assumed you've got yourself a refund on the GIAC?

Spoke to the local dealer for Revo. They don't have any program for the Boxster as yet. Even so, it would be out of the box program and customisation is not possible. The only other route I'm told is DMS (www.dmsautomotive.com). They have both options available. Off the shelf program or custom tuned on the dyno. Only problem is they're very expensive because of the English Pound :( About US$1,700 for a off-the-shelf program. Custom tuned will even be more :(

I did briefly considered it but they didn't seem that popular. What I'm looking for this time is probably the ability to custom tune the program to fit the mods I've in my car.... Even though the mods I've on are pretty standard but my experience with GIAC puts me off this kind of out-of-the-box one-type-fits-all program... Things would've been a lot easier if I were located in the US. Each time I send the ECU across, I can't use my car for about 1 week :( And this is only only ride... except my motorcycle

Interesting. The Gemballa one is supposed to give fairly decent gains in power. Do you still have it? The only downside I'm told is the price... muchos $$$. How much is it brand it in the US?

Nope, I didn't get the OEM look exhuast. My part number is 94.310S. Got it from www.departstop.com for US$799 I think. Very slow service but it arrives eventually :) Far as my exhuast is concerned, the resonance is pretty bad at about 2,600rpm which equates to about about 60mph cruising. I'm hearing others have similar experiences. The local speed limit is 50mph so I don't have a chance to experience much of it. Honestly, I'm also getting used to it. A 996 with Tequipment sports exhaust is VERY different in sound. It sorts of howl at high revs. Unfortunately, you just can't get that kinda sound from our Tequipment or Dansk exhaust. So if you're looking for a similar sound from the 996 Tequipment, you'll be disappointed :( BTW, the Maserati 4200 with Tubi sounds very very good as well if you've heard it. Problem is most Maserati drivers tend to be more subdued and you won't be seeing many of them with a Tubi :) Fitting the exhaust is rather straight forward. You just need some patience getting the old unit out and the new one to fit. Contrary to what some say, my Dansk unit did not bolt right on. A fair amount of twisting/bending needs to be done to get it centered. You also need some new u connectors like I mentioned in my previous posts. If you're not comfortable, just stick around to eye-ball the job. I do that even with my trusted mechanic of 5 years :) At least your OPC will still install aftermarket parts. The one here just refuses to do it. Not that it bothers me greatly. Finally, I'm not sure of the switch from the Dansk unit. It's not in their catalog so I assume it's not something offered as a standalone option. It may be 'bundled' with their OEM style exhaust though....

Great to know someone else is considering going down the similar route :) Yes, just got off the phone with Evolution Motorports. They will give me a refund once I send the DME back to them to revert the program back to stock. Less shipping though :( Anyway, if you've seen my previous posts, you would have seen the photos of the stock manifold vs the Dansk ones. The standard manifold lack a common collector and this will inpede gas flow. They're a great world apart in terms of design and the Dansk unit is clearly superior. I would highly recommend you replace the manifold as the first item. Exhaust didn't do much for me in terms of power except for the sound which I'm not terribly crazy about. Far as I know, the manifold, sports cat and muffler is all about the same price. I paid US$799 for my muffler, US$999 for my manifold and US$999 for my sports cat if I remember correctly. You're lucky the Pound is so strong compared to all other currency so hesitate no more :) On the subject of custom mapping, I'm trying to find someone who would do that. Do you know of anyone? DMS is kinda expensive. They do travel down to Singapore where I live but charge GBP895 for a flash. That's about US$1,750. Compared to GIAC which is US$795, the choice is clear. I guess I'll call DMS again to see whether they can do a custom program. Again, the strong Pound is working against me here :(

I just hope you're not losing any driveability ie. bhp/torque in the process like in my case with the Dansk exhaust (http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4073). I don't suppose you did any before/after dyno measurement... People usually equate nice sound or an increase in sound level with an increase in power...

Disappointing results again Attached is the dyno graph. Folowing mods are on my car : - Dansk Sports Cat - Dansk Headers - Dansk Sports Muffler - Evo Highflow Intake When I sent my DME to Evolution Motorsports, I told them I had the above 4 mods on my car. They told me the stage 3 program (Evo intake, headers & muffler) will be the closest fit and that they would load my DME with that program. Evolution Motorsports took about a week to get the program in place as they claim my DME is different from those in USA so require some additional 'tweaking'. Not a terribly big problem as my car was in the paint shop anyway. Got my DME back last week and drove the car for about 10 days before heading down to the dyno. Blue line - Today's run with GIAC program with all the above 4 mods Red line - Run with stock ECU and all the above 4 mods Green line - Run with stock ECU, Dansk headers and sports cat As you can see, the run with the best results (bar > 6,500rpm) is actually the green line. Meaning the muffler, intake and GIAC was a waste of money :( There is a noticeable sudden dip in power/torque between 5,800-6,000rpm. This greatly concerns me. One of the reason suggested is a lean out which forced the knock sensor to retard timing. **** it! I'm not tracking my car till this issue is resolved! Objectively, the GIAC program did help in bringing back power to area lost when I put the intake and muffler on the car. But this recovery simply brought it closer or on par with the green line run. Meaning I would have been better off not putting on the muffler, intake and the GIAC program which cost me about $2,200! My peak bhp is now even lower than before!! Overall, I'm quite or very disappointed with the results. I shall be contacting Evolution Motorsports to get a refund since they have a satisfaction guarantee that comes with their GIAC program. But I will need to send my DME back to them again to restore everything back to stock and that means a week of no car again Either that or I have someone to fly down here and get the DME custom tuned for my car on the dyno... I'm seriously considering that option. Any suggestions people?

Someone do a dyno on this one please! :) I did it on my Dansk unit and was hoping for a comparison...

Great :( Now I gotta go back and remove the 2nd unit. Thanks for the info.... much appreciated :)

Ok, removed the DME today or what I thought was the DME. There're 2 units, 1 with part number 986 618 240 01 and the other starting with 996 *** (also marked Cartronic). I removed the one on the right. It has just 1 single connector to it for all the cables. The other one has multiple connectors. Both are labelled Bosch. My question is, did I remove the correct unit and not the Tiptronic one.... Have attached 2 pics.... Pllleeeeaasse tell me I removed the correct unit :) I also disconnected the batt before unplugging the DME. PS : I'm sending it to GIAC finally....