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I'm considering selling my ROW M030 kit - 9 months ago
I may be in a position to sell my '99 Box in about six months. If that happens, I'm considering just selling the new/never installed ROW M030 kit that I have sitting in my garage. I bought these to install in my car, but they're worth more resold rather than installed in my car. If I do put them up for sale, I'll probably offer them up for $1,000 plus shipping. Local pick-up would be preferredby bar10dah - Main Forum
I use Blackstone Labs - 10 months ago
If anyone knows where I should send oil sample for testing, please post. But any reputable place can do it. www.blackstone-labs.net/by bar10dah - Main Forum
Re: Replacing Water Pump - 10 months ago
This will be my third in 70K miles. Can I use the Bentley method to re-pressurize, without buying that special tool I'll never use again? Are you sure about that? You're on your third waterpump. Just think, if you bought the AirLift for your first waterpump change, the subsequent two would be free usage!by bar10dah - Main Forum
Child Seat Deactivation Bar - 10 months ago
A Child Seat Deactivator Bar must be installed, then the DME must be programmed to accept it. A Porsche dealer, or someone that owns a PIWIS or PST2 can do this. Not the Durametric. Then one of these can be trimmed to fit in the buckle correctly.by bar10dah - Main Forum
Which AirLift did you get? - 10 months ago
UV550500? Let us know how well it worked?by bar10dah - Main Forum
$2.50 from Pelican - 10 months ago
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=OEM-98633136102&catalog_description=Genuine%20Porsche%20Part%3A%20BRAKE%20SPOILER%20EDGEby bar10dah - Main Forum
Strange... - 11 months ago
...as I seem to remember not even 10 years ago Jaguar had one of the worse reliability ratings among manufacturers?by bar10dah - Main Forum
Re: AC question(s) - 11 months ago
Recharge with a can of UV dye, then find the leak that's causing you having to recharge? Could be as simple as an o-ring. Hopefully... The compressor went out in my '93 GMC. Bad bearings. Firestone said $1,200 to replace it. I didn't even bother with the dealer, but expect them to be the same, if not more. I changed it out myself, along with the orifice tube and accumulator, for ~$350 iby bar10dah - Main Forum
Since you were laid up... - 11 months ago
...you've discovered so much free time! Looking to order the TechnoPower Kit after a few other mods. Sorry it won't be soon enough for you! Maybe a couple months.by bar10dah - Main Forum
Okay, I'm sold. - 11 months ago
I've got a few other maintenance items to take care of first. The first being the motor mount and water pump. The second being the ROW M030 install. After that, I'm ready for the TechnoPower Kit. I'm hoping to do the Pedro's Sport Exhaust in the next couple of weeks so that'll be good to go for the TechnoPower Kit. When I do get it, I'll have it tuned for the headers, but won't get the heby bar10dah - Main Forum
Re: headers ... - 11 months ago
The VTX looks appealing. Thanks for the tip! Should the VTX headers and the Pedro's Sport Exhaust be enough for opening up the exhaust, as suggested for the TechnoPower Kit? Reference: *We recommend also installing headers and less restrictive exhaust for maximum HP and Torque gains.by bar10dah - Main Forum
Sounds good. - 11 months ago
Thanks for all the answers Pedro. Still haven't decided if I'll go with the 1.25" or 1.5" pipes, but I'll post pics of my Pedro Sport Exhaust when I get it done. Any particular (affordable) headers you recommend with the TechnoPower Kit and Pedro's Sport Exhaust?by bar10dah - Main Forum
Thanks for the reply, Pedro - 11 months ago
The shop is saying 1.5" pipes would create quite a racket. Do you think it would be much louder than the 1.25"? If I do install the TechnoPower Kit, do I have to resend you the ECU, if/when I do install headers, to compensate for them?by bar10dah - Main Forum
Pedro's Sport Exhaust - 11 months ago
Pedro, Went to local custom muffler shop with printout of DIY "Make the Pedro Sport Exhaust" in hand. Shop said if I brought them the muffler, they could do the work for $125-150. Seems reasonable enough? In your DIY, you said if you had to do it over again, you'd use 1.5" pipes. Why is that? Considering eventually doing the TechnoPower Kit. Not sure I want to upgradby bar10dah - Main Forum
Well, KevinR was. However, the other Boxsters and 911s were headed south. - 11 months ago
Maybe they were a couple days LATE to BRBS?by bar10dah - Main Forum
Chart of the sizes/offsets - 11 months ago
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01/offsets1338006028.jpgby bar10dah - Main Forum
Since we're talking tires... - 11 months ago
...might I ask some advice on offsets? I have OEM 7.5 x 18 w/50 mm fronts and 9 x 18 w/52 mm rears. Another OEM 18" option for my '99 are 8 x 18 w/50 mm and 10 x 18 w/47 mm. The wheels I'm considering are 8 x 18 w/ 54 mm fronts and either 9 x 18 w/ 43 mm or 10 x 18 w/40 mm rears. Appears the new fronts will have 10 mm less inner clearance and extend the outside edges by 2 mm fromby bar10dah - Main Forum
Re: Soft Top - 12 months ago
I haven't checked, but is it in the 101 projects book? Or try renntech.org.by bar10dah - Main Forum
There's a nice portion of road... - 1 year ago
...in AZ about 35 miles long, that goes between Bell Rd in Sun City and I-10 in Buckeye. It goes from the north and wraps around to the west of the White Tanks Mountains. Looks exactly like the roads in the video. Used to call it the "proving grounds" as it was only lightly traveled. So if you wanted to take your motorcycle to 170 MPH, you had plenty of room to move. I wouldn't be sby bar10dah - Main Forum
Next you're going to tell me the engine is NOT in the rear! 
- 1 year ago
n/tby bar10dah - Main Forum
NOT an Oil Thread... - 1 year ago
...but, an oil question. Read Pedro's link to Porsche Approved oils. Read LN Engineering's stuff. Read bobistheoilguy. Read thread after thread of oil debates. Just need to narrow down my choices between two weights of Castrol oils. I'd like to buy the Castrol oil I constantly see recommended (not that any of the other choices are of lesser quality oils, NOT trying to start an oil debaby bar10dah - Main Forum
That is definitely great information to know! - 1 year ago
Generally a dealer-sold MAF will last a looooooong time, while the aftermarket ones seem to have a much shorter life span. And something I wish I had read a month ago! On a recommendation from another forum, I bought this one for $90. Appears to be working as intended. But, according to your informant, may not last as long as an OEM Porsche marked one.by bar10dah - Main Forum
I do recall reading an article on someone replacing the buttons on the circuit board - 1 year ago
I just can't remember which website that was on. Maybe Mike Focke's?by bar10dah - Main Forum
Thanks MarcW. So far, so good... - 1 year ago
...but, we'll see. So far, I've been 77 miles and the P0446 code has not returned. Usually, I'd get the code (in addition to P1124 and P1126) within 15-30 miles. I'll keep driving it and will report back.by bar10dah - Main Forum
I first got the P0446 code after filling up... - 1 year ago
...driving 1.5 miles, then parking overnight. So I thought it was because my tank was too full. But I've since had it at various tank levels. So not sure there's any correlation. I blew compressed air through the "purge air line." Or, at least what I think is the purge air line. Looking at diagrams, appears it's the line off the top of the charcoal canister. Now, just have to waby bar10dah - Main Forum
Replaced my AOS/Still Oil in J-Tube - 1 year ago
Replaced my AOS about 2 days and 30 miles ago. Took my j-tube off so I could to the throttle body cleaning. Noticed oil inside the tube, which I cleaned out when I replaced my AOS. Looked into the opening in the AOS and saw a puddle of oil right there on the inside of the lip of the opening. Normal? Or do I have problems?by bar10dah - Main Forum
Fuel Evaporative Valve - 1 year ago
Using Durametric, I can't hear anything operate/click/whatever when I activate the Fuel Evaporative Valve. Is this normal? Or did that part fail? Is "Fuel Evaporative Valve" just another way of saying "Purge Valve for Fuel Vapor Canister?" Mine's a '99 Box and I'm chasing a P0446 code .by bar10dah - Main Forum