need help with swap ...big problems

[quan717]

I have a boxster with no engine, no transmission, no dme and no dme harness.only have harness coming from dash to the back.

i am getting ready to pick up a salvage 996 from a friend for $3500, car still starts. not e-gas.

here are my question once i obtain the 996.

1. can i use the dme and dme harness from his 996 in the boxster or do i have to do the whole harness swap from cluster all the way back to rear?

do i still have to have it reflash for security bypass?

2. i know i'll still have to find a tiptronic transmission for boxster to mate with the 996 engine and sell the 996 transmission.

and buy a couple of mounts. i won't need spacer for the mount for my project because the whole engine compartment lid area has been

chopped off.revealing only the frame of car.unless somehow i can turn around the whole engine and transmission like in a boxster and make it

work somehow,then i'll be able to drive backward real fast,lol.

3.dropping in a 996 without the old engine is gonna suck, what parts do i need to obtain, i have tod write up but he has an old engine and he is using

his boxster dme. but if i have the whole 996 car what is needed to be remove to complete the swap?

here is the picture of my project i am building.

As you can see in the first picture the entire boxster engine compartment is gone.

[smartrepair]

See the answers below

1. can i use the dme and dme harness from his 996 in the boxster or do i have to do the whole harness swap from cluster all the way back to rear?

do i still have to have it reflash for security bypass?

Yes, you can use the 996 DME, you´ll need also matching keys and the antitheft module frm the 996. I don´t know how the Boxter harness is, from the cluster to back, but the 996 one has connectors (n my cabri) right behind the doors (3 on driver´s side, and one on the oppsite). From these connectors, another one goes t the engine compartment, and these plugs are different that Boxter one. As you are making a revolution instead of evolution in your car, maybe the easiest way is to change the entire 996 harness.

2. i know i'll still have to find a tiptronic transmission for boxster to mate with the 996 engine and sell the 996 transmission.

and buy a couple of mounts. i won't need spacer for the mount for my project because the whole engine compartment lid area has been

chopped off.revealing only the frame of car.unless somehow i can turn around the whole engine and transmission like in a boxster and make it

work somehow,then i'll be able to drive backward real fast,lol.

Yep, it´s esier to source a boxter trans.

3.dropping in a 996 without the old engine is gonna suck, what parts do i need to obtain, i have tod write up but he has an old engine and he is using

his boxster dme. but if i have the whole 996 car what is needed to be remove to complete the swap?

If your Boxter chasis has the fuel/powersteering/A/C lines, then very little has to be done (some relocating of these lines).

BTW, I need some parts from your 996 chasis, as I´m making a 3.8 S engine conversion to my 996. Could you sell me one A/C hose, and a powersteering hose, and one water cooling metallic hose/tube? You won´t need these parts as your Boxter has different ones.

I wish you luck with your project...

Kare