Boxster thread upon request ☺️

[Landsvw]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

93 cars? Seriously?
What is a Sprint Booster?
Thanks for the thread! Very interesting.

Yes, my Porsche is my 93rd car... I know, I’m a sick man...
I’ll throw the list on this thread if you want me to. Have had about 28 motorcycles too.

a sprint booster is essentially this:

I have a Sprint Booster for Porsche Boxster 2002 era.
This was 300$ new.
Here’s what the factory says:

• Eliminate your PORSCHE'S throttle lag INSTANTLY!
• Add more "power" to your pedal - from a dead stop to passing.
• Switch between factory, sport and race settings!
• Make your daily driving WAY more fun!
You Can Install it In Minutes

Easy three step installation of Sprint Booster
• Simply remove the harness connector from the accelerator pedal.
• Plug the Sprint Booster Connector (red tab) into the pedal.
• Switch between factory, sport and race settings

Now, from what I can tell, it’s not really a speed booster, but a throttle response booster. It plugged into the 4-5 wires under the dash that goes to the throttle. I really didn’t like the kind of response the throttle had with it in. Plus, I eliminated one more thing that could go wrong. So, it’s for sale!

[Darkrider]

Nice lil Porsche, Kinda wondered what the Sprint booster was myself then googled it. There are devices like this for all sorts of cars under various names. Such as Pedal Commander if i remember the one for my truck right. But they do have their drawbacks. Especially when the same effect can be achieved with a proper tune.

[Landsvw]

Here are all the cars and bikes I’ve owned, that i can remember...

Cars and bikes
Mostly complete list - there were a few parts bikes, or engines etc.
Like 1990’s V-twin Shadow engine that I traded for a TC90, but hard to count if
That’s a bike or not... plus CL350 engine, etc.

1967 Suzuki k15p high school
1975 Honda xr75 ? High school
1971 Honda z50 for sisters (she still owns)
1982 Kawasaki kd80 high school
1977 Yamaha yz250 high school
1973 Suzuki tc125 high school
1974 Suzuki tc125 college
1976 Honda xl125 (never ran right)
1975 Honda cb360t chicken coop find
1974 Honda cb360t bought early 90s
1971 Honda ct70 (uncle Denny gave to me)
1996 Suzuki dr350s (traded ct70 for it)
2003 XR100 late 2000’s
1974 Honda st90 found in Alaska dump
1973 Honda ct70
1986 xr200 (traded boat cables for it and the xr100)
2001 xr100 (See frankenbike)
1986 Honda xr600 100$ basket case
1985 Honda xl600 basketcase for parts
1986 Honda xr600 built out of others
1987 Honda xr600 bent frame
2003 Honda xr650l traded the other 2 for it
1973 Frankenbike. 2001 xr100 engine and 1972 TS90 frame
2006 Roketa 200 DB-06
2002 Yamaha ttr225
1983 Yamaha xt200
1974 Suzuki TC185
1971 Suzuki TS185
2009 KLX250sf (still have; best bike ever owned)
2003 ttr125 (still have for sis and wife)
1972 Suzuki TC90
1970 Honda CL100
1972 Honda CL100 for parts w/125 engine

1980’s, Alaska
1. 71 or 72 Ford Station wagon (first car -1982)
2. 1969 Chevy Truck 396
3. 66 Saab (still in Mom’s woods)
4. 1967 Chevy Truck
5. 76 Datsun B-210
6. 75 Datsun pickup
7. 62 Karmann Ghia (parts only)
8. 67 Beetle
9. 69 Beetle
10. 67 Dodge Polara 383 (Idaho 1983)

11. 67 Pontiac Tempest (Juneau)
12. 62 Ford Truck short-bed (Juneau)
13. 62 Beetle (Juneau)
14. 62 Ford Truck longbed
15. 64 Dodge Dart
16. 69 Dodge Fury II
17. 60 Karmann Ghia (Sheri’s -1988)
18. 73 Plymouth Fury 3
19. 74 VW Dasher (Sheri’s)
20. 72 AMC Hornet

1990’s, Alaska
21. 67 Plymouth Barracuda
22. 68 Plymouth Barracuda (parts)
23. 67 Plymouth Barracuda (parts)
24. 79 Datsun S.W.
25. 65 Dodge Polara (still own - in friend’s yard, Alaska)
26. 78 Mercury Monarch
27. 74 Dodge truck
28. 81 Thunderbird
29. 1984 Chevy Citation
30. 1987 Chevy Sprint

31. 84 Dodge D-50
32. 63 VW Beetle Baja
33. 81 Jeep CJ-7 (1990)
34. 83 Chevy S-10
35. 45-52 Jeep GPW/CJ-2
36. 85 Jeep Cherokee
37. 84 Chevette
38. 78 Jeep Cherokee full size
39. 85 Ford Ranger
40. 87 Pontiac Fiero SE

41. 88 Mazda 323 (Sheri’s)
42. 84 Dodge D-50 (parts)
43. 86 Dodge D-50
44. 88 Plymouth Horizon
45. 87 Dodge Omni
46. 81 Dodge Omni
47. 84 Dodge Omni
48. 82 Dodge Omni
49. 81 Dodge Omni
50. 79 VW Rabbit gas

51. 84 VW Rabbit diesel
52. 82 Dodge Truck
53. 85 Dodge Caravan
54. 86 VW Golf gas
55. 89 Cherokee (limited)
56. 85 Fiero 2M4

Moved to Kentucky, 2000’s
57. 82 Chevy Truck
58. 91 Thunderbird
59. 88 Chevy Safari Van
60. 72 Jeep CJ-5

61. 87 Fiero (Robert)
62. 86 Honda
63. 75 Jeep Truck (parts)
64. 80’s K-car (Deanna)
65. 92 Ford Ranger (Michael)
66. 92 Geo Prism (Savannah)
67. 96 Plymouth Voyager
68. 86 VW Golf diesel
69. 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee
70. 87 Chevy Suburban (traded for gun)

71. 92 Plymouth Voyager (made into trailer, Allen K)
72. 87 Chevy Nova
73. 84 VW Jetta (tan - one of my favorite cars of all time, diesel conversion)
74. 81 VW Rabbit (parts)
75. 82 VW Jetta (parts)
76. 96 Plymouth Voyager (parts)
77. 95 Geo Tracker (Lisa R)
78. 98 Plymouth Voyager
79. 89 Jeep Cherokee (red from Mike T)
80. 99 VW New Beetle diesel

2012 and on, Oregon
81 . 84 Ford F-150 (should be at 31, sold to Kevin M)
82. 97 Subaru Legacy (cam)
83. 96 parts jeep Cherokee
84. 97 F150 ( sold to Daron)
85. 2011 Kia Soul (still own)
86. 98 Jeep Wrangler
87. 2001 Chrysler caravan (Sandy's)
88. 97 Ford Explorer (monte)
89. 92 Ford F-150
90. 1975 dodge truck (should be at 26) parts for 4x4
91. 2001 F150 Supercrew Lariat 4x4 5.4 (sold)
92. 1999 VW Golf TDI
93. 2002 Porsche Boxster S (still own)
94. 2002 F350 Lariat Crew cab Dually 7.3 diesel (still own)

[Landsvw]

Drove Boxster to coast yesterday, and work. 240 miles total in a day. Ran great, top down, stereo blasting. Good Day! Winters getting closer so figured I’d better get out and drive it a bit...

I’m getting a check engine light from one or both of the rear o2 sensors saying the cat(s) is inefficient. Will try to figure that out, but nothing has me concerned.

[Weldangrind]

My Silverado rear cat sensors have been triggered for a year. Don't care.
I admit to a love for the Dasher.
I've always wanted to turn a Caravan into a trailer.

[Landsvw]

Our Dasher was kinda junk. Electrical issues. Like, headlights would go off and scare the wife. It was her first car and she grew to hate it.

Caravan trailer was amazing. I handed a sawzall to my teenage boys and told them to start cutting! Worked out really nicely. Eventually sold it for 150$

[Landsvw]

Boxster update:

Went to coast over Thanksgiving break. Took my 83 year old mom in the Porsche. She loves it! Kept the top up tho as it was raining.

Decided to buy the Circuit Werks rear cat elimination pipes and installed them yesterday. Sounds better, looks better, flows better, less rattles and 25-30 pound weight reduction as well. They are behind the O2 sensors so no lights related to Cat delete are triggered.

Oh, and the check engine light (related to the Cat inefficiency) went off a while back and has never returned!

Car is being awesome and I’m still loving it.

Merry Christmas all! May the new year bring us many toys with engines.

[Weldangrind]

Merry Christmas to you, Lance. Thanks for checking in.

[Landsvw]

Boxster update!

Looooooving the car. Have had no probs except, a check engine light saying left cat efficiency not quite right. I have a wireless plug for OBdII and a phone App that can see the cat voltage signals. Sure enough, it wasn’t operating correctly. I added a O2 sensor extension to the back O2 sensor on that side, and, signal leveled out and check engine light has not returned! Car is running great. Have 74,000 on it now, so have driven it 2000 miles. I am finding any and sometimes lame reasons to drive it long distances because it’s so fun to drive. Highly recommended!

Also, sold F150 and bought F350. Vehicle number 94... I updated my list, above.

[lilgman]

Originally Posted by Landsvw

Our Dasher was kinda junk. Electrical issues. Like, headlights would go off and scare the wife. It was her first car and she grew to hate it.

Caravan trailer was amazing. I handed a sawzall to my teenage boys and told them to start cutting! Worked out really nicely. Eventually sold it for 150$

I also had an '81 Dasher with the 1500 diesel. Ran great, but my wife hated it. The sunroof leaked water and dumped on her a few times...

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by Landsvw

Also, sold F150 and bought F350. Vehicle number 94... I updated my list, above.

If you're interested in F450's or equal, CA will be dumping really great trucks out of state very soon for dirt cheap. Can't register them here without the expensive upgrades. I have a contractor buddy who is in the same lurch.

[Landsvw]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

If you're interested in F450's or equal, CA will be dumping really great trucks out of state very soon for dirt cheap. Can't register them here without the expensive upgrades. I have a contractor buddy who is in the same lurch.

I’ve heard and already seen that! What a shame.

[Landsvw]

Originally Posted by lilgman

I also had an '81 Dasher with the 1500 diesel. Ran great, but my wife hated it. The sunroof leaked water and dumped on her a few times...

Ours was gas. Typical VW wiring with all sorts of crazy issues...

[Landsvw]

I think I overthink about Boxster problems, and then, read the internet too much. I read and researched that they should have their water pumps changed about every 70,000. Mine has 74,000. Many also indicated that a metal impeller is better than a plastic impeller, and to buy a Gates brand water pump (113$) since they have metal impeller. So I did. Pump came in, and has plastic impeller. I called Gates. They said they no longer make the pump with a metal impeller.

So, then went on another forum, Porsche specific, and they recommend the plastic impeller pump since, if the bearing goes bad then the pump blades won’t damage the aluminum engine surface. Sigh... I have no idea which is the correct train of thought. Oh well, I’ll replace the pump with the Gates pump and should be good for about 7 years, lol.

Meanwhile, drove to town yesterday and car was fine but got home and saw an antifreeze drip at the back, from the overflow tank. Might have a hairline crack. Was pretty hot out, and I heard the fans kicking in at stoplights. The temp never went up over 190 tho.

Here’s a question for ya all. I have a line on a ‘brand new’ tank, but was made in 2008. 50$. What is the feeling about whether the plastic has deteriorated in 12 years, even tho it’s ‘brand new’? I can get a legit brand new UNO brand tank for about 113$. I can get a brand new Porsche OEM for around 250$.

Any thoughts about a 12 year old plastic ‘brand new’ still in bag tank?

[bogieboy]

i personally would run it. it has not been exposed to the chemicals in coolant that can degrade the plastic... but thats coming from the guy that just bought a radiator from a pick and pull because i am too cheap to put a $100 rad in a $250 car... LOL