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Great to see you've started I'd contact Tim at Ultimate Engineering as he does kits and parts for the gearbox flip Would be good to know what can be done as my plan is to go manual with mine due to autobox spares non availability not to mention finding someone to do it Well who knows if I'm not com...

Okay so things are progressing, https://i.imgur.com/nxBZrYS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1WvlxnZ.jpg Got the car on the ramp yesterday to take a few dirty measurements to see if it would just fit in its current configuration - obviously with flipping the gearbox internals around so that I have 5 forward ...

The Boxster engine has a lot of well documented issues (nikasil cylinder delamination, auxiliary shaft bearing failure) so if it goes wrong, it wont be a cheap engine anymore. Against that, it uses the Audi inline5/V6 bolt pattern afaik so it should bolt up to a T3SA bellhousing and with an appropr...

Okay so hear me out, I've been gifted a 2001 986 complete car with all manor of body issues, so I thought why not?! So I'm taking it apart for parts and engine. So firstly, is this actually possible? I've heard stories of people flipping the internals of the 986 gearbox so it will operate forward fa...

iirc in the car the fuel system originally has a lift pump in the tank to ensure a good supply to the main delivery pump, our tank being gravity feed can provide insufficient flow to the main pump which then starves and the fuel gets aerated, pumps get hot because they are lubed and cooled by the f...

From the looks of things the tank seems to have only just been replaced.. Similar story with the fuel filter.. both look like they were replaced last season by the looks of things. Which tells me that maybe this has been a problem experience before... And an attempt at fixing it has occured or mayb...

I assume you are running on K Jetronic. Cleanliness is next to godliness with those. Being stood causes issues, particularly in the warm up regulators which is a crucial part of the system, even when warm. You can start replacing components if you like (fuel filter is an inexpensive start), but aft...

Wilbur had the same issue. Swapped his fuel pump out, problem solved. My pump does make a racket when operating (but have been told can be normal)... But does seem to be providing adequate pressures. It also seems to still have yellow writing on the pump -- does this mean it was a salvage pump? Fro...

I have currently installed in my van a Golf GTI 1.8 Petrol engine. It's a new van to me that I have only had for approx 4 weeks now, so I'm not sure if the conversion was completed by the book :P . But it seems to be suffering from fuel starvation when running in slow traffic. I am not sure if it ha...