As you see in the above photo, I'm arm-deep into it - getting the cooling system into a better place.

It's been a while since I've updated the blog... and even though the big "house" projects are done and the Acura's timing belt is done, it's been way cold to be out in the garage re-plumbing FrankenBoxster!

Speaking of the Acura (daily driver), its timing belt design is very similar to Porsche's approach. My car is a TL Type S with the timing belt driving both the water pump and oil pump in addition to the cams (just like many Porsche's). To complicate things - the motor is in there sideways, slam up against the fenders! Some of you may have seen the fun pictures on FB trying to get this done!

 
          Enough about the Acura... now back to work on Frankie and the flow charts below:-)

I'll be back with more updates as the weather gets warmer!!! (or I add heat to the garage)

Sooooo - this is what it looks like when graft an inline thermostat housing with a quick disconnect milking machine hose coupler.  Fabricated this part to enable moving the thermostat onto the coolant manifold on the FrankenBoxster rather than downstream in the radiator hoses. Hopefully this will go a long way towards cooling things down faster and get me back on the road! I know it's been a while since this blog's been updated (Debbie has me building a deck and forbidding any Porsche work till that's done). So Frankie has been sitting and waiting... and the only sports car I have running right now is the MGTD - which I'll probably drive to Oktoberfest:-)
I did reconfigure my lift so it fits either the Porsche or the MG now, here's a photo.

They say turnabout is fair play... and the irony is that the Porsche is dripping on the MG now!!

And look how close the headrests are to the main beam in the garage!!!

And I also wanted to share that the awesome poster you guys gave me at last year's Holiday Party is proudly displayed in my garage right by the frig - so I get see it every time I get a beer!

I am looking forward to seeing y'all at Oktoberfest - and will blog again soon,  Doug

Well, it’s been a while since there’s been an update on FrankenBoxster in this blog….
And it’s also been pretty cold in the garage lately:-)   

So the car made a triumphant appearance at Oktoberfest!
And it went there and back under its own power!

Hope you enjoyed the video, it was from this year's GCA presentation (thanks Shawn and Kevin).  So as I was saying.... Frankie made a triumphant appearance at Oktoberfest – and it went there and back under its own power!  I am also fearful that it went there without the cooling fans running on the first leg!  Upon my arrival at Oktoberfest I was so enthralled with showing off the car’s abilities that it took me a while to notice an eerie silence (if you could call it silence over the exhaust’s din), the silence was from the lack of cooling fans running. Surely by now it should be hot enough to kick the fans on? Sadly the temp gauge seems to follow a normal warm up curve and gets to 185 and then never goes higher? What’s up with that? (figuring that out will be most likely be in another blog installment)

So…… I go into the rear trunk and pull the interior covers revealing all the wiring, computers and relays that I had spent hours making pretty/concealing before Oktoberfest. I proceed in undoing all of the pretty tidying up to get to the cooling fan control relay I wired in and unplug it – this makes the Porsche Cooling Control computer in the front trunk think it’s lost communications to Main DME Computer in the rear trunk and puts the fan circuity into “fault mode” which spins the fans up to full speed! BTW I drove it home this way… I guess I should now take a moment and talk about CANBUS.  Ugh:-(

Think of CANBUS as a local area network (LAN) but in your car. I cannot even begin to tell you how much this has complicated FrankenBoxster’s creation!  CANBUS is pretty much in all cars nowadays, and it is really a great idea – for example; instead of having a huge bundle of wiring with wires running to every gauge/idiot light in your dashboard back to the various senders in the engine compartment, etc - you can just run a 2 wire BUS between the Controller Computer on the dashboard to the Controller Computer in your engine compartment (DME) or to the Cooling Controller etc… and just sent messages back and forth to everything over two wires. Saves miles of wiring in your car! And I’m up to 14 different computers I’ve found in my Boxster thus far. They are simply daisy-chained with a twisted pair of wires and merrily talk to each other about what’s going on and keep things running on the straight and narrow.  Got to love technology.  Have I lost you guys yet?  Now back to Frankie’s cooling fans….

Sadly in the world of CANBUS a Porsche DME doesn’t simply “talk” to a Chevy PCM, so other arrangements have to be made. In the case of the cooling fans, I put in a relay with the Porsche cooling control computer reference voltage signal going through the normally closed contact – and then wired the Chevy PCM fan controller voltage signal, which is energized at 185 degrees, to pick the relay which in turn opens the normally closed leg thereby dropping reference voltage signal to the Porsche’s cooling control computer making it go into “fault mode”. Once this particular computer goes into “fault mode” it turns the fans up to full speed as it believes it has lost access to the CANBUS to receive messages telling it what to do with the fans… when in doubt spin it up!  Guess the Porsche engineers thought than any fault should have safety protocols that error on the side of caution and run the cooling fans. I’m not even going to tell you how we tricked the Driver Safety Computer into thinking the clutch pedal is down and allow the starter to engage when you turn the key.
 
Our next blog installment we’ll talk about getting the temp gauge to read accurately – bet you can’t wait!  If you’ve still reading this – I really have to thank you for hanging in their!!!   Your Pres (Doug:-)

Well.... the challenges continue. Before we get into all the latest trials and tribulations just to get the "Check Engine" light working, I thought it would be good to review that the tachometer is now working and how! Turns out both Porsche and the GM LS3 use 58 tooth reluctor wheels! We just needed to find and scope the 5V square wave from the GM reluctor wheel and then route it to the Porsche's DME harness so it could pass the pulse count onto the microprocessor contained on the instrument cluster's circuit card. Sadly that was easy compared to how the check engine light and other idiot lights operate.... SO HERE GOES!!  (more photos at the end of the text below)

Idiot light operational methods in Porsche 987 and similar models:
The DME (engine computer) along with running the engine also monitors various sensors for proper compliance and also for protection....   whenever a fault is found, the DME does its thing to ascertain if an idiot light or message needs to be brought to the driver's attention. Now comes the tricky part - instead of just lighting up a idiot light like in previous technologies - this guy sends out a message on the CANBUS (car tallk for local area network) setting a flag addressed to the microprocessor that is on the instrument cluster logic card to receive for handling. The message is interpreted to ascertain what light it should turn on and there you have it... Oh boy!
This method saves the running of multiple unique wires in the harness for every individual idiot light you have. Instead there is just one local area network (CANBUS) that a message can be sent on and all that wiring disappears as its all contained within a logic card on the instrument cluster that is under its own microprocessor control.


NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS... how do we get the the GM computer to turn the "check engine" light on and off? In order to pass car inspection,  it is a requirement that the check engine light come on initially with the ignition switch and then shut off shortly afterwards with no state conditions recorded. 

The mind reels at the thought of getting a GM computer logged onto the Porsche CANBUS and speaking anything other than gibberish... You'll see our solution in the photo below

Yep, that's an LED we are manually inserting/installed into the Porsche instrument cluster that the GM computer to turn on and off under its own control - and hopefully pass inspection!!!

P.S. would not believe what it took to get the instrument cluster dismantled, much less take it in and out of the the dash

Now it's off to Amelia Island for Concours - so no work on FrankenBoxster for another week or two.
Then the Pinehurst Concours will be here before you know it!

That's it for this installment... thanks for reading and viewing.

Well... it's been awhile since we've checked in on progress on FrankenBoxster so here's an update to our Blog!  The net is that it is nearly completely done with just two idiot lights remaining to be dealt with:-)  So here's a video or two of the nearly completed Monster for your viewing pleasure.  I must note that while there is great news to share here... there is also some not so great news to share too. For those of you who possess a bit of the "Pollyanna" and want to play the "Glad Game",  I must tell you the positive spin is hard pressed to offset the discovery of this not so great news... but I'm getting ahead of myself and probably confusing everyone - so here's a video or two of the nearly completed Monster for your viewing pleasure. Please watch the short videos and make sure to continue onto the rest of this blog beyond the videos for news of the unfortunate discovery:-(

Now onto the unfortunate, or actually VERY fortunate, discovery.... so to begin this conversation we need to talk about this weird looking bracket with a rheostat, with links attached, that has been hanging by wires in the engine bay since beginning the project (defying logical reattachment). This must surely have something to do with the PSM system and monitoring the movement and position of the rear suspension's lower arm? (and in turn telling computers about it). Well after hours staring at every possible mounting option in the rear compartment of the car for hours, we finally found where it mounted!    BUT with all this time examining  the bowels of the Boxster we also discovered THIS!!!

That's the major rear casting that mounts the engine, the transaxle, the rear suspension and Lord knows what else (you can ask Gregg Gaylord about the bandage on my finger and his 18RG engine:-)

You probably noticed that you can read the part number off the top right corner... sadly it I had noticed this prior to putting all this "stuff" in the car, I could have changed this casting in a matter of hours rather than having to remove all that has been put in there (we're talking 50 to 60 hours labor:-(     Here's a photo from the bottom that might help to visualize the part and the seriousness of the condition - imagine if we romped on that with over 500 horsepower!

Next on the agenda is a trip to Rob's to pick up some parts... the parts are not expensive, but oh the hours this is going to take.  Turns out Boxsters do not like to be pushed when the drivetrain is out - the engine and mounting cradles are integral to the structure between the suspension struts and the tires will toe out and "buck" as the car is pushed or worst yet towed. This causes movement all the way up to the mounting bolts resulting in the damage you see.

Guess you know what I'll be doing for the next couple weekends:-)   Thanks for reading, Doug

man... oh man... oh man... there is little room to put an exhaust system on you FrankenBoxster!
It took over 60 man hours of labor to get this system in place... sure hope it sounds good:-)
AND OKTOBERFEST IS ALMOST HERE!!!
Look at that connection from the downpipes to the mufflers - it's a corkscrew!!!
Here's some photos of the fabrication & build process and other angles of it finished

You've got to start at the Manifolds...here's the first step - the down pipes. There's a lot of important mechanicals to clear and we still have O2 sensors to mount in there somewhere!

Here's a side view.... started with several mandrel bent 180's that we section and weld to make all the odd angles and twist required - and that corkscrew into the mufflers is made from multiple short sections of the mandrel bent pipes to ensure we have smoooooooth flow in the system.

And here's the most important view!!  ... and the one that most folks will be seeing:-) the rear view

                 (sure hope it's running by then and I don't have to push it onto the field Oct 16th)

I have never liked bumper stickers and have never allowed them on any of my cars....
But I may make an exception just this one time - I'm thinking about the one below

    THOUGH I AM FEARFUL THIS MIGHT LEAD TO DISPARAGING REMARKS OR EVEN THE GCA!

Well.... we finally did it!  Turns out some more fabrication was in order due to my car having the newer transmission (which translates to larger) and required some special cutting and welding to accommodate it going into place behind the LS3. This will be a short update with just a couple of photos of the final installation and the engine fully supported on its own! No more engine lifts in the photos - YES!!!

It's hard to see in this photo, but the oil pan and transaxle are fully above the the new engine cradle
and frame rails - this menagerie of frames, braces, links and struts has to be assembled around the engine as it hovers in the space supported by a lift table.... whew

Next are several photos of the transaxle mounts we had to fabricate  - you'll notice it is the stock mounts cut and sectioned which we added a one inch thick wall pipe enabling them to be rewelded with both an offset to the rear of inch along with lowering the geometry

Here's a couple of views from the top followed by photos of the front of the engine in its new "ride along with you in the cabin" position (lol)

Next it is onto a ton of plumbing and wiring and computer programming to do - sure would like to drive it onto the field at Oktoberfest rather than trailer it:-)

Sty tuned and check back for updates soon!!!     Thanks, Doug

Well.... finally.... all the engine modifications have been made (extensive)  and it's time to put it in the engine bay! 

But first - a little about that process.  The right way to get a Boxster's engine in or out is with a lift table combined with a car lift (regardless of what engine is in the car:-)

And it's a tricky operation with combinations of lift tabling up and car lift lowering... and twisting and shoving and lots of odds and ends to maneuver around while hooking up other plumbing and electrical that can only be reached at certain moments in the transition upward - ugh!

BUT before we get to there... we have to finish dressing the motor up with a new slimmer crank pulley, add the the alternator and AC compressor and of course install the clutch and transaxle!


Here's the slimmer pulley we're going to install compared to the stock Corvette pulley

And here's the installation process... the bolt is a one time use bolt that is torqued to 100 ft/lbs and then continued to rotate for 240 degrees - you can do this! This bolt is stretch set rather than ft/lbs

Here's the front of the engine with the two accessories (that's all that will fit) and belt in place.

Now to the opposite end of the engine... the flywheel first. Here's photos of it going on

Now the adapter plate & clutch - it's a stage 1 high performance clutch rated for 650 horsepower

Sooooo... here we go!

The the fully dressed drivetrain goes on the lift table and rolled under the  car (which is up on lift)

Now the tricky stuff... lowering the car while lifting the table and wiggle, twist, shout, cuss....

Here's the front of the engine; very close to the firewall we cut out & moved several inches forward

FINALLY!   a view from the top with the engine in place

Here's a view of how much engine comes into the passenger compartment to ride with you:-)

In case you were wondering... here's a photo of the cradle that will hold the motor mounts as well keep the car's unibody from racking (hopefully) under all that torque and horsepower!

So that's it for this installment of the Blog... and of course I had to take the engine back out as
the transaxle mounts would not line up - so back to the fabrication drawing board & try it again!!!!!

Thanks for visiting and reading....  and keep checking back as there will be MORE!

Apparently some critter managed to make a home is the cabin air filter assembly

 BACK to the conversion to Electrically Powered steering... this just keeps getting tougher:-(

Space is so limited with the LS3 going into the FrankenBoxster that both the power steering pump and the water pump have to go! - there is no physical space left in the engine bay to put these guys in - much less get a drive belt to them.

So.... what can we do?  Convert it to ELECTRIC!

There is actually a kit out there (that is mega-bucks!) to convert to electric, but I chose to take a tip from the EV world. There is a big community of folks that love to take cars and convert them to electric vehicles (EV). My brother Fred has done 3 cars to date; an Austin Healey Bug-eye, a MGTD replicar, and he's just finished a Porsche 944.  The hot ticket in the EV world is to take the electric power steering assembly from the last Toyota MR2 series and use it as the basis to fabricate and adapt to your own application. As you'll see in the photos, it is all combined into one reasonably sized unit - pump, controller, reservoir and rubber isolation mounts.  The controller electronics allow input from the vehicle's TSS sensor to vary the pressure the system generates to ensure consistent steering feel and to reduce the current drawn by the unit at higher vehicle speed.  

Fabricate mounts, fabricate hoses and wire it up!
Actually it's a lot tougher than the previous sentence sounds - I really wanted to mount mine in a way that did not drastically  reduce the front trunk's capacity much... the worst part of the whole job was getting at the Porsche rack and then getting the hoses disconnected (really tight/little access). Of course you also need to drill holes and route the hoses to the pumps location. The Boxster hoses that came out were about 8 feet long, FrankenBoxster's hoses are now about 2 feet long:-)


Here's the first fitting - used one existing mounting stud and then welded the others into place

Spun the reservoir around so the return line could be routed next to the pressure line

Here's some finished photos - it's hard to see but note where the lines are routed - really tried to keep the hose length to a minimum and endeavored to make it look as stock as possible - like Porsche meant to put it there! (and keep as much trunk space a possible)

Yes indeed.... still more tear down and parts to be fabricated on the brand new crate motor:-(

The intake manifold needs to be flipped front to rear to be able to plumb up the air intake. The original orientation of the intake manifold would have had it drawing air from right about where your elbow is within the passenger compartment. Fortunately GM made the intake manifold, injector rail and injectors symmetrical - however when you flip the manifold, the oil pressure sender is now in the way requiring the removal of the valley cover and machining off and plugging the sender's location.  And of course this also means you need to find a home for the oil pressure sender as the computer needs it to even let you start the engine!! So as you'll see in the photos...
...off with the new manifold and valley cover and to the top-end mill we go!!
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HERE'S THE BOSS THE OIL PRESSURE SENDER UNIT SCREWS INTO THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED

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SO OFF COMES THE VALLEY COVER (photos below)

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HERE'S THE FINISHED PART WITH THE BOSS REMOVED AND THE HOLE PLUGGED! (below)

AND NOW THE FLIPPED INTAKE MANIFOLD FITS!  (photo below)

So.... what did we do with the oil pressure sending unit?  Well - we fabricated our own part to mount it down by the oil filter!!!  

The engine came with a blanking plate above the oil filter, which we removed and discovered an oil passage way.  GM probably has an option for a remote oil cooler that uses this mounting location to  tap lines to and from the engine. So back to the mill we go to make-up a pretty neat plate of our own that now has the oil pressure sender unit screwed in to it - whew...  (photo below)

Well...  I think we are getting close to putting this motor in! 
I'm sure there will be more discoveries and part fabrication along the way too. I just ordered the electric water pump and the starter so the engine can go in fully dressed next time:-)

So - that kinda wraps up this blog session - stay tuned as the MR2 electric power steering pump is getting ready to go into the front trunk and be hooked up to the Boxster's power steering rack. Talk about a whizzbang fabrication effort, you'll not want to miss the blog on that session!!  

Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with us on the "President's Blog"     Doug

This past weekend was the 4th annual Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance right here in our backyard!

And our club was well represented too! We had two cars on the actual Concours  field as well as multiple cars in the Fairway Club.

John Vorisek and Gregg Gaylard both got called up to the big leagues and had their cars on display in the Councours.  Below is John's beautiful 930 (being judged at the show)

Here is Gregg's Jag at the show

The Hurricane Region also had a strong showing amongst the volunteers that are needed to run the show. Russell and Penny, Gregg and Kevin (this was Kevin's first time to miss working the event as he was in Africa - tough break:-), and myself are all on the vehicle operations team that lays out the field ,  gets the show cars onto the field and into position, and finally manages the logistics of the awards ceremonies moving the cars across the stage for award presentations. The Carolina's Regions was there working magic too! Marty Barrett and MJ and their team did an awesome job getting all the Fairway Club cars in place within two hours (approx two hundred cars!) My apologies if I missed or forgot to mention any of our folks working the event.

We also had a Winner!     MANY CONGRATS TO STEVE GADDY!!!!

Steve won the Fairway Club  Award - this is akin to the People's Choice Award - Steve's car was chosen out of the two hundred parked on the fairway!   WOW!

Also spotted  Bryan Tucker and Tom Roos there (once again - my apologies if I didn't see you/post photo of your car)

There were many, many more of us there then I can capture in this Blog.... Pam, Margaret, Vern, John, Jeff and the list goes on and on!  The weather held and a great time was had by all!  


Hope to see you there next year!

And of course, it wouldn't be a complete weekend without me getting dirty working on one of the cars!   See you at our upcoming monthly meeting May 10th, Doug

When we left off we had just finished all the cutting and welding and sealed and painted the new frame member (now a couple inches further forward).

So... the next step?   Alterations to that brand new crate motor!

The water pump needs to come off to be replaced by a small manifold that will allow us to adapt to a remotely mounted electric water pump...  the original water pump would have been up by your elbow and of course no way to get a belt that far forward to even drive it.

Now for even more fun... let's pull off the oil pan!  We will need to install a different pan that will give us clearance for the new sub-frame that runs under the motor and attaches to the Porsche existing side rails.

This will also require changing out the windage tray and the oil pump pickup tube.
And as long as we are in there we are going to install a racing baffle that stops oil
starvation in high G turns!  Woo-hoo!!

And many thanks to my friend Phil for coming along on this Boxster LS adventure!

SO... WHAT'S UP NEXT?

Well, we have the Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance this weekend - so no garage time with the Boxster this weekend...  hopefully next weekend will be another of many engine bay fittings and then comes the removal and flipping of the intake manifold, along with fabricating a new sender unit mount that becomes blocked by the flipped intake manifold:-)  It's always something!

Stay tuned, Doug

Well....  we're back from Amelia Island and back to the FrankenBoxster (Boxster LS:-)

There's no turning back now - there is nothing more definitive than making that first cut; and it is
the main bulkhead frame member that the motor mounts to! WOW!

I must admit it was with no small amount of trepidation that I laid the blade against the frame and pulled the trigger!  First a couple of photos and then watch the video below. The video runs about a minute and a half... then following the video are exciting welding scenes!!

                                                                   HERE'S THE BEFORE PHOTO

                                                                           
                                                                         STARTING THE CUT

                                       
                                                             
                                                              HERE'S THE "AFTER" PHOTO

                                                             
                                                       AND HERE'S WHAT CAME OUT!!!

                                           AND NOW....  FOR THE EXCITING VIDEO!

                                                     NEXT STEP - WELDING!!!!!
OK - so now we have cut out and removed a major frame member.
AND we are going to stuff 500+ HP into this thing... better put some structure back!

Very thick plate steel with two end plates welded in should bring the strength back up to snuff and better yet, it will be several inches forward of the original frame member that was removed!

WE'LL START WITH A PHOTO OF THE AREA PREPPED FOR THE PROCEDURE
 - note how large the engine cabin service access has been enlarged (you can see the seats!)

                      
                           THE PLATE BEING JIGGED AND HELD IN JUST THE RIGHT POSITION

                                                                   ONE HAPPY WELDER!

                                                       READY FOR THE SPARKS TO FLY!

                                                         AND THE SPARKS ARE FLYING!!

                    THE FINISHED PROJECT - AND THIS IS A VERY STOUT REPLACEMENT!

                                           HERE IT IS ALL CLEANED UP AND PAINTED!

SO that's it for this latest installment of the blog/posting... but keep checking as next week we'll be making lots of alterations to that brand new LS3!

Yes that's right - several changes have to be made to the brand new crate motor to fit into Boxster.
  - Oil Pan, windage tray, oil pick up tube changed out for clearance and racing baffles installed
  - Water Pump is removed and a special lower profile adapter for an electric water pump
  - Main Pulley removed and replaced with a low profile one
  - Special bracketry to relocate the alternator and the A/C compressor
  - Intake Manifold removed and flipped (ugh)
  - and there's more stuff too!

Now... if you've made it this far, here's your reward - below is a short video of us welding away.
(many thanks to my friend Dave for bringing his welder over and his welding expertise)

You know our club's saying "it's not just the cars, it's the people" -  well we got to do both this past weekend at Amelia Island!!!!

A group of Hurricane Region members headed down to Amelia Island on Thursday and arrived in time to attend the Guardians of Porsche dinner at the Ritz Carlton... what a way to start a long weekend at the car show (Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance).   The dinner was a who's who of the Porsche world and what a great venue to dine and sip wine with fellow car people. And these car people were all Porsche people! 

Friday started with Gooding Auction in the morning. Jerry Seinfeld had 18 incredible Porsches in the auction this year - and Jerry kept getting in the way of photos I was taking of Kevin by cars we wished we could afford:-)    Friday afternoon was spent speeding around the islands and backwaters in small two person speedboats, beaching on an island to see the wild horses...

Saturday and the largest Cars & Coffee I've ever attended! It was like a bonus car show at no charge! The cars were gorgeous and what a huge variety of makes and models. One of my favorites was a Mercedes 190SL that had been sectioned, widened and lengthened, to hold a BMW V-12!   Then there was the infamous Disney Character contest Saturday evening... 

SHOW DAY - Sunday.  We opted for the early admittance tickets so our day started early. The weather had been absolutely beautiful  up till this morning when we awoke to clouds and a forecast of rain for later in the day - would the show go on?  There was one small rain sprinkle as we rode the bus to the show that had us very nervous, we walked the walk to the show field and were relieved to see all the cars were indeed on the field.  Then the sun came out, whew!! the rest of the day was sun & clouds, but no rain until after the event was over and all the cars safely tucked back into their trailers.

There were many spectacular cars on the field on Sunday, but for me and for many others, it was really a big kick to see two Gmunds parked there on the lawn... later in the day the Gmunds were moved next to each other - Let photo ops begin!  The Gmunds were owned by Jeff Zwart and our our club member Bob Ingram.  You'll see that we wasted no time taking advantage of this opportunity, there will be a photo in our upcoming newsletter of a group shot of the cars, their owners and members of your Hurricane Region!

Next week we'll get back to the FrankenBoxster with a new frame being welded in.
Thanks for stopping by the blog!

Those of you that know me well also know I have some favorite sayings that are actually in support of certain philosophies I admire and try to act upon... like last month's President's Message "It's a Volunteer Organization".  We can explore more of these in future newsletters.

"Life's a Journey - Enjoy the Ride" is also one of my favorites - but not to worry, these will not get sappy nor political... So let's take a journey together - and in the spirit of BLOGGING I'll be updating this page regularly as we build the FrankenBoxster together!  Gregg Gaylard named this project the FrankenBoxster, I kinda prefer calling it my Boxster LS (for the Boxster S it started as and the LS engine that is going in it).

So check back here weekly to see what's been posted!  Here's some teasers...

​The phrase “it’s a volunteer organization” speaks volumes about our Hurricane Region group. As we start a new year… think back about all the great events you attended this past year, and the great times you had resulting from the time and effort of the folks who have volunteered. The list of names we’d need to thank is a long one; perhaps the best “thank-you” would be for you to undertake running an event of your own! We have lots of experienced folks here that would love to advise and assist you in running an event, new ideas and venues are both exciting and welcomed! So please – step up to the challenge of running an event. It is fun and fulfilling to see the results of your efforts on the smiling faces of our folks as they enjoy participating in your event! Here are some of the events that we did from last year. We do not have all these events on the calendar for this year. If you think you’d like to help with an existing event, organize one of the “open” events, or have come up with something new - please let me know. We are always open to ideas. This is your club; let’s make it a great year!

Then, there are also our Monthly Dinner Meetings, Koffee Klatch every Saturday, First Saturday at Porsche Southpoint and Leith Porsche Cars & Coffee get togethers. We’d love to hear from you! Please send me an e-mail if you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions to president@hurpca.com
​See you at an event soon! Doug