Porsche 986

Who does not what a Porsche?

Personally (BES), I have been a fan of Porsches nearly all of my life. As a young adult, I purchased a picture book of Porsches and ultimately cut out the full page pictures and framed them for my room. I first became a fan of the 928 since i was able to drive one; i think it was an older cousin (maybe Paul Branham) who drove a 928 to a Sturgeon family reunion. The 928 is super fast, but what stood out was how quiet it was inside of the car. The 930 was truly my dream car. This was the turbo version of the 911. 930s are quite expensive, so i set my sights on owning a 911 at some point in my life. Another childhood story involved Jeff Hunt and I driving a Porsche across country when we turn 60 (or 65?) year old (i am currently 56...we are on track).

By the way, Porsche has traditional model names/numbers, like the common 911, 914, 928, and 944, but internally Porsche uses a different numbering system to keep track of the variations on the model designs. The 911 is by far the most complicated as far as the internal numbering system, but we have Wikipedia for that!

The 986 (aka 1st generation Boxster) has recently come to my attention. These cars first appeared in 1996 and were in production until 2004. The 2nd generation Boxster/Cayman (987) was manufactured between 2005-2012; 3rd generation (981) was manufactured between 21012-2016; the current 4th generation model still goes by the name Boxster/Cayman (982), but also Porsche 917.

History

The following is a nice summary of the 986 (Boxster) model (from the "Ultra..." video below @ 3:24 min). Note that the "S" label was added to indicate the larger 3.2L engine and a few additional other bells and whistles.

Boxster (986) Videos

The Porsche Boxster Type 986 History - The Car that Saved Porsche

Ultra in-depth Boxster 986 buyer's guide including IMS deep dive analysis

Forums

Boxster (986) Forum

http://986forum.com/forums/

usersname: besturgeon

password: soft1...

RennTech

https://www.renntech.org/

Stuttcars.com

https://www.stuttcars.com

Groups

Lincoln Trial Porsche Club of America (PCA)

Maintenance

Again from the "Ultra..." video above (@ 8:36 min), the following table outlines the maintenance required on a 50,000 miles and 100,000 miles.

2 valves VS 4 valves

2-stroke vs 4-stroke engine graphic/video

6-cylinder gif

Oil Discussion

Coolant Discussion

Mud flaps discussion

Fixing Key buttons

Porsche 986 parts catalog

Computer interface - Durametric

Oil Analysis by Blackstone

Bentley Service Manual, Porsche Boxster 1997-2004, Hardcover, $ 99.50 (Pelican Parts)

Bentley Service Manual, Porsche Boxster 1997-2004, Hardcover, $76 (Amazon)

101 Projects for Your Porsche Boxster 2011 by Wayne Dempsey, $30 (Amazon)

PCA Spotlight: Intermediate shaft and IMS bearing explained