Engine Removal

The next step was to prepare the car for the conversion by removing all components that won't be needed in the final product. This includes:

• Engine
• Gas Tank
• Muffler
• Radiators
• Fuel/coolant/AC lines

Here are some highlights of removing the engine. I did this over a couple of weekends with the help of my dad.

After removing the rear bumper for better access to engine compartment.

This is a view from the rear of the car showing the transmission, still attached to the rear wheels.  Because the Boxster is a mid-engine car, the engine is directly on the other side of the transmission.

View of the top of the engine.

Removing the transmission was difficult because it is about 100 lbs, but the process is pretty straight forward. Just unbolt it and pull it away carefully.

Again a view from the rear of the car, this time after the transmission was removed.  The  circular object in the center is the flywheel, which spins with the engine and transmits power to the transmission, which then transmits this rotating power to the wheels.

The engine is removed from the bottom, so this tool helps to  lower it . By twisting the handles at the top, the chain gets lower and the engine drops with it. I also had multiple jack stands set up below the engine (it weighs 550 lbs!)

Me where the transmission used to be. The flywheel is also removed in this picture.

With the engine completely lowered, we still needed to raise the car  higher than the jack stand would go, which we  did  by putting the stand on pieces of wood.

My father and I with the removed engine.

View of the engine compartment after the engine was removed.  You can see all the way through the car to the  passengers seats.