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Old 03-08-2015, 07:09 PM   #15
thstone
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Originally Posted by KRAM36 View Post
So a 987 air box with K&N air filter, 76mm TB and 997 Distribution T is only going to net me 5HP?
Based on my experience testing mods myself on a dyno, I discount what advertisers claim.

Here is the data from IPD's website. They claim a 15hp increase for $1,125. My thinking is that 15hp is the ABSOLUTE best that someone could ever hope to achieve with their system. Who knows how many changes, pulls, and waiting for the right conditions they did just to get 15hp.

To my somewhat skeptical mind, that means more like 5-10hp in the real world and most of it will come at the very high end of the RPM range.

Boxster's (and most Porsche's) breath pretty well (in and out) straight from the factory. The low hanging fruit has already been picked. Thus, most mod's to intake and exhaust only yield small marginal increases. This is why the only way to add big hp is through forced injection or more displacement.

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