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Originally Posted by Rotmilky
Yea, putting the M030 is one of the first things I plan to do. Thanks for the link to the shocks.
As to the recent changes I mentioned, it's a series of both good and bad (for me) that's pushing the move to Boxster. In good classing news for many Boxster S owners, the 2000-2004 S moved from BS to CS. That puts it in a class against the Suby BRZ/Toyota equivalent whose name I can't recall at the moment, and the new gen Miata. I *think* the BS can take the Suby. Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but it's got a chance. Against the Miata, I think it'll be course dependent. The Miata has pretty short 1st and 2nd. So if the course is fast, the BS stands a good chance of taking the Miata just because the gearing is better. On a slower, tighter course, I think the Miata is pretty unbeatable. But, for the first time in a long while, I do think the boxster S is at least classed such that it *could* win.
In other good news for 987 owners, they're dropping from SS to AS. So, that's good. But some pretty good 'vettes (I think stock C7s) are also making the move, so overall it's a wash.
In bad news for 997 owners (me), they're still stuck in SS going up against the 997 GT3 and C7 Z06s. Heck, I had my hands full going up against 987S.
In unfortunate news, the 2.7L base boxster was proposed to be moved to ES. Unfortunately, there seems to have been a rather strong backlash against that and the proposed move was dropped. I wish they would have done that...although I'm biased. Maybe it'll happen in a few years.
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Based on your post, I just reviewed the latest, 2017 car classification listings. It appears the 50th anniversary edition "S" is included as a C-stock/C-street 986 Boxster. I'd say if you were going '03-'04, and taking potentially an extra weight hit from added stuff like glass rear windows, the 50th anniversary edition with the extra engine power (supposedly ecu change, induction changes) would be the car to have as far as 986 Boxster's go. Although maybe an earlier, lighter "S" could be competitive, if found you could find one optioned lightly enough to make up for added weight of the later model cars. 50th anniversary editions are a lot more rare and seem to sell at significantly higher price than other 986's. Though. Variations in gearing ratios across the models years may also make some better/worse, but I don't know off to which would be best gearing ratios for autocross.
That's very encouraging that at least there was a discussion about the 2.7 base potentially being recatgorized. I hear bad things about the traction control feature you can't get away from or even turn off, on all the 986 "s" models. The 2.7 base wouldn't have this problem. I'd invest in some really good, lightweight wheels, lightest you can find, in widest legal rim configuration and with whatever the fastest, class-legal tire is nowadays.