Thank you for the response. I have a 3.2L that is swapped into the base model car. I was looking at forced induction to give it a bit more of a kick and swapping fuel to E85 to help with the charge cooling. I was going to use a smaller single turbo to help with the down low torque. I was curious on what the limitations of the factory sensors and computer were?
I currently swap an ecu masters emu black between two cars but they are supposed by a plug in patch harness. They do support vw and I have seen cam and crank trigger setting in the drop down menu that should support these engines. That is why I asked if any one has done this before.
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Originally Posted by 78F350
Enough about the Sprintboopter
SchuttsR1, As you may have noticed, there are not many good answers to your question. Is your goal more power or specifically tuning/stand alone ECU?
Over the years, there has been plenty of discussion about more power from more air and exhaust, reducing parasitic drain with PS delete and smaller crank pulley. The true gains have been noticeable, but still minimal when actually tested on a dyno. Neil made some great videos: https://986forum.com/forums/performance-technical-chat/64917-how-much-power-can-you-squeeze-out-986-boxster-s.html
One of my non-street 986s has a 996 intake, tune, and headers. My butt-dyno says it's more torquey, but it may mostly be altering the range for the peak of the curve.
There was a supercharger kit produced for a while, but they are rare and again, the gains were minimal for the expense.
Engine swaps seem to be the best way to gain significant power in these cars. |