Who would win? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

j.fro · 08-10-2007, 03:27 PM

My wife has a 05 Infiniti G35 6sp manual, no mods. I've got a 2000 Boxster S with an EVO intake, modified muffler, and modified cats. I'm happy to report that the 986 S pulls away at any speed.

Before I had the 2000, I had a 1999. As you know, the 2.5 doesn't really come to life until it hits 3500RPM...the G35 would be gone by then

Cloudsurfer · 08-11-2007, 10:44 AM

I have not dyno'd it yet, but I am inclined to think the FabSpeed exhaust, which deletes the secondary cats and does flow very well, could offer somewhat of a power bump, especially when combined with good headers. Unfortunately, I am also coming to the conclusion that the only way to get a resonance free exhaust is to stick with stock.

Patrick

chaudanova · 08-11-2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by j.fro

My wife has a 05 Infiniti G35 6sp manual, no mods. I've got a 2000 Boxster S with an EVO intake, modified muffler, and modified cats. I'm happy to report that the 986 S pulls away at any speed.

Before I had the 2000, I had a 1999. As you know, the 2.5 doesn't really come to life until it hits 3500RPM...the G35 would be gone by then

Out of curiosity, how do you think a 2.7L would do compared to the G35 6sp?

cbenitah · 08-11-2007, 08:14 PM

Had an encounter with a G35 last week.. My friends, I won by far, and I had a passenger.. We did it 4 times and I came out first every-time..

2002 boxster S Stock

PWebRPH · 08-11-2007, 08:42 PM

Having previously owned a 2004 G coupe (sold it to buy Box, of course) I think the Box would sneek by

edevlin · 08-11-2007, 11:51 PM

"I have not dyno'd it yet, but I am inclined to think the FabSpeed exhaust, which deletes the secondary cats and does flow very well, could offer somewhat of a power bump, especially when combined with good headers. Unfortunately, I am also coming to the conclusion that the only way to get a resonance free exhaust is to stick with stock."

I also thought that, and tried several mufflers. I finally got the Dansk sport muffler, the one that looks like the stock Boxster muffler, but has a higher flow rate. Gives a nice tone, and no resonance.

Ed

Boxtaboy · 08-12-2007, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by chaudanova

Out of curiosity, how do you think a 2.7L would do compared to the G35 6sp?

The 2000-2004 2.7L Boxsters are quoted at around 6.4 seconds from 0-60. Let's say official Porsche numbers are a bit high, and argue that it can be as low as 6.0 seconds. Even then, the 07 Infiniti 0-60 sprint in manual transmission is quoted at 5.5 seconds, and the automatic version at 6.1. The new 08 G37 does it in 4.9. Even the 07 base Boxster takes 5.7 sec. to 60, so the Infiniti still has the edge in a 0-60 sprint.