Engine swap heresy? 2JZ?

tkn, I'm talking Buick Grand National turbo power, 600hp is cake.



RE: tiresome Purist's rant




Now there are basically 2 camps on this board. The purists, and the modders. Purist are almost always less mechanically adept with less automotive knowlegde as a bunch, and so they get attached emotionally without having a good rationale why. I can see where they're coming from sometimes


Modders or hot rodders, understand the mechanicals, and thus are more able to detatch and analyse a car and it's parts, and take it for what it is -- A marvel of engineering, yes.. yes and passion too and all that good stuff, yeah that's why they made the Cayenne passionate bunch.


What's amusing is that the Boxter purist defends himself with the same venom spewed from the 911 crowd. Same hypocrisy, only it doesn't fit when they're driving the insult


Anyhow, I am eternally tired also of the, "that's not what a boxster was/is designed for, it's made for handling yada yada" line of thought. If so, why mod a car at all, why wider tires, rims, or desnork, etc...?? BECAUSE it's your ride. Do what you want. Get over it, Sheesh! The goal of any mod is to make it better, faster, tighter, lighter, whatever. The box is not some gospel piece of machinery never to be altered. It's a freakin car. Hot rod as you see fit. Hopefully it can be done in good taste, that's another issue entirely. But if there is added functionality without impacting the aesthetics (without being ugly), I'm all for it. I actually find many Porsche factory options hideous


Bastardizing. The only "legitimate" box then is a bone stock one from the factory? "Hey what's that air freshener doing in your car you bastard!"


Off soap box.

Originally Posted by tkn

I was waiting for this to show up in the thread, it seems like someone always has to show up and offer nothing constructive. I bought the Boxster just for a nice small car to cruise around in, and I love the handling. Now I have a bit more money, still like the car, and haven't seen anything that really draws me to buy another car really. I am just a bit disappointed that the engine seems to be anemic and not engineered well enough to actually be tuned in any serious way.

What do you care if I want to take my Boxster, toss in some random engine and turbo it? Suppose I even wanted to put a huge double-decker spoiler, lots of stickers and neon lights underneath it? Sure, if it is $50K, then there is no way I would bother, I would probably just buy something else. If it can be done for a price comparable to buying a 3.4L engine, give me more horsepower and more potential upside for later, then that would not be a bad choice.

And seriously, the whole Basturd thing isn't even close to clever. Seriously, I don't worry about how other people are going to perceive my decisions, I outgrew that when I stopped being an adolescent.