Need Help, Mods

[idheaton]

Originally Posted by PlayersExpress

I don't think the 3.4L swap would be the only way. It's a little expensive.


Tell the guys with the Nissan Skylines with a RB26DETT 2.6L I6 that kick out OVER 600HP to swap out their engines for larger ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_RB_engine#RB26DETT

So I think it is possible to get a 2.5L DOHC engine over 300hp... correct me if I'm wrong.

http://www.roocksport.com/main/tuning_boxster.php

Roock advertises 300 - 500hp but it's not from modifying a 2.5. These are based on engine conversions(swaps).... a basic 3.4 conversion gets you around 300 and if you want more hp then you are looking at turbo-charging and/or doing a 3.6/3.8 conversion.

I'm not entirely sure but I would bet that to get 500 hp out of a boxster you are looking at a twin-turbo'd 3.8 conversion.

[djomlas]

listen to Gary man.

and yeah, the HP gains you put up in the original post made me laugh a little.

good luck with the mods man, but others here will tell you, and i agree, learn to drive the hell out of that car before you mod it, it handles great, and keeping it in higher RPMs like it loves to be in is a thrill.
intake will give you a lot of pleasure as well especially abover 4.5-5k and its not that expensive.
i would suggest getting all your suspension dealt with first, this is a car that is setup for that and a little bit more tweaking will make it worth your while.
this is by far no off-the-line-drag-car, so get used to getting soanked by a lot of car, but come twisties, say bye bye and look at them in ur rear view

[rick3000]

If you want HP you bought the wrong car. You are not going to get a lot more HP out of a 2.5L even with a SuperCharger, or at least not the power you are talking about. Our cars are made to out maneuver anything, not necessarily go fast in a straight line. If your about HP, get another car or do a 3.4L swap, you said you wanted to have $20k to do mods, the swap cost like $12k.

I am not trying to be rude, this is just my opinion. And your number one reason for having bought the car is because its a Porsche, isn't necessarily a great reason to buy a car.