2011-2012 Boxster Photos

[blue2000s]

This side shot is pretty good for showing what body parts are tacked on for camouflage.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motorauthority.com/content/thumbs/2/0/2012_porsche_boxster_spy_shots_march_002-0331-950x650.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motorauthority.com/gallery/porsche-boxster-speedster-spy-shots/2012-porsche-boxster-spy-shots-march-002.html&h=517&w=950&sz=104&tbnid=wWs7M4Mc9XSNMM::&tbnh=81&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dboxster%2Bspy%2Bphotos&usg=__Ln3gdUQr51oKmpXW9-wYPPQALy8=&ei=48joSZGxDqPCM7jsxeAF&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image

[cas951]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

Economic times may delay the intro, but smaller, lighter, and closer to the original concept sure appeal to me. If you cringe at the thought of a turbo 4 replacing the big 6, remember that the 944 turbo was faster than the standard 911 in the late 90s and is almost as fast as a Boxster today.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/porsche-boxster-2011.html

Correction. Late 80's. 1989 was the last trubo shipped to the US. In 1989 at one point the 944 turbo was the fastest car Porsche produced that topped out @ 161 mph. This same car even outperformed the 1989 911 turbo on a track test. Today a stock 944 turbo in good eng shape will give a 986 S a run. Turbo lag is what kills it but with a chip and shimmed wastegate it will perform in the 987 S league or better. It seems Porsche intensionally put restriction on the intake plumbing of the 944 turbo. By removing the stock airbox and snorkel, stock AFM and replace with a MAF and cone filter throttle response was inproved drastically specially in the 4k rpm range. Here's a graph of someone measuring a stock airbox vs a MAF.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=385273

A turbo 4 Boxster and lighter weight will be a great combination. I can already picture Porsche intentionally restricting this car as they did the 944 turbo so it doesn't outperform the S and 911's.

[cas951]

I know this topic sort of died but I wanted to raise one more faq on Porsche and their other turbo 4's they made in the past. I don't think they will make the Boxster turbo this potent but look at the potential.

http://vista.pca.org/stl/968t.htm

This is the last turbo they made.
8 valve SOHC in-line 4, aluminum block and heads
Bore and Stroke: 4.09 x 3.46 in (104.0 x 88.0 mm)
Displacement:182 cu.in. or 2990cc
Horsepower: 305@5,400 rpm
Torque: 369 lb-ft@3,000 rpm
Power to weight ratio: 9.5 lbs per horsepower