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I'm in complete agreement Paintboy - twas just responding to a request for the 0-60 times (and the suggestion that the gearing in the 2.7 was intended to improve fuel mileage at the expense of performance).
I NEVER do burnout starts or stoplight drag races. To me they are immature and not in keeping with the car and its intended use (and if all you care about is acceleration, there are a ton of other cars that will be better at that for less money). In addition, of course, it puts unnecessary strain on the drivetrain, CV joints, axles, clutch and rear tires. To give you an idea of where I am coming from, in the past I purchased two Fiat X-19's - completely gutless cars, but ones that handled better than anything else even remotely close in price at the time.
In addition, it seems that I am one of the few here who finds the power in the base Boxster to be more than enough to get me into trouble. Then again, I don't track my car and have no desire to do anything more than autocross. Having driven virtually every model of the 986, from 1997's through 2004, both base and S models, I reiterate that I think that all of them are incredible driver's cars. In terms of base models, I prefer the 2.7 over the 2.5 largely because of the increased flexibility due to the improved torque curve and due to the need to shift less in order to optimize performance. This improved flexibility (and I suspect the closer gear ratios above third gear) mean that the car is much easier to drive quickly as one need not be as concerned about keeping the car in as narrow an RPM range as the 2.5 in order to optimize performance. The actual difference in 0-60 and quarter mile times really doesn't matter one iota to me.
I guess what I need to do is find some of the contemporary articles that came out on the introduction of the 2.7 which speak to this improvement and, as to how the car actually feels quite a bit quicker than it is (and than the 2.5 it replaced). Certainly that has been my experience.
Brad
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