bought my first porsche

[compinsating]

Originally Posted by j.fro

Get to know your local Porsche Club, NASA chapter, or SCCA chapter and do some track days or autocross events. The Boxster is a great road course car, but it takes experience and some time with an instructor to know how to really drive it (or any other car, for that matter). If you've never done an autocross or track day, you'll be stunned at how an experienced driver in a 1.8 Miata runs circles around you, even if you are in a 505HP Z06 vette.

i wont argue that. it came down to a miata or this porsche when. a porshe is not a vette and probably not a fair comparison so dont take me wrong guys i know this is a different experience. just understand i'm curious, excited, and just gleaning info. again i do appreciate all the input and the people who have not unsubscribed lo... i mean ha ha

ok so attached is the car i'm building right now. i'm actually building two of them one for me and one for my brother. mine is a 383 lt1 bolted to a boxster s trans. the other is a 5.3 lq9 twin turbo bolted to an audi 5hp. mine should be around 500hp and the 5.3 will be around 800hp. they will weigh about 2200lbs and stand at 40" tall with a 105 wheel base. they ARE NOT replicas or built on donor cars. i am building my own frames, and my own body. the closest car i can see that looks similar would be a noble.

the other picture is of my current vette. i stripped it down to the frame and redid everything on it. from radiator to rear end. i also cut out my fenders and made a wide body look in the rear. i currently have 305/35/18 on there. i'll post up some pics of my 5.3 twin turbo camaro and a supra pic or two when i fire up my tower pc.

anyway. thanks for reading guys.

[JayG]

Those are some damn sticky tires!!!

Dont sweat speeling misstakes LOL

The more you drive the Boxster, the more you will like it
The power curve is about 3500-6000
comes on like gang busters and 3rd gear is good to just under 100
It has a good rev limiter, so you are safe to push it

as far as driving school, many of the PCA chapters have DE/TT track days. Lots of laps and they give you an instructor
I am doing one this weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway. cost under $300 for 2 days. You get almost 2 hours of actual track time

[compinsating]

Originally Posted by JayG

Those are some damn sticky tires!!!

Dont sweat speeling misstakes LOL

The more you drive the Boxster, the more you will like it
The power curve is about 3500-6000
comes on like gang busters and 3rd gear is good to just under 100
It has a good rev limiter, so you are safe to push it

as far as driving school, many of the PCA chapters have DE/TT track days. Lots of laps and they give you an instructor
I am doing one this weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway. cost under $300 for 2 days. You get almost 2 hours of actual track time

Ya driving it in to work this morning was a blast. Took 3rd up to 86 then let off. This thing is fun