Cheap HP? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

jfmillr · 02-22-2005, 10:32 AM

Only 2 k to spend? You are going to need a lot more then that to add the kind of HP you might be looking for.
I like the driving school and kumho tires idea. I personally like the Pilot sports more(thats what I have) but I dont tear them up. I almost never intentionally spin my tires.
When I was 16 I didnt have the priviledge of driving a Porsche, but have been fortunate enough to have some very nice cars along the way. I would say enjoy the car as much as you can in its semi-stock condition. It should be plenty of power for you.
If you want to see what I did to my 986(Boxster) the feel free to browse www.09860.com
Enjoy your car!

Brucelee · 02-22-2005, 12:25 PM

Hey, my first car was a 63 Vette, but of course that was in 67, so it was not QUITE such a big deal.

Paid $2250 for it!

Hmmm, I should have kept that car?

Adam · 02-22-2005, 04:55 PM

Especially if it was a split window coup. Doh!

IceBox · 02-22-2005, 11:18 PM

Frankly I'm suprised at all the back-handed comments regarding this guy's age. Seems to me he's gone out of his way to find an informative site and has asked the question we all ask; 'How can my Boxster go faster'. And in reply, most people are making broad assumptions regarding the' stupid' things he's likely to do. At 16, Sebastion Bourdais competed at Le Mans, surely he had the talent and intelligence to snag the ride. I suspect no one said 'Sacre Blue' which should be spelt 'Bleu', by the way. I wont make any judgement calls on that poster's brain-power based on a spelling mistake. Nor will I point out that 22 is a tiny hop from 16, and in no way speaks to any greater degree of wisdom or skill. And aren't we all in a position to consider ourselves lucky that we can afford to drive a Boxster? At 16 or 60? I'd now go get a hair-cut but genetics and time have taken care of that option, and as for homework, I never did it when I had it! And don't anybody get their panties in a twist, just think how you'd feel if you went to ask for some helpful suggestions, and got some of these responses instead.

Richard Truss · 02-23-2005, 12:02 AM

I tend to agree with IceBox. he didn't ask the best way to spend $2000, he asked for the bang for the buck HP gains, hopefully under $2,000. Something we are all looking for, but unfortunately, as we are all painfully aware, $2,000 does not go far in the porsche world. what are we looking at? headers and exhaust? will that net 5HP? 10?

i know for me i am dying to know how porsche got 30 extra HP out of the same 3.2 that i have. or is it the same?

Jeannot · 02-23-2005, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by IceBox

Frankly I'm suprised at all the back-handed comments regarding this guy's age. Seems to me he's gone out of his way to find an informative site and has asked the question we all ask; 'How can my Boxster go faster'. And in reply, most people are making broad assumptions regarding the' stupid' things he's likely to do. At 16, Sebastion Bourdais competed at Le Mans, surely he had the talent and intelligence to snag the ride. I suspect no one said 'Sacre Blue' which should be spelt 'Bleu', by the way. I wont make any judgement calls on that poster's brain-power based on a spelling mistake. Nor will I point out that 22 is a tiny hop from 16, and in no way speaks to any greater degree of wisdom or skill. And aren't we all in a position to consider ourselves lucky that we can afford to drive a Boxster? At 16 or 60? I'd now go get a hair-cut but genetics and time have taken care of that option, and as for homework, I never did it when I had it! And don't anybody get their panties in a twist, just think how you'd feel if you went to ask for some helpful suggestions, and got some of these responses instead.

By the way 'Sacre bleu' is spelled 'sacrebleu' in one word, FYI :-)

..and if I'd need to find out info about cheap HP, I'd skip my age in the first sentence of the question, don't you think?

RandallNeighbour · 02-23-2005, 07:30 AM

Skipping one's age in a question like that assumes the person composing the message knows that most everyone else on this list is 30-50 years old and JEALOUS!!! I'm more than happy to confess this in print and take full ownership of it!

Woboxster, just know that we're all very happy for you. I'll work very hard at showing you the respect you deserve as a fellow Boxster driver.

Please humor us though as we work at it though... you must understand that a guy like me saved every extra dollar for 12 long years to buy a 1997 Boxster in rough shape. When my elderly parents gave me $50 for my 40th birthday two years ago, it went right into the Porsche fund. My first car was a $400 '72 Toyota Corona Deluxe, which was a piece of crap 4 door with a 4 cylinder and an automatic transmission on the column...I'm sure you can see why we're a bit envious or jealous.

I'm sure many of the members of this forum could tell similar stories. In our 40's we're just now living a car dream that you've attained much earlier in life and that's a hard pill for us all to swallow.

Welcome to the forum, and you are indeed welcome, despite the long initiation!

donv · 02-23-2005, 08:09 AM

So true! My first car in high school was a 1962 Rambler, w/3-speed, & a 192 Cu. in. 6-cylinder, pink to boot (luckily mostly faded to a kind of beige). I was embarrassed to drive in the car myself (let alone convince anyone else to) but it was either that or buy a new "racing" (10-speed) bike for the $125 I had at the time. I chose being dry and getting where I needed to go in a solid shape car. At least it lasted most of the way through college (and kept generating cash before I got rid of it for parts - long story).

jfmillr · 02-23-2005, 09:41 AM

Just something I wanted to add to my old post. What I think would provide the best Hp bang for the buck, for under 2k would be to get your car chipped. have it tuned. You should see a pretty nice increase from that and shouldnt cost you more then 1500 depening who does it for you.

JonnyBGood · 02-23-2005, 11:16 AM

Does anyone realise that the kid who started this thread has not replied to anything? We've hijacked his post

Well, I certainly didn't know how to appreciate a car at 16. I just wanted to be cool and go fast. Oh well, with age comes ... sanity?

Pilot2519j · 02-23-2005, 07:32 PM

I did not realize that we are so politically correct here or that our underwears are so tight that you can have clean fun with a rookie. My state of mind and brain power are well thank you and don't worry about a typo here and there since English is not my first language but mispelling in french is irrelevant to me. So no offence is taken. I thought my comments were innocuous and not deragotory to the young man. Obviously the pc committee opines differently. :ah:

Brucelee · 02-23-2005, 07:39 PM

It is ALL good. Lets remember, it is about THE Car!

I think all you guys are great.

Drive on!

graybeard · 03-01-2005, 05:06 PM

I just finished reading 3 pages of post and see how easy it to get people up in arms. Wo I assume that is wo as in yeah a boxster, we may have all taken a different path to get here but all agree on one thing "WO A BOXSTER". I don't know of much that can be done to get more ponies out of these cars without major bucks, as far as tires are concerned I've just replaced the set of Kuhmos that that were installed when I bought the car (about 24000 miles ago) higher milage less stick, I am one of those who don't come close to the cars potential, put kuhmos back on, if you are not going to track the car my bet is they will be fine. Take pride in one of the world's finest autos.

Brucelee · 03-01-2005, 07:25 PM

"Take pride in one of the world's finest autos."

Amen, Amen!

YellowJacket · 02-23-2005, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by IceBox

Nor will I point out that 22 is a tiny hop from 16, and in no way speaks to any greater degree of wisdom or skill.

Maybe you should think through people's responses before you criticize. Take mine, for example:

He asked how to make his Boxster faster. I agreed with others than the best way to make his Boxster faster is to learn how to push it to its limits from professionals. Not out of line, I wouldn't say.

Then he asked about tires. I pointed out that while normally I would recommend Pilot Sports, based on my experience being 16 years old, showing off to friends, and racing down back roads, I would not want to suggest that he spend a ton on tires. Not unreasonable, either.

As for your comment about 22 being a tiny hop from 16, I agree. But my point is that there MIGHT POSSIBLY be a slight chance, based on my PERSONAL experience (and aren't these questions a request for personal experience, anyway?) that he's going to burn more unnecessary rubber in the school parking lot after football practice, than I do in the company parking deck after crunching numbers all day. So however small or large of a "hop" 22 is from 16, I think there was a difference in the way I drove my car then and the way I do now. And that's not to look down on it; had I the chance to go do donuts in the high school parking lot at 16 years old to the amusement of all my friends, I would do it all over again!

Not meaning to tear your post apart -- but you might want to think about the comments you are criticizing before you go out of your way to tell us all we're wrong.

Richard Truss · 02-23-2005, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by YellowJacket

But my point is that there MIGHT POSSIBLY be a slight chance, based on my PERSONAL experience (and aren't these questions a request for personal experience, anyway?) that he's going to burn more unnecessary rubber in the school parking lot after football practice, than I do in the company parking deck after crunching numbers all day.

is anyone burning rubber in a 2.5? If I even attempt it, I wind up glazing the chutch.... although i can break the back tires loose in a corner.

YellowJacket · 02-23-2005, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Truss

is anyone burning rubber in a 2.5? If I even attempt it, I wind up glazing the chutch.... although i can break the back tires loose in a corner.

lol, you're absolutely right. Those 255's don't like to break loose for anything shy of a redline 1-2 shift in the middle of a hard corner.

wpwalsh · 02-28-2005, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceBox

Frankly I'm suprised at all the back-handed comments regarding this guy's age. Seems to me he's gone out of his way to find an informative site and has asked the question we all ask; 'How can my Boxster go faster'. And in reply, most people are making broad assumptions regarding the' stupid' things he's likely to do. At 16, Sebastion Bourdais competed at Le Mans, surely he had the talent and intelligence to snag the ride. I suspect no one said 'Sacre Blue' which should be spelt 'Bleu', by the way. I wont make any judgement calls on that poster's brain-power based on a spelling mistake. Nor will I point out that 22 is a tiny hop from 16, and in no way speaks to any greater degree of wisdom or skill. And aren't we all in a position to consider ourselves lucky that we can afford to drive a Boxster? At 16 or 60? I'd now go get a hair-cut but genetics and time have taken care of that option, and as for homework, I never did it when I had it! And don't anybody get their panties in a twist, just think how you'd feel if you went to ask for some helpful suggestions, and got some of these responses instead.

Okay Dad...I appreciate your help, but I am 16, you know, and perfectly capable of defending myself!

Adam · 02-28-2005, 07:28 PM

Whoa! After 3pages of posts you appear. So what did you decide to do? Nitrous?

tqtran · 03-01-2005, 05:40 AM

You guys are hilarious