High Horsepower Boxsters

[alloystang07]

Thank you very much Banana S, that is what i was looking for. I guess it now comes down to whether the 3.2 is really worth it vs the 2.7 or even 2.5, and i have seen some threads about that. I really appreciate you help guys.

Cheers, Cody

[Lobo1186]

i think that if you goal is to eventually get as much power as you can out of a box then you should go with a 3.2 or a 3.4 because those blocks will give you the most potential. even though there are many ways to get power or speed (something to keep in mind losing weight is always a good sometimes very cheep start something most mustang guys overlook) but in the end there is no replacement for displacement...


but btw i have a 2.7 and i love her :dance:

[Banana S]

IMHO, go for the Boxster S. It's much more than just an engine upgrade. Brakes, suspension, gearbox, heck even the gauges are different. And you can find relatively low-mileage examples for under $20k right now if you look hard enough.

Good luck with your decision.

[coreseller]

I've read this thread with a bit of interest since I switched from a Cobra to a Boxster a couple of years back. As you've noted Alloy, they're two completely different types of vehicles. From what I can recall most mods in the Mustang world were aimed at increasing HP and getting it put down (my partner just had a roots type of supercharger put onto his newer Saleen Mustang with injectors and a tune, $6300 for 160 HP increase....wow), in cruising this website and other Porsche related ones you'll find more interest in balance / handling mods. No doubt, more HP and torque is always great but strangely enough my Boxster S seems to have just enough. I must be getting old lol.

[RandallNeighbour]

So much of this conversation has to do with where you live, or where you are forced to live due to work or family or whatever.

I live in flat, hot, humid, Houston, Texas. It's just about the worst place in the world to be located as a drop top mid engine Porsche owner.

It's too hot to enjoy the top down 8 months out of the year. The 'winters' here are wet and cool and not much fun for it either. By my calendar, I get about 14-21 days of good top down driving weather every year here.

Then there's the lack of twisty roads. Short of paying for track time 4-6 times a year with the PCA, the mid engine location in the boxster is wasted.

I love the lines of my car, but I do a lot of straight line driving and highway cruising with the top up.

For me, a 911 or a Corvette would be the sports car to own, depending on how much cash I had to spend. I'm not selling my boxster any time soon because it's paid for, but should it get totaled, I'll be buying one of these instead.

I enjoy straight line performance... mostly because I have no twisty roads to drive unless I want to make 3+ hour journey to find them. This is why I made my DD a BMW 550i.

Of course, when I retire in 15 years and coerce my wife into selling our inner city home and moving to Robbinsville...

[eightsandaces]

The only good thing about aging is my car feels faster every spring, I'd like it to have more power but the truth is it's quite a bit faster and far more capable than most of the cars it shares the road with. I will know by February whether I am getting permanent hours, then Mr. Raby and I will need to discuss among ourselves...

[Topless]

"That said, 300 RWHP in a Boxster in a well prepped car will give a GT3 a really hard time, one of my customers has already done that.. The key is not upsetting the car's balance." Quote Jake Raby

This is very true. Still more power can be made by adding displacement (LS1 motor) or adding a turbo, but then you have a car that is a lot more difficult to keep the shiny side up. The car is so well balanced that too much power becomes a problem. I spent some time this weekend in a highly modified 944 Turbo S at the track. A very fast car but difficult to drive fast. The basic rule is " When the car comes on boost, make sure the steering wheel is straight... even if you are mid-corner, make sure the wheel is straight. We turned some fast laps but it was a lot of work and we were very inconsistent. Several times I thought we were going in the weeds.

My little 2.5 Boxster is a push button sports car. Easy to drive at 10/10ths and easy to reel back in when needed. It can be driven very consistently lap after lap with no issues. By choosing more technical tracks and avoiding the super speedways the Boxster is in it's element.