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Subaru turbo kit in 99 boxster?
i just bout a 99 porsche boxster i bought it with the intentions of putting alot of money into it to get where i want to be with the car but i have had alot of tuners telling me i can buy a turbo kit intended for a subaru wrx and it will work for my car any advice?
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The term "tuners" is usually loosely applied. I consider them "bolt-on'ers" as they really don't *tune* anything. ;)
Having said that, take a look at this "Boxter". (what the OP calls it) http://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/37104-xtreme-modified-boxter.html Now THAT's putting a lot of money into it. |
Ignore the tuners. If you really want hp, drop in a 3.4L. If you want to scatter parts on the highway with connecting rods sticking out of awkward places, go with the turbo. :)
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Where in Virgina are you? I'm in Charlottesville, but I work in Richmond. I'd be happy to talk modifications and let you have a look at my car.
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I have to agree with topless. I looked at supercharging/turboing my 2.7, and the HP numbers barely got to 300.
I installed a 3.4, and I always have 300hp. No worrying heat soak, skyrocketing oil temps, a/f,boost, and all sorts of temp gauges installed half assed in my interior; that are associated with a turbo conversion. Subaru turbos are top mounted, by the way...so it would be a poor choice. |
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I know someone that tried to build a Turbo kit for these -- in doing so it was "mis-tuned"
and cracked the rings and landings on the pistons. A 3.4 drop in is supposed to be pretty easy to do and like a previous poster said you have 300Hp all day. Or if you really want to have fun -- put the $$ into an LS1 swap. M |
I'd do a Raby 3.8.
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Off topic question:
Assuming you had the three front radiators, where would the intercooler go? |
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But no subaru turbo kit is compatible with a boxster. That being said, I would also say that getting the plumbing done for a custom boxster turbo kit would be unusually easy, but the pain in the ass would be mounting the intercooler and tuning the DME... |
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