Does the Sports Chrono Package Plus improve performance at all???

[Adam]

Originally Posted by binaryc

Not true, I posted this link in the other thread, but I'll post it here too:
http://content2.eu.porsche.com/prod/boxster/boxsters.nsf/papenglish/chassissport_chrono

"When ‘Sport’ mode is selected (using a button on the centre console), the engine management system applies a modified throttle map to achieve a racecar-like engine response."

and according to this:
http://www.izoom.com/auto.aspx?article=2006porschecaymans.html
"In Porsche's runs on the Nurburgring, a Cayman S equipped with Sport Chrono was three seconds a lap faster."

That article doesn't prove much. The ring is about an 8 minute track for the Cayman and a 3 sec variance could have little or nothing to do with Sport Chrono. The editors of the article didn't seem to be professional drivers....one couldn't even do better than 7.5 sec to 60 mph in a Cayman S? Something is not right there, most publications post sub 5 sec runs. It makes me think these guys are no Walter Rohl when it comes to driving talent and thus are inconsistent. A 3 sec variance could easily be seen on back to back runs with the same car. Now, if they did 10 runs with sport chrono and 10 runs without it and averaged the results that may have some validity.