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Originally Posted by P-51 Mustang
Hey, im new here but, ive just bought a 2001 Boxster with 57k miles. Its in REALLY nice shape (ill post some pics tomorrow after i wax it) but my dad has a 1998 Boxster thats fairly beat up and not really to great (both are 5 spd man) and it goes like a rocket compared to mine? I am not sure of any upgrades to either car the exhaust's look stock but im thinking the 98 has a new intake because it sounds WAY better than my 2001, it also seems to shift WAY faster, i skip from 1-3-5 on his and can barely catch them in mine the rpm's fall slow. Im looking to get some more performance out of mine what should i do thats cheap? Thanks!!!!
- Chase Bryant
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I have a 2000 2.7 with around 80k miles. My car always seemed abnormally slow. Recently, I had it hooked up to the Porsche scanning tool, and it turns out the cam timing on both banks was retarded by 5 degrees. In addition to this, the rails in my Variocam system were in terrible shape. My Porsche specialist said that early 996's and some Boxsters have problems with the timing chain stretching slightly and the cam gears also falling out of adjustment or never being properly adjusted in the first place from the factory. These problems, if they happen, usually start to occur around 50-60k miles.
My car is being repaired right now, and I look forward to the restored performance. You may want to take your car to a dealer or specialist with the original Porsche scanning tool and have them check for this as well.