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Originally Posted by alloystang07
I have seen some porsche's lay down some world class power and times and was investigating if i could get that much power out of a boxster. I love working on cars. No matter what it is. And i just am looking for some information about how i could do that with the car that i am looking into buying next.
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The Porsche engine's are not exactly the same as your typical internal combustion engine that you see in every car on the road. They are designed entirely differently internally, and have been built to a certain spec, and to a certain budget.
The engines require a very specialized set of tools, and require a highly skilled technician in order to assemble them properly. You can rebuild the motor in your Mustang simply by buying a box of tools at your local Sears. You can't get any of the specialized tools that you need for the Porsche engine's at Sears.
So currently, you would need to buy a built engine from one of the few sources, and then swap it into your car. To do that, you need to drop $10k on a running Boxster, then spend $20k on a hot motor, another $3k to have the engines swapped, and you might be able to get $4k for your used engine, depending on miles and size, if its in good shape. So for $29k, you will have a hot Boxster that will destroy most other vehicles out there in the twisty stuff, and power out of corners with authority.
For $29k, you can buy a whole lot of other cars that would be much easier to build bigger hp numbers from.
What I would recommend that you do first is to go to your local Porsche dealer, and test drive a Boxster, and see if you even like it. Then decide how much money you have in the till, and go from there.
I spent all day driving my '98 Boxster in the mountains today here in Colorado, so I know why you would want one, if you have great roads to drive in near you. If you don't live in an area where there are great roads, just building a high hp Boxster is going to be an extremely expensive hobby that will most likely leave you frustrated.
There's a lot to think about, and mull over.
BC.