[Perfectlap]

Darkstar I applaud you for leaving the ranks of the unskilled driver and misinformed to take a chance on the roadster that has been setting the bar in its class since 1997.

As for the Boxster's HP. You see it's a roadster and if it had 350 HP or more, the engine would be doing all the work and not the suspension, aero and tires. Thus it really wouldn't be a roadster anymore. And throwing a big engine into a poorly engineered car is the typical way to cover up the mistakes. Just ask the 918 Spyder's engineers who just DESTROYED the N-ring lap record.... and it wasn't via a big engine dump. The most coveted lap record in the world is now firmly in the hands of a mid-engine Porsche, despite the flaghsip Porsche being a rear-engine car.

In your particular case, your 2001 3.2 has more power than 90+% of all Porsches ever produced up to that point. In fact, the 911 Carrera didn't cross over the 300 HP mark until the mid 2000's, after more than a million were already on the road.
Yet Porsche was able to establish a legendary brand with such "puny" engines! What does that say? That your typical sports car has too much power for the skill set of the average drag racer when he actually has to drive the car left and right. Anyone can look brilliant going in a straight line. No one who knows how to drive will ever laugh at this car or its variant, the Cayman.

And "girl car" comments at the Autoshow? That's what a guy would say who couldn't outlap my little 10 year-old cousin in a 2 lap go-kart race around the block. I've heard those comments at autoshows too, which immediately tells me their high performance driving knowledge is limited to what their "bro" told them, what they saw in Fast and Furious or what they read in a car magazine... In fact I don't know any skilled driver that ever talks down any car that is a fixture at track day or autox. Same goes for the Mini, Miata and a few others.

p.s.
You may be making a visit to your Porsche parts desk for a new MAF. Too much oil on those aftermarket air filters makes these not really worth it for such little power gain. Dry filters keep your MAF working a long time, hassle free.