05-09-2008, 09:54 AM
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Do the boxsters come with limited slip?
just wondering if our boxsters come with limited slip or was that an option... thanks
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05-09-2008, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by waynes986
just wondering if our boxsters come with limited slip or was that an option... thanks
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None came with it, but I think it was an option only on the '97, in some sort of sport package that quickly went away. Too bad, as the Porsche LSD is better than the aftermarket units.
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05-09-2008, 10:32 AM
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i was looking at a car and one of the options on it was #224 automatic limited slip... what's that it was in an 00 boxster base
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05-13-2008, 09:41 AM
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Yeah Wayne, thats it, the option code for the limited slip diff is M224
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05-13-2008, 10:29 AM
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Oh goodness.
No, boxsters were not available with a limited slip. What they were available with was traction control / PSM and the electronic brake differential (224). It's basically a way of using the four-channel ABS system to apply the brakes to a spinning wheel. It works with PSM / TC disengaged.
In my experience with it, it doesn't work so great.
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05-13-2008, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by waynes986
i was looking at a car and one of the options on it was #224 automatic limited slip... what's that it was in an 00 boxster base
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Yes. According to my option codes under my hood I have limited slip on my 2000 Boxster S.
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05-13-2008, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 2000SoCalBoxsterS
Yes. According to my option codes under my hood I have limited slip on my 2000 Boxster S.
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Strange, I thought Porsche only allowed a limited slip on the 911. I wonder why more people didn't spec this option for the boxster if it was in fact available?
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05-13-2008, 11:23 AM
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There was NEVER a mechanical (re. true) limited slip differential offered for the Boxster. They are available, however, through quaife and guard transmissions.
The electronic based limited slip that comes with PSM (and traction control before PSM was offered) does not function in the same way as a mechanical unit.
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05-15-2008, 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 2000SoCalBoxsterS
Yes. According to my option codes under my hood I have limited slip on my 2000 Boxster S.
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You don't, in the typical definition of the term. It's a brake-based system controlling an open rear differential.
With proper programming I suspect it could work pretty well. But Porsche's programming isn't that good.
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