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Originally Posted by shadrach74
Uh the comparison is that you get 104HP per liter with an 2001 M3
2003 Boxster Base gives you 83.3 HP per liter (Yawn)...
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Sure I indicated earlier that the 3.2 and E46 were similar on the time sheets.
But I don't think I would say that a lowered powered 986 is a yawner.
It's down to the power/weight. The 2.5 for instance has the least power of all but can stick in the mirrors of a base 987 built as many as 12 years later.
With a few weight savings mods, legal in some AX classes, and some sticky tires and you're at ~2,600 lbs. -- striking distance of a 2,550 lb. SpecBoxster that no one thinks is boring.
Obviously these weights are not possible with a tip. But less power alone does not make for a boring ride. For a weekend car, I think a 2.5 can be tricked out to be an extremely fast car.
Street legal R-comps, LSD, some worthwhile mods, and the possibility of dropping as many as 150-200 lbs., I'll take that over a newer (by year) E46 all day.
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