WTB / Wanted: 3.8 Boxster

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

must be a lot of $ in alberta - a guy in calgary did the same thing to a silver cayman. there was a story on it in some online euro tuner mag. they put his 3.8 x51 cayman up against a stock 997 S and it still got beat. last i saw the car was for sale at kulu motors in calgary for $65k Cdn (that's like $70k US these days ...).

I remember seeing a magazine comparison between a Cayman and Carrera with about the same power. I can't remember which one. The Carrera was still preferred and faster around their track loop. The rear wishbone suspension of the Carrera is better behaved than the Cayman's strut rear end.

[smcgeary]

The comparison of the Cay S vs. Carrera S that I have read really missed one major point. The Cay s was left with the stock open diff, while the Carreras had LSD. Open diffs on the street are fine but in a track they are a huge handicap. I would like to see this comparo with both vehicles on similar differentials.