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Old 11-21-2007, 01:10 AM   #1
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Boxster intercooler???....

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Anybody mounted an intercooler on their Super or turbocharged Boxster ? If so, where and what kind? Does it require remaping your AIC or ECU. Also if your using a piggy back device, what kind?

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Old 11-21-2007, 03:55 AM   #2
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PK,

Yes, Gary in BR's twin turbo install has an intercooler on the bottom of the motor where the aluminum stress plate originally resided. He has pictures here (or on sixspeed?) that show it pretty well.

The TTP installation puts the IC in the rear trunk, here's a pic:
http://www.t-t-p.de/pics/porsche_kits/engine_986_2.5.700x462.jpg

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Old 11-21-2007, 09:13 AM   #3
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PK,

Yes, Gary in BR's twin turbo install has an intercooler on the bottom of the motor where the aluminum stress plate originally resided. He has pictures here (or on sixspeed?) that show it pretty well.

The TTP installation puts the IC in the rear trunk, here's a pic:
http://www.t-t-p.de/pics/porsche_kits/engine_986_2.5.700x462.jpg

Eric
Huh, Thats interesting, I thought about the trunk but couldn’t figure where any meaningful amount off fresh air would come from. Also, am I only seeing one pipe off that IC? ??

I’ll have to try to fin Gary’s pic.

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Old 11-21-2007, 11:07 AM   #4
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mmmm, 390hp 3.2L twin tuuuuurbo...

*drooool*

Has anyone done a TTP turbo kit? Curious what the reliability is like.

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Old 11-21-2007, 01:46 PM   #5
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mmmm, 390hp 3.2L twin tuuuuurbo...

*drooool*

Has anyone done a TTP turbo kit? Curious what the reliability is like.

-David
Do you mean TPC?

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No, I'm pretty sure he meant TTP. TPC is another company that makes a S/C for the boxster. Turbowerx offers a twin turbo setup that mounts the intercooler underneath the car as shown in the pic. Seems to me it would work alot better than in the trunk. I don't see how TTP can reliably crank out 390 hp out of the 3.2L unless they are lowering the compression and going to forged internals...and I don't think they are.
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Here are a few pictures of my intercooler install.
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