Most bang for your buck.

[maestro]

Okay, I know this has been done to death, but my search-fu is weak today apparently.

What I want to know is what performance upgrades give the most bang for the buck on a 2500 dollar budget. I've got a 97 box, 2.5L. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks

[Blkboxster]

if you can spend a little more money a turbocharger is the best, but if your stuck with only $2500 you can get abit, but not much power, remember the boxster isnt meant for straight line performance, i would do the following

Headers
Exhaust
suspension
De- snorkel FREE
chip

and you should stay within your budget

[maestro]

What kind of chip? Can I do the install myself? Just curious about the install, I like to do everything I can do myself, myself. What kind of gains am i likely to see with these mods? Already de-snorkled. Why a turbo instead of a supercharger?

[Blkboxster]

Originally Posted by maestro

What kind of chip? Can I do the install myself? Just curious about the install, I like to do everything I can do myself, myself. What kind of gains am i likely to see with these mods? Already de-snorkled. Why a turbo instead of a supercharger?

you get much more power with a turbo charger. its more logical to get the exhasut headers and then do the chip, powerchip.com

[Blkboxster]

lol didnt see the other part of your question

headers- 12hp
exhasut- 5hp
chip- 8 hp
de-snorkel maybe 1hp

turbo alot of hp

I recommend buying:

1) a great set of new tires for about $1,000
2) about 300 gallons of gas for $1,500


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