High Horsepower Boxsters

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by gRed04

Bladecutter I love the boxster too but there is no magic in these engines. Just because the factory refuses to sell parts and give out specs really doesnt make them special.

As for requiring specialized tools that is true in some cases ( to make a job easier ) but all makers have some differences in the engine and design. Keep in mind there is no "Engines R Us" where everyone else goes to buy except Porsche that thereby keeps them simple to work on with just an adjustable wrench.

Just a opportunity for the factory to make more money on the customer base.

+1 The engines aren't especially exotic compared to most. Porsche simply built them to hold together (most of the time) at the power levels that they make from the factory, there's no overdesign in margin to either save cost or weight or both.

[Paul]

My 98 3.6 Boxster is a beast, looking for a 3.8 to put in my 2001.

As Jake has stated the car's balance changes, it took a couple of spins until I learned when not to floor it.

[SStiebers]

" Hmmmm...Mustang,,,,,,,real tough car"(Outsiders 1981?). If you want horsepower and an uncontrollable rear axel buy another Mustang. I have a mint, 2000 speed yellow box "S", 6 speed manual, no tip. I have owned and worked on, all kinds of cars, fast and slow. No, it is not lightning in a bottle, but this car is plenty fast, perfectly balanced and very funnnnnn! You have no idea what this car is. Drive it, then come back and talk about it. IMO you'll get sucked in just like all the rest of us.