A wicked quick boxster - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Boxster44 · 12-24-2009, 09:22 PM

Fastest where?..... autocross, track, drag strip?

The video clip showed a subaru powered light weight tube frame (I think - what 1200 lbs.) that looked mighty quick.

Shear power? - turbo

combo handle/power.... not sure at what point the Boxster dynamics can no longer handle increased power - I've heard around 350 hp... beyond that you need a way to 'tame' it. Your car doesn't have all the electronic magic to start the taming process.

start by stripping the car. get it down to 2400-2500 lbs and see how you like that. should be a great first step.

kj

Adam · 12-24-2009, 10:03 PM

I'm sure Raby could build you a 3.6L or 3.8L turbo with about 500 hp if you so desired. Of course the price tag would probably be about the same as the sticker price of your car.

Gent · 12-24-2009, 10:35 PM

Spend the money making it wicked quick on the track. Suspension tuning, brakes, reduce the unsprung weight, and the overall weight to improve the HP to weight ratio, And sure after that swap in a bigger engine if you have to.

vath2001 · 12-25-2009, 04:29 AM

I agree with Boxster44... first lose weight. We Americans are all overweight anyways. If your not worried about safety, start cutting out extra metal and start replacing panels with Carbon Fiber.

Look at the Lotus Elise, only 189 HP, but only weights 1984 lbs. Its running with a Toyota engine.

RandallNeighbour · 12-25-2009, 06:55 AM

I like both luxury and speed. Stripping the car down to nothing to make it faster is a cheap way of doing it but I would rather save up and add a lot more HP and torque to the car I have now and add a leather dash, body kit, repaint it properly, put a glass window top on it, and have a tricked out super-fast boxster.

A Raby 3.6 or 3.8 might just be what I'm after.

I do love the idea of turbocharging it though. I wonder if he's ever taken his largest motor and added forced induction.

I'd ask him directly but his mailbox is FULL. I bet I'm not the only one asking for this and dreaming on Christmas day!

Merry Christmas folks!

tnoice · 12-25-2009, 08:13 AM

Here is a pretty good thread about supercharging the boxster.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/boxster-cayman-forum/76583-supercharged-boxster.html

tnoice · 12-25-2009, 08:14 AM

might be a bit old though.