first porsche
 

hello all new to the forum. just bought a 02 boxster and love it!! just wanting to but some bolt on performance parts that will not void the porsche certification warranty. please let me know what you think? thanks in advance for the replys :)

Welcome to the board.
As for bolt on that won't void warranty, a nicely done remapped ECU will not void warranty. DMS in Chicago(near the Exchange) does a great job of keeping factory warranty of their cars.

With all due respect, the service dept of your local dealer is a much better resource for this question than us folks!

Welcome aboard!

:cheers:

unfortunately, bolt-on performance is not available at any sort of reasonable price and is hardly available at ANY price. I had a 96 impala SS, and my headers, exhaust, intake and chip cost me @ $1200 and net'd me @ 40 hp.

from what i have been reading, headers alone will cost you that much on a boxster -- if not more -- and here is the catch.... it is little, if any, gain in HP. furthermore, from the dyno charts i have seen, this is usually at a cost of torque along the curve somewhere. Most of the people who seem to want an exhaust here are looking to change the tone of the exhaust -- and in some cases, they actually GIVE UP HP to get it.

as for the "money is no object" realm, i would say that the only REAL HP gains are availble with a turbo, a supercharger, nitrous or an engine swap. everything else will take thousands upon thousands of dollars for relatively little gain.

just my opinion. :D

thanks
 

thanks for the advice rb