How can a 911 3.4 have so much more HP than a 3.2 Boxster S?

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by steved0x

What all else does Porsche do differently in the 911 such that it has so much more power, and why can't we do that same stuff in the Boxster?

Steve

You can! Get 6 (six) custom ultra-light pistons machined out of titanium (e.g. the flat piston style, F1 tech, same as in the GT3), and get a tuner to design/machine you a set of cams with tad rounder/longuer intake lobes. If you have the cash, you could also get your crank re-machined and ballanced for the flat 6. Custom mapping and all, big big roars

A small and modest $20,000~$30,000 mod (350~400bhp)!

Horses are not cheap these days mate. Hence the higher price on those upper Pcars models.

[Bigsmoothlee]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

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Horses are not cheap these days mate. Hence the higher price on those upper Pcars models.

I beg to differ. The power was intentionally left out of the 3.2 for marketing reasons... My 3.4 986 humiliates non-gt3 996s at autoxs

[woodsman]

Originally Posted by Bigsmoothlee

I beg to differ. The power was intentionally left out of the 3.2 for marketing reasons... My 3.4 986 humiliates non-gt3 996s at autoxs

what's that got to do with horsepower?????

[Bigsmoothlee]

Originally Posted by woodsman

what's that got to do with horsepower?????

The lack of power wasnt from a lack of funding, it was done intentionally to keep a gap between the 911 and the Boxster. Equal power ususally results in the 911 having its ass handed to it by a boxster