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2006-12-21 02:39:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Porsche
Because the wiring harness is the same as the simialr year 996 (Carrera), these engines can fit into the Boxster without too much trouble: you can up the 2.5 to the 3.4, the 2.7 to the 3.6, or if you are talking about a newer 987 Boxster, you can look at 997 engines as possible swaps (this is the same route that Ruf uses).
Given the resources (time and money), you could probably swap anything in there that you like, but the fact is it's not practical. Either in terms of return on your investment, or with the results you will get.
In all my experience with Porsches and driving them, I've always found that questions like this usually are not the real question, but rather that someone is looking for more performance. If so, then you need to ask just where it is you need this performance, and what is the best way to get that. If you are looking for overall performance, the harsh reality is that the biggest bottleneck in most cars come with the nut behind the wheel - fortunately upgrading here can be accomplished with a little Autocrossing or some track time. If you already have some reasonable driving skills and are looking for a faster laptime, then you will get much bigger gains with tires and suspension and car seteup than you will with more power.
However, if you are just looking to run faster than someone else at a stoplight, you will still get some gain from learning to launch the car and from better tires, but you'd probably be better served with a car other than a Boxster as this is not where this car really shines.
2006-12-21 06:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by Paul S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a real mechanic and it should take less than 6 hours. I can pull engines from a front mount rear wheel drive cars in about 40 minutes and less than an hour to get a new one in, I can remove rebuild and install the engine from front mounted car in a day and I do backyard work. A proper mechanic SHOULD be quicker.
2016-05-23 05:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no there is not, unfortunatly porches lack the room to install bigger more powerful motors. but you might want to look into a company called RUF from Germany. they specialize in aftermarket ultra high perfromace porsches.
2006-12-21 02:49:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ruf has done upgrades using the 911 flat sixes (forget v-s, they won't fit but with the 911 sixes running up to over 400 h.p. I don't know why you'd ever want to bother).
2006-12-21 02:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by mike b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should of got a real porsche. Plain and simple.
2006-12-21 08:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What for ? To drive at 70 mph on US highways ? Cool !
2006-12-22 11:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by Mimi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to? It would ruin the car's handling because of the increased weight.
You could always look into remaps, bigger turbochargers and intercoolers, etc...
2006-12-21 03:10:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't think so!but a sc will ad some power!go here:
www.imagineauto.com/boxster
2006-12-22 13:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by emilneon2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋