fast951

Maciek, Yes I will be offering an intake system. I'm starting with a stock manifold that will be ported to match the head ports (big valve/big port head). Also, working on equal length/short runners manifold as well.

As far as engines, well I should have been clear. They will be custom order only! More than likely, I will always have a spare engine for my race car, so if someone in a pinch I can always accomodate. The issue with complete engines is the cost to build vs. the selling price. Ther is hardly any room for profit.. So yes, it may not be a good idea to have them on the shelf.

J Chen

The max I would recommend is heads & cam
beyond that it does not make commercial sense
as the 951 crowd is small when compared to other
marques. Perhaps you can adapt what you have
now for other marques as well that would make
more commercial sense & bring more profit.
Perhaps by not putting all the eggs in one basket
& at the sametime sell more, you would be able
to make profit as well as sell your stuff at a lower
price so that more people can afford to buy them.
Judging from the responds, I'm sure lots of guys
are dreaming to buy your stuff. But it's just that
it's a little out of their reach. Yes proper R & D
cost money, that's why it makes sense if your
products are cater to a broader market.

eclou

I still think that yesterday was the right time to start plunging into the Boxster performance market. With the new generation coming out soon, the old ones will be handed down to the recent graduates of Ricer University. They will be needing to scratch that old itch with their new P-cars and ready to dump part of their higher incomes into it.

Luis de Prat

I like the concept, but I've always understood it costs big bucks to modify a 986, or at least a good chunk more than chips, wastegate, and EBC for a 951.

I'm tickled by the thought of modded 951s running down Ferrari V8 cars several generations younger.

Matt H

While you are working on it:
Front mount oil cooler package, utilizing the RX7 cooler complete with brackets and hoses (no need for the 700 dollar MOCAL unit that is smaller than the RX unit).

Front mount intercooler that bolts into place. No polish, no bling, just big a$$ intercooler. There are some required pipes to make the bend into the cabin.

An intake manifold that is not made out of gold, not highly polished but allow easy access to turbo, good flow design and maybe even makes a few HP.
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fast951

J Chen & eclou - I can't agree more with you.

The Boxster is being evaluated, however to get any HP out of it it takes lots of mods $$$$. I think it will be an area where shiny components will sell nicely

eclou

Sometimes a good cash cow can help to fund R&D for the fun stuff!

Weissach Vampire

How about a intake with built in water-to-air intercooler and a roller throttlebody with zero parts in the way for the air when on full throttle. This would limit the lengh of the intake plumbing and improved spool I guess!

http://www.bellintercoolers.com/Page...etail&u_item=2

In the space left from the stock IC you could put a combined ICWatercooler and oilcooler.


This is my dream at least, guess the biggest problem would be to get it to fit under the hood with a big turbo in the stock location..

hmd

John,

If you can get half of the success you have with the 951 in a car like the wrx/sti, you would be driving late model Ferrari not racing against them Of course there are a lot more competitions.

SoloRacer

I would be interested in buying the head, cam, intake and water injection. So when are they going to be available?

special tool

My wife is nagging me to get her a used S2000 - John and I have "talked"
I am thinking 12,000 RPM and 400 at the wheels.

Vtech p0wns jooooo

Magown

I doubt the average boxster owner will have enough sense to dig deep enough to see where those shiny componets reside.

Mike S

Just my thoughts, but I see no need for cylinder head improvements for 90% of us out there, the MAF would be great, thumbs down on the water injection as the thought of a clogged nozzle or having it stick open scare the bajeezus out of me.

I would really like to see a better intercooler design. Lindsey has that crazy looking Stage 3, but the nose panel is a little funky. These turbos create so much heat at 18psi that the stock intercooler suffers in my opinion.

shmark

Not really. Pick up a nice early Boxster for $15k, install a supercharger kit from TPC for $7k and you have a 300hp mid-engine Porsche for cheap. You can do even better than that if you look hard enough.