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I feel like you received more from the 991.1 powerkit.. For a lot less money you can get a tune for the 991.2 to easily match or surpass these numbers. There's nothing that feels as good as factory options, but still a lot of money.
It's always been more "economical" to buy the GTS if you want the power upgrade and the GTS packages.
This package is a lot cheaper than the 991.1 Powerkit was. When I price out my dream 991.2S w/ Powerkit and a GTS, they are within $1 k of each other. Granted, you don't get the alacantara, centerlock wheels (which I would NOT want), or the wide body in RWD, but you do get a lighter car with the S.
With the 991.1S versus GTS, the GTS provided more value for the options it included. (It made much more sense to get a GTS over an S w/Powerkit except for the '13 model year when the GTS wasn't offered, if you couldn't wait.) It's much closer with the 991.2 S versus GTS.
I'm surprised that Porsche didn't release the Powerkit option a full year earlier, like they did with the 991.1, before the GTS in order to milk more profits. With the release of the GTS, it suggests that the end of the 991 life-cycle isn't too far away (which has been discussed in other threads, of course).
This option is only for new orders? Can I buy it for my current car?
since the engine upgrades are larger turbos and new ECU f/w ... I think it should be much cheaper to retrofit it at a dealer, this was not the case with
the .1 X51 kit - it could be done, but was expensive and involved a lot of
engine tinkering...
Of course some of the SD aerokit would require painting etc - I also suspect
that your car might have to have Sport Chrono option also (but I'm not sure
about that last point)
since the engine upgrades are larger turbos and new ECU f/w ... I think it should be much cheaper to retrofit it at a dealer, this was not the case with
the .1 X51 kit - it could be done, but was expensive and involved a lot of
engine tinkering...
Of course some of the SD aerokit would require painting etc - I also suspect
that your car might have to have Sport Chrono option also (but I'm not sure
about that last point)
Unlike the 991.1, I don't see a technical reason why I couldn't do the power kit uprate on a Base 911. Skip the S intermediate turbo size and go right to the GTS turbo size and ECU reprogramming. Get a Base and power kit.
Unlike the 991.1, I don't see a technical reason why I couldn't do the power kit uprate on a Base 911. Skip the S intermediate turbo size and go right to the GTS turbo size and ECU reprogramming. Get a Base and power kit.
Now that would be bang for the buck.
I think assumes that the *only* difference between the engines are the turbos, which might be the case, not too mention that the PSE would require a different rear valance... (if the base 991 didnt already have PSE) right?
If the remainder of the sport package installed is included in the $13k price than for those of us who did not opt for any of the sport package tid bits this is a great value..
since the engine upgrades are larger turbos and new ECU f/w ... I think it should be much cheaper to retrofit it at a dealer, this was not the case with
the .1 X51 kit - it could be done, but was expensive and involved a lot of
engine tinkering...
Of course some of the SD aerokit would require painting etc - I also suspect
that your car might have to have Sport Chrono option also (but I'm not sure
about that last point)
If the remainder of the sport package installed is included in the $13k price than for those of us who did not opt for any of the sport package tid bits this is a great value..
I think assumes that the *only* difference between the engines are the turbos, which might be the case, not too mention that the PSE would require a different rear valance... (if the base 991 didnt already have PSE) right?
Yeah. I wasn't clear. I was just thinking about the engine differences for the power uprate (not the whole power kit) which should be very straight forward. New Turbos and ECU reprogram. A dealership should be able to do that easily enough unless there is some software block in the Base 911 that prevents upgrading to a 450hp engine.
I'm thinking Base 911 with dealership upgrade from 370hp to 450hp. Would be covered under warranty and cost maybe $5-6k? About $70/hp? 89K for Base and 120k for a GTS. That is a bargain.
Granted, I know there are a lot of other goodies that come with the GTS including the wide body which most people like but not everybody.
01-25-2017, 09:10 PM
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