Oshin951

Who makes? how much?

First986NJ

TPC - $6000 for the kit. 16hrs labor they say
ImmagineAuto - $7000 for the kit

I like the TPC kit myself.

CORRECTION: $6000 TPC is for the 2.5L engine. the 2.7 is $7000

PorscheDoc

First986NJ is referring to the supercharger kits.

We use a centrifugal blower in our kit, running about 4psi of boost. This provides a very linear curve, and picks up about 85-90hp to the rear wheels. We use GIAC tuning on our kits. Also, all of our piping is plastic rolomolded, giving it is a stock appearance. TPC uses welded pipes which can fit a little different each time. Our 2.5L kit is done and ready to go. The 3.2L kit is finished, but waiting to be tuned.

TPC uses a roots style blower, which is quite inefficient, but provides a lot of torque down low. In they past they have used piggyback programming to tune the cars, but I belive they have switched to using Upsolute tuning. I don't know which exactly is better to be honest.

We just put a video of one of our 2.5L kits up on our website. www.imagineauto.com then scroll down and you will see the link for the video.


First986NJ: What is it that you like about the TPC kits?

Blueman33

The TPC site states:

Q: How much horsepower does a 2.5 Liter Boxster generate at the rear tires?

A: A stock 2.5 Liter Boxster produces 143 - 145 horsepower to the rear tires.

Q: How much of a power increase can I expect from your Supercharger Kit?

A: Expect a 45% increase in horsepower and torque after installing the Boxster Supercharger Kit. A Supercharged Boxster will produce 210 horsepower to the rear tires, which is roughly a 65 horsepower increase over stock trim.

WHY would there be such a huge drive train loss for a stock 201 hp boxster to only put out 143-145 at the wheels?

blinkwatt

Dont beleive any claims unless there are dyno charts...On another note about the ImageAuto SC in the video,seeing that RPM gauge fly(and I mean it) and seeing the speedometer creeping its way up super fast is amazing. What 0-60 and 1/4 mile times do you guys run with you supercharged 2.5L?

First986NJ

Significant HP gain at low manifold pressure - preserving engine life. Also, I have a 2.7 and you're not ready to go on that yet....TPC is, so there is more info. However, I have since realized that there was a page on your site that I had missed, which has similar information.

So I guess the two kits are kind of a toss up. I don't think that either of you demonstrate a terribly strong advantage over the other. Both kits are "market-will-bear" priced, so they cost the same almost to the penny comparing engine-to-engine. Of course, TPC offers a 2.7L kit now, and your's isn't ready yet.

Oshin951

So I guess there are no turbo kits for the boxster I know of superchager kits but im looking for turbos
thanz

Oshin951

What about a 996 motor swap ??????

PorscheDoc

You can do it, but to do it properly, you are looking at well over 15k by the time it is installed.

mbodo

IIRC, used 996 motors are around the same price as these kits. Crate motors are a little more. Want an "S", keep adding $.

bruinbro

You are correct, there are no kits. There are t/c'd 986's, but they were cobble from scratch efforts.

Bro

Oshin951

Thank's for all the help

94twin

http://www.turbowerx.com/page1/page3/page3.html

bruinbro

I stand corrected.

Bro

PorscheDoc

Same price as a supercharger, but less horsepower.