question about Boxster and some other things

[BigBlock454]

hey what's up everybody, just had some questions because some guy I know was trying to tell me that the 2002 Boxster 6 cylinder is the best engine ever made... he was saying the Boxster does 0-60 in 2.6 seconds which I found very very hard to believe, I was looking online, I found a 0-60 time of 5.2 sec and a 60 back to 0 time of 2.7, but nothing about what he was saying to me... does anybody know of maybe hooked up Boxster that does 0-60 in 2.6 seconds maybe to justify what this guy was trying to tell me a little...

also I was also browsing the web, and I saw that a stock Skyline GT-R has 277 hp and does 0-60 in 5.4 seconds, is this also true then that the stock Skyline is not really a supercar it is just that the only ones that we know about in the US are the really hooked up ones with like 700 hp, etc...

[TatII]

if you look harder. the 276hp is just what nissan puts down soo that they won't get harrassed by the government in japan. if you look at british gt-r websites. they have dyno's of their stock GT-R's. the stop R34 was in the range of 320's. and 319ft lb of torque of believe. i also see alot of videos of people launching stock skylines from 0-60 in 4.7 seconds. with 13 seconds flat quarter miles. to confirm the 0-60 in 4.7 seconds part. if you watch any BESTMOTORING international videos. they all test stock cars. and whenever they launch stock GT-R's they would get 13 flat or close to that on the quarter mile. sooo thats proof of the 4.7 second 0-60.

[TatII]

http://www.gtr.co.uk/ here is the link. click on the technical section and you will see.

[BigBlock454]

yeah, okay I gotcha now, I somehow thought that the Skyline was a little faster than that, I am not really an import guy but that is a sweet sweet car

[TatII]

its okay for not knowing. atleast you asked before you started flaming.

[pbourgeois]

0-60 2.6 sec ? No way - this is Formula territory !

PONTIAC GTX :flash:

[TatII]

i never saw the boxster as fast. i always see it as the slowest porsche from this day and age.

[Tom_S8]

Originally posted by TatII
i never saw the boxster as fast. i always see it as the slowest porsche from this day and age.

I just came to a idea , maybe porsche started the whole SUV thing , so then boxster won't be seen as the "slow" or "cheap" porsche... Anyway the cayenne isn't really a porshce in my eyes , it's just another VW this time with a porsche slapped over it , with some better engine , another interior finish and 30,000$ more msrp i think it will be like that...

[pbourgeois]

The boxster is the slowest Porsche now - but Porsche always had a slow porsche in the past - like the 944 (non Tbo) and the 968 in the 90's.

However - all are capable of at least low 15' time to high 14's. So there is slow and slow - it's not a station wagon either ! Oups... was'nt talking to a certain White Subaru Impreza !

PONTIAC GTX :flash:

[hjohnson]

Well, Lets see. Last month I was looking at one of the trade rags I get and they discussed the RUF TURBO. This is a Porche this is highly customized to say the least and sells for very high dollars. It is touted as the fastest streetable Porche ever produced. 0 - 60 times were 3.6 sec and top end was 213. It is not based on a Boxter.

[Tom_S8]

Originally posted by hjohnson
Well, Lets see. Last month I was looking at one of the trade rags I get and they discussed the RUF TURBO. This is a Porche this is highly customized to say the least and sells for very high dollars. It is touted as the fastest streetable Porche ever produced. 0 - 60 times were 3.6 sec and top end was 213. It is not based on a Boxter.

What's the point? The fastest street porsche btw is the dauer racing 962 Le mans with 2.7 0-100 kmh time (that should give 0-60 of around 2.5 - 2.6) and 406 kph top end (253.75 mph) We all know that the boxster is not the fastest and never will be...

[RiceRocket]

Porsche GT2 All the way! That car is so sweet.

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by pbourgeois
The boxster is the slowest Porsche now - but Porsche always had a slow porsche in the past - like the 944 (non Tbo) and the 968 in the 90's.

However - all are capable of at least low 15' time to high 14's. So there is slow and slow - it's not a station wagon either ! Oups... was'nt talking to a certain White Subaru Impreza !

PONTIAC GTX :flash:

what in the world are u talking about? that didnt make any sense at all to me except that u were referring to my car.

[pbourgeois]

Hey,

I was refering to the fact that when we say these Porsches are slow, they are not really slow as a big 70's station wagon either - since low 15' for a car that is stock is fast. Someone with a stock Civic might think otherwise that they can smoke them... But then I remember you - and you're station wagon - you seem fast if your high 14' times are real - which seem to be by the way you talk, you don't seem to talk trash - that's all !

By the way - what does your mph look like when you do high 14' ?

PONTIAC GTX :flash:

[LjasonL]

oh i got ya. i thought u were insulting me somehow my bad

my mph through the 1000ft is about 80, all ive done through the 1/4 mile is street racing but we have a 1/4 mile marked off accurately, and im still on stock tires so i assume my speedometer is pretty accurate and it shows about 95-96 mph through the 1/4