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On an earlier post I had asked about ways to improve my 987's proformance. I got some good feedback on taking a driving school course to learn how to maximize my abilities in the car allowing me to push it to it's limits. Has anyone done this? What were your expieriences? I am located in the Roseville, CA area and do not no where to start looking. What do all you pros out there suggest?

(2006 987) I want to keep all of the parts stock in the cockpit, however am thinking of adding better speakers, cd changer, sub and ampifier. The goal here is that I want to keep my stock CDR24 head unit. Has anyone done this and would you recomend this for resale purposes. I want to keep this car as OEM as possible. I just figured if speakers are hidden my value of the car should remain good. Any one have any input?

Theres no easy way to get more power in the Boxster....... you could get it chipped (around 10bhp gain and $1000+), change the air filter for a performance version (1-2bhp gain), go for a sports exhaust (maybe 5bhp). When you say you have a Boxster with trip I assume you mean its a TIPtronic rather than it has a trip computer? :P If you want a noticable performance gain you could sell the Tip and get a manual as the manual is quite a bit quicker...... Thanks for the feedback. Like I said I am new to the Porsche community and you are correct I ment to say TIPtronic. In you opion if I made all the mods you suggested I would assume to be around $5000 + . Is this extra 15 to 16 bhp going to be noticable? Will an extra 15-20bhp be noticable? yes but not much..... getting the car chipped (ECU remap) will also usually give you better low down torque..... this will probably be more noticable than the extra horses. I suspect the difference in performance between a standard manual and tip would be more noticable than 20bhp. E.g on paper the manual 987 2.7 Box is as quick as the 987 3.2S tiptronic even though it has 40bhp less........ To be honest the Boxster is more about handling than power so my opinion is that you may be wasting your money....... also don't forget that when you sell the car most Porsche buyers won't like a modified car unless you use Porsche parts. That make a lot of sense. Looks like I will be leaving things as is. This sounds like a great idea. This site is great I appreciate all the feedback from all. After enter some events with a club I will fill you in.

Theres no easy way to get more power in the Boxster....... you could get it chipped (around 10bhp gain and $1000+), change the air filter for a performance version (1-2bhp gain), go for a sports exhaust (maybe 5bhp). When you say you have a Boxster with trip I assume you mean its a TIPtronic rather than it has a trip computer? :P If you want a noticable performance gain you could sell the Tip and get a manual as the manual is quite a bit quicker...... Thanks for the feedback. Like I said I am new to the Porsche community and you are correct I ment to say TIPtronic. In you opion if I made all the mods you suggested I would assume to be around $5000 + . Is this extra 15 to 16 bhp going to be noticable?

I just bought my first Porsche, a 2006 boxster w/trip. Unfortunatly I also went the cheap route and did not go for the S model. Is there anything on the market that will allow me to increase my overall performance? Motor mods, air intakes, or am I just stuck with what I have? Any feedback would be helpfull. I also was wondering about changing my stock 17" wheels to the 19" sport wheels. What is the right choice. My only reason for wheel change would be for the look.