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Re: Impressions of the 718 at a local Porsche dealer's launch today Guenter in Ontario - 7 years ago |
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Guenter in Ontario
I wonder if at some point they'll have to try to add an intercooler for people that drive them on the track (IF they have room to fit one in somehow.)
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Guenter in Ontario
I wonder if at some point they'll have to try to add an intercooler for people that drive them on the track (IF they have room to fit one in somehow.)
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The 718 DOES have an intercooler.
Air to liquid.
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Re: Impressions of the 718 at a local Porsche dealer's launch today Guenter in Ontario - 7 years ago |
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MikenOH
Regarding the heat exchangers/oil coolers on the previous generation Boxsters, i had my reservations about how effective they might be when I read how they worked, but from the readings on the 981 oil temp gauge you can see that they are very effective on the track--dropping oil temps by roughly 20 degrees.
Yes I agree with Guenter. Good write up... MarcW - 7 years ago |
Re: Yes I agree with Guenter. Good write up... MikenOH - 7 years ago |
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MarcW
The $74K price for the base though is ridiculous. That's in the price range of a nice low miles used 997 911.
Not sure what's up with the oil temperature. I have no experience withe newer cars other than I spent a week or so in a new diesel Porsche Cayenne and one thing I noticed was how hot the oil got even when not pushing the car hard at all. I can't recall how hot the oil got but close to 250F I'm sure. Hot enough I worried about it to wornder if it was normal and spoke with the SM and techs who assured me it was normal and nothing to worry about.
I have no direct experience but I have read posts by owners of the previous MY cars and in sport mode the word I remember is coolant temperature and I guess oil tempearture too drops some as the sport mode activation has the DME allow more coolant flow to drop the engine temperature to compensate for the expected higiher temperatures soon to come.
Re: Yes I agree with Guenter. Good write up... db997S - 7 years ago |
$74k for the base is including options Boxsterra - 7 years ago |
Re: $74k for the base is including options MikenOH - 7 years ago |
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Boxsterra
The MSRP for the base 718 is $56k, which translates to $38k in 1998 dollars. The base price of the Boxster in 1998 was $40k.
So the price has gone down. There are more options but the pre-optioned car is roughly the same as it was in 1998.
So far, ....yep. grant - 7 years ago |
Great review, Mike Roger987 - 7 years ago |
981 vs. 718 power charts MikenOH - 7 years ago |