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Nov 11, 2004 | 08:53 AM

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jroy

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how about doing that 3.8 EBS setup with the supercharger. any thoughts on that.

Todd at EVO what do you think about that??

Nov 11, 2004 | 02:21 PM

#17

hcfly

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I wouldn't recommend boring out the engine. its simply going to break all the time and your going to spend as much money fixing it as the actual job. I've bored out my boxster and M3 and they both ran great on the street but once I pushed them on the track I broke both engines. It just not going to pay off. If you want more power, its better to do a turbo conversion. Ive seen many 996 pushing around 550 WHP

Nov 11, 2004 | 04:25 PM

#18

Hamann7

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Quote:

Originally posted by hcfly
I wouldn't recommend boring out the engine. its simply going to break all the time and your going to spend as much money fixing it as the actual job. I've bored out my boxster and M3 and they both ran great on the street but once I pushed them on the track I broke both engines. It just not going to pay off. If you want more power, its better to do a turbo conversion. Ive seen many 996 pushing around 550 WHP

I know of at least one winning race team that would disagree with you on that statement... ever heard of Manthey Racing?