How about upgrade from a 08 Targa 4s to a 09+ Targa 4s? Gets your from a 3.8l 355hp to a 3.8l 385hp stock engine. Not sure if it is a noticeable difference or not.

 

I agree with mmatrix if you definitely wish to have a Targa. Of course, the change will cost you a lot due to the depreciation on yours, but if you're lucky, you might find a depreciated 09 somewhere to help offset that hit. I bought my first Targa4S (07) for $30k less than the original MSRP, with only 5k miles and less than a year old.

I agree with Northvan997 too. Take your current car to some driver training and autocross events, and you'll see that it has more power than you need already. The problem with adding 20 or 50 hp is that you will likely not even feel it. To get any really noticeable increase in raw power, you'll need a supercharger or turbo kit for over $10k installed. Then you have to weigh the warranty issues. But I did ride in Justatoy's car after he added his supercharger, and that car was fast.

When I had my Targa I put on a sport exhaust, X51 headers, and high flow cats. It sounded great, but I can't say that it was actually any faster. I even purchased a used VF supercharger, but then decided I didn't want to install it and sold it (you can sometimes find used ones for around $5k, like I did).

Good luck, but make sure you really need a lot more power before you start spending a lot of money on the car. These cars seem to feel faster as the miles go on them, especially around 20,000 miles in my experience with having 3 of them (997's).

 

IIRC you said the same about my NA C2S being fast

 

Oops. You're right Ed. Your car is fast too. Not the raw pulling power of Stacy's added HP from his SC, but very quick for a NA C2S. (A little sensitive are we? LOL)

 

Thanks Ken,

But just to be clear...it was a modified supercharger..


Stacy

 

No, not sensitive at all, just setting you up for this...perhaps it is your car that is slower then the rest! But that would be mean for me to say that, so I wont.