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Old 05-19-2008, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by peter f cummiskey View Post
It was nice and easy until TPC; now...

1. Turbo for $ 13K -- out the door price -- only 5lbs pres. added; 1 year warranty
2. X51 for $ 29K -- out the door price -- naturally aspirated; 2 year warranty; can add super charger....

Am going to test drive both in the next 30 days
Yes, it's enough to drive you crazy trying to decide. I suppose X51 would be the most reliable, but not quite as much power as turbocharging. I guess the question to ask would be the differences in performance between the options.
Does any one out there have any idea how significant the difference would be in the performance of a Cayman S with: 3.8L X51 vs. TPC turbo vs. supercharged 997 motor? I know this is a difficult estimate to make.

If I do one of these, I would definitely plan on keeping the car for a while. I would just love for my CS to have the performance it ought to have instead of the performance Porsche marketing has determined it should have.
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