Essentially make a competitor for the Boxster, sell it under the Maserati brand at 718 Boxster money, and make the hardtop a Ferrari with a more powerful engine and higher trim level for 911 money. DONE!

At the NYIAS, I thought they were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 370z. Damn this car is old.

I own a 981 Boxster and you don’t need access to the top of the motor for anything other than bleeding the coolant, and if for some reason you need access to the intake manifold/one or two sensors at the plenum. If you need access, it’s a 5 minute job to get the top in the service position and to get to/remove the…

This is awesome, thanks for making me look this up and learn an interesting tid-bit of automotive trivia!

I remember lusting over this car legit 15 years ago in Import Tuner and Super Street (with Jwo and NADS)....MAGAZINES, WITH ACTUAL PAPER. That’s when the mags were about 100 pages long, and half filled with advertisements for body kits, underglow, and the like. I remember dreaming about importing one from MotorEx and…

Direct Injected MA1 motors don’t have IMS bearings....

I’ve been on track with this very car at englishtown’s raceway park road course. It was fastish (as fast as any evo really), but it smoked heavily and the driver drove it like an asshole (off course and kicking dirt on the track constantly, passing in non-passing zones etc). He was the main reason I stopped going to…

My 918 BoxsterS makes the same noise. At first I thought it was something major, valve tick or something. The general *UNPROVEN* consensus is either an exhaust leak, or a purge valve/electronically controlled valve that’s leaking or loud. I think it’s either 1,2 or 3 on your list.

I feel bad for the owner because I assume they’re a novice that hasn’t had good habits drilled into their head...I blame shitty DE organizers for crap like this. Tech inspections at the track are a pain in the ass (after a couple of years of track days) and take a little time away from driving on track, but I always…

I saw this at the NYIAS this past year, and it was the only car that surprised me (as in surprised how nice it was). The fit and finish seemed excellent, the packaging/layout looked perfect, utility looked ample....then I saw the price and wept. It must of been a top of the line loaded one, but it crested $38k...for a…

Same with me, this movie had a huge impact on my life.

It actually wasn’t. On the street it was the absolute best, but it was terrible on track. It used the brakes to limit torque-steer, so even in a straight line the front brakes were boiling. It was the first time I boiled brand new ATE yellow typ 200 fluid in any car I’ve tracked (I was running Carbotech XP10s…

Yea, I thought it was all sealed refrigerant, but I read up on it and see that it has both.  It’s still a crazy complex system with multiple points that need cooling.

Stock it overheated after about 20 minutes. Once I flashed it (and didn’t get a larger intercooler), intake air temps skyrocketed and the engine coolant overheated/engine went into limp mode in less than 7 minutes. My stock 1.6 miata (and also after i swapped in the 1.8 with headers) never got more than ‘slightly…

I thought about this a little over 2 years ago when I was debating whether or not I could track one of these things. https://oppositelock.kinja.com/what-hpde-might-look-like-in-10-years-1768568653

Woah, I didn’t know that. I never really thought about it, I figured it was full time track employees using track owned equipment.

What I find odd is, don’t support vehicles typically use a ‘blend line’ to get onto the track? By that I mean, stay tight to the left outside of the line, then when it’s clear move onto/across the driving line?

Came here to post this.

This is the best article that’s been on Jalopnik in ages. MORE OF THIS PLEASE!