My 2001.5 1.8TQM vs. 04 Porsche Boxter

[NorCal1.8T]

My friends girlfriend owns a porsche boxter(2.7-liter dohc 24v horizontally opposed 6-cylinder, 5-speed manual,225hp/192lb.ft.) my 2001.
5 is quattro,manual and Giac chipped at around 210-215hp/205lb.ft. Everything else is stock. So he kept on bragging that his girls car will own my little a4 and challenged me 2 a race. Him and i got on a straight away at a red light. Green light hits, and i pull in front of him by a half cars length. Shift the car in second its still pretty close, shift to third im one car ahead of him, shift to fourth doing around 75 im 1 1/2 cars ahead of him. I beat him to the next light![race] I dont know much about Boxters, and i know it depends on the driver, but who was supposed to be the most likely to win??

[A4_2.8tuner]

i would've guessed you would've won also...the boxsters arent all that fast at all...

[Euro-Tuner]

shifted into 4th at 75?? my 3rd gear goes to about 93ish...I'm ko4, but I believe the red-line is the same

[Avant1.8BT]

shifted into 4th at 75?? my 3rd gear goes to about 93ish...I'm ko4, but I believe the red-line is the same

my non chipped car go to 82ish at 6500, ur shifting way to early(norcal)

butt you beat a porsche you can brag :D, even tho it is a boxster.

[tomustang]

your friend doesn't know how to race

[GiacGRs4]

your friend doesn't know how to race

its a boxter!! did u expect the boxter to win?

[GiacGRs4]

my non chipped car go to 82ish at 6500, ur shifting way to early(norcal)

butt you beat a porsche you can brag :D, even tho it is a boxster.

my giac does 85 on 3rd at 6400rpm

[NorCal1.8T]

i guess he didnt know how to race then....i just wanted to know if i was supposed to beat him or not. Weak or not, i still beat a Porsche!

[biketsai]

*high five
how do you think this race would have been if your mods were teh same and you were tiptronic?

[aytheory]

Now go against a Porsche 911 Targa like I did - and see what happens.

[MikeWasHere05]

my giac does 85 on 3rd at 6400rpm

Sadly GIAC != taller gearing

[SeanF]

Sadly GIAC != taller gearing

ha, i was thinking the same thing... a 1.8T will be at the same speed at the same rpm no matter how much power you have... as long as the tranny is the same...

[Enclave]

My friends girlfriend owns a porsche boxter(2.7-liter dohc 24v horizontally opposed 6-cylinder, 5-speed manual,225hp/192lb.ft.) my 2001.
5 is quattro,manual and Giac chipped at around 210-215hp/205lb.ft. Everything else is stock. So he kept on bragging that his girls car will own my little a4 and challenged me 2 a race. Him and i got on a straight away at a red light. Green light hits, and i pull in front of him by a half cars length. Shift the car in second its still pretty close, shift to third im one car ahead of him, shift to fourth doing around 75 im 1 1/2 cars ahead of him. I beat him to the next light![race] I dont know much about Boxters, and i know it depends on the driver, but who was supposed to be the most likely to win??

Your friend doesnt know how to drive... A boxster should have beaten you for a few reasons. Since the motor is mid engine and rwd, the drivetrain loss is much less than your Quattro. Its 225hp at the crank is putting down much more to the ground than your 210-215hp. Second, the boxster is much lighter than your car, around 400lbs difference. Seriously I dont see how your friend could have loss unless your friend was shifting at 5000rpm instead of at redline. To those that say the boxster is weak [rolleyes], on a road course, they can run circles around us. [:D]

[pipe7284]

i wanna race a boxter!!! and see th results.

[1 ate T]

I'm just glad his girlfriend owns the car.

Anyways, all of you who are saying to shift at Redline in a 1.8T are the ones who don't know how to drive. [eek]

[NorCal1.8T]

*high five
how do you think this race would have been if your mods were teh same and you were tiptronic?

probly not my way, tips are slow o had a chippd 99 and the manual i have now feels waaay faster than tip when in chip mode.

[NorCal1.8T]

Yea by the sound of the comments, my friend reeks at driving, im gon go and mess with him later today

[Rosati]

Your friend doesnt know how to drive... A boxster should have beaten you for a few reasons. Since the motor is mid engine and rwd, the drivetrain loss is much less than your Quattro. Its 225hp at the crank is putting down much more to the ground than your 210-215hp. Second, the boxster is much lighter than your car, around 400lbs difference. Seriously I dont see how your friend could have loss unless your friend was shifting at 5000rpm instead of at redline. To those that say the boxster is weak [rolleyes], on a road course, they can run circles around us. [:D]

While its true not to knock a boxster, at the same time, you cant give it too much credit.

Come on now, lets be real. Porsche didnt intend to be competing (in this case) with a simple chipped 1.8t awd heavier sedan and got a wakeup call (the owner) from our little speed wanna-be's

They dont call it the "baby porsche" for nothin.

[rolleyes]


Even if the guy wasnt a good "racer", how hard could it be? Its his girl's car.......... how many of you DONT drive your girl's car regularly?

I say good job, but at the same time dont hold your head too high man,

If you start thinking you can beat porsches, itll give you a false sense of confidence, and I agree w/ onemoremile, it should have been closer.

[1 ate T]

I say good job, but at the same time dont hold your head too high man


lol

hey Rosati, how's your setup goin so far? Lovin it?

[onemoremile]

It should have been closer. Unless it is overpowered, and it clearly isn't, a mid engine Boxster should easily match a 1.8t Audi's launch. After that it has both a power to weight and a drivetrain loss advantage. Now if this was a road course the P-car would have lapped you in about 10 laps. Those cars are not designed around building speed but maintaining it. FWIW, when the Boxster was first introduced it was ridiculed for having the same 0-60 time as a V6 Camry.