Robert007 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Can anyone suggest the most effective and best approaches to improving torque in a 981 GTS Boxster. I drove the M4 Z4 BMW the other day and the torque differences are huge. I was wondering how I could get my GTS closer to give it more grunt for want of another word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmine Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Buy a 718 GTS? I drove one at the PEC - quite a different engine compared to that in the 981 GTS. The M4 has twin turbos; as a result it has bags and bags of torque across the rev range. There's nothing much you can do to a normally aspirated engine to match a turbo engine's torque. I would suggest *not* wasting your money with a remap; the gains will be marginal to non-existent. Enjoy the howl of the flat 6 in the upper half of the rev range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911-32 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Change down a gear or 2 and use all the revs. Thank you. I am here all week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenman Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 If you want high torque at low revs you don’t want a NA engine, buy a turbo or diesel, as Carmine says I wouldn’t waste time trying to improve this in the GTS, a lot of money could be spent for minimal gain. You have all the wheel torque you need you just need to use the gears to access it. The 718 may be your ideal car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBD914 v2 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 You just need to learn to thrash it, the flat 6 thrives on revs and rewards you with a lovely howl! Just modify your driving technique, you have nearly 8,000 revs to play with! Turbo is the lazy solution...do you really want that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 The GTS is beautiful car in the right hands, if it’s not going quick enough it’s down to the driver😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 After a day at AET Motorsport they achieved an extra 25.6 ftlbs of torque and 31 bhp from my 981s, approx 10%. Very good for a NA engine. There is a thread on here somewhere 🧐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 90 mins at PEC liberated a fair bit for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenman Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 2 hours ago, mneil said: After a day at AET Motorsport they achieved an extra 25.6 ftlbs of torque and 31 bhp from my 981s, approx 10%. Very good for a NA engine. There is a thread on here somewhere 🧐 This is the way to go if you want to try something. But bear in mind that the BMW has over 500Nm of torque and the Boxster is around 360 so it isn’t going to get you near to the effect of the big bmw turbos (but power figures are similar so Wheel torque would be similar with suitable gear usage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zagamuffin Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 3 hours ago, mneil said: After a day at AET Motorsport they achieved an extra 25.6 ftlbs of torque and 31 bhp from my 981s, approx 10%. Very good for a NA engine. There is a thread on here somewhere 🧐 That sounds a lot for an n/a tune, what was done do you know , had to be mote than tune/map I’d say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyR Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Are you referring to the latest Z4 M40i or the old Z4M??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 my car at AET. In total there were three versions of the original map. They didn't cut corners, was on the Dyno for a total of 6 hours before they were satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zagamuffin Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Would love to see the Dyno chart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mneil Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Noticed how ugly the old MF steering wheel is 😜🤪 thank goodness I changed it😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz05 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 15 hours ago, AnthonyR said: Are you referring to the latest Z4 M40i or the old Z4M??? The S54 Z4M was similar so must be one of the turbo powered cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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