[johnnydee]

Thanks for your reply. It does seem that there are not a lot of people out there that have compared the various chassis one to the other. As I am coming from a long history of 914s (from a much earlier period admittedly) the thing that makes this important in my mind is that the Boxster platform is ubiquitous and (now at almost 20 years old) there are a lot of very cheap cars out there. Further, as we have seen with the 914 as mid-engined, rear wheel drive cars they are a fabulous starting point for a track car build. The longevity and continued success of hobbyists modifying that platform bodes well for If the differences between the hard points on the different generation Boxsters are the same, why not get the least expensive, straight chassis you can? See also below.

I have read a fair amount about the horrors of getting different MY parts (dash, motor, trans) to talk to one another. The CAN system is amazing but lets not lose sight of the fact that with a track car, you will have less need for the OE dash as you will be replacing many if not most of the gauges and can more easily put in your own race car wiring harness. ABS probably gets replaced with dual pedal assy, and there are a multitude of inexpensive stand alone ECU set ups that will run the factory late model 997 3.8L Carrera S (my weapon of choice) powerplant. With a manual trans, you also have no real need for system-wide communication. However, it sure would be great to run a PDK (see new GT3). I can live with that compromise.