after market power upgrades

[EdT]

Never really understood this...
New Porsche 911 Turbo costs £100 odd grand, with 490bhp

Add the DMS upgrade (as described in a recent EVO mag) for £3,800. Gives a power hike of 111bhp plus 111lb ft torque.

Question.. why dont Porsche - for example - make this standard? Can think who'd say 'no' to the extra oomph given.

[tyranical]

If manufacturers made their cars as quick as they possibly could right out of the box then noone would want the next new model that has cost them peanuts to upgrade from the previous model but they've stuck another 5k on the price to profit from it.

Manufacturers also have different ideas about how a car should be and what power is the right amount of power for that car than us, There is such a thing as too much power in a car believe it or not (depends on the car, 300bhp in a mini for example thats too much power for that car.)

You'd also kill off all the tuning companies.

[Daston]

Plus putting extra strain on the engine will cause more parts to ware out faster resulting in higher service costs and probably bad press due to x part breaking more than it should.

[SubaruSteve]

It probably has a lot to do with their liability as far as warranty is concerned

[EvoSlayer]

The cars 'factory' map is designed to provide optimum reliable performance in various worldwide climatic conditions and with varying qualities of fuel.

[Alfanatic]

Porsche might be using a power level that protects their hard earned reputation for reliability. The engine as is meets the performance targets they set both on the road and in the claims department.

[Ozzie Osmond]

I agree with others that the extra torque is likely to shorten the life of a rather expensive gearbox.

[deveng]

Well clearly there are people who don't want the extra power otherwise every car would be modified.

And most people will use very little of the power on tap in their every day use so why charge them more for even more power when they rarely use what they have?

[EdT]

deveng said:

And most people will use very little of the power on tap in their every day use so why charge them more for even more power when they rarely use what they have?

..but surely if somebody buys a 911 Twin turbo, it's power they crave whether they hammer it or not

[Ozzie Osmond]

EdT said:

surely if somebody buys a 911 Twin turbo, it's power they crave

....and reliability. You can't hang on to the title "everyday supercar" if your reliability is on a par with TVR.

[300bhp/ton]

EdT said:

Never really understood this...
New Porsche 911 Turbo costs £100 odd grand, with 490bhp

Add the DMS upgrade (as described in a recent EVO mag) for £3,800. Gives a power hike of 111bhp plus 111lb ft torque.

Question.. why dont Porsche - for example - make this standard? Can think who'd say 'no' to the extra oomph given.

2 fairly obvious answers:

1. Warranty. Aftermarket tuning is one thing. Having to warranty all of it for all the entire warranty period in a world Market is another thing entirely.

2. Type approval. Dealer tuning or aftermarket parts don't need to meet this in the same way if at all. Same with emissions.

Edited by 300bhp/ton on Wednesday 16th March 14:19

[boredofmyoldname]

If Porsche made the 911 Turbo as capable as they could who would buy the 911 GT2 and GT2 RS?