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Agree on a lot of points posted here. One of my friends just sold his 986 boxster s and kept his ap2 s2000. After driving our cars extensively in the canyons, both of us reached the same conclusion that the boxster was the least fun to drive out of the three cars, mainly because of the vague shifter, long gearing, slow steering and overall softness of the car. I did like the engine the best though. Amazing sounding flat 6 with nice midrange punch. Both his ap2 and even my e85 frs feel anemic in the midrange in comparison. Unfortunately the boxster’s engine was not enough to overcome the other deficiencies.
Proper front camber definitely helps the 86 with turn in. My friends ap2 and my frs seem to turn in similarly, although the feeling from the driver seat is a little different. The ap2 seems to take a set and dig in harder with more input until it washes out. The frs feels a bit more linear and lighter almost. (My frs is on coilovers with -2.8 degrees camber front. His ap2 is on refreshed oem suspension and -2.0 degrees camber.). The video is right that the ap2 responds with the most rotation to lift throttle and trail braking, for better or worse. As someone above posted, that also makes it the least forgiving to push hard.
I’ve posted this elsewhere but I think an 86 with a proper alignment/suspension, LWFW, and e85 is the closest thing to a s2000 coupe there is. Obviously different engine and suspension designs, but the end result is quite similar. I think it comes down to whether you value the top down experience vs. having a coupe top for track rollover protection or security or refinement.
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