bombay digital > boxster > in-car track video
Below you will find in-car video I've recorded driving the Boxster on track. The older videos were exported at fairly low resolution with the Sorenson converter; the newer ones are in H.264 and I've posted high and medium resolution versions. On the most recent ones I've tried manually overlaying an approximate brake/throttle/gear telemetry display (it's not actual live data).
For a full list of lap times, see my log book.
The car is a 1998 2.5L Porsche Boxster. Power-to-weight specs are 201bhp / 2822lbs. From the factory it had the P38 (M030) Sport Suspension option. In May 2005 at around 90,000 miles I upgraded to aftermarket suspension parts consisting of Bilstein PSS9 shocks, TRG adjustable sway bars, and TRG front camber plates. On the track the car typically wears Kumho V700 Victoracer competition tires on the factory 17" wheels; 245/45-17x7 and 255/40-17x8.5. Brake pads are Pagid Orange and brake fluid is Ate Super Blue. There are no other performance modifications. Safety equipment includes a Sparco Evo seat, Schroth Profi-II-6 HANS harness, Brey-Krause roll bar extension, and Brey-Krause mounted f.e. As of March 2011 the car has 137,000 miles on it, and I estimate nearly 25,000 of those have been on track.
2011 Update: I broke the rear TRG sway bar a second time, so have replaced with the Spec Boxster legal Tarett parts. I am also using Kumho Ecsta V700 tires at the moment, sized 245/40-17x7 and 255/40-17x8.5. I have also replaced a number of original suspension components with new, and am using the Spec Boxster legal GT-3 control arms. Over the course of 2011 I plan to migrate to the remaining Spec Boxster suspension: heavier springs, Tarett front sway bar, and removal of front camber plates.
Most of the video here was recorded on a Sony TRV900 with a wide-angle lens. I originally used an IOPort camera mount, but more recently have moved to a Brey-Krause mount for the main camera, and point a cheap camera backwards on the IOPort mount. You'll generally find two forms of video here: newer recordings that I've exported at high resolution using H.264, and older ones at lower resolution using Sorenson. The older ones were done in iMovie and the newer ones with Final Cut Express.