e.g. making all boron ships have significantly increased shield capabilities, to offset their mediocrity in everything else, as Split ships are faster, Teladi ships are tankier hull wise, and Argon ships are just plain better. Higher amounts of shield regen and shield slots would definitely fit Boron nicely as they're not big on aggression anyway.
I couldn't find any examples of using a race class instead of a ship class in your examples, so I thought I'd just ask if it's possible for a personal tweak to the otherwise meh Boron ships.