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  • 1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 996 – LS3 Swapped

    1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 996 – LS3 Swapped

    We subscribe to the notion an LSx swap makes every car more interesting… including Porsches. What can we say, we thoroughly enjoy blasphemous engine swaps!

    With the ever common IMS bearing failure associated with non-turbocharged 996 models still haunting the platform today, many owners are looking for a different solution rather than just repairing the issue. And thanks to various companies now offering LSx swap components, this route has become the go-to for many performance oriented enthusiasts.
     
    Clearly, Nick is among that crowd, and decided to take the plunge on fitting his 996 with an LS3 out back. With the bulk of the work out of the way, Nick brought her in to have Jeremy redesign/rebuild the engine cooling system, repair/improve the air conditioning system, and have the speed signal integrated to the Racepak dash.

    With the mechanical work wrapped in the shop, Vlad dialed in the setup on the dyno via HP Tuners, resulting in 424.86whp & 408.14lbft! Overall, this is an insanely cool build, that we’re sure Nick is going to thoroughly enjoy.

     
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  • 981C Porsche Cayman GT4

    The 981C Porsche Cayman GT4 — hailed as one of the best street & track cars for the price point. And with cutting-edge Porsche technology, 911 GT3’s front suspension, 180° flipped mid-engine configured 911 Carrera S 3.8L H6 385bhp power plant, and a six-speed manual transmission, it’s easy to understand the allure. It goes to show what a little engineering creativity, and one hell of a parts bin can create — the best-priced Porsche GT-level car ever sold Stateside, and enthusiasts absolutely love it.

    And this gorgeous Guards Red example, belongs to Earl. While Earl definitely loves the driving characteristics of his GT4, he saw areas for aesthetic improvement. Enter, Vorsteiner carbon fiber front splitter, side skirts, rear valence, and rear wing — and that’s exactly what we installed this round. While the change is subtle, needless to say, these components really add an extra element to the already gorgeous lines of the 981C.

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  • Porsche 997.1 Turbo – Water to Air

    Let’s say ambient temperature is 68° F — would you think that repeatable 45° F intake air temperature is viable on a turbocharged street car? Seems counter intuitive at first thought, but that’s the exact result we delivered for Jerry’s Porsche 997.1 Turbo.
     
    One thing that’s sure to kill performance is elevated IATs (intake air temperature). It’s the reason that forced induction systems employ intercoolers — colder air is denser air, and denser air is more conducive to power. With insufficient charge air cooling, the car may feel like hell on wheels for the first couple pulls, but fall flat once the IATs rise — an issue that Jerry was tired of encountering with his beautiful Forest Green Metallic 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo Tiptronic while hot lapping at the drag strip.

    So, Jerry came to us with a pretty cool request: get the IATs down, keep them down, and turn the wick up! While upgraded stock location air-to-air intercoolers was a no-brainer, Jerry had an even better idea — integrate an auxiliary water-to-air intercooler system. With no off-the-shelf product to turn to, Jeremy got to work custom fabricating the water-to-air intercooler system — custom FLUIDYNE High Performance heat exchanger, turbocharger intakes, cold-side Y-pipe with integrated intercoolers, “frunk” mounted intercooler reservoir, properly spec’d intercooler pump, routing the intercooler fluid hoses along the OEM hoses & fabricating protective guards across exposed areas, and all the wiring & odds-and-ends to bring it all together.

    With the stock location air-to-air intercoolers installed, water-to-air intercooler system fabricated, we strapped the 997.1 down on the dyno to put it all to the test. The results? Well, check out plot 4 in the attached datalog screenshot: with ambient temperature of 67.77° F (see dyno graph for conditions), IATs at the beginning of the pull were 45.90° F, and only increased to 59.40° F by end of the pull — an increase of only 13.50° F throughout the run, without any ice in the reservoir!

    The real question, is how does this translate to performance? Stock 997.1 Turbo Tiptronics normally lay down around 400awhp & 440lbft on our dyno, and with Vlad calibrating via COBB Tuning‘s Accessport, he was able to increase output to 558.17awhp & 585.05lbft — an increase of ~158awhp & ~145lbft! Overall, killer results for this unique project. We can’t wait to hear Jerry’s results at the strip!

     

      

       

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