[sharkster]

hey fellas just another update as ZTadpol had a very busy last few days I'll have more for you on the suspension testing but suffice it to say that with another 800miles on the ODO and no noticeable noises etc... A few creaks/groans when going over speed bumps but nothing major.

On the way down to the CEC/TechArt open house in LA (more on that later) we stopped by Stasis again to do some dyno testing on Fabspeed's proto-type intake. Obviously with our car there are some notable differences- we used 91 octane, our ECU is tuned and we have to run in AWD mode with our PDK and on a different dyno too (it was pretty hot at 80-ish). It's very hard to do intake testing on a rear engine car on a dyno because you never really get the same level of airflow as you would on the street. Intake temperatures climbed up and so it wasn't able to use the best ignition map. Either way we did get anywhere from 3-4awhp from it which is about what I'd expect on a tuned 997S PDK car (and the sound is pretty sweet). Jeremy@Fabspeed tells me that the production versions of their kit will be made from carbon fiber and/or plastic so that should help keep intake temps down on a dyno and we'll do some more testing then. Either way here's a couple of runs and we'll retest with a final unit once we get it:


Once down at CEC/TechArt we displayed her as part of the new 09 collection. Really nice facility right in the hear of West LA and it was great to meet some of you 6speeders there and put a face to that screen name.



For those of you interested in the techart aero you can check out the new 09 catalogue (sporting our ZTadpol):

http://www.cecwheels.com/image2-4255...tProgramfor911