TiAL/EPL GT28RS w/ meth build... Finished!
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Actually, 90,800 the last time I looked. My car has been modded since it was 3 months old with 5,000 miles:
Stage 2 for about 45,000 miles
Stage 4 for about 15,000 miles
700 HP for about 25,000 miles
It has made 30-40 1/4 mile passes and it is driven hard and to near redline, often. Ruf is not the only reliable tuner. I think if you are running 600 HP or less with a proper tune (and there are many), these cars will run forever.
Stage 2 for about 45,000 miles
Stage 4 for about 15,000 miles
700 HP for about 25,000 miles
It has made 30-40 1/4 mile passes and it is driven hard and to near redline, often. Ruf is not the only reliable tuner. I think if you are running 600 HP or less with a proper tune (and there are many), these cars will run forever.
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991.2 GT3 RS Weissach Racing Yellow
991.2 Turbo S GT Silver
991.2 GT3 Chalk (Manual)
2022 Cayenne White
former 1972 911T white, 1984 911 3.2 Targa black, 993 cab white, 993TT arena red, 993TT silver, 996TT speed yellow, 991.1 GT3 white
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Good Gas + Moderate boost and a tune to go with it and these engines should last for quite a while. On MS109 and C16 we've tried to push our engine over the edge however we have yet to find that edge as of yet. That being said if I went and put 91 octane in the car with our current tune-up and boost levels it probably wouldn't make it around the block.
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I would argue that the TT is not Cheap. It IS FAST and Reliable. You are paying for the over engineering and durability that comes stock.
The only issue I would have is the lack of changes to the bottom end of the motor. You know as well as I do rod bolts can stretch and bearing surfaces will be affected long before a rod lets loose. As a point of reference the GT3/RS and the GT3RSR/Cup have virtually the same short block, yet the racing versions get rebuilt every 120 hrs or so of use, and that's with titanium rods. Another point of reference, Ruf also changes the bottom end of the motor on their high horsepower (i.e. 650) builds, at least on the 997 variants I assume the 996 are similarly built.
Every change is a compromise, you make more power and you may loose relibility. There's an old racing saying that comes to mind, "fast,cheap,reliable...choose 2"
Every change is a compromise, you make more power and you may loose relibility. There's an old racing saying that comes to mind, "fast,cheap,reliable...choose 2"
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The problem with that old saying is that each of those 3 things can be interpreted very differently by different people.
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