My Weekend with the EVOMS EVT700 997TT
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My Weekend with the EVOMS EVT700 997TT
I would like to start this post thanking Todd, Mike, Dan and everybody else from Evo for making this great weekend happen for me.
Before I go into the whole story, I would like top point out that this is the same car that ran 10.88 (Before the EVT700 kit) and has trapped as high as 133MPH here in Arizona.
It is also the same car that ran 189mph at the Texas Mile this past summer.
On Thursday I received a call from Mike and Dan wondering if I wanted to take their EVT700 997TT for the weekend to get some good miles on the package prior to its release date. It was against my better judgment and after a lot of arm twisting that I reluctantly agreed.
I picked up the car at lunch on Friday:
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The front end of the car has been changed to a GT3RS bumper. Tinted taillights and side markers, CF Headlight rings, front lip spoiler, Mirrors and rear Widow Spoiler are the only aesthetic modifications (Besides the black 19” Fikse’s over the Ceramic rotors with red calipers)
The Euro 997 GT3 seats were wonderful, much more comfortable than my Euro 996 GT3 seats. The rear seats have been removed and a matte black RS Roll Bar is in place as well as a set of Schroth 997 GT3 Harnesses.
PSM off, Sport button on (An exercise that I practiced every time I turned the car on, all weekend long). I noticed that the EVO Stage 3 Clutch with alloy Flywheel is a bit touchy and took a bit of getting used to. The engagement is very short and taking off from a stop light, the average driver could stall it pretty easily. It took a bit of getting used to, but I only stalled it once the whole weekend. I actually like the clutch and the way it engages now that I am used to it.
My first impressions of the car is that is very fast and power is extremely linear. Second gear hits hard and the car spins all 4 tires trough the 1<SUP>st</SUP> half of third. (I ran the car on pump gas mode and 91 octane fuel all weekend, the AWHP on Pump is 600 on race map and 100+ octane the car really opens up to an amazing 650+ AWHP.) The straight pipes are a bit loud for the average driver, but since I am not the average driver, I loved the sound, my wife spent the whole weekend with me and the car as well and she did not seem to mind, but she is used to all of my Porsches being pretty loud.
First stop, my office.
The owner of my company has a couple of Porsches, one of which is a 997TT Tip (that he ran bone stock to an 11.60 at 121mph here in AZ) so I wanted to take him for a quick ride. He was obviously blown away by how fast & responsive the car was. His only complaint was how loud it was; otherwise he loved everything about it.
I took a couple of other friends and neighbors out for a quick ride then put the car away for the night.
Before I go into the whole story, I would like top point out that this is the same car that ran 10.88 (Before the EVT700 kit) and has trapped as high as 133MPH here in Arizona.
It is also the same car that ran 189mph at the Texas Mile this past summer.
On Thursday I received a call from Mike and Dan wondering if I wanted to take their EVT700 997TT for the weekend to get some good miles on the package prior to its release date. It was against my better judgment and after a lot of arm twisting that I reluctantly agreed.
I picked up the car at lunch on Friday:
<O
The front end of the car has been changed to a GT3RS bumper. Tinted taillights and side markers, CF Headlight rings, front lip spoiler, Mirrors and rear Widow Spoiler are the only aesthetic modifications (Besides the black 19” Fikse’s over the Ceramic rotors with red calipers)
The Euro 997 GT3 seats were wonderful, much more comfortable than my Euro 996 GT3 seats. The rear seats have been removed and a matte black RS Roll Bar is in place as well as a set of Schroth 997 GT3 Harnesses.
PSM off, Sport button on (An exercise that I practiced every time I turned the car on, all weekend long). I noticed that the EVO Stage 3 Clutch with alloy Flywheel is a bit touchy and took a bit of getting used to. The engagement is very short and taking off from a stop light, the average driver could stall it pretty easily. It took a bit of getting used to, but I only stalled it once the whole weekend. I actually like the clutch and the way it engages now that I am used to it.
My first impressions of the car is that is very fast and power is extremely linear. Second gear hits hard and the car spins all 4 tires trough the 1<SUP>st</SUP> half of third. (I ran the car on pump gas mode and 91 octane fuel all weekend, the AWHP on Pump is 600 on race map and 100+ octane the car really opens up to an amazing 650+ AWHP.) The straight pipes are a bit loud for the average driver, but since I am not the average driver, I loved the sound, my wife spent the whole weekend with me and the car as well and she did not seem to mind, but she is used to all of my Porsches being pretty loud.
First stop, my office.
The owner of my company has a couple of Porsches, one of which is a 997TT Tip (that he ran bone stock to an 11.60 at 121mph here in AZ) so I wanted to take him for a quick ride. He was obviously blown away by how fast & responsive the car was. His only complaint was how loud it was; otherwise he loved everything about it.
I took a couple of other friends and neighbors out for a quick ride then put the car away for the night.
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Saturday:
In the morning I went and got some coffee with a friend and former (in the 1970’s) Porsche factory driver and took him for a spin. He liked the car very much.
Since they asked me to put miles on the car, I decided to grab my wife and head up to Payson (3 hours N of Scottsdale) We took a pretty scenic route (The 87 up through Payson) trough the mountains and enjoyed a pretty wide open road.
Here I was able to stretch the cars legs (In <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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Mexico)</ST1</st1:country-region> and exercised it at full boost trough all gears. The power delivery trough 3<SUP>rd</SUP> 4<SUP>th</SUP> and 5<SUP>th</SUP> is unbelievable.
In the morning I went and got some coffee with a friend and former (in the 1970’s) Porsche factory driver and took him for a spin. He liked the car very much.
Since they asked me to put miles on the car, I decided to grab my wife and head up to Payson (3 hours N of Scottsdale) We took a pretty scenic route (The 87 up through Payson) trough the mountains and enjoyed a pretty wide open road.
Here I was able to stretch the cars legs (In <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
</st1:country-region> and exercised it at full boost trough all gears. The power delivery trough 3<SUP>rd</SUP> 4<SUP>th</SUP> and 5<SUP>th</SUP> is unbelievable.
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