Our newest Werks1 prototype....
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Just a thought... from that pic of the motor, is there enough room on top of the motor and between the intake runnenrs (if you spent the R&D+Time on fabing up a new intake manifold system) to mount a med sized twinscrew supercharger upside down like this... air chrage blowing upwards and then into the runners.
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Hi all,
Just thought I'd share a couple of spy pictures of our newest Werks1 prototype part being test fitted in the shop. I think the pictures say it all, but I'll answer a few questions that I think might come up.
--No, it's not a direct copy of the factory part. There are several design differences. Months were spent designing the part and theoretically testing it's flow characteristics by our engineers.
--Yes, it's 100% carbon fiber, inside and out. With the exception of the flanges, which are plastic on the prototype but will be machined aluminum on the final part.
--Yes, the original part will be flow-tested very soon. It will then be installed on our project GT2.
--Yes, it will be for sale....soon.
Enjoy the eye candy...
Just thought I'd share a couple of spy pictures of our newest Werks1 prototype part being test fitted in the shop. I think the pictures say it all, but I'll answer a few questions that I think might come up.
--No, it's not a direct copy of the factory part. There are several design differences. Months were spent designing the part and theoretically testing it's flow characteristics by our engineers.
--Yes, it's 100% carbon fiber, inside and out. With the exception of the flanges, which are plastic on the prototype but will be machined aluminum on the final part.
--Yes, the original part will be flow-tested very soon. It will then be installed on our project GT2.
--Yes, it will be for sale....soon.
Enjoy the eye candy...
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If you mean dimension wise will it fit in your stock engine bay, yes it will. Werks 1 stuff is meant as a direct bolt on for the most part. But he did say the flow #'s will be different, therefore will require tuning most likely. No big deal though, I'm sure any tuner good shop with access to a dyno can tune your car to benefit from the better flow ratings.
Why would you put a supercharger onto a car that already has twin turbos 
Just a thought... from that pic of the motor, is there enough room on top of the motor and between the intake runnenrs (if you spent the R&D+Time on fabing up a new intake manifold system) to mount a med sized twinscrew supercharger upside down like this... air chrage blowing upwards and then into the runners.
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If you mean dimension wise will it fit in your stock engine bay, yes it will. Werks 1 stuff is meant as a direct bolt on for the most part. But he did say the flow #'s will be different, therefore will require tuning most likely. No big deal though, I'm sure any tuner good shop with access to a dyno can tune your car to benefit from the better flow ratings.
Why would you put a supercharger onto a car that already has twin turbos
Why would you put a supercharger onto a car that already has twin turbos
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Oh, gotcha lol I could be wrong, but I'd imagine that the Turbo/GT2 uses different manifolds due to different pressure/flow needs vs. the Normally Aspirated cars. But if they were bolt on for the NA cars, I'm sure they'd sell a ton of them, price dependent of course.
haha now that would be bad-a$$!!
BTW, I just got some preliminary flow-test numbers on this part and.....WOW!!!
I'll post them up just as soon as the test facility sends me the actual data sheets.
BTW, I just got some preliminary flow-test numbers on this part and.....WOW!!!
I'll post them up just as soon as the test facility sends me the actual data sheets.
OK, the results are in, and we couldn't be happier!! Below are two charts that show the flow results of our Werks1 Carbon intake manifold versus both the factory 997 Turbo and the factory GT2.
All the flow tests were conducted by Wilson Manifolds (http://www.wilsonmanifolds.com) who are fortunately local to us in Fort Lauderdale. They have the equipment to do proper testing.
The results are below. The factory GT2 ended up flowing the worst, at an average of 252.1 CFM at a test pressure of 27. The stock 997 Turbo manifold flowed an average of 265.86 CFM at a test pressure of 27. And lastly, our prototype Werks1 Carbon manifold flowed an average of 283.46 CFM at a test pressure of 27.
All the flow tests were conducted by Wilson Manifolds (http://www.wilsonmanifolds.com) who are fortunately local to us in Fort Lauderdale. They have the equipment to do proper testing.
The results are below. The factory GT2 ended up flowing the worst, at an average of 252.1 CFM at a test pressure of 27. The stock 997 Turbo manifold flowed an average of 265.86 CFM at a test pressure of 27. And lastly, our prototype Werks1 Carbon manifold flowed an average of 283.46 CFM at a test pressure of 27.