i figured i would make a formal introduction , seems more of the high hp guys are over here. i've been here for a while reading, learning and seeking help. anyway i bought a new to me 997.1 Turbo in april . i've been in love with porsche ever since the 997 turbo's were released. i had looked at 991's in the 2013-14 range but price was a bit steep for something i wasn't sure i would love , so i really didn't pursue the cause , the wife would kill me.

then one day i'm at a friends place and he states he has to sell his car immediately for tax reasons , it was a 2007 tip ( i know the tip deal but i really wanted one for a multitude of reasons) , car had 36k miles on it , and he had bought it from his friend thomas hayden church ( the guy from the movie sideways ) so i knew the history and was comfortable with it .

i started with a protomotive tune and exhuast, then went to a race gas tune running it on MS109 , but damn at 13 mpg , those $300 fill ups got old pretty fast , so i converted the car to E85 . had the motor pulled, did the sharkwerks coolant lines , and all the other reliability mods i read about while the car was apart .

had it done at a local indy that worked on exotics , got the car back and it had a severe boost leak , called the shop on my way home and they acted dumb founded. yeah right .. well it lost a turbo on the way home , i took it back and they spent 2 months figuring out what caused it and replacing the turbo , only to get it back with a boost actuator code and a coolant temp issue. took it back again , they replaced thermostat and said it had no codes. get home and it has the same 2 codes . at this point i took it into my own hands and basically fixed the issues in house , the coolant temp code was from a vacuum line being left unhooked and i replaced the vgt actuator .

so after having a 3 month struggle my car runs properly . i have 1100CC injectors , running E85 , and have protomotive tuning . i'm gonna do some datlog's to get the tune perfect now, but its 90% perfect with just some dead pedal when going foot to the floor from a dead stop . i got the TCM reprogrammed for the power , and the latest update on my DSC . the car is WAY stronger than tune and exhaust only, and a good bit stronger than it was on MS109 . not sure what it makes but i'm guessing well over 600 , gonna go to a local dyno day at world motorsports in the beginning of march and see !

it's so nice after a few months of total bs to have it back perfect . what are you E85 / Stock Turbo guys seeing for power numbers? what should i expect roughly ?

sorry for the long post !

 

Glad you got it finally sorted out. #RedDragons

 

yeah buddy !! he's jealous as hell now at how fast it is . get's mad when i send him videos.

 

Congrats, look like you just built a monster 997TT.

 

Full bolt ons with E85 on stock turbos are seeing roughly 600whp I have seen a little more on aggressive tunes. 600-625whp is about the average

Hope you get those final tweaks done. This setup is hard to beat on the street

 

Ellis fan? :tup:

anyway, posts like this make me consider doing e85 and coolant line fixes myself.

Glad to hear you got it worked out.

X....

 

cool thanks ! i've seen guys making over 700 , and then the majority in the 650 range . i'd be happy with 625 for sure. i'd like to run sub 10.50 in the 1/4 . not sure what this thing weighs .

 

yeah man , i've made a progression from tuned only , to race gas to this, and i'm very happy with it. its VERY strong . #ellisfam