A little background on my Porsche history: I used to own and race the fastest and highest-powered Porsche in the world, a 911 built by Evolution Motorsports (Evoms). I ran a high ethanol fuel blend in the car, and it ran 219 mph in the half mile over eight times while making 1783whp on the dyno. The car was an absolute monster, but unfortunately, over time it started to live at the shop. It wasn't Evoms’ fault though, it was just a function of owning a car with that much horsepower. Porsches are great vehicles, but they aren’t necessarily made to withstand that much power over a long period of time. Over the years I started to appreciate finding that sweet spot on a modified car – the point where you can get the most power possible without turning it into purely a race car or having it live at the shop.

I ended up selling my 911 and took a break from Porsches for a while. Fast forward a couple of years, and I was able to find a perfect spec 997 GT2. I had been waiting for the opportunity to get this particular spec and as soon as I found it, I bought it right away without a second thought to map out my dream build. I wanted to take everything I learned over the years and make the perfect street car. To me, that meant sparing no expense to make sure we didn’t cut any corners so that I could have a quick spool, the best quality parts, and work with a shop that wanted to fuel the car with ethanol.

I was always very impressed with BBI Autosport's build quality, and I wanted to have them work on this new project with me. I made the drive from Las Vegas out to BBI in California and met with the crew there, and they were on board with my vision for the build. We discussed how to put together the perfect 997, and together we decided to move forward with it. I left the GT2 there with them and they got to work.

Here are some of the build Specs:

-Engine: 3.8 Liter Motor, CP Pistons, Carillo Rods, Auto Verde Oil Pump, CNC Ported Heads, Ferrea Valve Springs, Custom Grind Camshafts

-Turbo Kit: Inconel 3D Printed Headers, Xona Rotor 71-64 Internal Gated Turbos, Titanium Exhaust

-Fuel System: XRP Fuel Lines, BBI Spec Brushless Pumps, 12 Injector Dynamics Injectors 1300 and 1700's,

-3D Printed Intake Manifold with Billet Fuel Rails

-IPD Y-pipe and Plenum

-BBI Air to Air intercoolers

-JRZ Triple Adjustable Coilovers, BBI Solid Control Arms, BBI Sway Bar

-BBI Half Roll Bar

-Cup Car Shifter Cables

- (6) HRE R101's with (4) Toyo R888R tires and (2) Mickey Thompson ET Street R's

-Syvecs ECU

-M&W Ignition

-Tilton Triple Carbon Clutch

My goals for the car are to make 1300whp, run 200mph+ in the half mile, always run it on ethanol, have great drivability and a quick spool, not be crazy loud, and to be reliable. We took the car to its first event in mid-June, the Shift-S3ctor Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack, and we were well on our way to hitting all of those goals. The build BBI put together loved the ethanol fuel blend we use, and it made great power hitting about 175 mph off the trailer with minimal boost. We ended up shutting it down for more tuning before really pushing it to its limit since it was our first time unveiling the new build, but we’ll be back at some half-mile events in the near future to make a run at 200+ mph!

Here's a video of the paint correction by Detail Boss:

 

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congrats on another wicked build, and wicked cars on order! Just wondering why you went with internal wastegates at this power level? I have baby Xonas with internal wgs but I guess I assumed the bigger ones always used external wgs for better boost control.

 

Any work on the the cylinder heads or cams?

Any reason for 3.8 instead of 3.9/4.0/4.2 as response is a priority?

Rick

 

Wow. Incredible build, congrats on such an awesome beast. Would love to see videos!

 

that low poly manifold is just ridiculous. A piece of art

 

Yeah, I made note of the 3D printed parts. Damn nice assembly of items. I can't even imagine the cost. Looks like a nice squat stance on those wheels. 18's?

I can't even imagine sitting on top of that much HP.

Ed

 

BBI doing artwork ... That intake, the fuel rails, and that actuator rod!!!


Well done sir

 

That is the King 997! Love it!

 

Amen

 

Really nice build up here - looks like a lot of money and time invested into a well crafted machine

I am curious about your claims about having the previously "fastest Porsche" in the world - from what I know as far as the 1/4 mile ESMOTOR holds the ET and MPH records and from my recollection although it may be outdated Eddie Bello held the record for the fastest Porsche (air cooled) which he drove to the track in Texas I believe from the NY area and back and ran in the mid 230 mph range which was truly an insane feat

I think you did a great decision to change shops and hopefully your new project will spend less time broken down than the last one as a result of the superior engineering and skills of the team behind the build

 

If you read his goals said he does not want it crazy loud

Also I would hazard to say that some 997's might pick up false knock from external wastegate dump tubes as 997's seem to be very sensitive to sound

It seems to me the internal gate is very elegant and clean solution not much of a difference in power if your exhaust system if big enough to handle the flow of 1300 hp

 

 

I did read his goals...I'm just not familiar enough with cars at this power level to know that external wgs would be much louder than internal...

 

It depends how your plumb the external gates

if they dump to air then when they open the car gets very loud as you get exhaust before the turbo escaping

If you re-circulate them you don't get the loud sound but you have the force all the air through your exhaust and loose some extra exhaust capacity