I look foward to seeing this kit once it is complete. It should be a beast.

 

I stopped by the shop last week to chat with the guys and check out the progress on the car. Todd, the owner, showed me around and explained a lot of what's going on. I'm absolutely amazed at the amount of work and thought that has and is going into this. One of the mechanics is working all day every day fabing up the parts and insuring an absolute perfect fit for everything (pipes, turbos, intercoolers, etc), right down to the most minor tolerances. Another was working on some sort of a cad/cam computer program with a 3D view of a completely custom intake manifold. I won't go into how the intercooler/manifold is going to work as I'd probably explain it wrong.

I've been around cars my entire life and owned a lot of fast cars including adding superchargers, turbos, methanol, etc... I've never seen the type of intercooler/manifold setup their working on! It's amazing! They've been taking photos through the entire process so I'm sure when the time comes, we'll all be able to see all of this.

Todd had mentioned 6lbs of boost, but there's still a long way to go before this is up and running and tested. They're taking a realistic approach though and aren't planning on a huge HP setup that will only last 6 months.

Oh, the turbos are ball bearing and are some type of hybrid (24mm was it?). The air intake tubes were mostly done being fabbed up and they're working on an identical lenght path.

I probably sound like I don't know what the h*ll I'm talking about , but what they're doing to get this setup completed with a perfect OE look and feel is just beyond what I'm used to seeing. (I put an STS GT67 turbo on an '02 Yukon Denali and after seeing what Evoms is doing, I'm almost embarrassed at how hacked together the Denali setup was!)

No word yet on completion time. I've made it known that they can take all the time they need to get this done right; and they will get it done right. Hopefully I added a bit more information (and probably more questions). But I'll keep you posted on anything further!!

 

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Boost is good.....!

 

Where did they mount the intercooler?

I believe someone here has a twin-turbo boxster with the intercooler mounted beneath the engine bay.

 

I would love to see that setup

 

Nice Ride

 

AW, next time you are up there ask if it will fit on the 07+ Boxster S's.

 

Guess I'll be the first to ask: how does evoms plan to address the transmission to handle the additional torque since the transmission on the CS isn't from the turbo/gt#? Force feeding a car via bolt on is one thing but if there's one thing we've learned from the infamous 2nd gear pop out issue of the 996, it's to make sure the tranny is capable of handling the power.

 

i'm interested in a comparison of the cayman S twin turbo kit EVOMS comes up with compared to the kit Turbowerx says will be available spring '08.

 

I have the twin turbo Boxster and the intercooler is mounted where the aluminum plate that ties the suspension together is mounted.

 

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They've spent countless hours working on a brand new Intake Manifold with the Intercoolers built in. I thought some of you would have picked up on that when I mentioned it being similar to the new Corvette ZR-1. This setup won't be anything like "Gary in BR" has.

vick57 - I'm not familiar with Turbowerx history, but I can tell you Evoms does so much R&D I can't imagine anything more technologically advanced. Seeing the cad-cam designs on multiple Intake Manifolds and the detail they've done as far as fabing this up, it's truly amazing! They'll have all the pics and info ready for me (or them) to post up.

notquitefob - Not sure about the tranny. There doesn't seem to be much worry about the Cayman S trans handling the power (or maybe that's just my perception). If I get any info on their thoughts, I'll certainly post it here.

05997S - Will do on asking about the Boxster. Is there any difference in the room the Cayman has vs the Boxster? If the plumbing and sizing are the same I can't image it being an issue.

If I can get pics of the Intake Manifold, I'll post them up as well. They've been designing this for months and have had multiple designs sent to them. Basically a plastic design of exact size etc.

Timeframe: looks like we'll be roughly a month away before the tuning will start. I'm guessing around the end of next month (end of March).

For now I've been playing with my daily driver so I don't go nuts: Mazdaspeed3 that's now around 300hp/330tq with two Recaro babyseats in the back!

 

Cant wait to see what this thing does!

 

The goal is to have it done in about 3 weeks. I'm 100% ok if it takes longer as we all want this to be done perfectly. They've spent an awful lot of man hours on the CAD designs and fabrication, and seeing what they've done is just amazing!

So, really no new news other than the goal of being done at the end of this month (March)...