Thanks for the kind words on the system everyone! Just finished taking a few pictures of some stage 2 parts that are going on a clients car.



This is our stage 2 system.

Schwabe already has the manifolds and the routine switching.

The full Stage 2 system includes the larger turbo as well.

Dominics car makes ~450 to the wheels, with the larger turbo at close to the same boost levels the system would push ~480 to the wheels.

 

Found a vid of the 3.8 X51 turbo ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijF7OHK7G_U

 

irresponsible driving, let alone bad technique. when horsepower and responsibility are inversely correlated, it's a bad equation.

 

whatevas^

im running 5-600hp and its nearly impossable to enjoy all that with the cold temps.
you are going to have a ball when summer hits and you can get some heat in the tires.

 

California boy criticizing a German's cold weather driving, classic

 

That is because he is a troll who does not go out in the cold. As Bayern living in both countries driving is hard to get used to when I come back to the USA. Really hard when the roads are snow covered here. Last month back in Germany I was doing 105mph on the snow covered autobahn and got passed by a Cayanne Turbo doing at least 140mph. What would California boy say about that???

Your shipping will be about $5k for a round trip container. Let me know if you want the name of a good shipping company. Or at least the company that ships the Porsche museum cars to the USA.

I look forward to seeing your cars at an upcoming meet

 

Thanks Gunther that is great to know, I will defintiely hit you up on this. Hope Berk gets his act together soon and plans another GTG.

 

A few things...

First, this thread makes me want to Turbo my Cayman BADLY. So THANKS a LOT!

Secondly, hope to see you and check out the car at the track day in late FEb. I am coming with a friend who has a high HP E55 so ill be on the lookout for you.

Finally, i was just in Germany not long ago and was in Stuttgart but my hotel was in Ludwigsburg - seems to be close to your area - i was also hanging out at a friends place in Moglien (spelling?). What a great area. But i must say, the highlight of the trip was taking my rental (AVIS) 997 PDK Cab up in the mountains outside of Heidleburg. WOW! I now know why you Germans drive so well

Cheers!

 

Thanks, unfortunately I do not really have the time to track the car. We are boaters so every weekend during the track season we are on the Bay. During the off-season my wife works Friday and Saturday 12 night shifts so I cannot just leave her alone with the kids on Sunday. I will be at MIR though on February 28th.

As for the South of Germany, I miss the twisties of the pre-Alps and then on weekends the extended drives through the Swiss and Austrian Alpes.

 

Schwabe,
Congrats on the upgrades. I've always been somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to putting boost in a high compression engine. Hence the 3.8L upgrade vs. a SC. However, I'm glad to see that TPC is enjoying some good success with this package. It definitely continues to pique my interest.

We are also boaters (long-time sailors, but now motor-boaters) Maybe we'll see you on the bay this summer if we come down to the Chesapeake.

Ich bin aus Herzogenaurach.

Dave

 

Wow this is an amazing project O_O

Nice work.

 

Dave,

very nice. Let me know if and when you come down to the Bay for a raft-up.
Kannst dann auch gerne den Cayman testen ....

Dominic

 

Amongst the hundreds of cars at the local C&C meet in Houston, this caught my eye and stopped in my tracks. I spoke to the guy and he was very informative and pleasant. Thank goodness.

It makes me want to build a turbo cayman.

Anyhow, congrats on the build!

 

Schwabe,

Thanks so much for posting, glad to see you are enjoying the TPC kit! Congratulations on another well tuned Porsche!

 

Thank you Rhonda for all your help!