This black on black mean-looking Vader 997.1 GT3 came up to us from RSS our chums in Southern California. Having been completely outfitted with the full line of RSS Tarmac suspension parts, transmission re-geared, LWF conversion, KW Clubsport coilovers, RSS roll bar a set of P43SC HRE wheels there was only one rather large stone left to turn over... ze SharkWerks 3.9 engine!

Off the transport and already you can tell she's not your stock GT3 (that's a 2011 RS tail...):


Straight on to the lift and off with the bumper, a full Cargraphic exhaust...


Out comes the stock 3.6 engine:



Stripping her down in the engine room:



Getting down to the block:


Stock cams:


Out come the old hydraulic lifters (always replace these):



Those 3.6 Ps & Cs:


This is what a healthy 30K miles worth of heads look like:


And now down to the rods and studs (new bearings, rod bolts recommend on cars with 20K plus miles or heave track usage):



Clean up on isle 5:


While the engine parts get washed for assembly let's have a look at some of our SharkWerks 3.9 goodies:



The heads getting set up for our spec (a few secret sauce things in here):



Assembly with our 3.9L pistons:



Our EVOMS head gasket kit:


Along with the rest of the assembly we also do our coolant pipe fix and pair of new pipes to boot.


The ECU (previous tuned with the EVOMSit stage 1 software) is upgraded to our 3.9 mapping on 91 octane:


Normally when we get a 3.9L project to work on we add a few RSS trimmings such as their lower control arms, toe-steer and dog bones but as you can see she's already got the lot and been using them for a couple of years:



She's a bit of a looker with those light-weight satin black HRE P43SC wheels:


Along with the 3.8 RS tail the airbox is also changed to the dual-inlet version:



After her break-in and first oil change she's ready to go back home to Southern California:

 

Awesome build. Did this car use the OEM rear decklid and wing, or was it aftermarket? And by the way, I think those are the P44SC. P43SC has 1 extra spoke.

 

That's Darth Vader cool alright !

 

Good to see you're still having fun Alex!

 

Outstanding build as always.

 

I can hear the French horns and the kettle drums of the Empire now.....don don di don don di don don di don.

 

LOL! I was thinking with a bit of a Jaws theme for sharkweek...
Thank you sir!
Thanks Mike! Good to see you on here too; what have you been up to?!

Yep well done... when I first saw it and went to pop the lid; Stephen says, "Don't worry I've got the proper airbox in there too....".
See above and you're hired and I'm fired. That was a typo.. P44 indeed

 

Alex it is Shark week on Discovery. Maybe consider Megaladon????? We need a segment devoted to Sharkwerks as part of Sharkweek! Great white vs Blue Fin etc.

 

god damn this car looks good - giving me some ideas for my 997

 

LOL! The only segments we have were sadly on Speed and not Discovery:
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/magazi...d-channel.html

Or really old!

And even with the NFL guys haha:
http://www.streetfire.net/video/amani-toomers-911-turbo-modded-sharkwerks-on-in_187440.htm
LOL! I thought you weren't going to mod this one

 

Geez, I still remember watching step by step when Fred was actively modding his RS. Those were good days

 

Ah those were the days eh? We were young....

 

Got to break her in and now really rail on her before pick up. I have to say this is probably one of the fastest 3.9s yet. It's regeared and with the updated intake etc... fast fish!