Chad,

Regarding your CF hood.......was it custom made?

Thanks.

 

is there are a part on his car that isn't? I was trying to come up with a "stock" part for his motor but couldn't....

 

AC unit?.....

 

Hey just a quick note to thank Sharkworks, Alex and Steve, for doing such a great job setting up my car with the PSS9 and the H&R sway bars I was All the way home when I picked it up...I even decided to take a detour to just check it out more. Had the guys at Custom Alignment do a corner balance check and Alignment the next day and they said it was set-up great no adjustment needed on the corner balance slight alignment required that to be expected . Thanks again for a great experience!!!

 

I believe the question was is there a stock part left on the "Motor" not the car

 

I always thought the AC unit was bolted to the motor. ergo part of the motor.

but alas, comments in jest never come across

 

No, there isn't one stock part in this motor.

 

Chad what ever happened with the cams?

What is the ETA on completion?

 

Jarod,

We used GT3 street intake and exhaust cams with a shortened duration and extended lift.

Not sure on the completion as we are having some trouble with the company who did the head work. I'll get into that later.

 

1,058 views to go until your car has to be ready Chad. What do we win if it isn't?

 

JarodL,

Hmmmmm............. I'll have to think about that one.

Back to the schedule ........... how about seven weeks. I'm at liberty to say a little more. How many people realize the GT3 Street, GT3 Cup and GT3R motors all have a different number of cam pointers? Each cam requires different ECU's. Now to make matters worst there are solid and hydralic tappets along with different GT3 year models have different tappets with different overall dimensions and designs. If the above isn't bad enough, try welding metal any one of the above stock Porsche GT3 cams using the required Porsche tappets. Well, it may work for awhile, but the different metals (cam and tappets) will quickly wear down the welded lobes. So what do you do?

All of the people to date who have turbocharged the GT3 heads have used either the stock GT3 street or GT3 Cup cams with the respective tappets. The problem is you don't have a crisp or responsive motor. You have a motor that is fast but far from optimum. You have a turbocharged motor with a normally aspirated cam profile. Not good to say the least. You have to do strange things to the timing and the performance suffers in many areas. Furthermore, you have these huge GT3 heads with a cam that can't make real good use of these monster heads breathing wise. Some people have used stock turbo heads that are ported and valved to GT3 dimensions. This is great ............. but how about the tappets. They simply won't stand up to anywhere near 8500 rpm's. We know of no one prior to S Car Go Racing who has made a turbo cam for the GT3 heads that is compatable with existing tappets and ECU's. The S Car Go turbo cams (intake and exhaust) for the GT3 heads will be proven before the end of the year. My prediction is no street 996tt or turbo GT3 to date will come close to KA in power, torque, longevity and crisp responsive drivability throughout the entire rpm range.

 

Heya CJV... sorry I'm muddled here but does this still mean you are using a GT3 ECU to start with or have things changed? Seems like the hardware battle is still more of a challenge than the software one

 

We are using the 996tt ECU but not the 996tt software. This way no smog failure. The downside is the stock boost control gauge doesn't work. No biggie as a mechanical gauge is being added. In addition the 996tt ABS won't operate so we are using a much faster accumulator and related software.

There is no more battle, all issues have been resolved.

 

Out of curosity, are there any 6 speed members who had their motor tuned on an engine dyno versus a chassis dyno?

 

You knew that mine was done of both...Just a heads up on Todd's engine dyno....it is on the CONSERVATIVE side .