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Old 11-25-2009, 06:26 AM
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Default 997TT Finished - I think???

Just had my 997TT in the shop for finishing touches on the suspension and functional body works.

I am now at ~ 600 AWHP. This baby hauls butt!

It has new suspension, larger turbos, headers, shifting upgrades, wheels (18-20 # each), and carbon fiber front splitter, rear diffuser, airbox, piping, and other fuel/air/turbo extras including new PCB Control Board.







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That looks sweet. How do you keep the rear diffuser from getting chewed up on the road? It looks like it would touch the ground on a hard launch, which I would imagine that car gives some pretty hard launches. Drive it like it needs to be driven!!
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kewl, when you gonna track it?
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ASAP
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That looks sweet. How do you keep the rear diffuser from getting chewed up on the road? It looks like it would touch the ground on a hard launch, which I would imagine that car gives some pretty hard launches. Drive it like it needs to be driven!!
Believe it or not I have right under 5" clearance at the lowest portion of back. No problems YET
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Good God, I just found photo's of my dream car.
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very nice, congrats, are those champion wheels
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very nice, congrats, are those champion wheels
That is correct - sharp eye!
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That must be one fast Porsche
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We logged 10.21 in the qtr (no speed - sorry).

0-60 in 2.85 Seconds

Verdict: AWD Kicks Butt!:
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0-60 in 2.85 Seconds
That is one serious fast Porsche.......
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That is one serious fast Porsche.......
I am now waiting for a bigger turbos. I went from 44 to 46mm. They (my shop) will be offering 48 or 50mm next year. They are already on my list.
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What a beautiful car!!!
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