Jul 7, 2006 9:18:32 PM
- amir sarmad
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Re: TPC Supercharger vs Evo Supercharger
Sorry to read about the delays for the remaining bits needed to complete the car. Have enjoyed reading the tale so far, looking forward to the final results and your thoughts on how well it all turns out. Ballsy move to build your personal spec 997S, hat off to you friend. 
Jul 8, 2006 11:45:56 AM
- blakt out
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Re: TPC Supercharger vs Evo Supercharger
On the brakes... I'm waiting until I get it on the track. I went to the American F1 Race at Indy this past Sunday. It was awesome. The GT3 Cup cars ran earlier in the day, as always. I was fortunate enough to have a friend take me and buy tickets in a suite. Turns out (by my detective conclusion), Ian Baas' father owns that suite. Ian Baas is the 23 year old co-driver of Randy Pobst. They are the TPC Racing Car (how crazy that this thread started by my asking about TPC or EVO... and I went with EVO) that won the 24 hours of Daytona and Ian had come in 3rd this day. So Ian and I get to talking because I'm wearing my "Evo Motorsports Supercharged" shirt. He's an awesome guy. I told him about my car over a few Heinekens, and started talking about the brakes. He told me to run it with him on a track and see if we thought it needed it... but that many upgrades to the braking of an S actually make it worse. So I'm going to meet him at VIR (where he holds some Porsche lap record) and we're going to hot lap in my car for a day or two. He's going to coach me, for a fee of course. Then I'll know what I need to do with the brakes. I won't actually race with the 20s. I'm putting Michelin Racing tires on my factory 19s.
As far as the suspension, I havev PASM and just put on the H&R springs. He said this might be ok, but he's possibly going to bring a set of coilovers for me and we'll swap them out and he will set it up for me.
He's an awesome guy. Totally the coolest, nicest 23 year old rockstar that I've ever met. I'll be sure to tell you how all that goes too, but that will be a while. He's off to Germany and I've got to go to my school at Panoz in Atlanta first. I'll meet him at VIR this fall.
As far as the suspension, I havev PASM and just put on the H&R springs. He said this might be ok, but he's possibly going to bring a set of coilovers for me and we'll swap them out and he will set it up for me.
He's an awesome guy. Totally the coolest, nicest 23 year old rockstar that I've ever met. I'll be sure to tell you how all that goes too, but that will be a while. He's off to Germany and I've got to go to my school at Panoz in Atlanta first. I'll meet him at VIR this fall.
Re: TPC Supercharger vs Evo Supercharger
Good luck blakt out with your s/c install, if the threads on 6speed are anything to go by you will have miles of hassle free fun. The only problems amongst a diversity of evo s/c drivers seems to come from the quality of the install and not the reliability of the kit or the fragility of the engine.
By the way the completely positive nature of the 6speed thread was in marked contrast to the nay-sayers on this site. I cant believe there are so many twenty something old men. "be safe buy a tt" indeed! Where have all the white knuckle racer builders gone? The USA has been the home of monster horsepower long before the euro-machines made it here, and how many of them supercharged themselves to death blowing chevies?? I tell you the safety nannies are taking over! And we are talking about barely perceptible psi to a Porsche - overbuilt by gnomes in a land where rules rule.
I am going to s/c my Aussie 996 this year probably with the TPC kit which gets its power low down and is therefore more suited to the cut and thrust of the twisties. The evo kit apparently comes on stream over 4000 rpm and seems more suited to those who want standard stress for the daily commute and room to open her up on the wide open road or the track at the weekend. Economics down here (where i am most of the year) dont allow the soft option of " oh well I will buy a TT" The difference between a 997 c2 and a 997TT (second hand cabs!!) is around 300,000- yes seriously. So we should be thankful that we can buy a TT in the US for chump change.
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