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Martin J.S. said:
I wouldn't really care whether that upgrade was entirely street legal, since I have quite a lot of stuff on my car which is not exactly street legal neither. 
The only reason which scares me away from installing the EVOMS-SC is the fact that I had my engine blown last autumn and now have a brand new M96 engine installed with a two year Porsche warranty. Porsche won't like me installing the SC, because it wouldn't just boost my bhp, but kill my warranty. 
Don't you guys see all these things a little too tight? Heck, a Porsche is a toy... so why not play around with it? 
A Porsche isn't a toy but a technical device, able to kill if not used properly. I love to call my Porsche a toy too but when it comes to modifications which can influence driving safety, I see it as a technical thing which has to work flawlessly.
Maybe I should give you an example: back in the Lancia Delta HF Integrale days, we played around a lot with raised boost pressures, different turbo chargers and the water injection which a well known japanese manufacturer uses for marketing purposes on their high performance sedan.
We had that 17 years ago.
A friend of mine modified his Delta HF Integrale to more than 300 HP, almost group N power. But unfortunately he didn't use the necessary parts to keep the mod cheap and just raised boost pressure and used the water injection.
The chargers were taken from a group N car but everything wasn't actually really technically tested and of course it wasn't street legal.
At a speed of 140 kph (not that fast), he had a blown engine, literarilly. His engine hood was suddenly blown up(!) and the engine blocked completely. He spent almost 6 weeks in a hospital in Austria. No, cars can be toys but only if you keep these toys in a perfect technical shape.
Also don't forget one thing: in Germany when you have a serious accident with people getting hurt or even dying, the state attorney takes over the whole case and investigates. This investigation includes the technical status of your car.
They usually don't check software mods but they're looking for hardware mods, starting with not approved tires/rims, suspension setups and of course...engines.
Adding a SC kit to your 996 in Germany without TUEV approval is like playing russian roulette. You can ruin your whole life by doing that, definetely not recommended.
The insurance won't pay for the damages and you're also facing charges at the court. Not worth it, better put the money into a new car like a GT3 or GT2.
Regarding performance: I doubt a C2 with SC kit would have a straight line performance on a GT2 level. I remember that those tested 996s with bi-turbo modified M96 engine and claimed 450 to 500 HP power figures had a performance slightly under or at 996 TT level.
And of course Porsche voids the warranty for the entire engine, gearbox, drivetrain, brake system, clutch and on a 996 Cab probably for the roof mechanism too because of a possible top speed increase.
I'm not the person who doesn't like fun and I did a lot of stupid things with cars in my "early" days.
But being lucky doesn't mean it has to stay this way all the time. At age 22 and after driving Rally cars professionally, I was so full of pride and arrogancy, I thought that I'm the best driver in the world and nothing can happen.
Now at age 39 I know how stupid AND especially how lucky I've been in certain situations.
But I don't want to sound like my father who always told me: "son, you can drive the hell out of your cars and learn how to drive fast but you can't compensate with it the experience of 20 years of driving on the street, creating those "reflexes" which might decide between life and death in certain situations when you don't have the time to think". He was so right...but of course I would never admit it.
