Dan@SharkWerks

Hey guys,
The April '09 Excellence is starting to hit shelves and its cover story is a neat one: Blakt Out's supercharged 997S vs. SharkWerks' Cayman S RS350 vs. a modified 997 Turbo. The authors drive the three cars for days, over hundreds of miles along the coast of northern California and there are many beautiful pictures in the magazine.

It's a good roundup of the benefits of each platform and shows what you might expect from each as a street car if you choose to modify the engine, suspension, and chassis.

There's a preview of the article on Excellence's site here.



Subscribers should be receiving the magazine any day, and it will be on shelves soon after.

KS-CS

Congrats on the great review - just curious though why you didn't install a TBD or LSD with your package?

blakt out

That car would have been even more amazing with a Quaife. KS-CS, do you have one? I'd love to hear how well it works if you do.

(I got to be one of the drivers... so I really liked the Cayman... ALOT.)

jumper5836

because it would be faster, have better handling and less money then the 997 SC and moded TT

KS-CS

I wish I did, unfortunately my car is a Tip (and no one makes one for the Tip 987s). Those who have installed them, seem to be very happy with the improvement, particularly on the track.

blakt out

Please tell me you're not a conspiracy theorist on this too. Gimme a break. Did you read the article?

The Cayman S was amazing. No reason for croc owners to have short ***** syndrome. Really.

Wouldn't have been faster. Would have been as good or better handling for much less. I said this in the article. But your theory is silly.

My car would have still killed it on any track.

Again, I LOVED that Cayman, and have many quotes in the mag accordingly. Just gotta keep it in the realm of possible reality.

jumper5836

It would if the cayman had the Orton RSC500 installed.

blakt out

Or the TPC turbo kit.

Those bastards also didn't let me strap on my rocket boosters because Porsche didn't want mine to outshine the Carrera GT. (Playing)

Just saying that Excellence didn't ASK that the Cayman not have LSD. That's what you insinuated, or at least what I thought.

Regardless, the car was amazing. I loved it.

Cheers!

jumper5836

nah I didn't mean to insinuate that. I really was saying there would be no comp it it did have it.

jumper5836

hmm the TPC kit is fairly well priced, probably costs the same to install as the SC for the 997.

blakt out

yeah. That thing is sweet. However, I just noted that Softronics actually has it, on their site, that they produce CONVERSION kits to put the GT3 engine in a 987!

jumper5836

yes that is the holy grail but I am sure it's about as expensive as buying a new cayman

blakt out

Oh wow. Okey doke.

I thought I might sell my car for enough to buy a used early Cayman S and then put that engine in it. Maybe I'll just hold on!

Jared

kc996

Blakt Out,

Excellence was great, your article was the first one I read. Thanks for contributing your car and time. What clubs do you run with at VIR?
Kevin

P.S. The SharkWerks Cayman S is kick a$$!!

schwank

Yeah that was a great article. The car looks great too! Personally, I would take the Cayman of those 3 cars.