I went out to the Texas mile to see what my 996 TT was capable of .This car was custom built by Evolution Motorsports in AZ and is a true street car.It weighs in at 3208 without driver and was run in full street trim(no removing mirrors, wipers ,or seats.It also has working a/c, radio,and full interior.The car was run at 28lbs of boost which is about 4 lbs of boost short of being maxed out because the car is a handfull to drive at those power levels on street tires.It has 4 or 5 mph more in her but we lost a front belly pan on the first run on friday so we had to remove the rest of the belly pans and white knuckle drive it for the next two passes on Saturday without any belly pans.It went 231.4mph on Sat making it the fastest Porsche in the world to ever compete in such an event.If we had belly pans and the stones to up the boost, well ,you get the picture .Here are some pics from the event.Joe

Vid of the run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0P6VDQ1YDs

 

Pretty amazing! Fantastic.

 

How cool is that!

 

wow! congrats joe! that's pretty amazing.

 

Joe, what did the car feel like at 231? Stable? Squirrelly?

Congrats for a major accomplishment. And congrats to Evoms.

 

Joe, amazing achievement ! It's been a long road, glad to see you finally got the payback....with interest. I cant believe how smooth the engine sounded in that video. Heck, at the starting line it was idling away just like a stock car... Be safe. Kevin

 

WOW!!! Amazing Joe, congrats!!

 

from the video the car looked like it was cruising to the local store..lol

 

Amazing, congratulations.......

Can you share the intercooling arrangements, any water/ice/CO2 used, did you monitor the IAT at the end of the run ? Thanks

 

Freakin' amazing, indeed! Congrats many times over.

 

It is a handfull up to 120 where it gets full traction then stabilizes till about 175 where it starts to feel a little uneasy but only for a short period of time ,like somewhere around 200(you have to remember i wasn't watching the speedo the whole time)where it settles back down and is pin straight.The first day was really scary....jumping off a plane with 4 hrs of sleep...and jumping in the car after not getting behind the wheel for 6 months and running 221 on the first pass.It didn't help the winds were in a different direction at the end of the track.

 

Thanks,they are the Evo intercoolers.No icing down intercoolers.Evoms monitored IAT on the dyno only,we were not monitoring them at the track.They test these cars in more severe temp conditions than the cars were run in so we weren't worried.
Thanks

 

Thanks My friend
The engine is very smooth ,unbelievably smooth actually,it doesn't even feel like its working hard.It revs like a GT3 cup car at idle.

 

So Toby, does that answer your question from PH? Still think the Secan ICs are worth the extra $15k?

 

Well.... I would previously have said (probably somewhat sarcastically): well done they have managed to contain the temperatures enough for a full power ~26 second dyno run, this doesn't represent what happens on a track.... but the fact that you did 231mph in that ~26s is just a phenominal thing and bodes the question how much more does one need for a street car.....

It would be great if you could to keep everyone informed of the inevitable downsides to a monster like this, reliability (inc how long the gearbox lasts), maintenance (ongoing costs), emmissions (does it pass any tests ) , even fuel consumption would be interesting....