I can only attest to the durability so far. I have now 10,000 miles on my TPC turbo on my Cayman. I also DD my Cayman, you can drive it just like a stock Cayman. The power deliver is very smooth and linear, no sudden turbo boost. The exhaust is very mellow to about 3,000RPM so you can drive the car DD and never get annoyed by a loud exhaust, kick it and it screams like you will not believe.

When I originally got the turbo installed I took the car down to NC for a Cayman Club weekend on the Dragon. I put an immediate 3,000 miles on the system of which at least half of it was above 5,000RPM. No sputter, no hickup - just endless joy.

Here is the link to a post I made in the Cayman section including a little vid:

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/boxster-cayman/197371-tpc-cayman-turbo-520bhp.html#post2676016


You can see some of my vids from the Dragon from the last two years here:

http://vimeo.com/5095319

 

Thanks for your input dom, i appreciate it... Here are 2 pictures of the new bumper bracket installed...

 

Casey, im very interested, PM me.

 

Looks impressive.
Could you also please post pictures of where did you put air intake and filter box?

 

also a good comparison of sc vs turbo will be very useful for me
(the benefits of its kit , high temperatures of turbo,wbhp eth)

 

Have a good trip! I have a feeling it will be well worth it.

-Alex

 

A lot of this information has been covered. I know the thread is long but there is also a lot of good info in here.

Casey

 

i do not think air intake was ever shown in details.

 

Yeah, sorry was referring to the other post. I dont have any really descriptive photos and i am not in at the moment. I will chime in with photos soon.

Casey

 

i am reading this thread from the first forum,the posts that have infos are not to many!!
give us answers about intake,temperatures of turbo instead sc,comparison of bhp of these kits.
You are writing about the cayman and 50k miles but i am thinking that sc kit has been produced from many companies and tested from many cars all over the world instead of turbo kit

 

The purpose of posting that information is how the same system works on a Cayman has over 50k miles on it and it runs very well... on race gas. Turbos are capable of making more power at the same boost level on a supercharged car because a supercharger requires the engine's energy to make power. The reason for us changing to the turbo system is that it is much easier to install and produces more power more efficiently. We will provide information regarding IATs and other info when the time is appropriate(after the official release). Our 987 turbo system has been installed on more than 150 cars world wide... won EVO magazine's modified car of the year and has a lot of followers.

 

MarathonBod - Good trip down and I bet the trip home will be much faster

I was listening / watching the Cayman vid from the link above. I have to say that car sounds VERY loud on the inside. It might have been where the camera was relative to the motor but WOW that was loud. Will the 997 sound that loud Casey?

Best,

Matt (in MA)

 

Dominic's car is a bit of an exception and not the rule... his car is running race headers and he likes cars very loud... so we made it quite loud. The 911 system is hung behind the car, as you can see from pictures. Bob went for a ride in one today so hopefully he will chime in at some point but it is relatively quiet... quieter than any sport exhaust. Has in essence 2 mufflers(one is a turbo and the other is the actual muffler) not to mention the cat. One interesting part of our company is that we can configure things to a customers liking(with in reason, of course).

 

Casey -

Thanks - and enough quesitons from me... get back to work on Bob's car!

Best

Matt (in MA)

 

hehe, the Cayman has a little different layout compared to the 997 from an engine and exhaust stand point. Everything in the Cayman is right behind you and inside the driver's compartment. My Cayman currently has no cats nor muffler to speak off. However, as mentioned above below 3,000 it is very mellow. Will do some vids this weekend with drive byes and inside, above and below 3,000.