A.W.E. Tuning Project 700S: 660hp on pump and climbing!
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A.W.E. Tuning Project 700S: 660hp on pump and climbing!
We've been hard at work testing some reliable performance upgrades for the Porsche 997TT platform. We have completed our exhaust manifolds (headers) for the 997TT, and saw gains of 8 wheel horsepower, or ~10 HP at the crank. Dyno sheet below including GIAC chip and our in-house built A.W.E. Tuning performance exhaust system:
Last week we bolted on our new larger AWE VTG turbos. Utilizing a brand new proprietary GIAC development file at 1.1 bar boost we saw an additional 35 wheel HP on pump gas, putting us at 553 wheel HP, and we're just starting with the tuning. Here's a dyno showing the above set up with the addition of the AWE VTG turbos. It's important to note a few items - These turbos maintain Porsche's VTG technology, and are a direct plug and play modification.
Also note that all our testing is being done on PUMP gas, and that we prefer to look at WHEEL horsepower numbers as crank numbers can vary substantially depending on the baseline chosen to determine the crank HP correction factor.
Project 700S is a straight forward project - we are looking to hit 700 crank horsepower on pump gas for Street cars. We are running into a few hardware challenges during development, but the power at this stage is phenomenal - we're already making 53 wheel horsepower more than our popular 996TT Porsche K24 kit put out on pump gas. Intercoolers will be examined, and GIAC is currently rewriting the software program to take full advantage of the AWE VTG turbos. The current program only makes 1.1 bar, our new proprietary GIAC software program will push boost to 1.4 bar at higher rpms, as well as increasing the torque figures.
We expect great gains across the board from this setup once the hardware and software tuning is finalized. We'll keep you posted with new dyno sheets as we continue our development work with GIAC.
All this power has forced us to reexamine the factory suspension and brakes. Luckily for us, we have direct relationships with all the tops names, and work directly with their engineering departments on Project 700S. Because of our great success with the brand on the 996TT platform, a Moton Clubsport coilover suspension was chosen for the car and installed two weeks ago - as far as we know, and according to Moton, the first in the country on a 997TT. Specialty parts to mate this kit to the 997TT were designed and machined in house, and the factory PASM system has been turned off via the Porsche PIWIS scantool. Our Motons are coupled with H&R springs, a natural choice given our 9 year partnership with H&R.
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While the stock brakes on the 997TT are some of the best on the market today, we wanted more. We prefer Brembo on Porsche cars, as nothing beats the pedal feel of these kits. Looking for the ultimate deceleration upgrade, we went a step further beyond the standard Brembo GT kits and installed the GTR brake kit front and rear.
Stopping power is absolutley unreal, exceeding the gripping ability of the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires currently on mounted on the BBS Motorsport wheels.
Questions and comments are always welcome. If you don't see us hovering online, we're on the dyno - give us a call or drop us an email at any time!
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Originally Posted by maxwell
wow! that is one badass tt! The combination of those components must be phenomenal! One question, who is producing the new turbos for you? This is the first I've heard of a VTG turbo replacement.
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9ff seems to have some replacement VTGs as well....though after the horror stories here a few years back, I would not go near them
Keep up the good work Mike. opefully project will be done just in time for me to get my 997TT (waiting for damn PDK, aerokit and X50)
Keep up the good work Mike. opefully project will be done just in time for me to get my 997TT (waiting for damn PDK, aerokit and X50)
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Awesome job and thanks for posting. I got a chance to check out the car last weekend in Philly and boy oh boy was it looking amazing. Love the selection on modifications performed as well. Best of luck with the tuning.