Greetings experts,

My brother is the original owner of an 03' TT with 20k miles on it and the car is bone stock as the day it left the factory.

He likes to make some performance mods to increase HP to the car and myself being a total newby would like to enlist your help and feedback in which of the following would give him the most bang for his 10k mod budget out there door.

He's indicated he wants a short shifter kit, software tune like EvomSit, and definitely wants an exhaust like Tubi or Cargraphics. He likes to have an enhanced louder sound from stock, however, not so loud to wake up the neighbors or have cabin and resonance noise issues.

Anything else goes and is much appreciated. I've perused some of the Power Kits offered by Sharkwerks in their website and think the stage two looks within his budget to bring the car to around 550 HP from stock. but not knowing much about the TT cars and mods as listed in the power kits, I would very much appreciate everyone's feedback especially where real world performance gains have been experienced through what you have done.

Ideally we would like to bring the car into Sharkwerks for the work as I've great experience working with them before. Now it's just a matter of deciding what to do and put into the car.

Many thanks guys!

 

if sharkwerks is were you want the work done then 10k$ gets you a stage 2 setup. 12k$ gets you a 550 package. seems pretty simple to figure out

 

HI,,Not to sound like a jerk but Search on this site is your friend,,a lot to learn and a lot of info..Then you can talior your needs/wants..
I dont think those are the right exhausts to go with,,I had a Cargraphics..
Many good packages offered by good vendors on here,,like from Markski,SpeedTech,Protomotive,etc.
Exhaust,Tune,Intercoolers,short shifter,K16 billet turbos or K24/18gs with injectors..And there you have it..
Good Luck and enjoy the new rocket you make..

 

agreed. anyone's 550 "kit" will get you there quickly. the basic components are hybrid or larger turbo's/tune/exhaust/dv's/ic's/5fpr. basic, it's all the same sh*t.

 

exhaust, k16 billets, good tune maybe with meth kit since your on 91 oct, 5 bar, clutch... thats well under $10K... and with meth it will give you 650hp... we have done it no problem...

 

epl has a base 16g kit for sub 3k, all you really need, grab some suspension components and you are done.

 

I agree with markski from 911 tuning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

My response to a PM I got not to long ago about a similar question:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yyp
Hi，BObby

I just noticed that you have k16 billet package. I'm planning to do this mod too. Could you please give me some feedback about this mod? How much faster compare to stock?

Thank you.
Sorry I have been busy and I have not been ignoring your PM. I will give you a little further info in a bit if you need.

How much faster compared to stock?

Stock to the full EPL Billet K16 kit with GOOD flowing exhaust you are in a completely stratosphere of performance.....as in pulling a 2013 911 GT2's (they have about 620bhp) A 911 996 Turbo k16 stock runs about 115mph through the quarter. My car has pulled a 2012 Corvette ZR1 (they trap 126-129) by at least 3-4cars and pulling a friends 620RWHP 11 Mustang that pulls 132mph trap speed in the 1/4 mile I was pulling him my 1.5 cars my top of 4th (2 to 4th gear pull). Based on my runs and weight calculation I should be around 660-670bhp from the stock 420bhp.


I have some runs on video that I ran my uncles X50 (he has a 1bar tune, modified stock exhaust & air box) with my set up if you want to see the different runs being we had about 6 runs let me know and I can email you the runs. This run was from lower RPM 3rd gear pull:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmJj2Zbrj0w

Bottom line for the money you can not beat this kit with an addition of good flowing exhaust, clutch that can hold the power!! $4400 for the kit $2500 for a Speedtech 3" X exhaust, $2500 for UMW stg 3 LWFW set up and $2000 to install. So $11 400 or you can get this amount down with a used exhaust, sourcing out turbo from AMS, purchase injectors separate and pay $1400 for EPL's tune...you can get those numbers down to about $10K. So for 420bhp to 650-670bhp for $10-11500 worth it using most stock reliable parts is the question.

To me the above set up is the only reason I purchase this car over my other options, being the car was under powered for what I was looking at and any real HP they wanted 25K+ WITHOUT CLUTCH AND LABOR!

Hope the above helps!

Bobby Ali

ba


At the end of the day I do not care for just dyno sheet etc (even though they are useful for before and after on the same dyno etc), but can tell you my real life street experiences with very fast cars and with guys that know how to drive and have been in the "game" for long time.

This set up pulled a 132trap Mustang that has been in the game for along time, when he shift it sounds like a PDK, no slippage as he was on drag radials and he knows how to get the most out of his car!

Again hope the above helps!

Thanks

Bobby Ali

ba

 

Markski believes in Meth now???

 

Thanks everyone! This car will only be for street driving, he's indicated willingness to push budget higher as necessary so I'm looking at options.

 

I did tip 996tt by :
- 911tuning billet K16
- fabspeed exhaust system
- hks evc6 boost controller
- meth injection
- injectors
- softronic tuning


The car was running very fast and the spool was amazing !!

You should go for it

 

Great,, Sounds like you made some good choices.. ENJOY.

 

why not going with everything from the same brand/supplier?

 

because the same supplier(s) don't usually make all the component parts. that's why a package/kit can be a good way to go. given that some thought and experience has been given to matching the parts/tune/components etc. in the kit or stage 1/2/3 whatever... with aftermarket stuff, you're no longer in kansas. so absent a good guide, you're better off with a "kit" or setup from a proven tuner. the conventional wisdom is that the mistakes have been previously made on someone else dime, so kit's that boost these cars by hp and degree, are plug and play. mostly

 

thanks! This is very helpful. Going to research the meth injection and an exhaust best suited fornthe setup overall in addition to the software tuning options out there ie softtronics vs EvomSit pros and cons,etc