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And we have turbo hung! The Precision Porsche 6062 billet wheel turbo! This is a REAL turbo



 
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She is coming together

 
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I love you Vivid, and the rest of you at vividracing.

I too will be getting this done by late winter =D
 
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Is 5.5 the max that can be run or id there some extra room to play. I have excellent compression and engine is in great shape. I would imagine a 3.4 could actually run 6-8psi but 5.5 is the safest they will put their name too.

I'm SOOO close to purchasing the kit but I'm always a penny pincher. $8999 for the kit and @$2000 to install. I'm just waiting for a Special or a Military Discount.
 

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I will say that with boost, comes engine knock, and with engine knock, comes kabooom I feel that at 5.5-6psi the car is very strong and safe watching the AFR's. I dont want to test it higher. However we have another car (will be kit #3) that is a 3.4L which we are doing forged pistons and rods so we can run 15psi. It will be an animal and I cant wait to start the build thread.

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Looking good! wonder what she'd put down w\ a little meth inj?
 
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Nothing different really. Water/Meth is used to take the place of race gas. So basically if you run 93 pump and spray water/meth, its like running 100oct. The thing is you have a limit of the amount of timing and what the engine can hold. So you might be able to sneak a lb or 2 of boost, but the risk reward is not there. I run the AEM water/meth kit in my 997TT because we only get 91oct here in AZ and I run a 93oct map. The 93oct maps have more aggressive timing which the 997TT can handle, but the pump fuel does not.
 
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We are in carbon kevlar heaven! Sorry for the iphone photo. We will do pro shots once completed.

 
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After showing some interest in the Kit, Dan, Owner of Vivid Racing contacted me, answered all my questions and really made me feel great about his product. I purchased my kit last night and my Porsche Performance Tuning Shop will have the kit in a short time and it will be going on my Porsche.

I wanted to thank Dan and the whole Team at Vivid for being extrememly Professional and offering a great product.
 
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So this particular kit is getting catalytic converters. So we had to make a new JIG to do this part. Slight different bend near the header end flange. Check out the pics



 
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Hmmmmmmm
 
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Here are some pics of our quad tips. Like the rest of the components, we designed it to work on a factory style ball flange to offer adjustment. Unlike fix mount flanges, you will never have an issue with install and alignment





 


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