Build is Almost Done, Maybe 2 Weeks Left 993 Turbo by carmstrongLS1

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Update 

Car has been picked up by trailer and transported to Protomotive in Arkansas. 

Still has yet to be finished. I've been holding back with my tongue but now... I can't hold back anymore. It's been 2 whole years since this thing started. The shop here in Houston failed to produce a working completed car. Incorrect assembly caused failure upon first start which was one year ago now. 

Protomotive is a great tuner. They machined everything and got the motor new again. This time it went together and started. A very experienced technician did the assembly. Protomotive did all the machining of the cylinder heads and pistons. Finally got the engine right. 

Now the car will be gone through and a complete custom fabricated X pipe exhaust with functioning heater boxes. Built in a somewhat unconventional way. Similar to the work I have seen at s car go. With stock looking exhaust tips. The B&B exhaust tips were uneven in both level and length. 

The cars interior was nearly trashed. It has been rough two years in that shop. People just treated it like an unwanted child. I noticed dents in the doors and fenders. It was rolled into whatever corner seemed to be out of the way and forgotten for months at times. Just a really bad deal. 

I tried to continue patiently waiting but sometimes... Enough is enough. Promises after promises and empty ones at that. The reason there was N issue with getting the cats to rare911s was even based on these empty promises. They kept putting it off and putting it off. Saying that the exhaust would be taken care of. Nope. Never happened. 

I hope they are ale to get their crap together. I really do. Maybe sales and oil changes should be their forte. But for now. I am not sure. They are very nice people cut unfortunately you can't keep the lights on with nice. Ou can't keep customers happy by being nice and not delivering. 

Plan is to have the car back in Texas for the April invitational. Todd will trailer it back to meet me at the event. From there I will drive it home.

3/18/2013

Back is getting better. I got back to working a full schedule last week. Though after working and coming to a rest it's a bit of pain. Trying to keep it on my mind so I don't accidentally strain it. That's the hard part. 

I trust Todd to take control. It's what he does best. Most of all though he actually cares about the clients. The outcome. As well as the long term. He has a great reputation for a great recipe. My wife is actually happy too. That's worth a Carrera GT in itself. 

Still I'm stuck with body work to get done after its all over. Crease type dents on both doors from pressure being applied against the lifts as well as a few dents here and there on the body. I guess it will be a call to the insurance company after all this. Might as well repaint the whole damn thing. Especially after seeing AMGGTRfans car. 

3/27/2013

update... Tial sport Alphas going on the car. They will arrive from Tial Tomorrow. Next week the full custom exhaust transformation will happen. One off Custom. As straight as it possibly can be while still maintaining the heater capabilities. 

The guys at Proto are the Shiz. for sure.

5/2/2013

Excuse the map pic. Just wanted to show you guys the artwork happening in Arkansas. In pretty sure this counts as a quality exhaust setup.

7/13/2013

Just some little update action... 

10/2/2013

Cam chain housing cover 

So... 14 weeks or so to get parts from Porsche to fix a cam chain housing... Not cool. The wait is over though finally. Car is getting some of the new boost hoses and all the other available hoses from S-Car-Go racing. Which I am stoked about. Then Cynthia will have her back together. Todd says lets not kludge it back together. The dang part was magnesium so we could not weld it and remachine it. Of course. 

I told Todd this I'm in the stage of a nightmare where I keep trying to run. Only to trip on my face. So it looks like Christmas time I'll go pick it up. Ho hum.

12/7/2013

Going nicely. Dyno time and minor changes here and there. They used my car for aftermarket exhaust development at Protomotive. Created production templates for a true 3" setup that anyone can order. With or without heat exchange, with or without mufflers. It looks nice. I kept the heater ditched the mufflers. It'll be pretty nasty. All is well though. 

Todd an his crew have been great. They've picked up all the pieces and put the car together very nicely. They reassembled the interior. Installed all the carbon parts. Did all the electrical wiring properly. Even took the entire engine apart to check the previous work down to the level they were comfortable with. 

All the hoses were upgraded to the S Car Go setup. The car is being dynotuned real time. It's gotten brakes, steering, mounts, alignment, a slew of high quality engine components and work. I'm happy. Not to leave out all the carbon fiber everywhere including the new steering wheel. I'm thinking my next round of goodies will be more fuel. All that jazz. But 60#ers and nice pumps will do for now with the Alpha 28's and a boat full of boost. She's tuned for MS109 and a street tune. 

While I'm not going as far as Mike has plans for. It will have some settings in the OBC that is now in the dash with help of the new profec controller to be sure of causing a good time to occurr. 

All in all she hasn't had a single mile put on her in. 3 years. So that's a good thing. 

8/16/2014

Finally... Done. I'm so happy with the results too. Pump gas tune is great. No kill mode dyno though. I'm gonna take it easy on her after all this.