V8 Twin Turbo Gallardo Gated Trans Wide Body Porsche Cayman!

[Luccia at Pelican Parts]

What an absolutely incredible build done by Jordon Musser that we wanted to share with you all. Details and images below. Share your thoughts with us!

So here is my intro! I recently finished (LOL) my V8 twin turbo Gallardo gated trans wide body Porsche Cayman.

To get here almost nothing was left un touched in some way. I didn't want to give up any compromise in the finished project like many Frankenstein type cars do. I wanted it to be fast, smooth, quiet (relatively) on the inside. Something I could take the girlfriend out to dinner in or go beat on on a road course. Goal was reliable 1000-1200rw and trackable (which means good suspension, braking, cooling, weight CG matters etc)

So this is what I came up after well over 1000 hrs of work. It was built in my garage aside some body work from Casey and from when we laid down the color (we rented a booth). Yours truly did everything except I have to hand it to Larry and Casey (neither on FB) who made the paint and bodywork happen. Would have taken my twice as long and no where near as perfect. The below is just a high level list. TONS of parts were fabricated to make all this work effectively.

Engine:

Forged LSA with LS3 Dry Sump Crank

Ported heads, custom cam

Custom build accessory drive with remote mechanical water pump

Twin Xona rotor 7864

Triple huge radiators up front

Air/Water IC with heat exchanger in back air ducted from custom made wing mount scoop.

Trans/etc:

Gallardo 6spd with DP Billet center plate

Custom drop gears (to get the gearing correct for a low revving V8)

Custom twin disk clutch

Custom 800M axles and 930 CVs

Wheel/Tires/Body

Custom kit based off of one from Precision Porsche

RS based flares

991 GT3 based front bumper (actual 991 turn signals and front lap)

19x 12 rear with 315 Cup 2s, 19x10 front with 265s

Electronics

Motec M150

Aim MXP strada

GT3 RS wheel with custom integration (boost control, front and rear cameras, launch settings, traction settings, and so forth)

All the factor stuff works in the digital dash. Blinkers, head light indicators, fuel level and so on like a factory car.

Stereo:

Fully active 3 way fronts (JL TWK processing)

10" sub between seats

Other Interior:

Tillet carbon seats

dash and most other parts wrapped in either Alcantara w/ green stitching, carbon wrap or painted gloss or flat black

Lots of sound deadening (2" of foam on firewall!)

Fuel:

Custom independently controlled triple pump setup with 1.25 gallon surge tank

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Suspension:

SPL tie rods

Ohlins R&T coil overs

Stoptech big brakes (painted to match car with Porsche Logos)

[Luccia at Pelican Parts]

[masraum]

Need more pics. Looks like it's probably well done in the pics that there are.

Video would be nice too.

[wdfifteen]

I m unable to appreciate the wonderfulness of whatever the hell this is. Did they at least do something to get rid of that god-awful green paint?

[Norm K]

Setting aside the likely very high-quality work, this is proof positive that with enough money you can make something ugly out of something beautiful.

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[Arizona_928]

Originally Posted by norm k

setting aside the likely very high-quality work, this is proof positive that with enough money you can make something ugly out of something beautiful.

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+1

[aigel]

Awesome fab skills. Not my cup of tea but looks pretty close to a Ruf CTR3.

The waterpumper Porsches should be much easier to convert to other water cooled engines in terms of engine cooling but the electronics are what make this non-trivial. Looks like this guy isn't just mechanically talented but has tied in the electronic systems as well! If we didn't have this challenge, you bet there would be a lot more subaru, chevy etc. powered blown up old Porsches.

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[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

get rid of that god-awful green paint?

I'll have the paint!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Love that color!

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I m unable to appreciate the wonderfulness of whatever the hell this is. Did they at least do something to get rid of that god-awful green paint?

I think the paint is alright. However, it does remind me of a quote from The Rookie starring Clint Eastwood.

Nick Pulovski: [looking at a Lotus painted a garish neon green] Wanna know what's a crime? Whoever defaced that work of art by painting it that color... ought to have his ass removed.

[GH85Carrera]

Hey, it is just a Cayman tub, lots of them around. It is really cool the guy did most of the work himself. He built the car of his dreams. It is not my dream car, but he did not build it for me, he used his money, his sweat and long hours building a car he loves. I have seen some pretty messed up cars going for the R group look, and his Cayman beats the heck out of most of the very UGLY stuff I see from RAUH Welt. In the end it comes down to personal taste.

Good Job Jordon Musser.

[rusnak]

I like the lift. That's one helluva lot of steel cut out of the rear unibody.

[ks2_motorsports]

Beautiful build...

[Bob Kontak]

Clown car.

[Brando]

Amazing. What's the dial for next to the shifter?

[aigel]

That could be a boost dial. Common to have it in the center console.

[aigel]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Hey, it is just a Cayman tub, lots of them around. It is really cool the guy did most of the work himself. He built the car of his dreams. It is not my dream car, but he did not build it for me, he used his money, his sweat and long hours building a car he loves. I have seen some pretty messed up cars going for the R group look, and his Cayman beats the heck out of most of the very UGLY stuff I see from RAUH Welt. In the end it comes down to personal taste.

Good Job Jordon Musser.

Agreed! Note that this is ALL DIY with a bit o help from friends on body / paint. Even if the power is only 80% of claimed range, this thing will run circles around most everything out there, including check book builds.

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[Shaun @ Tru6]

On one hand you have the philosophy of build the car you want, everyone else be damned. But then you have the time tested standard, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I say kudos for an excellent project, well executed if not a little garish, but it is Texas so there's that.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Norm K

Setting aside the likely very high-quality work, this is proof positive that with enough money you can make something ugly out of something beautiful.

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If I had done something like this I would have shown some of my amazing TIG stitching and details of fabrication problems solved. This may well be an engineering marvel, but the pics don’t show it. Cool idea and kudos to the guy who put 1000 hours into it.

[carambola]

nice pipe work