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Cheap horsepower
does anyone know how to add cheap horsepower to my 1999 911 996? any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you
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06-28-2009, 02:06 PM
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Cheap and Porsche in the same sentence.. crazy
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06-28-2009, 05:43 PM
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lol you're right! any ideas on what computer chip would work well with this car? and how much hp would it add?
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06-29-2009, 01:22 PM
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there is a flash for about $1200 and it only works well with a new plenum and full exhaust with hi-slow cats.
say $4000-5000 all in... A |
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06-29-2009, 01:38 PM
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Adrenaline Junkie
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Lighten the load!
 He said, 'load'!
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07-01-2009, 07:16 PM
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Adrenaline Junkie
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Purge that breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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07-01-2009, 07:17 PM
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what about cold air, k&n filter, some chrome elbow ive ssen on the net, x-pipe?
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07-03-2009, 11:40 PM
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Shed some weight. That's free. Take out all the sound deadening, back seats, interior bits that you don't need. Look at the GT3 for inspiration.
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07-05-2009, 02:10 PM
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More HP But not cheap!
Here is what I did and got 30hp total
Evo. Cold air intake 595$I installed REVO chip $800.0 with 100 unleaded gas Fabspeed headers and exhaust 2000$ I DYNO'd the 2003 Carrera C4S on a mustang Ferd |
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07-11-2009, 10:47 AM
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......and then comes the magic question.....what HP did the dyno show? Did you do a before and after dyno???
When I had my 99 996 and a portfolio that had something in it....I spent about $5K for the RSS plenum, EVO intake, GIAC flash, Schnell mufflers and some other goodies.....I'd be lucky to have picked up 40 HP. It's simply not worth it spending that kind of money chasing a few horses around. Alex at SharkWerks finally told me that if I wanted the sort of power a turbo would produce, that I should buy one.....so I did. There's really no such thing as cheap horsepower. The use of those two words together is an oxymoron....at least in the Porsche arena.
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07-12-2009, 05:45 PM
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A very experienced driving instructor once told me if you want to REALLY go fast do two things, Invest all! the money in the driver, And don't slow down in the corners!!
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07-12-2009, 08:41 PM
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There is no "cheap horsepower" on a Porsche.
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07-13-2009, 12:44 PM
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Have you enjoyed track days in it?
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07-17-2009, 04:00 PM
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2000 Suzuki Hayabusa
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1980 Porsche 924 Turbo (in the shop)
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