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11DecDecember 11, 2009

TTAC Review: TPC Racing 775Blitzkrieg

TTAC Review: TPC Racing 775Blitzkrieg The fastest car I have ever driven is, without a doubt, the Switzer P800 variant of Porsche’s 911 GT2, as reviewed here. The folks at TPC have a roughly similar tuning package that retains the Porsche variable-geometry turbochargers, claimed to produce 775 horsepower and rather amusingly called the “775 Blitzkrieg”. This past September, I had the opportunity to take a ride with TPC’s founder Mike Levitas in the prototype Blitzkrieg. It’s awfully quick, if perhaps not quite as...

By TPC RacingEarned Media775, 775Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg, Jeremy Martien, Joseph Lakowicz, Michael Levitas, review, TPC Racing, TTAC, turbo kit, turbochargerComments Off

TTAC Review: Porsche Cayman S Turbo by TPC

TTAC Review: Porsche Cayman S Turbo by TPC As a child, I owned something called the Lego “Expert Builder Car”. It was a fascinating product. From one box of a thousand or so Lego pieces, it was possible to build many different kinds of cars, up to and including a two-seat roadster with a working transmission. Top-notch fun, and if Lego eventually took it off the market in favor of less advanced kits focusing on Star Wars, Disneyworld, and (possibly) Twilight...

By TPC RacingEarned MediaCAYMAN, cayman s, Jeremy Martien, Michael Levitas, review, TPC Racing, TTAC, turbo kit, turbochargerComments Off

Larry Dye’s TPCRacing Widebody X51 Cayman Turbo

Larry Dye's TPCRacing Widebody X51 Cayman Turbo We were halfway across the Nevada desert when the brakes began to take hold. The cabin filled with the rush of cool desert morning air as owner Larry Dye put his Cayman through its paces. Although we weren't equipped with timing gear, the run from 0 to 100 went by in around the time it takes to read this sentence. Getting up to the nasty side of 120 wouldn't have taken much longer...

By TPC RacingBuild ThreadsCAYMAN, cayman s, Jeremy Martien, Larry Dye, Michael Levitas, TPC Racing, Turbo, turbo kit, turbocharger, widebodyComments Off