sharkster

Has to be one of my fav. builds to date as I wasn't able to order white/black at the time... This tasty white and black themed Mk1 2008 997 GT3RS arrived at the Shark Tank for a complete overhaul- canyon carving SoCal fun car was the order. A SharkWerks 3.9L engine (#16) with its 500hp and 8800rpms was installed along with the TechArt noselift system, light-weight HRE P40 wheels added along with our usual assortment of RSS goodies.

Here she is, gorgeous as ever (and yes that is an electric charging station):



The white one on the left is a 3.9 that's already been completed...


The rear apron goes bye-bye:


And let's start removing the intake and top soil from this 3.6:


The belly pans and sub-frames etc...


The hull:


Out with the engine and transmission:


Off come some of the external components and you know when external parts come off at SharkWerks it's business time:


More stripping!


Intake manifold is off:


The auxiliary parts start to really pile up:


And what's left behind is our favorite GT1 block:


Stripped down to the bare essentials:


Let's get the old ones out and the new 3.9 pistons and sleeves etc... in there:


Using factory tools (to a degree):


The EVOMS head gasket and headstud kit is next:


The heads get checked, refreshed and modified to top secret SW 3.9 specs:




With the heads along go the valve springs and retainers:


Next up the lifters:


And the camshafts:


Let's time some EVOMS/SharkWerks cams:



Next the cam covers:


The SharkWerks coolant pipe kit installed to replace the plastic ones prone to cracking:



More top-soil if you will:



Ready to go back in the car with all the auxiliary engine fluff back on:



In she goes:


Back home:



With the EVOMSit tune set for 91 octane a SharkWerks exhaust and 88mm satin black tips are also added to ensure we get that proper 3.9 sound:


With engine conversion done it's off to the front to install some Cargraphic radiator screens:


Bumper back on and radiators protected:


Test fitting the HRE P40 Monoblok wheels in satin black mounted with new Sport Cup tires:



Those are some aggressive offsets and no spacers required anymore:


Final round dressage starts in the form of carbon mirrors:


The interior is stripped out for a few more carbon goodies, new alcantara wheel and RSS 930 rollbar:


Carbon console:


Some EVO sport pedals:


And some very german yellow-stitched carbon MK2 seats:


James caught in a rare moment of (fill in the blank):


Interior complete with RSS roll bar:

sharkster

Next is the TechArt noselift system:


The pump, controller and new pint-sized battery are installed for the TechArt noselift:


And in the rear the TechArt springs installed along with the RSS rear links and engine mounts:


The all-important tagging of this rare White Shark species:


It's official now...


Ready to go carve some canyons at 8800rpms in SoCal:



She looks good standing still:






Check out the manhole:


One 3.9 done, dusted and the other white 997 GT3 in front is up next for the 3.9 conversion:

tasman

I've got the decal and the exhaust! Somehow don't think it is quite enough though. Gorgeous and I'm still waiting for you guys to move to Wisconsin. You just don't know what you are missing.

FLA997

What....no dead rats in the under tray?!!? ;-) I thought all the white ones had rodent issues.

Jamie_GT3

nice build!

cfjan

For 3.9L conversion, there's no need to split the case because original rods and crank are used?

aussie jimmy

that surely is beautiful!

bmwtye

Oh man, awesome build. I see you finally got the sharkwerks stickers with the werks in yellow, remember when i asked about these and ended up hand painting the license plate frame myself, lol.
Also, do you know where the owner sourced the seats with yellow stitching? Im looking for some.
Lastly what head unit does the car have, that sceen is huge.

sharkster

Thanks mate and yes Dan did wheel out the vinyl cutter on that... On the seats they came out of a 2010 GT3 swap if you will.... I'm not into the stereo stuff myself but I'll go look I'm sure it's some latest/greatest piooneer thingy?
Cheers mate!
Depends purely on mileage and intended use. On a super low mileage one we don't have to replace the rod bolts and bearings. But on tracked ones... We replace a lot of factory stuff to be safe tho
Cheers!
How could we forget out friend! At least it wasn't a python.. I know those guys are running loose over there!

Hehe yes that's a plenty and thanks for repping:P

Vonschmidt

Great looking build.

TRAKCAR

Very nicely done!

deputydog95

Man, you guys know how to attract the "whales" when it comes to customers Most shops would probably love to do a build like this once a year. Let alone 3.

Nicely done. Always first class work. If I find $25k burning a hole in my pocket, I promise it's going straight to SW.

cds4402

Awesome!

cfjan

So the price for a 3.9L conversion can vary quite a bit then.. since I assume that splitting a case and replace the rod bolts and bearings would add quite a bit to the labor...

dsu*

very nice build. Car looks amazing!