When it comes to Porsche cars, TechArt is a synonymous name for aftermarket upgrades to the brand for over 20 years. I can remember doing my first Gumball 3000 rally in 2003 where there was a yellow Porsche 996 Turbo with the TechArt front bumper and side duct fins and that’s all I wanted to achieve in life. Having faked it on my 2001 996 Turbo, I finally became part of the TechArt family with a set of side skirts on my 2007 Porsche 997 Turbo. But that is nothing compared to this Porsche 992 Turbo S build we are going to show you.
TechArt has kept true to their roots of Porsche upgrades as you can build full cars from their entire program. Although it seems their main focus is on aerodynamic and aesthetic upgrades, TechArt takes large strides in performance mods, suspension, and wheel upgrades. As a premier name brand in the game, it sure isn’t cheap. And it shouldn’t because you are paying to play. Having the privilege to work with all these different products for different cars over the years, their price is worth the hype. Many brands try to create a culture and dream like TechArt owns, but at the end of the day are just marketing gimmicks. So what does it cost to build the Ultimate Porsche 992 Turbo with a TechArt GT Street R kit? Grab a pencil, calculator, and a shot of whiskey as we are going to go through the costs!
This customer car came to us to achieve the TechArt dream for his 2022 Porsche 992 Turbo S Cabriolet. Beyond all the products is the need for paint and installation. The GT Street R kit in Forged Carbon Fiber comes in at just over $60,000. With these cars selling in the $275-$290K range, thats 20% of the purchase price already. The full kit includes a new front bumper, fenders, side skirts, rear bumper, hood, and rear wing all trimmed out in Forged Carbon Fiber. Everything down to the vents in the front fenders have been upgraded. The front bumper is comprised of several different pieces to continue the forged carbon fiber accents. The new hood is full carbon fiber and features GT3 style vents. New side ducts are added to to give the car a more aggressive profile. If you know anything about Porsche Turbo cars, its the exhaust outlets. TechArt brought a little bit of the highly desired GT3RS with semi center exit exhaust system. So to use the GT Street R kit, you also need their full exhaust. This exhaust system is valved to work like the stock PSE while bolting up to the stock cats. Coming in at around $5000, this isnt an option but a necessity. Since the Porsche 992 Turbo is produced for the common man driving all around the world, to get an incredible stance out of the car, we added a set of the adjustable springs that work with the stock PASM dampers. This allows you to set the perfect ride height to really get the full aggressive look from the wheels and aero kit. This suspension kit cost rough $1500 which is on bar for pricing with other adjustable spring kits.
In addition to the TechArt GT Street R parts, this car was also enhanced with a new ECU tune from M-Engineering. The specialists in Porsche Tuning, they are able to squeeze out near 800 horsepower out of these cars. To keep the car running efficient, a pair of CSF intercoolers were bolted on behind the forged carbon fiber vents. With the upgraded exhaust, tune, and cooling parts, this Turbo S now screams 0-60 in the high 2’s.
All said and done, the build project was roughly $75,000 parts to get it to this TechArt GT Street R level. There is roughly $10,000 in body shop work and intallation labor that goes a long with it. If you think this is crazy, TechArt unveiled its GT Street R program and 87 packages were sold out in just 20 months around the world. Thats some serious dollars!
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