---
title: "Rain Ruins A Highly Modified Porsche-Centric One Take"
description: "Matt Farah is smart to not hammer on Derek Whitacre's \"Stupid Car\" 911 build in the wet"
date: "2017-06-26"
modified: "2017-06-26"
authors:
  - name: "Bradley Brownell"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/bradley-brownell"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/11873/rain-ruins-a-highly-modified-porsche-centric-one-take"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Matt Farah"
  - "One Take"
  - "porsche"
  - "Turbo"
---

# Rain Ruins A Highly Modified Porsche-Centric One Take

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When you're driving a highly modified 911 with 420 horsepower and a massive laggy single turbocharger and rain starts to fall from the sky, you start to get worried. When you're driving that same 911 and you see someone in a Chevy Malibu that has already gone off the road ahead of you, that level of worry is exacerbated tenfold. Old 911s already have a predisposition for turning on their axis when the weight transfer properties are slightly upset. One surefire way to make that happen is to add a big turbo and do a rain dance. It is far easier to lose traction when the wet stuff hits the ground.

We've discussed Derek's SC before, [as it was recently profiled on the Der Faszination YouTube channel](<https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/9798/this-punk-rock-porsche-poorly-hides-a-turbocharged-secret>). It's a fantastic over-the-top build that deserves as much attention as it has been getting recently.

From Derek's Wheelwell page on the car, here is a short list overview of what has been done to the car.

Here's a quick rundown of the go-fast stuff:

- 2600lbs

- 3.4 K27S Turbo motor (built by Fred Garcia / Valley European) Dyno'd at 420whp / 460wtq (tuned by the infamous Turbo Joe) Based on 3.2 motor and heads GT2 Cams GT2 Oil Pump Haltech engine management w/ coil packs

- 930 trans with short ratio ring/pinion and Quaife LSD

- 930 axles

- 993 Twin Turbo brakes in front

- 996 brakes in rear

- twin fender mounted Carrera oil coolers

That brief explanation is sure to intimidate mere mortals, but Anything that can intimidate Matt Farah is worthy of adulation.

https://youtube.com/embed/97mHBSuQhOM

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