"Hypothetical question"...who might have heard of a Californ

[Chuck Jones]

I've been looking at a really nice MY00 EVOMS supercharged 996 that's immaculate....with only 16,000 miles on the car and 1500 miles on the supercharger. Oh My am I so tempted. The work was all done by EVOMS in AZ. The car is in another state where the supercharger presents no problem. The problem is....quite truthfully.....California. You can get thru the emissions part of the SMOG check relatively easy becasue these cars burn as clean as a whistle....but then comes the VISUAL INSPECTION. EVOMS hasn't gone thru the process to get the exemption required in order to pass the visual inspection (like the way MSD has for their CDI units)....so the car flunks the visual and you're up a creek.

Now comes the "hypothetical" part. If....and I mean if....someone were to have a nicely put together supercharged 996....how well might you like the performance....and (hypothetical of course) how well does the 3.4L engine stand up to the added stress and strain produced by the supercharger? What sort of mileage might someone have on a SC'd car before and after the SC was installed?I've also been looking at a 996 tt, but the difference in pricing is substantial....so can you hypothetical folks comment on how you'd compare the performance of a SC'd 996 3.4L engine to a 996tt and whether the cost differential is worth the expenditures?

Since the well known and documented issues of the 3.4L engine's propensity for RMS failure, intermediate shaft failure, and the intermix problems occur without any additional performance enhancements....what's the consensus about substantially boosting the performance of an engine that has had historical problems running stock at 300 HP.??

Any hypothetical responses would be appreciated.