**Shark Works' Masterpiece: The 11/10 Porsche GT4**

It's hard to deny that the Porsche GT4 is an exceptional car, and when anyone gets behind the wheel, it's clear why. With its impressive handling and performance, it's a truly wonderful car in the corners. However, Shark Works thinks they have the answer to making it even better, and we're here to find out what they've done.

One of the areas where Shark Works has made significant changes is by leaving the suspension alone. This decision is not only a wise choice but also a testament to their understanding of the GT4's exceptional handling capabilities. There's no need to tamper with something that's already perfect, and we're grateful for it. The engine, on the other hand, was a point of contention among enthusiasts. Shark Works has upgraded the 3.8L engine to provide an extra boost of power, bringing the total output to 420 horsepower.

**The Engine Upgrade**

One of the key areas where Shark Works focused their efforts was in upgrading the engine. They've added some character to the 3.8L unit, making it a more exciting and responsive drive. The new gearing system is also noteworthy, with changes made to the ratios from third through to fifth gear. This tweak has allowed for a shorter blip between gears, giving the driver more control over the car's performance. The engine now produces a delightful sound as you downshift, with the revs picking up speed in a thrilling display of power and agility.

**Lightweight Flywheel and Differential**

Another area where Shark Works made significant improvements was by adding a lightweight flywheel to the car. This not only reduces the overall weight of the vehicle but also gives the engine a more pronounced character. The upgraded differential, complete with a limited-slip system, provides even better traction and handling on the road.

**The Road: Angeles Crest Highway**

Shark Works chose an ideal location to test their masterpiece: Angeles Crest Highway, a stunning stretch of California State Route 66 that winds its way through the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is renowned for its picturesque views and challenging driving conditions, making it the perfect testing ground for the GT4. As we set off on our journey, we were accompanied by a group of motorcycles at the petrol station, adding an extra layer of excitement to the drive.

**The Verdict: An 11/10 Car**

After spending time with Shark Works' Porsche GT4, I'm convinced that they've managed to create an 11 out of 10 car. The engine upgrade and new gearing system have made a significant difference in the driving experience, while leaving the suspension alone has been a wise decision. The addition of a lightweight flywheel and upgraded differential provides even better handling and performance.

One aspect that initially raised my skepticism was the use of just three gears instead of the full final drive option. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how well it worked on the road. The blip shift system is still present, but with more generous ratios between gears, making for a smoother and more enjoyable driving experience.

As we made our way back to Los Angeles after a day of driving on some of the most breathtaking roads in California, the sun setting over the mountains, I couldn't help but feel that Shark Works had truly outdone themselves. The car is not only a joy to drive but also an exceptional machine with character and charm.

The road, too, proved itself to be an incredible testing ground for the GT4, offering spectacular views of the darkening peaks and a sense of tranquility in the evening air. As we drove back into the city lights, I couldn't help but feel that this was one of the best driving experiences I've had all year.

Overall, Shark Works' Porsche GT4 is an exceptional machine that checks every box for performance, handling, and style. The addition of their unique tweaks and upgrades has elevated the car to new heights, making it a truly unforgettable drive.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe Cayman GT4 is a pretty wonderful car it's won numerous Awards and it's been feted with Praise by basically anyone that's got behind the wheel it is it's fair to say a 10 out of 10 car so how'd you make an 11 out of 10 car shark Works thinks they have the answer so where do you start with making a GT4 better well they've left the suspension alone which is a very good thing I think because there's just no need to touch that at all it's a truly wonderful car in the corners as we know if we were looking for things to change well the engine obviously it was the Carrera S with a power pack on it so 3.8 L engine so it's not aoke Motorsport engine out of the GT department so perhaps adding some character in there and the other thing that people always said was the gearing It's Too Tall it's perhaps worth saying that this is a lovely spoke GT4 to start with not the many options you could spec but it's got the proper carbon back bucket seats that we first saw in the 918 spider and it's also got Calon ceramic brakes obviously tell from the yellow brake calipers so what shw work's done to the gearbox well you might have thought the obvious thing would just be toti in a shter final drive really but for all sorts of reasons that may come in the future but for now what they've done is changed the ratios from third through to fifth so interesting the blip still works the blip shift which I think quite good um so we go from second you can hear the very short dropping revs there so you've actually got quite close to second and third ratios however what that does means that on a really tight twisty road you can use first and second predominantly in the sort of that plane of the gearbox and on a road like this you can use third and fourth and third becomes much more useful cuz it's that much closer to second gear and you don't have to do the the Z slightly awkward second or third shift I never really mind it I quite like going across the box like that but I do know what I mean it is a much quicker shift obviously the whole reason for having a dog leg gearbox it's a sort of yeah a slightly odd way of thinking about dog leg gearbox but I I like that it's slightly quirky and anything like that appeals to me I suppose the lightweight flywheel certainly gives the engine a bit more character save 7 kilos over the standard flywheel and they've upgraded diff in the back of this as well and it sounds absolutely fantastic the way it revs now on down particularly you hear at just the speed that the revs pick up it's absolutely glorious as well as having a very cool name shark works is based in Fremont California has been providing Porsche tuning for the past 11 years and mainly focuses on water called 91s as well as the shorter gearing and lightweight flywheel this cman GT4 also has an uprated limit slip diff and power is up by an extra 40 BR hor taking the total to a very energetic 420 and of course there are the subtle aor tweaks the rear wing thrust higher into the air the small carbon gurny flat beneath it and the dive planes on the front all combining to make it look just a little more purposeful it's probably worth mentioning the road that we're on which is the incredible California state route number two probably better known as Angeles Crest Highway they actually used this road in a few films so start of Donnie Darko where he's lying on the road that was filmed up here and also more extraordinary the Love Bug yes the Love Bug and Herby goes Monte Carlo the sequel where this stood in for the French Alps it's certainly very popular though we're here on a Sunday and a number of bikes at the petrol station the bottom this morning is quite worrying but because it's 66 M long it's quite to lose people up here so has sh Works managed to make an 11 out of 10 car I think they probably have actually I was a bit skeptical before I drove this as to how it would feel with just those three gears changed and not the full sort of final drive option but I love it the light and flywheel away the engine revs and the fact they've left the suspension alone they haven't tried tinkering that haven't tried just in gilding the Lily in areas where didn't need gilding what a car what a road what a day of course one other thing that these phenomenal roads up in the San Gabriel mountains seem to do exceptionally well is a spectacular sunset with the roads now quiet huge silver moon rising over the the darkening Peaks and cooler evening air feeding the flat six the run back to the bright lights of Los Angeles feels well about as good as it gets a solid 12 out of 10 effect factthe Cayman GT4 is a pretty wonderful car it's won numerous Awards and it's been feted with Praise by basically anyone that's got behind the wheel it is it's fair to say a 10 out of 10 car so how'd you make an 11 out of 10 car shark Works thinks they have the answer so where do you start with making a GT4 better well they've left the suspension alone which is a very good thing I think because there's just no need to touch that at all it's a truly wonderful car in the corners as we know if we were looking for things to change well the engine obviously it was the Carrera S with a power pack on it so 3.8 L engine so it's not aoke Motorsport engine out of the GT department so perhaps adding some character in there and the other thing that people always said was the gearing It's Too Tall it's perhaps worth saying that this is a lovely spoke GT4 to start with not the many options you could spec but it's got the proper carbon back bucket seats that we first saw in the 918 spider and it's also got Calon ceramic brakes obviously tell from the yellow brake calipers so what shw work's done to the gearbox well you might have thought the obvious thing would just be toti in a shter final drive really but for all sorts of reasons that may come in the future but for now what they've done is changed the ratios from third through to fifth so interesting the blip still works the blip shift which I think quite good um so we go from second you can hear the very short dropping revs there so you've actually got quite close to second and third ratios however what that does means that on a really tight twisty road you can use first and second predominantly in the sort of that plane of the gearbox and on a road like this you can use third and fourth and third becomes much more useful cuz it's that much closer to second gear and you don't have to do the the Z slightly awkward second or third shift I never really mind it I quite like going across the box like that but I do know what I mean it is a much quicker shift obviously the whole reason for having a dog leg gearbox it's a sort of yeah a slightly odd way of thinking about dog leg gearbox but I I like that it's slightly quirky and anything like that appeals to me I suppose the lightweight flywheel certainly gives the engine a bit more character save 7 kilos over the standard flywheel and they've upgraded diff in the back of this as well and it sounds absolutely fantastic the way it revs now on down particularly you hear at just the speed that the revs pick up it's absolutely glorious as well as having a very cool name shark works is based in Fremont California has been providing Porsche tuning for the past 11 years and mainly focuses on water called 91s as well as the shorter gearing and lightweight flywheel this cman GT4 also has an uprated limit slip diff and power is up by an extra 40 BR hor taking the total to a very energetic 420 and of course there are the subtle aor tweaks the rear wing thrust higher into the air the small carbon gurny flat beneath it and the dive planes on the front all combining to make it look just a little more purposeful it's probably worth mentioning the road that we're on which is the incredible California state route number two probably better known as Angeles Crest Highway they actually used this road in a few films so start of Donnie Darko where he's lying on the road that was filmed up here and also more extraordinary the Love Bug yes the Love Bug and Herby goes Monte Carlo the sequel where this stood in for the French Alps it's certainly very popular though we're here on a Sunday and a number of bikes at the petrol station the bottom this morning is quite worrying but because it's 66 M long it's quite to lose people up here so has sh Works managed to make an 11 out of 10 car I think they probably have actually I was a bit skeptical before I drove this as to how it would feel with just those three gears changed and not the full sort of final drive option but I love it the light and flywheel away the engine revs and the fact they've left the suspension alone they haven't tried tinkering that haven't tried just in gilding the Lily in areas where didn't need gilding what a car what a road what a day of course one other thing that these phenomenal roads up in the San Gabriel mountains seem to do exceptionally well is a spectacular sunset with the roads now quiet huge silver moon rising over the the darkening Peaks and cooler evening air feeding the flat six the run back to the bright lights of Los Angeles feels well about as good as it gets a solid 12 out of 10 effect factthe Cayman GT4 is a pretty wonderful car it's won numerous Awards and it's been feted with Praise by basically anyone that's got behind the wheel it is it's fair to say a 10 out of 10 car so how'd you make an 11 out of 10 car shark Works thinks they have the answer so where do you start with making a GT4 better well they've left the suspension alone which is a very good thing I think because there's just no need to touch that at all it's a truly wonderful car in the corners as we know if we were looking for things to change well the engine obviously it was the Carrera S with a power pack on it so 3.8 L engine so it's not aoke Motorsport engine out of the GT department so perhaps adding some character in there and the other thing that people always said was the gearing It's Too Tall it's perhaps worth saying that this is a lovely spoke GT4 to start with not the many options you could spec but it's got the proper carbon back bucket seats that we first saw in the 918 spider and it's also got Calon ceramic brakes obviously tell from the yellow brake calipers so what shw work's done to the gearbox well you might have thought the obvious thing would just be toti in a shter final drive really but for all sorts of reasons that may come in the future but for now what they've done is changed the ratios from third through to fifth so interesting the blip still works the blip shift which I think quite good um so we go from second you can hear the very short dropping revs there so you've actually got quite close to second and third ratios however what that does means that on a really tight twisty road you can use first and second predominantly in the sort of that plane of the gearbox and on a road like this you can use third and fourth and third becomes much more useful cuz it's that much closer to second gear and you don't have to do the the Z slightly awkward second or third shift I never really mind it I quite like going across the box like that but I do know what I mean it is a much quicker shift obviously the whole reason for having a dog leg gearbox it's a sort of yeah a slightly odd way of thinking about dog leg gearbox but I I like that it's slightly quirky and anything like that appeals to me I suppose the lightweight flywheel certainly gives the engine a bit more character save 7 kilos over the standard flywheel and they've upgraded diff in the back of this as well and it sounds absolutely fantastic the way it revs now on down particularly you hear at just the speed that the revs pick up it's absolutely glorious as well as having a very cool name shark works is based in Fremont California has been providing Porsche tuning for the past 11 years and mainly focuses on water called 91s as well as the shorter gearing and lightweight flywheel this cman GT4 also has an uprated limit slip diff and power is up by an extra 40 BR hor taking the total to a very energetic 420 and of course there are the subtle aor tweaks the rear wing thrust higher into the air the small carbon gurny flat beneath it and the dive planes on the front all combining to make it look just a little more purposeful it's probably worth mentioning the road that we're on which is the incredible California state route number two probably better known as Angeles Crest Highway they actually used this road in a few films so start of Donnie Darko where he's lying on the road that was filmed up here and also more extraordinary the Love Bug yes the Love Bug and Herby goes Monte Carlo the sequel where this stood in for the French Alps it's certainly very popular though we're here on a Sunday and a number of bikes at the petrol station the bottom this morning is quite worrying but because it's 66 M long it's quite to lose people up here so has sh Works managed to make an 11 out of 10 car I think they probably have actually I was a bit skeptical before I drove this as to how it would feel with just those three gears changed and not the full sort of final drive option but I love it the light and flywheel away the engine revs and the fact they've left the suspension alone they haven't tried tinkering that haven't tried just in gilding the Lily in areas where didn't need gilding what a car what a road what a day of course one other thing that these phenomenal roads up in the San Gabriel mountains seem to do exceptionally well is a spectacular sunset with the roads now quiet huge silver moon rising over the the darkening Peaks and cooler evening air feeding the flat six the run back to the bright lights of Los Angeles feels well about as good as it gets a solid 12 out of 10 effect fact\n"