997 GT3 Gen1 clubsport
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I have felt for a long time that a vanilla Gen1 997 GT3 has the potential to be an absolute stunner of a car so i've put my money where my mouth is bought one. The plan is to keep the car as standard as possible so upgrades will only be done on the damping, geo and brake bias. I think that with a minimal amount of expenditure a vanilla Gen1 can be transformed into the car that it always should have been. Anyway, thats my hope.
I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
Great minds and all that old Boy! Nothing sold, I think that any decent damper will suffice. The 997 cup is such a lovely thing compared to the 996 but the road car never reflected it. Porsche did an injustice to a much better platform. It will be interesting to see what can be done with a little fettling
Good to hear Steve, the Speed yellow example at The Supercar Rooms I presume ? Looked a cracker. A friend was interested in it, he decided against it as he really wants a Gen 1 997 GT3 RS. My thoughts were that the Speed yellow Clubsport is a narrow body RS (in a great colour) for £45k less than an RS, £45k allows you to buy a lot of upgrades/goodies !
Slippydiff said:
Good to hear Steve, the Speed yellow example at The Supercar Rooms I presume ? Looked a cracker. A friend was interested in it, he decided against it as he really wants a Gen 1 997 GT3 RS. My thoughts were that the Speed yellow Clubsport is a narrow body RS (in a great colour) for £45k less than an RS, £45k allows you to buy a lot of upgrades/goodies !
That's the car Sherlock. Well done!!!! How on earth???!Steve Rance said:
I have felt for a long time that a vanilla Gen1 997 GT3 has the potential to be an absolute stunner of a car so i've put my money where my mouth is bought one. The plan is to keep the car as standard as possible so upgrades will only be done on the damping, geo and brake bias. I think that with a minimal amount of expenditure a vanilla Gen1 can be transformed into the car that it always should have been. Anyway, thats my hope.
I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
Interested in this steve nice one.I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
I followed your advice on the 6RS which I then flogged to get back into the 997 CS Gen1 which is the better car for me. Just had it Geo'd by 9E collecting it next weekend.
Cheers
Steve Rance said:
Slippydiff said:
Good to hear Steve, the Speed yellow example at The Supercar Rooms I presume ? Looked a cracker. A friend was interested in it, he decided against it as he really wants a Gen 1 997 GT3 RS. My thoughts were that the Speed yellow Clubsport is a narrow body RS (in a great colour) for £45k less than an RS, £45k allows you to buy a lot of upgrades/goodies !
That's the car Sherlock. Well done!!!! How on earth???!If you're collecting it rather than having it delivered, PM me, it'd be good to meet up with you
Steve Rance said:
I have felt for a long time that a vanilla Gen1 997 GT3 has the potential to be an absolute stunner of a car so i've put my money where my mouth is bought one. The plan is to keep the car as standard as possible so upgrades will only be done on the damping, geo and brake bias. I think that with a minimal amount of expenditure a vanilla Gen1 can be transformed into the car that it always should have been. Anyway, thats my hope.
I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
For purely selfish reasons, this is great news I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
Really interested in what you do with it and the mods you make. Congratulations on the purchase too!
V8KSN said:
For purely selfish reasons, this is great news
Really interested in what you do with it and the mods you make. Congratulations on the purchase too!
Thank you. Chris Harris saw the potential but just when he'd almost got there, got the chance of a 4.0 and sold it. I maintain that a very well sorted 7.1 will be as goodReally interested in what you do with it and the mods you make. Congratulations on the purchase too!
Steve Rance said:
Thank you. Chris Harris saw the potential but just when he'd almost got there, got the chance of a 4.0 and sold it. I maintain that a very well sorted 7.1 will be as good
Do you have a vision of what you want to achieve with the car? I am assuming you are going to modify it for track use as opposed to road useage. Do you have a specific time target on a particular track you want to beat or is the tuning of the car going to be a more organic process and how the car feels and responds to the changes you make being the main goal?
Steve Rance said:
Thank you. Chris Harris saw the potential but just when he'd almost got there, got the chance of a 4.0 and sold it. I maintain that a very well sorted 7.1 will be as good
I have been talking about the potential for the last 12 months :-) but get slated when said put a nice set of passives on it and a cup final drive , you say you are going to do it and every one loves the idea lol.Funny old place.
mrdemon said:
Steve Rance said:
Thank you. Chris Harris saw the potential but just when he'd almost got there, got the chance of a 4.0 and sold it. I maintain that a very well sorted 7.1 will be as good
I have been talking about the potential for the last 12 months :-) but get slated when said put a nice set of passives on it and a cup final drive , you say you are going to do it and every one loves the idea lol.Funny old place.
Steve Rance said:
I have felt for a long time that a vanilla Gen1 997 GT3 has the potential to be an absolute stunner of a car so i've put my money where my mouth is bought one. The plan is to keep the car as standard as possible so upgrades will only be done on the damping, geo and brake bias. I think that with a minimal amount of expenditure a vanilla Gen1 can be transformed into the car that it always should have been. Anyway, thats my hope.
I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
Will be watching this thread with great interest :-)I'll keep those of you who may have an interest updated as things progress
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