997 GT3 Gen1 clubsport

[Steve Rance]

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

[slodge]

Excellent work Steve. Have recently acquired the same thing and had a blast at Silverstone GP in the p*ssing rain! Very interested in your damper choice as likely going passive at some point so please keep us posted.

Did you sell to buy or an addition to the fleet?

Cheers

Slodge

[keep it lit]

Yeah I guessed as much listening to your recents hints.. well done!! pics & plans please old bean

[Steve Rance]

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

[Slippydiff]

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 !

[Steve Rance]

keep it lit said:

Yeah I guessed as much listening to your recents hints.. well done!! pics & plans please old bean

Will do old chap

[Trev450]

I'm most envious. They do seem to represent the best value when all is considered. I shall be interested to read your updates.

[Steve Rance]

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???!

[Scooty100]

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 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

[Slippydiff]

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???!

2 + 2 = 4

If you're collecting it rather than having it delivered, PM me, it'd be good to meet up with you

[V8KSN]

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

Really interested in what you do with it and the mods you make. Congratulations on the purchase too!

[Steve Rance]

Absolutely. Would be very nice to meet up!

[Steve Rance]

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 good

[V8KSN]

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?

[Slippydiff]

Steve Rance said:

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

Spot on.

[fioran0]

Said the same for a long long time.
Put some cup aero on it and it will be just beautiful.....

Congrats on the new car. Hope it gives you as much fun as you are hoping for.

Now where are the pics?

[mrdemon]

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.

[keep it lit]

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.

.............................................. but your talk is the cheapest

[Slippydiff]

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[arcamalpha]

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 :-)