Prospective 981 GT4 Owners Discussion Forum.

Prospective 981 GT4 Owners Discussion Forum.

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dmcrobin

233 posts

230 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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ratcatcher2 said:
Anybody know - if you have a "month 10 build" - when do you actually get the car?
Thanks
October build would mean November delivery assuming no delays, but it depends when in the months it's built

They usually take 2 weeks to arrive with your dealer once complete (assuming your in the UK)

ratcatcher2

153 posts

193 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Thanks dmcrobin I'm comfort spec so hopefully it should sail through production.

TheBMWDriver

591 posts

154 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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I saw the GT3 group and thought I would start a GT4 group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/928318787239002/


turbofreeFLAT6

318 posts

110 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Sauriel said:
Ehresmann has a 420 bhp powerkit for the GT4. Its throttled from factory, not full opening!
Any more info? I Googled it but couldn't find anything.

Sauriel

114 posts

105 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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search for ehresmann automotive on facebook, and say hello from axel.

He had 10 + kits ordered even before german customers got their cars. The GT4 is throttled from factory! Not full opening!

turbofreeFLAT6

318 posts

110 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Thanks.

Scooty100

1,469 posts

116 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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TheBMWDriver said:
I saw the GT3 group and thought I would start a GT4 group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/928318787239002/
Great idea just sent join request

m33ufo

4,959 posts

231 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Sauriel said:
search for ehresmann automotive on facebook, and say hello from axel.

He had 10 + kits ordered even before german customers got their cars. The GT4 is throttled from factory! Not full opening!
Unbelievable!

What does the kit comprise?

Sauriel

114 posts

105 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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Im not really qualified to answer that satisfactory, better to refer you the post above.

P155flaps

556 posts

143 months

itsybitsy

5,203 posts

185 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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Already mentioned on the gt4rs post
So how many will be changing spec to Pdk!(mrD you won't have to put up with those long ratios in the manual)?presume this will also be offered on the 981 spyder as well which will please some.
I did here back in March that a Pdk will be made late in the year but I wonder if it will be Pdk-s?

av185

18,514 posts

127 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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PDK S with all its advantages over standard PDK would be worth speccing on the proviso it is c £2.5 k extra. Think it would suit the car imho.

PorscheGT4

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21,146 posts

265 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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itsybitsy said:
Already mentioned on the gt4rs post
So how many will be changing spec to Pdk!(mrD you won't have to put up with those long ratios in the manual)?presume this will also be offered on the 981 spyder as well which will please some.
I did here back in March that a Pdk will be made late in the year but I wonder if it will be Pdk-s?
PDK ratio are still long you know. what is it 74 mph in 2nd gear or 77 mph in the GT3 because it goes to 9k! and by the time you are in 4th 140mph

I was in a Ferrari FF Friday, mega thing and very nice short ratio's how it should be.

itsybitsy

5,203 posts

185 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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If true then a Pdk gt4 will be pretty rare as will only be available to buyers whose specs are not locked in!
IF it is Pdk-s I think it will cost closer to £4k as an extra

itsybitsy

5,203 posts

185 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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PorscheGT4 said:
PDK ratio are still long you know. what is it 74 mph in 2nd gear or 77 mph in the GT3 because it goes to 9k! and by the time you are in 4th 140mph

I was in a Ferrari FF Friday, mega thing and very nice short ratio's how it should be.
Might have short ratios but how much does it cost?
I am sure that at.some time in the future a solution will be offered to shorten the ratios!
Also a Pdk gt4 may bring it in to the lower co2 RFL bracket (>225)

PorscheGT4

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21,146 posts

265 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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itsybitsy said:
If true then a Pdk gt4 will be pretty rare as will only be available to buyers whose specs are not locked in!
IF it is Pdk-s I think it will cost closer to £4k as an extra
not much performance advantage with Porsche PDK imo over manual

Ferrari 458 2nd gear is 65mph 3rd only to 87mph even the Porsche PDK in 3rd is 107 !!!

that what makes Ferrari auto boxs fun, you are up and down the gears with the paddles , and while I dislike auto's , close ratio's make the DSG/PDK/DCT etc come to life, Porsche PDK still sucks the life out of the car ;-(

I don't mind a good flappy paddle box but the Porsche one is OVER RATED because of the still daft ratio's
I don't know why PDK is raved about, driving a long ratio PDK car is dull as F4ck

itsybitsy

5,203 posts

185 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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The ratios in the 458 sound fun but the car costs in excess of £150k so even if an aftermarket final drive reducing ratios costs £5k the gt4 is still a bargain.
I think whatever car you buy there will be some kind of compromise with Fezzas its cost to buy and cost to run with porsche its long ratios but cheaper to buy and cheaper to run.

PorscheGT4

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21,146 posts

265 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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itsybitsy said:
The ratios in the 458 sound fun but the car costs in excess of £150k so even if an aftermarket final drive reducing ratios costs £5k the gt4 is still a bargain.
I think whatever car you buy there will be some kind of compromise with Fezzas its cost to buy and cost to run with porsche its long ratios but cheaper to buy and cheaper to run.
I wish I could be a designer and make my perfect car lol

PDK is comic daft on the Porsche forum though, esp PDK owners who rave on about how they get short ratio's lol

I would take PDK-S on the GT4 if it have 458 ratio's at least you could thrash it about and get to rev out in 4th and be up and down the Box

where as in my GT4 I'll be in 2nd gear ! and on tighter sections bogged down in 2nd unless I force it into 1st !

I still cannot work out how people have fun in GT3's in the UK.

Mermaid

21,492 posts

171 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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PorscheGT4 said:
I still cannot work out how people have fun in GT3's in the UK.
Not so many racing gods in the UK. wink

swimd

350 posts

121 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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itsybitsy said:
If true then a Pdk gt4 will be pretty rare as will only be available to buyers whose specs are not locked in!
IF it is Pdk-s I think it will cost closer to £4k as an extra
If there will be a PDK (or PDK-S) GT4 announced tomorrow then there will of course be additional quota for these cars. I reckon they could easily sell another 1000-2000 cars as PDK and that's what they are probably going to do.

It would make zero sense for Porsche to put money into R&D for a PDK option that will only be available to customers who already bought the car anyway.
Plus you'd get a lot of pissed off potential customers who were on the wait list but cancelled their order when they learned that the car would be manual only. I know a few of these.

Shorter PDK-S in the GT4 would win me over the long geared manual. Regular PDK not.

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