Mk1 996 GT3 to Gen 2 997 GT3

[Singh911]

How much of an upgrade would this be - i know "worth" is purely subjective but i'd be interested to hear from anyone who has done this.

I am looking at this http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p... Gen 2 GT3 for £84k.

I guess my mk1 gt3 (23k miles, lhd) could fetch c£45k?? So around car plus £40k to change. I've had the gt3 for 9 years since it had 2k on the clock. Have loved it. I wonder if the cost to change is worth it or would i regret it.

I mainly drive the GT3 in the summer months, one or two long Euro road trips a year and the odd track day.

Any thoughts welcome.

Cheers

Edited by Singh911 on Monday 23 February 18:28

[Singh911]

All in all very unequivocal answers. My car is a comfort spec with half cage and bucket seats. Has the Mk2 floating discs and an M & M exhaust remap to 400bhp. I'm not after outright pace but place huge premium on feel, feedback and all that great extra sensory stuff. The new exhaust has delivered aural sensations to go with the brilliant feel thru the steering. I had thought the 997 GT3s took this onto another level but haven't driven one.

Seems I'm 10k+ out of kilter with prices (on both cars?).

I think if I keep the car and don't "upgrade" now, she will be a keeper. Already by far the longest I've kept any car.

Cheers

[Singh911]

That JZM advert for their gen 2. Quoting from the ad "we are happy to report that the ECU data shows no signs of over revs in five of the six ranges."

So they're saying there are over revs in one of the six ranges?

[Singh911]

Good point on the lhd. I have no issues with lhd at all, im not sure if there are issues with rhd like there were in the air-cooled cars (offset pedals and the like) but lhd feels completely natural. On the euro trips, you are on the "correct" side of the car and in the uk you step out onto the pavement once you park.
Maybe I need to drive a 997 - as I said, its not about pure pace, i'm nowhere near exploiting the limits of the 996. Its more about feel and feedback.

Thinking maybe a cup steering wheel and some suspension updates may be the way to proceed.

[Singh911]

I was referring to my mk1 when thinking of a cup steering wheel and refreshing/improving the suspension (car is still on its' original shocks, bushes etc.

I hear what is being said about tactility. That is what i value most, way above outright speed. The car is probably too quick for most roads as it is. My most memorable drives tend to be when one is somewhere very agreeable with an open road - the Gorges du Tarn canyon country comes to mind last summer, when i could feel the steering writhing and wriggling around, flicking the car one way and then the other through endless S bends. I wouldnt trade that feedback for more speed.

I think i'm tending toward refreshing the suspension - maybe i'm getting old(er) but the car seems more crashy on the bumps than it used to. A cup wheel to increase the feel even more.

Increasingly get the feeling the car is a keeper! Thanks for all the valuable input.

[Singh911]

Thanks for that - 23k miles on the original shocks etc. The springs I can sort but how does one do the Bilstein refurb? Do they send a refurbished set and I send them my ones? Or do I take the car to them and leave them to it? Or will any indie do the job.
Cheers

[Singh911]

Brilliant info as ever - thank you. I will get on with that lot and hope all's done before the daffodils come out.