Can you make a 996TT RWD?

[BrendonJ]

Bit of a bizzare question (and it might be considered sacriledge) but can you disconnect the front diff on a 996 turbo therefore making it RWD only? I know it can be done on Lambos so thereotically it can be done on Porsches?

The reason I ask is there seems to be a couple of high powered Turbos for sale currently and I thought rather than buying a GT2 one could turn one of these Turbos into effectively a (RWD) GT2?

Cheers

[ZeroH]

BrendonJ said:

Bit of a bizzare question (and it might be considered sacriledge) but can you disconnect the front diff on a 996 turbo therefore making it RWD only? I know it can be done on Lambos so thereotically it can be done on Porsches?

The reason I ask is there seems to be a couple of high powered Turbos for sale currently and I thought rather than buying a GT2 one could turn one of these Turbos into effectively a (RWD) GT2?

Cheers

Yep it can be done pretty easily. Stevo has done it to his car.

Begs the question why tho. Just get a GT2 !

[s_mcneil]

ZeroH said:

Begs the question why tho. Just get a GT2 !

Money...?

[ZeroH]

s_mcneil said:

ZeroH said:

Begs the question why tho. Just get a GT2 !

Money...?

Making the turbo 2wd does not a GT2 make !

By the time you've thrown money at the conversion, suspension, remap, brakes, bucket seats & cage to make it more like a GT2, you'll have spent too much already and end up with a car you'll never be able to sell.

False economy imo. If you want a cheap GT2 get a high miles car or a good catD.

[Sunnysidebb]

As ZeroH says it's so easy, if done fully will reduce the weight of the car by about 75kg. Makes the Car slightly quicker.........but why do it.
It is not going to make your car a GT2, not by a very long way just a RWD 996TT.
Have a look on the 6speed forum. There are lots of posts about it. Its one of those controversial topics where no one is right and no one is wrong.
I personally like my car AWD. But each to their own.
Frank

[_gez_]

Remember there is no LSD in the back of a turbo but there is in a GT2. I really don't think a one wheel drive 420 hp car is a sensible thing!

As Miras says if you are minded to convert to RWD then you will probably want to do all the things he has listed. Adding a LSD to a turbo has got to be the thick end of £2k. So with all the other 'upgrades' you are close to GT2 money.

[mollytherocker]

BrendonJ said:

Bit of a bizzare question (and it might be considered sacriledge) but can you disconnect the front diff on a 996 turbo therefore making it RWD only? I know it can be done on Lambos so thereotically it can be done on Porsches?

The reason I ask is there seems to be a couple of high powered Turbos for sale currently and I thought rather than buying a GT2 one could turn one of these Turbos into effectively a (RWD) GT2?

Cheers

Why do you want it RWD only?

MTR

[Vixpy1]

mollytherocker said:

BrendonJ said:

Bit of a bizzare question (and it might be considered sacriledge) but can you disconnect the front diff on a 996 turbo therefore making it RWD only? I know it can be done on Lambos so thereotically it can be done on Porsches?

The reason I ask is there seems to be a couple of high powered Turbos for sale currently and I thought rather than buying a GT2 one could turn one of these Turbos into effectively a (RWD) GT2?

Cheers

Why do you want it RWD only?

MTR

You've not met Brendon

[noneedtolift]

Two clicks on the handbrake does the trick temporarily

[Sunnysidebb]

noneedtolift said:

Two clicks on the handbrake does the trick temporarily

Not on a 996tt
Frank

[monthefish]

s_mcneil said:

ZeroH said:

Begs the question why tho. Just get a GT2 !

Money...?

Not a huge difference between the two, especially when conversion costs are figured into the equation. Think there was a GT2 up for £40k recently (@ Porticraft?) for example.

[noneedtolift]

Sunnysidebb said:

noneedtolift said:

Two clicks on the handbrake does the trick temporarily

Not on a 996tt
Frank

Ahhhh... works for 997 as far as I know!

[Sunnysidebb]

noneedtolift said:

Sunnysidebb said:

noneedtolift said:

Two clicks on the handbrake does the trick temporarily

Not on a 996tt
Frank

Ahhhh... works for 997 as far as I know!

Not wanting to sound condescending but the OP did specify the 996......

Edited by Sunnysidebb on Thursday 5th August 17:22

[s_mcneil]

monthefish said:

s_mcneil said:

ZeroH said:

Begs the question why tho. Just get a GT2 !

Money...?

Not a huge difference between the two, especially when conversion costs are figured into the equation. Think there was a GT2 up for £40k recently (@ Porticraft?) for example.

Average to good Turbo £30-35k, average to good GT2 £40-50k. You're looking around the £10k mark difference. I'm not saying do it, I'm just saying £10k is alot of money to just 'upgrade'. Plus it can be done, and done as am ongoing project. Not everything is done as a resale prospect. People can have fun also, look at Stevo's beast...

[monthefish]

s_mcneil said:

monthefish said:

s_mcneil said:

ZeroH said:

Begs the question why tho. Just get a GT2 !

Money...?

Not a huge difference between the two, especially when conversion costs are figured into the equation. Think there was a GT2 up for £40k recently (@ Porticraft?) for example.

Average to good Turbo £30-35k, average to good GT2 £40-50k. You're looking around the £10k mark difference. I'm not saying do it, I'm just saying £10k is alot of money to just 'upgrade'. Plus it can be done, and done as am ongoing project. Not everything is done as a resale prospect. People can have fun also, look at Stevo's beast...

Yes, I get that. I just don't see any advantage of RWD-ing a turbo, including cost. (I know not everyone looks at resale, but most do and a leggy GT2 will have about the same residual value as a DIY RWD Turbo)

But each to their own..

[996TT_STEVO]

Small bit of advice, but sure most of you know this anyway!

If I could turn back the clock yes I would have gone GT2, the problem was I purchased a 996TT to use around town as I live close to Edinburgh City centre (it's seriously mad traffic here)... I used to do a lot of track days many years ago and never did it enter my head about tracking the Turbo, that was until I was invited to a freebie at Knockhill (BIG MISTAKE)

As most of the members here, you get attached to your car, start modding it and keep going so it was difficult to part with at the time. Yes I have spent an obscene amount of money but it brings me great pleasure when I drive it. Think the big difference is that I have never looked at the car with a price on it's head, I don't plan to sell it and it will stay in the family for many years to come, that's provided I have the funds and it sticks to the Black stuff (knock on wood)

[996TT_STEVO]

Remember it can work both ways, a 4WD Turbo on track in the wet with a road legal tyres will have an advantage over the GT2, but in the dry it's a different story.

[BrendonJ]

Thanks for all the replies guys, much appreciated. Seems it could be worth doing if one was going to keep the car long enough. Otherwsie save up a bit longer and a GT2!

[Atomic Gibbon]

We did this to a 993 turbo race car - was just a case of disconnecting the tube connecting front to back. Worked wonders in the dry, and was reversable for the wet. Made the raction control side put all sorts of lights on, but if you ignore that you;re fine.

[bob'5]

Plenty of people do convert to RWD.

Done properly, saves weight, less drivetrain losses and most importantly it can be lots of fun.

It costs nothing to do and if you don't like it you can always put it back to awd.