Any decent 997.1 GT3's on the market?

[Porsche911R]

Digga said:

ot a bad point.

There is the 'theoretical' range of adjustment, versus that actual range you ever find effective. Plus - from personal experience - as a one-man-pit amateur trackdayer, you can have too many parameters to play with and spend more time faffing than enjoying driving.

I did do it once for afew years and you only ever move the clicks 1 to 2 moves, My adjusments were mainly to get the car nice to drive to and from the track so a few off rebounds gave a nice ride and then adjust for track a known set up.

again in the wet a few clicks off the rear bump stops the car being a bit to tail happy.
every thing else you drive around or fine tweak with tyre PSI's.

screw 3 ways I would have no clue what to do with a 3rd dial. 2 ways you learn quite fast and can adjust to your driving style.

Again I did not do it to make me faster, I did it so I had confidence in the car, the being faster was a bi product of the confidence I gained in the car And knowing what to do if it rained and the rear lost grip. or if you get a bit of understeer out the bends etc etc.

Edited by Porsche911R on Tuesday 3rd November 16:46

[Cunno]

I did have 2 way club sport motons on my car but when it came time to referb them, dealing with the uk supplier was hard work and they had to go back 3 times before they stopped leaking. The 2 way adjusters were always difficult to adjust as the force required to to get them moving was to the point where you started thinking you where going to break them. may be it was just mine but they were the same after refurb.

Now running Nitrons R3's and IMO the quality exceeds Moton, the kits come with everything you need, which the Motons never did and the click adjustment knobs works nice and smooth and uk company so when it's time to refers it should be a lot easier. Quality overall just looks and feels better too.

Yes they are 3 ways, but not that much more complicated to 2 ways and there is plenty of stuff on YT to help. Think about what you want from the suspension to before you commit as specifying the wrong spring rates will destroy road comfort even with all the adjustment they have.

If your interested in the Nitrons and want to discuss more PM me.

[Yellow491]

Slippydiff said:

Digga said:

Dunno, it's tricky. Ohlins have a good name and KW seem to have some very nice 911 specific packages, but also like the way the Nitrons have all remote adjusters, so you don't have to grub around under the wheelarches. Going to harvest ideas!

Speak to the lads at Fearnsport Marcus, they've fitted Nitrons on a a few Porsche GT cars now. They were diehard Ohlins disciples previously, but they seemed very impressed with the kit Nitron produces when I last discussed it with them.

Working on nitrons now for a mate,they seem very good so far,but we have lost 400kg and now need to change springs accordingly.
I have moton 3 way on 996gt3rs,cracking dampers,just had fully recondition for around 1k.
Used jrz for about 10 years,also very Good is intrax on historic racer and now xtec.just because they are expensive dont always equate to quality!

[ttdan]

The “third” way is usually just fast bump which can be handy to dial in if you hop a few kerbs.

[Digga]

ttdan said:

The “third” way is usually just fast bump which can be handy to dial in if you hop a few kerbs.

Yes, think I mentioned previously, I run mountain bikes and the shocks are all at least 2-way. The 'bigger' (longer travel, more gravity oriented) bike runs a 4-way rear shock, plus you can adjust effective spring rate as it's an air spring. So 5 way adjustable!

[9005rpm]

I see this gen 1 GT3 is back on Collecting Cars soon:

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...

I think this sold back in the summer and the consensus was it looked like a nice one. I wonder why it is back on the market so soon.

[9005rpm]

9005rpm said:

I see this gen 1 GT3 is back on Collecting Cars soon:

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...

I think this sold back in the summer and the consensus was it looked like a nice one. I wonder why it is back on the market so soon.

Here’s the original profile. Sold for £63,500. Will be interesting to see what has changed since then.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...

[Geneve]

9005rpm said:

I see this gen 1 GT3 is back on Collecting Cars soon:
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...
I think this sold back in the summer and the consensus was it looked like a nice one. I wonder why it is back on the market so soon.

I was the first owner of that GT3.
Ordered new, had it from late 2006>2010 and then sold it to a friend via Porsche Swindon.
Very nice car, meticulously maintained in my ownership, and road use only.
Someone has repainted the wheels.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

9005rpm said:

Here’s the original profile. Sold for £63,500. Will be interesting to see what has changed since then.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...

Makes that high mileage one from last week seem really expensive.

[GT4RS]

Looks like we have two 997 gt3 cars coming up for auction pretty soon.

[Digga]

Geneve said:

9005rpm said:

I see this gen 1 GT3 is back on Collecting Cars soon:
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...
I think this sold back in the summer and the consensus was it looked like a nice one. I wonder why it is back on the market so soon.

I was the first owner of that GT3.
Ordered new, had it from late 2006>2010 and then sold it to a friend via Porsche Swindon.
Very nice car, meticulously maintained in my ownership, and road use only.
Someone has repainted the wheels.

If I'd had the choice, I'd have gone GT silver Clubsport. Very nice.

Looks like a nice ca for someone.

[GTSJOE]

9005rpm said:

Here’s the original profile. Sold for £63,500. Will be interesting to see what has changed since then.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-porsche-9...

Hi All... I was the lucky buyer of the car last June. It’s a very sweet car, I’ve done nearly 2000 miles in the car over the summer/autumn. I’m selling as I’ve bought as GT3 Touring so need to make room. Can’t keep them all.
I ask Porsche OPC to go through the car, 111 point check, they required new discs and pads as well as new battery, no over revs. Now has 12 month Porsche warranty as well as major service by OPC.

[Geneve]

Mine was spec'd after discussions with Geoff Turral (PCGB MD at the time) and Andreas.

I already had a 2.7RSL and 3.2CS, so the GT3 was intended for more comfortable road use, which it delivered, at the time. I had an R300 for track use. IMO Meteor looks better with the silver wheels - which always stayed clean with the pccbs. At that time the Pirelli Corsas were a better road tyre than the Cups.

Replaced the GT3 with a new 997 Turbo S. Big mistake - fast but really not rewarding to drive - too clinical and actually a bit dull. 981 GT4 came next and I would rate this higher than the 997.1 GT3, especially for track fun. Then GT3 Touring. Although, in the c.£70k bracket, I'd certainly consider a nicely spec'd 991'T'. There's a Lava Orange one in the classifieds - surprised that hasn't been snapped up.

[ferrisbueller]

Geneve said:

Mine was spec'd after discussions with Geoff Turral (PCGB MD at the time) and Andreas.

I already had a 2.7RSL and 3.2CS, so the GT3 was intended for more comfortable road use, which it delivered, at the time. I had an R300 for track use. IMO Meteor looks better with the silver wheels - which always stayed clean with the pccbs. At that time the Pirelli Corsas were a better road tyre than the Cups.

Replaced the GT3 with a new 997 Turbo S. Big mistake - fast but really not rewarding to drive - too clinical and actually a bit dull. 981 GT4 came next and I would rate this higher than the 997.1 GT3, especially for track fun. Then GT3 Touring. Although, in the c.£70k bracket, I'd certainly consider a nicely spec'd 991'T'. There's a Lava Orange one in the classifieds - surprised that hasn't been snapped up.

Andreas P?

That's cool.

[D.no]

Silver 997.1 GT3 CS with 29k miles coming up at BCA.....

https://auctionview.bca.co.uk/Results/LotDetail/f3...

[g7jhp]

D.no said:

Silver 997.1 GT3 CS with 29k miles coming up at BCA.....

https://auctionview.bca.co.uk/Results/LotDetail/f3...

Trade only. Any more details?

[gizlaroc]

g7jhp said:

Trade only. Any more details?

Sale Name Dealer Sale 1
Number of lots in sale section 24
Sale channel e-Auction
Vehicle location Blackbushe
Start Date/Time 11 November 2020 09:00
Lot number PSC008





Vehicle information
Registration number WA56 MVN
First registered date 21/11/2006
Mileage 29,080 (Warranted)
Fuel type Petrol
Transmission Manual Transmission
Colour SILVER
MOT expiry date 23/06/2021
Grade 2
Number of doors 2
Equipment 19" Alloy Wheels, Change of Registration, Climate Control, CO2 Emissions - 307 g/km, DVSA Mileage - 15k 15k 15k 20k 24k 26k, DVSA Mileage - 27k 28k, Key(s) - 2, Last Srvc - 07/20 28k main dlr, MOT Expiry - 23/06/2021, Navigation System, Srvc Bk - 7 srvc 7 main dlr, Vehicle Location - Blackbushe
Service history Yes
Service history date 29/07/2020
Log book Present
Vehicle location Blackbushe
VAT type VAT Margin

[Digga]

Phwoar!

Lovely looking car.

[RC1]

its a grade 2 and some 10-30mm on 3 panels and some other cosmetic stuff

i bet the dealers will be all over it as i would be if in the market

[RC1]

seems to have been owned by PH member "pugsey" in its early life

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...