Prospective 981 GT4 Owners Discussion Forum.

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apachesmith said:

In return - a new GT4 video (Warning Fat American heel toeing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7Y_BlwxO8

More interesting however he alludes to comparing it with the GT4 race car in a later video!

nice wheel shuffle which got him in trouble on the 1st lap !!

and putting stress and high temps though a 600mile gearbox, bearing engine etc, not ideal.

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SidewaysSi said:

Got to be worth a fair bit in that colour?

Post won't last long as it's a sales post, but the point is cars at higher prices are harder to get £30k overs for imo.

makes it a £112k sale with NO PCCB's and imo that's tough for a Cayman. but a grey one sold for about that although it had PCCB's, but to go over £30k overs will be hard going.

If the OP of the car need shot he can get 90k trade bids on it. depends if he needs to sell or wants £30k more than he paid I guess.

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cars looks great BTW shame you cannot keep it.

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FrankCayman said:

Apologies for being out of touch with the PH latest.....do you still have your gorgeous Yellow GT4?

Yep, and now got a few choice upgrades waiting to go on :-) and a few trips planned.

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flow99 said:

Interested to hear about the choice upgrades?

8mm front shims for LCA, Solid monoball adjustable rear toe links from Tarett and toe link locking bolts.
then in for a proper geo for a better fast road / track set up ;-)

Might get some Endless ME20 pads all round also, but at £800 that stings a little so will do a track day 1st to see what the oem pads are like.

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v8ksn said:

Some people say you are a tosser MrD but the fact you are modding your GT4 already means you are OK in my book

lol the difference between real enthusiasts and the run of the mill owner I guess.

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mdianuk said:

not all enthusiasts wish to change the setup that was professionally decided upon by the GT team. .

That same old bullst lol Porsche know best, that's why we have a understeering car with a 74MM 3.4 throttle body on it, and NON adjust rear toe links so the end user cannot change the set up !

now go and find what the real CS car has, 18" wheels, smaller brakes, fully adjustable sus in the rear etc etc.

As I said, a driving enthusiasts will change a car from oem spec, most won't.

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GT4P said:

Question: Why do we think the fuel consumption of the gt4 is not good ie someone posted their 991 gt3 was better, could it be the engine restrictions are causing this for instance the smaller Cayman throttle body? And will fitting the larger throttle body improve power and fuel economy or would you have to do the exhaust and a ecu remap?

good question the GT4 mpg sucks !!!

and no you cannot just fit a 83mm Throttle body on the car it will run rich !

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apachesmith said:

Are you running Steels? My only experinece in the GT4 is the Carbons at PEC? Are there noticeable differences with the steels?

I run steels yes, did not see the point on PCCB on this car, I would say a well set up iron disk car with track pads may well have more bite and stop better than the pccb set up this time round.

PCCB you are pretty much screwed to which pads to use on the ceramic disks. iron disks you can run a race winning pad like Endless.

ALso one may want to run 19" wheels for track use, which fit fine over the 380mm disks. 410MM disks limit options for wheels and pads.

AP and Brembo already make nice 2 piece iron disks in 380mm sizes also for a straight swap once oem disks have worn out.
I love PCCB's on lesser models as you end up with big brakes, over smaller 4 pots and tiny disks, the GT4 was given big brakes from the get go.

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LaSource said:

Is fuel consumption higher for an engine in its early run in period?

yes but it should not be by this much, the gt4 is really bad on MPG :-(

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apachesmith said:

Quick question...

My car completed build yesterday so should have the car in the next 2-3 weeks. I haven't heard from the dealer for a few months and was wondering is there any pre-delivery paperwork or registration paperwork I need to fill out before the car arrives?

Or is it literately pitch up give them my bank card, do the paperwork there and then and drive off?

Cheers

mine took 5 weeks, but no extra paper work, I did go in a pick a reg plate from the list they have though.

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mdianuk said:

No doubt companies that specialise in specific kit can make improvements to any car; my point wasn't that, just that as someone not interested in changing parts and modifying my motor, and quite happy with what comes out of the factory, it doesn't make me any less an enthusiast.

• anyone that disagrees is pretty much saying MrD is superior because he's altering his; be careful what you endorse

you miss out on what the car could be, it don't need after market parts, it's just cheaper than buying CUP rear toe links.
they give us a car with GT3 adjustable sus which YOU cannot adjust !!!

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Elvorfin said:

I was under the impression that Pagid RS29 was a track option on PCCBs

nope, good luck with that.

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jackwood said:

Won't you need front toe links as well? Reading between the lines the US guys seem to be having to fit both front and rear toe links to get the camber they want to run. Adding the front 8mm shims is going to be in danger of giving you toe issues, is it not?

I don't think it will need front's, not going for anything crazy about -2.3 up front, people have got more than that with stock parts and 10mm shims..

Edited by Porsche911R on Saturday 20th February 09:52

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do other people have issues with this thread vanishing, I have to find it by going into my forum history ?
but a new post and bump, makes it come back.