Educate me on 996 Cup Cars

[CrashBang]

Can someone/anyone tell me the major difference, if there are any, between early and late 996 Cup cars?

Were any factory upgrades that the later cars saw as a result of the learnings with the early cars?

Are the later cars quicker/more capable/more reliable or are they all equal?

All info appreciated.

[Pope]

Early cars had a late 993 derived transmission; with direct gear shift - lever mounted on a uniball with the shift rod up through the tunnel. Shifts had to be precise.

2000-2001 the cars got the cable operated remote shift from the road car - shifting became much slicker!

2000-2001 the cars got additional cooling on the front PU (slots just below the bonnet) a deeper splitter and the full width spoiler with end plates; previously the cars ran with the MK1 GT3 adjustable road car spoiler

The cars ran up to 8 degrees negative camber with removable shims on the lower arms; hydraulic PAS and 15 degrees of steering lock (they were no drift car!!!)

(I ran a 1998 car with 99-00-01 upgrades; the ex UPS car from the German Cup series - lovely shade of brown on delivery!! From memory the cars were pain to set up being developed on Pirelli slicks but ran on Michelins in the UK series).

https://www.porsche.com/luxembourg/fr/sportsandeve...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911_GT3

No racing history but surely the best option with all updates as factory.....:

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/87711/un...

Edited by Pope on Sunday 29th July 21:09

[kleonard]

996 cup cars great cars...I have raced cups for years and I own the last 996 cup / last manual cup ever made in 2005 by the factory...
some pictures on my Instagram if search for
karlleonard1976

just helped a fellow PH member buy a 2004 which only 3 weeks ago he ran at le mans classic which he loved ...if need any help with cups send me a pm

regards
karl

[legalknievel]

Yeah I’m the PHer that Karl helped source a car for. I’ve done a thread about the experience. If you google ‘996 Cup car - please someone persuade me not to’, you’ll see what my experience has been and what advice I’ve had. For investment, if you’re thinking in those terms, it looks like later spec 2004 and 2005 cars are the ones to have, but they are all awesome cars. As a track day car, which is the main reason I got mine, you probably know that 996s are more user friendly than 997s etc. The advice above about technical specs looks well informed. I certainly can’t add to that. Worth speaking to Karl though. He basically knows everyone in supercup and Carrera Cup and has raced in both to varying degrees. Getting a cup car was a great decision, and so far (beats forehead with a plank of wood), it’s been not as expensive as all that. In truth, my E46 M3s have cost me more money per year.

[legalknievel]

[LordGrover]

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[legalknievel]

This rennlist thread influenced me in looking at a later spec car. The 2004 and 2005 updates were fairly significant.

https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-and-drivers-edu...

[legalknievel]

LordGrover said:

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Thanks!