Yes another post about going slower… We’re still on the brake theme this week. After determining at the June track days that our calipers needed a rebuild (sticking pistons) we started looking around for various brake caliper / rotor options for the 996. If we were going to be tearing the brakes all off then…
Well, ‘one’ is never really done optimizing the performance of ‘ones’ sports car are they? But for now we have finally got the new brake calipers and rotors installed. No giant Brembo kits here, just a rebuild of the already excellent (Brembo made) Porsche 996 calipers. We’ll abuse these for the remainder of this season…
996 Track Prep – Race TiresOriginally uploaded by apex944 Yes they fit. I get this question a lot. The car is lowered to stock GT3 ride height. With OE GT3 wheels, no spacer and 315/30-18 Pirelli Corsa race rubber I have had no problems at all with rubbing. They do not stick out beyond the…
Dei Weiße 911’s Originally uploaded by apex944 Beautiful day, new race rubber, and a full tank of high octane fuel. Summer time @ Beaverun Motorsports Complex. A great group of students showed up and we had a blast instructing them at the track today. The new Pirelli PZero Corsas really transformed the car. The old…
And you thought this blog was dead, no? There are a few more mods planed for the old 996 this season. It’s time to get rid of the old seats and put something in that will give me the support and control I need now that the car is cornering and braking better. Keeping with…
OK this is hardly a performance mod but I was getting tired of looking at the worn out paint on my OE hood and engine decklid release levers. So when I stumbled across yet another cheap find on EBay I snatched it up. It is a black on black set of release levers and the…
OK this week we spend a little more time on the brakes. Last time we improved the ability to cool them… now we can try to push the braking system a little harder. I hope the ABS cooperates! We’ll know soon enough as our next test day is at the end of July. So, one…
Earlier we installed GT3 brake ducts to improve cooling. (Shown at left above) However since we drive pretty hard on a regular basis (while instructing at BeaveRun) it has become appearent that still more cooling could be used. This really came to light after we started running Pirelli Corsa track tires and began generating much…
OK so we’ve had this GT3 like, mk1 Aerokit rear wing sitting around for months and finally have found some time to paint it and get it installed. This is an OE factory Aerokit wing found, like the other items, on ebay. It’s made in a small town in France right on the German border…
Now that the GT3 wheels and track tires have been on the car for a while it was time to take a good look at the alignment. So we headed over to our friend’s shop who has a hunter machine. After taking a look we discovered the rear toe was off and that the camber…
