From base Carrera to HPDE performer
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…
We’ve been running the stock mufflers / exhaust system on this 996 ever since we tried the muffler bypass pipes. Those pipes were fine for the track but we just too loud for a daily driver. So when the opportunity came along for us the grab a set of Fabspeed mufflers we took it. Nice…
We found a set of mk1 GT3 wheels from a bloke on Rennlist. (If you dont know about www.Rennlist.com, its the oldest and perhaps best Porsche owners forum on the web) I say mk1 because these wheels are 8″ wide in the front. Later GT3 used the exact same style however the front wheel width…
Great series of Boxster/996 engine rebuild videos
While we had already installed slightly wider Carrera 2 wheels on our 996, they still did not ‘fill’ fenders completly. Maximizing the track of the vehicle is almost always a benefit to handling plus a wide stance just looks better and is in keeping with our project’s purpose of making our 996 as much like…
In order to dial out some of the understeer of our 996 an adjustable H&R rear sway bar was installed. We left the original front bar alone as a larger front bar would just bring more understeer back into the equation. Removal of the original rear bar is simple and straight forward on the 996.…
A quick, easy & inexpensive upgrade. The front brake ducts off a 996 GT3. The 996 GT3 brake ducts have been altered to improve ventilation and therefore brake cooling. They are similar in size to the original 996 stock ducts, but these have more aggressive grooves to direct air more effectively to the brakes. There…
The most obvious change in the transformation from a standard Carrera 2 to a GT3 look-a-like is without doubt the Mk1 Aerokit. The deep spoiler, side skirts and conspicuous rear wing totatally transform the look of the 996. Below are a series of photos showing the progress. All work was done in house. The mk1…
Here are a few pics of an early mk1 GT3 that I found on a German website. This car looks very much like what we had in mind when this project started.
