From base Carrera to HPDE performer
Never been a big fan of the “Twist” wheels found on the early 996 cars like ours. They are relatively heavy and also narrower than some of the other wheel options. We’d love to put a set of BBS LM wheels on the car but at $1000 each that’s not going to happen soon. We…
Somewhere I read “All Porsches are Race Cars” Well I dont know about the new Cayenne but for sure the Porsche 911 has won more circuit races than any other model of car I can think of. How would our’s fair on it’s maiden voyage to BeaverRun? Since I was instructing I did not bring…
Since the ACS ‘Club Sport’ 996 was scheduled to hit the track just days after taking delivery we pretty much had to “run what you brung”. Fortunately we were able to “bring” the H&R Adjustable Coil Over suspension that the previous owner had so kindly installed for us! But we wouldn’t track a car without…
Before the ACS 996 even got to our shops it was being modified. As soon as we found the car and made a deposit, the fingers were flying on the keyboard searching for bits to add to the car so that we could begin getting it ready four it’s first track day. Bill was planning…
We searched for a few months lookng for a used 996 C2 Porsche that would fit a couple of simple criteria. Affordable – Car needed to be under $25,000 Since this car was going to primarily be a show case for ACS products and was also going to be our street/track car there was no…
So what’s this all about? It’s about the impressive Porsche GT3 Cup cars that we can’t afford to drive everyday…. so why not take an affordable 996 C2 and modify it (within reason) to arrive at a comfortable yet formidable weekend club sport type toy… One that can still be driven to and from the…
