Total CP. Used R8s are almost as overpriced as old 360 modenas.

Do you treat 5-6 as 2 apexes? I’ve seen a lot of people skip 5 for a better set up into 6.

Have they repaved or renovated Gratten? Sure, its more challenging but is that because they haven’t repaved and its bumpy as all get out? That little jump was always fun though.

Yup, Turbos and GT cars do not use the same engine as the other models.

If only they removed the propshaft and the rest of the awd components - then you're having some real fun.

it helps make things more fun!

doesn't mean they put it on this car. It wasn't a mandatory feature in cars until at least 05. This is why the 996 GT3 is so sought after - no traction control at all.

Sweet in theory, not as good of a deal in reality. I just did the build your own Cayman GT-4 on the porsche website... ~$93K - the only options I got were the sport bucket seats (a must for a track beast), Dynamic lights (look cool), and upgraded sport chrono (another must for the track beast). So $93k before TTL.

So what you're saying is you want your own, unique, custom built mid life crisis?

Why not just by a matching 3.6 for 10k (seen all over eBay) and drop that sucker in. No compatibility issues, and works just like Porsche intended it to. So before labor you are looking at 20k for the whole get up. Seems like a decent deal on a salvage targa?

Beats me... I don't have a 996 turbo so I wouldn't know. I was just saying that I don't think it should take 22 hours given that the NA cars seem to be much quicker although maybe the extra turbo piping necessiates a much more involved process.

That can't possibly be true give then number of K04 turbo swaps on the B5 S4. It would make that swap totally uneconomical.

22 hours is insane. Replacing the clutch on a NA 997 is substantially less than that. From what I've heard expect to pay 1k in parts and 1k (give or take a few hundy) in labor. But a Turbo is a Turbo and you've gotta pay to be the king of cars.

Any word on why the brakes failed? Given the state of braking system hardware and technology (Castrol SRF fluid, Pagid Pads, Carbon Ceramic Rotors, etc), I would think that a catastropic failure such as this shouldn't really happen anymore.

Or you can just get a 996GT3 and and send it to sharkwerks to bore out the motor and have a real track beast with no electrical nannies, a mezger engine and all the go fast goodies you could ever need.

NSX? We're discussing real production cars here. Not vapor ware.

Look at PE on the west coast where you can drive this whip year round. Paying

ducktail is crucial.

midnight metallic blue ftw! you need PE money for this whip. IB money won't cut it unless your an MD.

This isn't as big of a problem as the New York Times makes you believe. The biggest difference which they fail to highlight is that automobiles, unlike homes, are easy to foreclose on and quick to liquidate - minimizing the impact of defaults.