You can tint/mask the headlights on dark 996s for a much, much better look.

There are inexpensive header systems that make everything good and proper. Much less “I think something is wrong with that Mustang” and more “Was that a Ferrari on steroids?”.

Sorry I should have been more specific. Not just that the firing order is different from a cross-plane crank, the firing order is different from other flat-plane cranks. The GT350 crank isn’t up-down-down-up like other flat-plane V8 cranks or straight 4s, it’s up-down-up-down on both banks.

Interesting, but I’m not talking about making it crazy loud, it’s that the engine just sounds weird. To my ear it doesn’t sound like a 5.2L flat crank should. It doesn’t sing like a large Ferrari V8, it blats like glass packs on a truck. Even in person I find it really displeasing.

Well there are companies out there doing headers making a lot more power and a lot sweeter sound. Surprising as this is the cream of the crop from Ford, but I suppose packaging still won out for them. They were also trying to go for a classic American V8 burble which is a funny thing to shoot for with a flat plane.

Who cares why there are holes in the exhaust tips. Somebody explain to me what the hell they were doing with the headers!

And really, late braking at track days just isn’t worth it. You shouldn’t be out there to race, you should be out there to have fun and hone your skills. Check your brakes, brake early, but try to carry as much speed as you can. If you want to practice trail-braking, slow down lightly then hard on the brakes at the…

Realizing you’re spinning and reacting quickly are the most important parts. The faster you can catch it with the least amount of steering correction means the car won’t have that weird rotational momentum coming out of the skid that will increase your odds of spinning the other way.

“First” date with my girlfriend, 911sc with a loud exhaust. I was dropping her off at her place, but she coyly told me to park around the corner for a bit.

Umm... These cars take 12 quarts of oil, not 6.8...

I’m in the camp of taking it for a nice long drive to get it hot, loading and unloading the engine, running it up to some higher rpm (not redline) and letting it engine brake, then parking it and changing the oil.

My first CotD! I always knew my sinning would get me ahead someday.

Thank god, I thought I was getting ripped off with a shitty Pentatonix song.

Yes, but only because, in Hell, all former gearheads are required to purchase and maintain any car suggested by Tavarish.

I once found a chick tract in a box of car wax about the sin of vanity. It showed a man who was very proud of his nice, shiny car dying and going to hell.

That makes him the best man in the world.

It’s only a few seconds off of the CGT, and experience counts for way more than the car on any track, the ‘ring especially.

Looks like he did everything right, just big tires hydroplaning in really wet conditions. He didn’t lift, the car itself lifted up and floated down the road.

Agreed, its exhaust note is surprisingly boring. All I can think of when I hear it is Ford Superduty V10, except the Ford V10 sounds way cooler.

The shift lever itself is probably worn. Replace the shift lever and hope the linkage itself isn’t worn out on the inside.