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YOUR RESEARCHHow would you build your dream 996?
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For a clean but different street look .......I would go with a 997 gts front ...with a 996 c4s rear fenders/red reflector & bumper to add some wideness to them hips ...that rearend to this day still turns heads...no wings please....is it possible to blend a ducktail with the red reflector..........the interior hmm....could a cayman or mk1/997 center console be wired for a 996 to add some modernization .....just throwing some never before seen ideas out there
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All I saw on your site for the narrow cars was a couple of rear wings, so someone fill me in if there's more that I'm missing.
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For a clean but different street look .......I would go with a 997 gts front ...with a 996 c4s rear fenders/red reflector & bumper to add some wideness to them hips ...that rearend to this day still turns heads...no wings please....is it possible to blend a ducktail with the red reflector..........the interior hmm....could a cayman or mk1/997 center console be wired for a 996 to add some modernization .....just throwing some never before seen ideas out there
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Strange thread title, but bear with me.
I recently made a crazy purchase. I picked up a 2001 911 which had been built as a Koni Challenge car before being stripped. Basically I have a bare shell with a full roll cage. Its got a couple of parts still on it, brakes, some sort of suspension, fuel system, wire harness, wheels with hoosiers, etc, but for all intents and purposes, I have a blank sheet of paper.
So, given a bare 996 chassis, what would you do with it? Feel free to be as precise or vague as you'd like. "Sell it" will probably be a common response but this is my own little kit car, so play along if you can.
Thanks!
You do not have a blank sheet of paper. You have a car that was at some point built with a specific purpose in mind.
If you have an urge to track a 996 then build the bare chassis into a track car. This path means you do not have to worry about all the interior bits and their fit and finish, and everytihing else that goes into a nice street car.
If you have an urge to turn the car into a street car, unless you can live with a street car sans everything that makes a modern car a pleasure to spend any time in -- I drove a "track" car (Datsun 510 setup/stripped for auto-x'ing) for a while on the street and it was Hell -- sell the bare chassis.
Then you have a blank sheet of paper.
I can stand to have a car without the niceties you're thinking of. My last car, which I daily drove for a while, had a stripped interior, roll cage, no sound deadening, a stereo that could barely be heard over the sound of the 4" racing exhaust, and seats that didn't recline and had almost no cushioning. That and my current DD is an 05 Cayenne S. So while I can appreciate your POV, I plan to build something that can autox, go to the track, and be driven on the back roads near me. Not something to commute in or take to the movies. For my purposes, this is a blank sheet of paper.
I know exactly the car you're talking about, I'm glad it went to a good home.
If it were my toy, it would be a "less is more" deal. The only things on the car would be those which are required to make it street legal, start, drive or go faster.
If it were me, I would make it a dedicated DE car and/or step it to a club racer, SCCA or NASA rig. There are some great bones there but I wouldn't want to take on a street conversion with it.
Take driving lessons and drive it as is. I would imagine being an ex challenge car, it is probably somewhat sorted already with the weak point being the driver. Goal should be to obtain a SCCA license and go from there.
Talk about a blank canvas! I saw that car for sale and offered to buy just the wing but it was all or nothing. Whatever you build, post a thread with plenty of pics!
Oh, when you said "stripped", I thought you meant stripped interior, lol.
In that case 3.8L if your budget allows, or locate a DFI 3.8L from a Carrera S model.
I would follow it up with 997 GT3RS front conversion with flares since you need to locate lights,hood,and fenders anyhow.
I agree, If you have to re-do the entire front end, you can easily convert it to a 997 or even 997 GT3 look, (which I love)
I'd then just ensure a lot of preventative maintenance is done, get a nice new set of racing seats and take it to the track. Just remember to have a good plan in place. Ive made the mistake of spending $ on go fast parts, or even just stupid little bits and realizing it just pushed me into a racing class that I can't compete in.
lol, no worries, don't often hear about people buying cars that look like that one...
I've been thinking about the 997 front end, but I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.
I will be watching for a 997S at the auctions.
Would love to hear what you're thinking. All I saw on your site for the narrow cars was a couple of rear wings, so someone fill me in if there's more that I'm missing.
That RSR look would be awesome!
Horhay, you should pay up and join the forum, you'll need a lot of advice and parts from the guys here to get this thing up and running.
I'd build a street legal track toy! Not full on shake out your kidney stones race suspension, but a harsh ride to and from the track would be fine for me.
Edit: I realized that it was pretty obvious this was going to be a track car. What I meant was if I had the blank canvas I'd keep it street legal
I'd do a 997 front end conversion as well as rear bumper. Put in race or GT3 seats and you got your self a really fast, light fun car. Track it. You would be amazed how fast they are with all that weight removed with just a stock engine. I'd keep it street legal as well but stripped out.
Status Carbon Kevlar Seats
Takata Racing Harnesses
Brembo GT 8 piston big brake kits
OMP 320 Carbon S steering wheel
KW Club Sport coil overs
Aeromotions Dynamic spoiler, or cup spoiler with aeromtion dynamic controls
SSR Professor SP1 or SP3 wheels with red centers.
Yokohama Advan A048 tires
Something similar to the RWB prototype kit above or the RSR kit
I would also trim the dash, paint the car in a jade green metallic, custom make some door cards,, possibly a single lug conversion, put is a proper fuel cell, I would want to do something crazy for the motor build. take a 3.6L or if budget allowed a 3.8L bore it out, deck it, destroke it to keep similar displacement, balance and blueprint with high comp pistons, light weight connecting rods etc, agressive cam, Kinsler ITB's for a retard high reving, high NA HP build.
I think the road map is getting filled in pretty well here. Thanks for all the feedback folks!
This will be a long process so don't expect any significant news on this car for a while...
MIDNIGHT BLUE,40TH ANNIVERSARY WHEELS.BILSTEIN PSS10s AND TARRET SUSPENSION PARTS WITH H+ R SWAY BARS AND WHEEL SPACERS,STOP TECH PADS AND BRAKE LINES, GT3 BRAKE DUCTS ,EURO SPEC GT3 ALIGNMENT. IPD PLENUM.RSS UNDER DRIVE PULLEY ,EVOLUTION MOTORSPORT CAI AND EVOMSit ECU FLASH,FVD 200 CELL SPORT CATS AND FVD HEADERS WITH TUBI MUFFLERS AND 40TH ANNIVERSARY TIPS,GT3 FRONT BUMPER WITH CUP SPLITTER AND AERO KIT SIDE ROCKERS ALONG WITH A CARRERA REAR SPOILER,3M CLEAR BRA AND 3M CRYSTALINE TINT, B+ M SHORT SHIFT KIT,SPORT SEATS WITH MATCHING MIDNIGHT BLUE HARD SHELL BACKS RENNLINE EXTINGUSHER MOUNT AND PEDALS,BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RUBBER,SOLARIS BULBS FOR RUNNING LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS,OEM ALUMALOOK INTERIOR ACCENTS GAUGE SURROUNDS ALCANTARA WITH CONTRASTING STITCHING (STEERING WHEEEL,GEAR SHIFT.E-BRAKE DOOR PULLS AND STORAGE LIDS,STAINLESS DOOR ENTRY GUARDS,KENWOOD/EXCELON DNX6990/ALPINE AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEM WITH BACK UP CAMERA.BEL-TRONICS RADAR SYSTEM/WITH LASER INTERCEPTOR LASER JAMMERS
For a clean but different street look .......I would go with a 997 gts front ...with a 996 c4s rear fenders/red reflector & bumper to add some wideness to them hips ...that rearend to this day still turns heads...no wings please....is it possible to blend a ducktail with the red reflector..........the interior hmm....could a cayman or mk1/997 center console be wired for a 996 to add some modernization .....just throwing some never before seen ideas out there
hello wellcome to this forum If you have an urge to track a 996 then build the bare chassis into a track car. This path means you do not have to worry about all the interior bits and their fit and finish, and everytihing else that goes into a nice street car.
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