First off. let me start by congragulation ALL of the participants of the 996tt shoot-out.
My hat goes off to each and everyone of you for all the hard work and $$$ it takes to put one of these cars together.

Now to the good stuff!!!

what a peice of **** article!!! did anyone notice anything missing from the article????? How about there isn't a stich of info written about the MODS on any of the cars!!!!!!!!

i kept looking for another page somewhere else in the magazine listing the upgrades and mods made to all the cars that competed. again i dont mean to take anything away from those who attended...but WTF. im sure all the guys from EVO are real nice guys and they deserved the win BUT WHAT THE HELL WAS DONE TO ALL OF THESE CARS??????????? isnt that the true focus of such an article??? maybe im wrong..... uh NO!

just my opinion
Paul

 

typical magazine stuff, none of them get as technical as most would like.

 

Yo, check the 996 board... peter is looking for u!

out of my range is ur gain!

sorry for hijacking the thread

 

Haven't seen my Excellence yet. BUT, if that is the case I have to say I am not surprises given the **** style lid on information after the event.

I have received Excellence for many years but have to say that the informational content is mainly in the ads.

When there are new Porsches it is almost a joke to read speculations about what the new car's specs will AFTER Porsche formally introduced it. This is what happend with the 997.

 

The answer "GT Purely Porsche"

 

There is a blurb in the article about checking the highrolershootout.com site for mods but they aren't up yet.

 

http://www.gtpurelyporsche.com/

 

Hey Paul.
We were all asked for a list of all mods and costs involved. I just received my issue and noticed that as well. Hmmm..

 

The subscription is $112 per year. WTF.

 

The mag is 4 pounds to buy here in the UK (small circulation hence high unit cost), which right now is about $8 per issue. So I guess that $96 (less discount) is for the mag, rest for postage across the Atlantic............

I get every issue and also Porsche and 911 World, the other UK Porsche mag. http://www.ewacars.com/mghpw.html http://www.chpltd.com/911_porsche_wo...scription.html

Guy

 

It's a Europe only magazine...so there is some cost to distribute them in the US. It is a high price tag...but I haven't been disappointed by one issue yet.

As for why Excellence wouldn't include the mod information...well that's just dumb.

 

even they don't go into the necessary detail for us gearheads, they do a better job then excellence though

 

It was/is a great article. There were a number of suggestions as to what to include in the article, and I'm sure Pete Stout took them all into consideration. Judging by what was included in the article, it must have been tough to decide what must be left out.
However, all involved did a hell of a job, and Pete may have left himself enough material, for a part 2.
To address the "****" like comment made in reference to the secrecy behind the event, I think it innapropriate to have made this comment
I feel the reason behind keeping quiet was just, and done to protect the investment of those who made them. It is well within their rights, and outweigh the perceived rights of your on demand world.
If you really want to know what was done to the cars, call and ask the tuners, I for one would love to tell you what I did to our car, FVD #16.
Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Jayster

 

well it was easy for Pete Stout to leave out 6speedonline.com !

 

What's the point of an article on tuned cars...if they don't tell you what was tuned? For all I know someone could have strapped a jet engine to the back of the car. And who has time to call every tuner to ask what they did to a particular car? That's the whole point of the article...to give the reader a glimpse of how different modding techniques affect the same baseline car...thus allowing the reader to make a decision of which style of mod they want to persue. By not including the mod list, all Excellence managed to do was let me know that car A went faster than car B. Wow...thanks for the in-depth reporting!!