Incoming GT2
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Incoming GT2
I just sold my X50 and picked up a nice clean very rare Euro Spec GT2, this is a 'ZZZ' car - VIN has been translated for US, kinda cool the interior instruments are in German and some English. Euro Spec varients have 3 'Z's in their VIN as part of the translated US code.
It's a 2002 Porsche GT2, Excellent Condition Interior and Exterior. 29,847 original miles, no accident. All service up to date.
The car is a unique example with low miles, seal gray and black interior with CF trim. The car feels fantastic, very raw and super visceral to the senses, it's much more aggressive than my X50, and is basicly a race car for the street. The big difference straight away is the whole transmission setup, having the motorsport parts and linkage is great - the gearbox itself, it's a special RSR box with straight cut gears, and revised ratios, it is cutom built and sourced just the same as the racing RS gearboxes - no play at all and coming from the X50 really showed me the night and day difference between the somewhat ambigious Turbo shifting and way the GT2's RS gearbox feel - the shifting is super precise, the clutch is very predictable, and the entire setup and tighter than a virgin on prom night lol
Other key points are the brakes, the carbon brakes are phenomal, really claw the car down. I was told that the Euro chassis were somewhat slightly stiffer and that there are some other bits on this car which are special in terms of Engine and drivetrain but I don't know that first hand, both the original owner and the shop told me of some unique componentry on the car which are desirable from a performance or durabilty standpoint.
Overall the car is an absolute blast to drive - My X50 was a fantastic car, this one has some advantages - the brakes, aero, unique gearbox/drivetrain are all very key upgrades in this GT2, and the 2wd means that I would have to worry about a conversion with the X50, or a GT2 clutch/slave conversion for that matter, plus there is the weight savings and the much lower build numbers making it more rare and increasing collectability down the road - these are all benefits.
I think ultimately in the end my deduction is that it feels much more raw and connected - power is not the real benefit with the GT2, it's everthing else around the engine that really come together and make the car more directly connected to the driver.
here are some pics:
It's a 2002 Porsche GT2, Excellent Condition Interior and Exterior. 29,847 original miles, no accident. All service up to date.
- Euro spec US compliant, Emission waiver in many states.
- Have all EPA/DOT documents including lifetime emission waiver in VA. New windshield
- New GT3 cup flywheel, clutch and pressure plate
- Transmission w/ revised ratio (GT2 RS specs)
- TPC Racing ECU Tune
- New Michelin Pilot Sport Tires
- TPC Racing Sway Bars
- TPC modified exhaust system
- TPC maintained
- Intermediate shaft replaced at 22k miles with Porsche Motorsports
The car is a unique example with low miles, seal gray and black interior with CF trim. The car feels fantastic, very raw and super visceral to the senses, it's much more aggressive than my X50, and is basicly a race car for the street. The big difference straight away is the whole transmission setup, having the motorsport parts and linkage is great - the gearbox itself, it's a special RSR box with straight cut gears, and revised ratios, it is cutom built and sourced just the same as the racing RS gearboxes - no play at all and coming from the X50 really showed me the night and day difference between the somewhat ambigious Turbo shifting and way the GT2's RS gearbox feel - the shifting is super precise, the clutch is very predictable, and the entire setup and tighter than a virgin on prom night lol
Other key points are the brakes, the carbon brakes are phenomal, really claw the car down. I was told that the Euro chassis were somewhat slightly stiffer and that there are some other bits on this car which are special in terms of Engine and drivetrain but I don't know that first hand, both the original owner and the shop told me of some unique componentry on the car which are desirable from a performance or durabilty standpoint.
Overall the car is an absolute blast to drive - My X50 was a fantastic car, this one has some advantages - the brakes, aero, unique gearbox/drivetrain are all very key upgrades in this GT2, and the 2wd means that I would have to worry about a conversion with the X50, or a GT2 clutch/slave conversion for that matter, plus there is the weight savings and the much lower build numbers making it more rare and increasing collectability down the road - these are all benefits.
I think ultimately in the end my deduction is that it feels much more raw and connected - power is not the real benefit with the GT2, it's everthing else around the engine that really come together and make the car more directly connected to the driver.
here are some pics:
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thanks buddy...you'll see her behind your mighty viper as we do some cruises over the summer...fantastic job leading and manageing the tour to the critters car show this past Saturday... you kept great time, eveyone had fun, nobody got a ticket, and we got there safely...
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This car was not from Potamkin, what is Potamkin? ...I actually bought this from a friend and fellow PCA instructor in Nothern Virginia... the car was never in Florida, was imported by Tischer in Maryland then titled in VA by my friend prior to it coming to me...
