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Mar 29, 2012 | 12:20 AM

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Wing or Aero is not worth the money. Your best bet ma be to think about selling the car and get a GT3. If no don't send too much money, because next thing you know you'll be in the car 20k More. Buy suspension stuff first and work your way up.

Mar 29, 2012 | 02:28 AM

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GT3's are quite hard to find them here, (996).
Im thinking of a car capable for this style of driving

The other option would be a Turbo

Mar 29, 2012 | 02:22 PM

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Mikegr, you have to ask yourself how much of a street car you want and how much race car you want. If you drive 70% or more on the street then I would stick to a milder suspension like a pss 10 , Gt3 sway bars, and a good corner balance alignment. A more extreme suspension would be JIC cross or Motons but street ride will suffer. Reduce weight with race bucket seats like recaro or sparco and get some light weight wheels such as the OZ superforgita. Tires are so important a nice set of Sport Pilot Cup Dot tires or something less costly like Nitto Nt01 makes the car stick well. If use use it on the street more then get extreme performance tires like Bridgestone Re11 or Yokahama Ad08. You won get too much performance out of the engine unless you go forced induction. Save your money and only do an ECU and some mufflers to save weight. Hope this helps

Mar 29, 2012 | 11:41 PM

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Is there anything better than Michelin PSS for street performance? But these are available for 19" wheels, so it comes up a new question: 18'" or 19" wheels? I know that 996 was designed for 18" and there's might be a need for trimming the fenders as we are talking about narrowbody...

Any thoughts about this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/YELLOW-DPS-C...fdf991&vxp=mtr

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Mar 30, 2012 | 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mikegr

18s have been proven to be faster on the track on the 996 models(at least with no PSM)

19s basically felt too inconsistent and less confidence inspiring according to some pro drivers.

Mar 30, 2012 | 08:20 AM

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18s have been proven to be faster on the track on the 996 models(at least with no PSM)

19s basically felt too inconsistent and less confidence inspiring according to some pro drivers.

Agreed. I haven't heard of many people going to 19s for track performance. It's more about the look.

Mar 30, 2012 | 12:05 PM

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I have used both 19" and 18" and I do not notice any performance gain from 19". I even put on tires as large as 315/25/19 in the rear with out and fender modification. The new Michelin super sports are suppose to be much better than the PSS. However I find that the Bridgestone RE-11, Yokahama AD08 have more grip , but have less tread life of a 140 rating, they are lower cost then the Michelin. It depends on how much street usability are you willing to give up for track purposes and money.

Mar 30, 2012 | 03:54 PM

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If you plan to track this car, the top three areas to focus on, in order, are:

1. Safety (roll cage, proper race seats, harness, fire extinguisher, etc.)
2. Brakes/Suspension (no sense in going fast if you can't stop and/or corner)
3. Definitely lastly, add power

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My .02. I have had my C2 for a number of years and first and foremost, safety! Put in a roll bar and some seats and harnesses, this way you will be safe and stay planted. No sense spending all the money if you are slipping around on the inside. Learn the car with these mods, then continue. Next, I would consider some suspension work, dependnign on how much track time you want to spend in the car verses street driving. I installed JIC coilovers, GT3 sways and custom control arms. The car is dynamite for the track and stiff on the street altho, I still love the stiff ride. Once you have dialed in the car with tese mods, then you might want to look at adding power and braking. Stock brakes are pretty damn good, maybe change to pagid pads. As for adding power, if you are planning on flashing the ECU, you should do engine mods first or see if the compnay will honor a re-flash if you change exhaust, air intake etc., Realistically, you will not see that much gain on a stock engine if you spend the money on flahing the ECU. Save that money for brakes, tires, coaching, etc. GL.

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