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Thnx! nice stance, so i have a some questions, whats the difference between a tt and a S and the gt2/gt3 models? are they all turbo`s and or C4`s?
fyi i dont know crap about 996`s
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Turbo: AWD, turbocharged engine
Turbo S: AWD, turbocharged engine with a more aggressive tune and thus more power, probably a few options you can't get on the Turbo, more expensive
GT2: RWD, turbocharged engine with a lot of mechanical differences (e.g. heads) to Turbo & Turbo S, even more expensive
GT3: RWD, Naturally aspirated, still the same block (in 997, not 991), but very different heads, cams, intake, etc. Around the price of a Turbo, depending on whether it's the base 3.6, 3.8 or RS 4.0. This is the car used to homologate all of Porsche's sportscar racing efforts and while it can be used as a daily driver, it's also ready for track days off the showroom floor.
In a nutshell, the Turbo & Turbo S are cars considered "Grand Touring" cars, which is industry-speak for "targeted at rich guys with money who want to tell others that they have money but otherwise just cruise around". The GT3 is a race car for the street and the GT2 is a totally ridiculous car with insane amounts of power that requires real driver skill.
C2 Carrera wit rear wheel drive, C4S Carrera AWD "Super" basically a turbo without the turbo, same body, same suspension...
Hope this helps
Jim
Turbo S: AWD, turbocharged engine with a more aggressive tune and thus more power, probably a few options you can't get on the Turbo, more expensive
GT2: RWD, turbocharged engine with a lot of mechanical differences (e.g. heads) to Turbo & Turbo S, even more expensive
GT3: RWD, Naturally aspirated, still the same block (in 997, not 991), but very different heads, cams, intake, etc. Around the price of a Turbo, depending on whether it's the base 3.6, 3.8 or RS 4.0. This is the car used to homologate all of Porsche's sportscar racing efforts and while it can be used as a daily driver, it's also ready for track days off the showroom floor.
In a nutshell, the Turbo & Turbo S are cars considered "Grand Touring" cars, which is industry-speak for "targeted at rich guys with money who want to tell others that they have money but otherwise just cruise around". The GT3 is a race car for the street and the GT2 is a totally ridiculous car with insane amounts of power that requires real driver skill.
C2 Carrera wit rear wheel drive, C4S Carrera AWD "Super" basically a turbo without the turbo, same body, same suspension...
Hope this helps
Jim
Turbo: AWD, turbocharged engine
Turbo S: AWD, turbocharged engine with a more aggressive tune and thus more power, probably a few options you can't get on the Turbo, more expensive
GT2: RWD, turbocharged engine with a lot of mechanical differences (e.g. heads) to Turbo & Turbo S, even more expensive
GT3: RWD, Naturally aspirated, still the same block (in 997, not 991), but very different heads, cams, intake, etc. Around the price of a Turbo, depending on whether it's the base 3.6, 3.8 or RS 4.0. This is the car used to homologate all of Porsche's sportscar racing efforts and while it can be used as a daily driver, it's also ready for track days off the showroom floor.
In a nutshell, the Turbo & Turbo S are cars considered "Grand Touring" cars, which is industry-speak for "targeted at rich guys with money who want to tell others that they have money but otherwise just cruise around". The GT3 is a race car for the street and the GT2 is a totally ridiculous car with insane amounts of power that requires real driver skill.
C2 Carrera wit rear wheel drive, C4S Carrera AWD "Super" basically a turbo without the turbo, same body, same suspension...
Hope this helps
Jim
Turbo S: AWD, turbocharged engine with a more aggressive tune and thus more power, probably a few options you can't get on the Turbo, more expensive
GT2: RWD, turbocharged engine with a lot of mechanical differences (e.g. heads) to Turbo & Turbo S, even more expensive
GT3: RWD, Naturally aspirated, still the same block (in 997, not 991), but very different heads, cams, intake, etc. Around the price of a Turbo, depending on whether it's the base 3.6, 3.8 or RS 4.0. This is the car used to homologate all of Porsche's sportscar racing efforts and while it can be used as a daily driver, it's also ready for track days off the showroom floor.
In a nutshell, the Turbo & Turbo S are cars considered "Grand Touring" cars, which is industry-speak for "targeted at rich guys with money who want to tell others that they have money but otherwise just cruise around". The GT3 is a race car for the street and the GT2 is a totally ridiculous car with insane amounts of power that requires real driver skill.
C2 Carrera wit rear wheel drive, C4S Carrera AWD "Super" basically a turbo without the turbo, same body, same suspension...
Hope this helps
Jim
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for your reading pleasure 
borrow this from Paul S.
"The 911 was introduced as the Porsche 901 in the early 1960s, as a replacement for the 356 model. Before it went to production it was renamed 911 to settle possible any issue with Peugeot, who claimed that cars with number-zero-number were a trademark they owned.
Despite the name change, as far as the internal project ID and parts were concerned, the car was 901. This slowly shifted to 911 over the following years, with almost all related parts having 911 prefixes by the time the impact bumper models were introduced in 1974.
The 911 ended production in 1989 and was replaced with the 964, although many people still referred to it and subsequent models as "911." The 964 was replaced by the 993, which was then replaced by the 996, up to the current 997 (which should be replaced by the 998 sometime next year).
The name Carrera was first appeneded to 356 model Porsches, signifying cars that were equipped with the 4 cam competition engine. The name next appeared with the 904 Carrera GTS, and would finally appear on a 911 model in 1973 with the introduction of the Carrera RS and Carrera RSR (the former used as a production base to homogolate the later for sports racing).
The Carrera name would continue to be used on for a few years to designate the top model trim of the 911 Series, and was also used for the 924 GTS and GTR models.
Starting in 1984, Porsche began using the model name Carrera for all 911 models. This was continued with the introduction of the 964 (the Carrera 4 arriving in 1989, and the standard RWD Carrera the following year). This continued through with the 993, 996, and 997, and seems likely to continue with the 998. At present, all Carrera models are 911s, and vice versa (although, as already noted, the Type 911 production ended 20+ years ago, although popular usage and marketing continues to use this from time to time); Although since the factory has used the Carrera monicker outside of the "911" models as recently as a few years ago for the Carrera GT, it seems likely that the Carrera name will continue to appear on occasion outside of these models (and historically, can refer to many cars that are not 911s)."
borrow this from Paul S.
"The 911 was introduced as the Porsche 901 in the early 1960s, as a replacement for the 356 model. Before it went to production it was renamed 911 to settle possible any issue with Peugeot, who claimed that cars with number-zero-number were a trademark they owned.
Despite the name change, as far as the internal project ID and parts were concerned, the car was 901. This slowly shifted to 911 over the following years, with almost all related parts having 911 prefixes by the time the impact bumper models were introduced in 1974.
The 911 ended production in 1989 and was replaced with the 964, although many people still referred to it and subsequent models as "911." The 964 was replaced by the 993, which was then replaced by the 996, up to the current 997 (which should be replaced by the 998 sometime next year).
The name Carrera was first appeneded to 356 model Porsches, signifying cars that were equipped with the 4 cam competition engine. The name next appeared with the 904 Carrera GTS, and would finally appear on a 911 model in 1973 with the introduction of the Carrera RS and Carrera RSR (the former used as a production base to homogolate the later for sports racing).
The Carrera name would continue to be used on for a few years to designate the top model trim of the 911 Series, and was also used for the 924 GTS and GTR models.
Starting in 1984, Porsche began using the model name Carrera for all 911 models. This was continued with the introduction of the 964 (the Carrera 4 arriving in 1989, and the standard RWD Carrera the following year). This continued through with the 993, 996, and 997, and seems likely to continue with the 998. At present, all Carrera models are 911s, and vice versa (although, as already noted, the Type 911 production ended 20+ years ago, although popular usage and marketing continues to use this from time to time); Although since the factory has used the Carrera monicker outside of the "911" models as recently as a few years ago for the Carrera GT, it seems likely that the Carrera name will continue to appear on occasion outside of these models (and historically, can refer to many cars that are not 911s)."
for your reading pleasure
borrow this from Paul S.
"The 911 was introduced as the Porsche 901 in the early 1960s, as a replacement for the 356 model. Before it went to production it was renamed 911 to settle possible any issue with Peugeot, who claimed that cars with number-zero-number were a trademark they owned.
Despite the name change, as far as the internal project ID and parts were concerned, the car was 901. This slowly shifted to 911 over the following years, with almost all related parts having 911 prefixes by the time the impact bumper models were introduced in 1974.
The 911 ended production in 1989 and was replaced with the 964, although many people still referred to it and subsequent models as "911." The 964 was replaced by the 993, which was then replaced by the 996, up to the current 997 (which should be replaced by the 998 sometime next year).
The name Carrera was first appeneded to 356 model Porsches, signifying cars that were equipped with the 4 cam competition engine. The name next appeared with the 904 Carrera GTS, and would finally appear on a 911 model in 1973 with the introduction of the Carrera RS and Carrera RSR (the former used as a production base to homogolate the later for sports racing).
The Carrera name would continue to be used on for a few years to designate the top model trim of the 911 Series, and was also used for the 924 GTS and GTR models.
Starting in 1984, Porsche began using the model name Carrera for all 911 models. This was continued with the introduction of the 964 (the Carrera 4 arriving in 1989, and the standard RWD Carrera the following year). This continued through with the 993, 996, and 997, and seems likely to continue with the 998. At present, all Carrera models are 911s, and vice versa (although, as already noted, the Type 911 production ended 20+ years ago, although popular usage and marketing continues to use this from time to time); Although since the factory has used the Carrera monicker outside of the "911" models as recently as a few years ago for the Carrera GT, it seems likely that the Carrera name will continue to appear on occasion outside of these models (and historically, can refer to many cars that are not 911s)."
borrow this from Paul S.
"The 911 was introduced as the Porsche 901 in the early 1960s, as a replacement for the 356 model. Before it went to production it was renamed 911 to settle possible any issue with Peugeot, who claimed that cars with number-zero-number were a trademark they owned.
Despite the name change, as far as the internal project ID and parts were concerned, the car was 901. This slowly shifted to 911 over the following years, with almost all related parts having 911 prefixes by the time the impact bumper models were introduced in 1974.
The 911 ended production in 1989 and was replaced with the 964, although many people still referred to it and subsequent models as "911." The 964 was replaced by the 993, which was then replaced by the 996, up to the current 997 (which should be replaced by the 998 sometime next year).
The name Carrera was first appeneded to 356 model Porsches, signifying cars that were equipped with the 4 cam competition engine. The name next appeared with the 904 Carrera GTS, and would finally appear on a 911 model in 1973 with the introduction of the Carrera RS and Carrera RSR (the former used as a production base to homogolate the later for sports racing).
The Carrera name would continue to be used on for a few years to designate the top model trim of the 911 Series, and was also used for the 924 GTS and GTR models.
Starting in 1984, Porsche began using the model name Carrera for all 911 models. This was continued with the introduction of the 964 (the Carrera 4 arriving in 1989, and the standard RWD Carrera the following year). This continued through with the 993, 996, and 997, and seems likely to continue with the 998. At present, all Carrera models are 911s, and vice versa (although, as already noted, the Type 911 production ended 20+ years ago, although popular usage and marketing continues to use this from time to time); Although since the factory has used the Carrera monicker outside of the "911" models as recently as a few years ago for the Carrera GT, it seems likely that the Carrera name will continue to appear on occasion outside of these models (and historically, can refer to many cars that are not 911s)."
Thank you
Congrats! That is a lovely color, how many miles on her so far?
Beautiful ferrari's too, sorry you had to let them go - but these 996s are cars you can enjoy 365 days out of the year! I just got my 996 a month ago, and she's currently in the shop for an LN engineering IMS retrofit - really miss it and cannot wait to get it back to drive and enjoy. These cars grow on you, quick!
Beautiful ferrari's too, sorry you had to let them go - but these 996s are cars you can enjoy 365 days out of the year! I just got my 996 a month ago, and she's currently in the shop for an LN engineering IMS retrofit - really miss it and cannot wait to get it back to drive and enjoy. These cars grow on you, quick!
Congrats! That is a lovely color, how many miles on her so far?
Beautiful ferrari's too, sorry you had to let them go - but these 996s are cars you can enjoy 365 days out of the year! I just got my 996 a month ago, and she's currently in the shop for an LN engineering IMS retrofit - really miss it and cannot wait to get it back to drive and enjoy. These cars grow on you, quick!
Beautiful ferrari's too, sorry you had to let them go - but these 996s are cars you can enjoy 365 days out of the year! I just got my 996 a month ago, and she's currently in the shop for an LN engineering IMS retrofit - really miss it and cannot wait to get it back to drive and enjoy. These cars grow on you, quick!
thank you, i`m looking forward to enjoying the 996 for a long time
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Like that color!!
Best C4 in TN if I must say. Custom powder coated rims. Double Din JVC, CF interior trim...
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Thanks..The previous owner picked it out I just found it on autotrader and bought her. Making her mine now. She is in the track shop getting upgrades. I will post picks when I get her back...