ummm nope. my car and early carrera2 are lighter than c4/gt3/RS.

i'm saying sharkys supercharged c2 is lighter than his incoming RS.

 

Most of that weight is due to the larger displacement of the motor. Karlooz I noticed your C2 track car is piling on the miles with a SC bolted on. How is it running and maintenance?

 

You'd be right... it is lighter (slightly) than the incoming RS and would make for an interesting vide

PS Just noticed man.. you have "996" posts

 

at 0.2L more displacement i find it hard to believe the most of the extra weight is because of the displacement increase alone. i think it has to do more with the ancillary items such as the dry sump which add to the engine weight.

my car is running very well. i have upped the oil change interval to every other track event... so that's 500 track miles or every 3000 miles whichever comes first. i do the oil changes myself. other than a blown off boost hose, the supercharger has been very reliable. my SC was install at around 70K miles and a recent leakdown test by sharkwerks showed very low cylinder leakage.

 

Car looks and sounds great Sharkster! So now I know what it sounds like I will know to get off my bicycle on San Felipe road when I hear you coming

 

somehow porsche managed to up the weight of _all_ 997 based cars, whether it was a Turbo, GT3 or 997... A lot more creature comforts, sound deadening and so forth and we get a heavier car

 

Thanks CLS, the car is a lot of fun to drive now and we're enjoying it. The SC certainly gives it a bit more oomph James is the crazy driver so if you see the car fly by it's his fault

 

guys.. after talking to James and with RS only a couple of weeks away and with the lack of room we have it looks like we are maybe going to sell the car

 

You mean selling the white shark? There may be some parts on there that I'd like to look into Alex... lets get in touch.

 

Yep, same here Alex... if you end up parting her out let me know.

David

 

hey david.. we'll see you shortly.

Honestly the only parts I'm selling is the SC kit for now. The reason being that I love the way the car currently sits and if I start taking things off it'll just kill it. I've got a couple of interested parties so we shall see

 

Alex and James, you guys did an awsome job building this car.

I had a blast with it this weekend. She feels "glued" to the road, a few times I could actually feel the inside front wheel come off the ground. LOVE the suspension. WOW.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

For those of you who have not heard this car you are missing out. OMG, you want to rev it just so you can hear the top end. Sounds spot on like a cup car.

I bought the car last Thursday and still can't stop smiling...

Now when can I bring her in for the center radiator to make it fully track ready?

 

hey congrats on the new car. i've test driven it and it is glued to the road and quite peppy. have with it!!!

 

Hey Rotary Rocket, I'm again so glad it's staying local and went to you Thanks again for the whole experience. I will miss that tubi sound. There's nothing else out there on the 996s that can touch it. I can't tell you how many people came by to just ask me to fire her up and rev the tubi with the LWF. I don't think the neighbors at the shop will miss her tho...

Absolutely on the center radiator. We should get that going as soon as James gets back from Canada on his R&R. The other thing that we sometimes do for the track cars to keep the temps way down is to remove the condensers (hardcore I know).

PS In case you missed it on the other thread. I did find the wiper delete plug mod on my desk today (amazing what I find there) so not only will it look better but you'll save another 4 pounds hehe...

 

Thank you Alex, I'll take you up on that offer.
Cheers.