As the title says has anyone done this?

 

A friend of mine did this to his 996 and loves it. He also stated that the 997 awd is better. Kind of a toss when at the track. Maybe better just to get a gt3 at that point.

 

Also been wondering about this myself. Did a RWD conversion on my 996TT and I miss the fun factor ... not sure if its as simple on the 997TT ...






Anyone ever done this?

 

I only heard about Evoms with that 4.0 car that runs a pro-efi standalone and 996tt differential (viscous coupling), so i assume that diff (996tt) can be taken off , not sure if running the stock ecu will allow to convert to rwd as i supose PASM and a lot other systems are using the AWD system as 997tt system is electronically controlled

Besides that, 997tt awd system si running strong and nice and 997tt is acting 99%of the time as a RWD car, why would you remove it ?
Weight savings are minimal and some traction will be lost anyway, editing the traction control maps using a standalone might do what you want

 

Tuner near me does it and most people hate it. Not hard to do

 

You can drive without it but I think you would want it back. It's much better as awd. Some guys go back from a gt2 because of the rwd vs awd

 

Not sure what you need to do on the 997TT from an electronics standpoint, but I had it done on a 996TT based car. Removed the differential, axles, replaced the AWD uprights with GT3Cup uprights, changed spring rates, front shock upper mounts, sway bars, and deleted PSM only leaving ABS. The conversion will also require you to change the front brake rotors to GT2/3 units as a result. You also need to install a quality LSD like Guard or a Porsche Cup unit to effectively put the power down and you will also need coil overs to have a way to change the rake of the car and have to ability to corner balance it. The whole exercise will cost about $10-15K as you are essentially converting the car to GT2 specifications. If you do it properly it really transforms the car and DOES make it quicker as verified by data on a track. About 1.5-2seconds quicker on a 2.5 mile circuit. Most guys who don't like it have probably only removed the front drive system and called it a day. You have to do it right or don't do it at all. For a car primarily used as a street/daily driver and not chasing seconds on the track, there really is no point to doing it. My $0.02...

 

Thanks for the info bro.

This is something I did think about because if it was to be done it would have to be done in the way you have just explained to restore balance to the car for the loss of weight and traction.