I'm looking at 2 cars right now.

They're priced about the same.

One seems a little more stripped with ceramic brakes and no chrono.

The other has standard brakes but comes with the chrono and some interior upgrades.


What will I be missing out on if I get the one without the chrono? And if the chrono a must have option in the gt3?

 

Sport Chrono on a GT3 is a must NOT (imo) have unless you want the dash clock/wart. The GT3 is the only 911 in which SC does nothing for. You still get the sport button and the additional torque with the use of the sport button sans SC. I and most GT3 owners purposely skip SC on new builds.

Porsche claims that SC does allow for some lighting adjustments, etc... however I was easily able to alter my light adjustments via the PCM; just PCM as I have no Nav either. Anyway, any Porsche dealer can also make the changes for you.

FYI, my .2 3 was spec'd by me without SC. The dash, especially w/full leather looks far cleaner. (I like the quality of the SC clock although otherwise rather useless, just not its location and the cheap surrounding plastic housing.)

Depending on all of the options for each of the cars above, I'd likely go w/PCCB, sans SC if miles and condition were the same. The only issue w/PCCBs could be at the track if you are using TC.

Oh, there is some new fangled sport chrono data download blah, blah, blah, which one could find somewhat interesting on a rainy day. You might use it once and never again.

 

DD....I knew you may be slipping over to the GT3 side .......you will not ever look back I promise

Sports Chrono adds a stop watch and some computer controls. I have it and have yet to really use it. I did think that I wanted it prior to purchase but some consider it a useless wart on the dashboard.
To decide which is the best way to proceed, you need to decide what you want in a GT3 to answer your question. Do you want a street car or track car. For street I prefer the ceramic brakes - if my car was going to be >50% track I would go for the steel brakes. Here is another important thing to look for....power vs std sports seats. I prefer the power seats but again if your goal is to turn this into a track car, get the std seats and swap them for recaro or cobra.
It is a great time to buy a low mileage GT3 or RS. I would recommend a lower mileage CPO'd car for some peace of mind and there is not much to mod unlike a 996 to get your blood flowing....unless you need 500 hp and a 3.9 motor..

 

sport chrono = an expensive stop watch. So my thought is ... unneccessary.
What Yoopracing is very accurate.
Bottomline: intended use of the GT3. Majority are DD's with maybe 4-5 trackdays per year. The PCCB I'd favor and when it's time to change there have been very nice threads on conversion to Cup rotors with appropriate pad change.

Best of luck
Ranger

 

Both cars I'm looking at are low mileage CPO'd.

As far as intended use, probably 8-10 DE events per year and some casual street driving. It will not be a daily driver for me. I average probably 3-4k miles per year. Probably half that is driving to the track

 

Spend another 10K and get an RS. You'll get a lot more exclusivity and guaranteed long term resale advantage.

 

It's 20K more minimum to get an RS.

 

Oh how I wish that were true but due to the economy and market downturn this has not held true.
When I sold my exquisitely modded 997GT3 I took a bath.
I probably will never buy new again.

Ranger

 

ruin the nice looking dash board. that's about all it does.
occasionally causing you to hit the wall when you try to figure out your lap time.

 

Sorry about that... Porsche is a great used value, but seldom a good buy new. I was suggesting picking up a used one.

 

Pick whichever turns your crank... at this point (used) SC has no affect on pricing.