Firstly I'll apologise now for this lengthy post. I feel it may however be of some benefit to anyone looking into future improvements for their RS, so a little intricacy and detail here and there, are thrown in for good measure
A little about my background: I suffer from a severe dose of spanner twirling syndrome and this rather an@l fascination with cars has led me into some interesting project cars in the past; from preparing lightweight track cars to running a 1.8l engined road-legal missile developing over 600bhp and many cars more besides.
A few pictures of some of my latest project cars:
A 2 year project to create a lightweight carbon clad Ring warrior. Every area of this car was heavily modified from Lexan windows to fully adjustable suspension components:
Also recently finished a little foray into the mysterious world of the Wankel (now for sale due to the GT3RS purchase, again an intensive exercise in attention to detail:
In 2011 I bought my first Porsche; well a 996.1 C2 with recent Hartech rebuild to be more precise. I set about from the onset tailoring this car to be just perfect. I wanted to retain the original styling cues but add an element of stealth sleeper into the equation, so a whole host of goodies have been slowly added since buying including: 997SSK, 200Cell cats, BMC filter with CAI, RSS engine mounts...
Now onto the main reason for this thread; I had been searching high and low, leaving no stone unturned, for the past 2 years or so trying to land the perfect 997.1 GT3RS. Well I finally found the right car and the fun in my man-cave is about to start all over again :mechanic: In fact the garage is a good place to start. Just to fit the Two 911's into the bloody thing caused a bit of a headache; I had so many large tools and bits and pieces that meant a serious clear-out was required. I removed the engine crane and other non-essentials into my cellar then fitted shelves all around which in total released around One meter extra width. I then tarted the place up a little with a few car related trinkets and some orsche: memorabilia ready for the impending new arrival:
At this point I realised that the new car was going to cause me a bit of a headache as my driveway has a rather anti-sports car incline. The solution I came up with was to drop the first step to street level to allow a larger radius swing up the drive to hopefully prevent any potential lower lip scraping. My daughter Amira on-hand to help out
And the final result on the driveway front
Okay, with all the peripheral nonsense out the way onto the main course. The car I bought is a bit of one-off and not something I had come even remotely close to finding during my search. My initial feeling about the car was to walk away as nothing seemed to add up with the advertised information. I then decided to view the car, which was being sold on behalf of the owner by The official Radical Importer for Deutschland in Adenau (Nurburgring), Teichmann Racing (those keeping pace with the VLN race series will be very familiar with this company as they are one of the most renowned in the business; also the ring record holders with a 6:48min lap). The car has been serviced and modified throughout its life by Teichmann.
Here is a little video and a few pics of what they had in when I was last there :worship:
http://www.teichmann-racing.de
Upon my initial inspection I couldn't believe the condition of the car; it is literally like a brand new car. This type of car you normally associate with being thrown around a race track to within an inch of its life for its entire existence. When I looked a little deeper into the history of the car it was revealed that there were 3 owners from new, the first of which only had the car 10 months then an 80year old guy bought it. He was absolutely mental :lock: and probing a little deeper about this owner unearthed the reasons why the car is like it is today. As an example; when the Gen II was released, he got all upset that the later car had a bigger engine and more power. He decided to go to the above named Teichmann Racing to express his concerns with this little dilemma. Teichmann then commissioned Michael Kessels (a well-known Porsche Race engine builder) to build the 3.8l engine. He basically used only Porsche engine parts and built the 458bhp conversion. The engine was then sent to www.vgs-motorsport.com to have the ECU reconfigured with the new engine. The new engine has since only run about 5000km to boot
To give you an idea of how mental this old fellow was, he had the carbon seats wrapped in a black film along with the carbon door cards, he re-sprayed the brake calipers black... absolute mentalist He also drove the car almost daily like a complete fairy, hence, like I said before, the car is like new. During his ownership he put the car on an extensive diet consisting of mainly Carbon/Kevlar panels and a few other trick bits and pieces. I will describe each mod in turn below but effectively around €100,000 of parts have been fitted. There was a recent video posted here in which all the perceived flaws of the 997.1GT3 RS were highlighted. All the work which has been carried out on this car has addressed all of the weak points and then some.
Here is the video which highlights some of the issues (namely, understeer induced by a 235 section front tyre and Active dampers which rob the driver an element of feedback:
The car has the following modifications. (I have also added links/contact info so you can see where to buy them and also the price):
Kessels Motorsport 3.6l to 3.8l conversion now 458BHP which is a 44BHP increase (Michael Kessels Tel: 0049 1722177860)
ECU calibration by VGS motorsport
Akrapovic Titanium exhaust system €12378.96 includes Manifolds, 100cell cats, silencers, rear box, tail pipes
Minus 17kg and +12BHP also retains switchable exhaust valves for when you want your hearing back
Differential Friction disc set 997 GT3 CUP €896.07
Porsche Part Number: 997 332 985 9A
Differential Ring and Pinion GT3/ 997 GT2(8:32) €2106.30
Porsche Part Number: 950 302 911 80
Cargraphic Carbon door cards €1303.05
Part number: INP97GT3110KEVKIT
Cargraphic Carbon doors €6069
Part number: LH: NP97100RKEV RH: NP97101RKEV
Carbon Kevlar bonnet €2552.55
Part number: Bonnet: NP97130KEV TUV cert: GANP97130
Carbon front wings +1" wider €3082.10
Part number: LH: NP97GT3020KEV RH: NP97GT3021KEV TUV Cert: GANP97GT3020
Clubsport rollcage with front extension €5353.18
Porsche Part Number: 997 580 985 90
Lightweight carpet set €1184.05
Incredible 17.5kg lighter than original. I don't understand how Porsche faff about with the plastic rear screen and other really expensive parts to reduce a poultry 20KG and then leave 17.5kg more than they need to in something as simple as the carpet set
Part number: INP97GT3100
CUP front lower lip spoiler €165.41
Porsche Part Number: 997 505 983 90
Servo Pump GT3 CUP (original Porsche part)
H&R Suspension €3379.60
Part number: Front: H2154552544 Rear: H2154552545
Rear spoiler Gen II 3.8l in carbon €8895.25 Original Porsche part
Porsche Part Number: 997244744458
Airbox GT3 Cup 2010 Original Porsche part from 2010 GT3/CUP
19" BBS Lightweight wheels €5355
Part number Wheels: p035_85-12-19 Centre Caps: p030
Front 8.5Jx19 and rear 12Jx19 with 245/35/19 and 325/30/19 dials out all turn-in induced understeer and high-speed corner oversteer
OMP steering wheel €593.81
OEM steering wheel for 996 GT3 RSR from 05, GT3 997 Cup
Porsche Part Number: 997 347 084 90
OMP 4 Point harnesses
I will keep this thread up to date with all future modifications and updates including dyno printout and corner weight data. If you have any questions or would like more detailed explanations/images please fire away :thumb:
A little about my background: I suffer from a severe dose of spanner twirling syndrome and this rather an@l fascination with cars has led me into some interesting project cars in the past; from preparing lightweight track cars to running a 1.8l engined road-legal missile developing over 600bhp and many cars more besides.
A few pictures of some of my latest project cars:
A 2 year project to create a lightweight carbon clad Ring warrior. Every area of this car was heavily modified from Lexan windows to fully adjustable suspension components:
Also recently finished a little foray into the mysterious world of the Wankel (now for sale due to the GT3RS purchase, again an intensive exercise in attention to detail:
In 2011 I bought my first Porsche; well a 996.1 C2 with recent Hartech rebuild to be more precise. I set about from the onset tailoring this car to be just perfect. I wanted to retain the original styling cues but add an element of stealth sleeper into the equation, so a whole host of goodies have been slowly added since buying including: 997SSK, 200Cell cats, BMC filter with CAI, RSS engine mounts...
Now onto the main reason for this thread; I had been searching high and low, leaving no stone unturned, for the past 2 years or so trying to land the perfect 997.1 GT3RS. Well I finally found the right car and the fun in my man-cave is about to start all over again :mechanic: In fact the garage is a good place to start. Just to fit the Two 911's into the bloody thing caused a bit of a headache; I had so many large tools and bits and pieces that meant a serious clear-out was required. I removed the engine crane and other non-essentials into my cellar then fitted shelves all around which in total released around One meter extra width. I then tarted the place up a little with a few car related trinkets and some orsche: memorabilia ready for the impending new arrival:
At this point I realised that the new car was going to cause me a bit of a headache as my driveway has a rather anti-sports car incline. The solution I came up with was to drop the first step to street level to allow a larger radius swing up the drive to hopefully prevent any potential lower lip scraping. My daughter Amira on-hand to help out
And the final result on the driveway front
Okay, with all the peripheral nonsense out the way onto the main course. The car I bought is a bit of one-off and not something I had come even remotely close to finding during my search. My initial feeling about the car was to walk away as nothing seemed to add up with the advertised information. I then decided to view the car, which was being sold on behalf of the owner by The official Radical Importer for Deutschland in Adenau (Nurburgring), Teichmann Racing (those keeping pace with the VLN race series will be very familiar with this company as they are one of the most renowned in the business; also the ring record holders with a 6:48min lap). The car has been serviced and modified throughout its life by Teichmann.
Here is a little video and a few pics of what they had in when I was last there :worship:
http://www.teichmann-racing.de
Upon my initial inspection I couldn't believe the condition of the car; it is literally like a brand new car. This type of car you normally associate with being thrown around a race track to within an inch of its life for its entire existence. When I looked a little deeper into the history of the car it was revealed that there were 3 owners from new, the first of which only had the car 10 months then an 80year old guy bought it. He was absolutely mental :lock: and probing a little deeper about this owner unearthed the reasons why the car is like it is today. As an example; when the Gen II was released, he got all upset that the later car had a bigger engine and more power. He decided to go to the above named Teichmann Racing to express his concerns with this little dilemma. Teichmann then commissioned Michael Kessels (a well-known Porsche Race engine builder) to build the 3.8l engine. He basically used only Porsche engine parts and built the 458bhp conversion. The engine was then sent to www.vgs-motorsport.com to have the ECU reconfigured with the new engine. The new engine has since only run about 5000km to boot
To give you an idea of how mental this old fellow was, he had the carbon seats wrapped in a black film along with the carbon door cards, he re-sprayed the brake calipers black... absolute mentalist He also drove the car almost daily like a complete fairy, hence, like I said before, the car is like new. During his ownership he put the car on an extensive diet consisting of mainly Carbon/Kevlar panels and a few other trick bits and pieces. I will describe each mod in turn below but effectively around €100,000 of parts have been fitted. There was a recent video posted here in which all the perceived flaws of the 997.1GT3 RS were highlighted. All the work which has been carried out on this car has addressed all of the weak points and then some.
Here is the video which highlights some of the issues (namely, understeer induced by a 235 section front tyre and Active dampers which rob the driver an element of feedback:
The car has the following modifications. (I have also added links/contact info so you can see where to buy them and also the price):
Kessels Motorsport 3.6l to 3.8l conversion now 458BHP which is a 44BHP increase (Michael Kessels Tel: 0049 1722177860)
ECU calibration by VGS motorsport
Akrapovic Titanium exhaust system €12378.96 includes Manifolds, 100cell cats, silencers, rear box, tail pipes
Minus 17kg and +12BHP also retains switchable exhaust valves for when you want your hearing back
Differential Friction disc set 997 GT3 CUP €896.07
Porsche Part Number: 997 332 985 9A
Differential Ring and Pinion GT3/ 997 GT2(8:32) €2106.30
Porsche Part Number: 950 302 911 80
Cargraphic Carbon door cards €1303.05
Part number: INP97GT3110KEVKIT
Cargraphic Carbon doors €6069
Part number: LH: NP97100RKEV RH: NP97101RKEV
Carbon Kevlar bonnet €2552.55
Part number: Bonnet: NP97130KEV TUV cert: GANP97130
Carbon front wings +1" wider €3082.10
Part number: LH: NP97GT3020KEV RH: NP97GT3021KEV TUV Cert: GANP97GT3020
Clubsport rollcage with front extension €5353.18
Porsche Part Number: 997 580 985 90
Lightweight carpet set €1184.05
Incredible 17.5kg lighter than original. I don't understand how Porsche faff about with the plastic rear screen and other really expensive parts to reduce a poultry 20KG and then leave 17.5kg more than they need to in something as simple as the carpet set
Part number: INP97GT3100
CUP front lower lip spoiler €165.41
Porsche Part Number: 997 505 983 90
Servo Pump GT3 CUP (original Porsche part)
H&R Suspension €3379.60
Part number: Front: H2154552544 Rear: H2154552545
Rear spoiler Gen II 3.8l in carbon €8895.25 Original Porsche part
Porsche Part Number: 997244744458
Airbox GT3 Cup 2010 Original Porsche part from 2010 GT3/CUP
19" BBS Lightweight wheels €5355
Part number Wheels: p035_85-12-19 Centre Caps: p030
Front 8.5Jx19 and rear 12Jx19 with 245/35/19 and 325/30/19 dials out all turn-in induced understeer and high-speed corner oversteer
OMP steering wheel €593.81
OEM steering wheel for 996 GT3 RSR from 05, GT3 997 Cup
Porsche Part Number: 997 347 084 90
OMP 4 Point harnesses
I will keep this thread up to date with all future modifications and updates including dyno printout and corner weight data. If you have any questions or would like more detailed explanations/images please fire away :thumb: