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View Poll Results: Do you own a 996 GT, 997 GT, both, or neither? | |||
I own a 996 GT car | 35 | 40.70% | |
I own a 997 GT car | 36 | 41.86% | |
I own both a 996 and 997 GT | 12 | 13.95% | |
I own none of the listed here | 3 | 3.49% | |
I own a 991 GT3 (new option) | 0 | 0% | |
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Re: 996 or 997
Welcome to the community Bob.
I enjoy mine as a daily driver too, and take her to the track from time to time, nothing wrong with that
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997.1 here converted to non street legal race car. Have owned a couple of 6GT3s and contemplating buying another one so I have a street legal GT as well as the race car.
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Will you be doing the engine because it's "due", or because you are seeing some degradation?
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I am at 44.75 hours currently on the engine. With a Cup engine, rather than a Sprint engine, you can often go close to 100 hours, depending on how it is driven.
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So I guess that there is a risk of catastrophic failure then, if you wait? That would certainly be a lot more $$$
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What are the differences between a Sprint engine and a standard Cup engine? And why go with that build spec? Is a Sprint engine a PMNA build spec?
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It has been conveyed to me that there are so many special parts in the RSR Sprint engines that PMS will not sell those parts to (any?) most shops. I am the third owner of the car. First owner did all of the modifications. I thought that I could get close to 60 hours out of the sprint engine before rebuild, but I was never told that I could. I was always told that anything over 35 hours is risking much. My choices now are rebuild 3.6 RSR spec, 3.8 RSR spec, 4.0 RSR spec, 3.6 Cup Spec, or 3.8 Cup spec. PMS says that the cup engines should only go 50 to 60 hours, but many people push them to close to 100 hours. So I am at a crossroads as to what to do. Currently I have a lot of specific RSR parts including wiring harness and ECU. I am not sure what if anything might change if I went to a regular cup engine. The electronics/ECU work perfectly right now so I am reluctant to change anything there. I am leaning on having PMS rebuild the 3.6 at a Sprint spec (once I save up the money to have it done).
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1st post! Mine is a 996.
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Hello all. My first post here! Have a 2010 GT3 RS and just acquired a 2003 GT3 Cup car.
Bryan
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2010 GT3 RS 2003 GT3 Cup 2006 Lotus Elise Sport 16/50 2011 MB E63 AMG 2011 F350 SRW King Ranch 6.7 |
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Thanks Fatih. Well the RS is mildly track prepared. It has a GMG RSR roll bar, six point harnesses, RaceKeeper 3 camera video and data logger, tarret rear toe bars and eccentric eliminators, StopTech sport trophy BBK with endless ME20 pads (PCCBs removed and stored), and BBS Motorsport cup wheels with Hoosiers. Oh and of course a SharkWerks bypass pipe for great sound.
Cup is a 2003 with a 2005 gear box. Haven't driven it yet except around the parking lot at TOPP Racing. Can't wait until August 19 when I'll have my first sessions in the car
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2010 GT3 RS 2003 GT3 Cup 2006 Lotus Elise Sport 16/50 2011 MB E63 AMG 2011 F350 SRW King Ranch 6.7 |
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