have gone from Bavarian Wurst to Wurttemberg Pork...

[mattCSLnut]

nice :thumbs:

As much as I like the noise the CSL makes, IMHO the GT3 is even better

Impossible :wink: :hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

BTW, nice Fast Beetle there Nick :beer: you traitor

[Das Chin]

Impossible :wink: :hahaha:

agreed nothing matches the csl racket. Its a really unique and spell binding noise.

[cslsuperfan]

agreed nothing matches the csl racket. Its a really unique and spell binding noise.

Agreed and no question the CSL is a great car........but gentlemen it's not a GT3

Mega Car Das Chin!!:smokin: I am the same colour as this chap:smokin:

[shimmy]

Lovely car ....I am jealous.

[jonnysideways]

It's the only thing in my dream garage to replace the CSL, but I would be so down not having a CSL on the drive that I don't think even a GT3 would keep me smiling. (16 M3's and still smiling)

Looks great!, Titanium Engine an all that ;o) good effort mate. I'm sure after you have done your titivation it will look epic.

Must again on the noise front, there's no many cars that sound like the CSL on full song, especially when the airbox note can drown out a noisy exhaust! :hahaha:

(PS Assume CSL went? or is it still in hibernation?)

[Das Chin]

so previous owner had ditched the silencers would you believe it so it was loud. VERY loud.

trip to VIPER EXHAUSTS in Crays Hill (near Billericay Essex) to see Steve the steel magician. this man is great with pipework and bends I can tell you.

before it looked like this (lots of space in rear bumper!!):





some 304 grade stainless steel rear silencers for either side (very good quality and not the usual ebay china scheit):







2mm thick steel piping and bending/welding begins:
























end result is LOADS quieter and it drives so much better now. actually has some back pressure at low revs and torque. much better pick up and has that GT3 sound back. still sounds nice. very happy and very good pricing. about one third what it would have cost to do OEM stuff!!

departing:

[cslsuperfan]

GT3 loveliness

Das Chin

Epic car

I'm jealous as fook

Might pull the trigger myself and take the plunge

[Das Chin]

Don't be jealous. you have an epic car too dude.

the porker is just a different car to the CSL and equally capable. Much better noise up front too in the CSL.

the GT3 sounds like a washing machine with some bolts in it on a fast spin when on tickover :hahaha:

[terryb]

all I know is its VERY different to the CSL, you can't take liberties mid corner and throw it about and there is a real style to driving it. both awesome cars and just different.

just hang on at the corner exit, don't lift I have been told. need to do Bedford to exploit its potential. I have had a couple of C2s in the past but this feels a whole lot different!!

Hi Nick, car looks epic. Well done mate. Ref the handling, it would definitely be worth getting the geometry checked and corner weighted by a specialist like JZM or others with good reps. I know mine is running full Manthey spec KWv3s and has been set up well, but it feels nothing like you describe. For example, miss hit miss at the Ring - lift off when 'on it' and no drama at all. This wouldn't be the same for a boggo standard GT3 geometry and if it was out then it would be a lot worse. There are many a story about GT3s with substandard handling due to being a long way from a good set-up.

So when you planning of taking it to the Ring mate? I'm there in 2 weeks for DN10

[shane@mbtech]

Why is that exhaust tip full of birdshit? :whistle:


Great car btw, best ever car I've driven was my mates very fettled gt3 with Rs spec. It was simply awesome, extremely planted.

[Das Chin]

Terry

I had the set up checked yesterday...it was running far too much toe in on the front. took out over a degree

it was very pointy at the front like it was on rails. trouble in the rear would try to follow but then the age old 911 issue with weight would follow.

its a bit more neutral now and so much more civilised. little bit of understeer with an aggressive turn in as you would expect from a normal GT3 set up. it was just way too pointy before and it would have got me into trouble!!

thanks, DC

[Pip1968]

I thought I saw you on the to the Nordschleife on Friday just gone. I was not long on the M20 by Maidstone and low and behold a red 996 GT3 joins me presumably off to Le Mans.

I am slightly jealous in that I want to do the RS cooling duct and spoiler conversions which you already have.

CSLSuperfan, you will be very lucky indeed to pick up a GT3 or RS at the moment. They have all disappeared and it has been like that for a while now. They presently seem like another appreciating asset.

The world has gone mad.

Pip

[cslsuperfan]

I thought I saw you on the to the Nordschleife on Friday just gone. I was not long on the M20 by Maidstone and low and behold a red 996 GT3 joins me presumably off to Le Mans.

I am slightly jealous in that I want to do the RS cooling duct and spoiler conversions which you already have.

CSLSuperfan, you will be very lucky indeed to pick up a GT3 or RS at the moment. They have all disappeared and it has been like that for a while now. They presently seem like another appreciating asset.

The world has gone mad.

Pip

Pip totally agree on the gt3/rs availability. Viper green rs on PH last week
RHD 179,000K. The world has indeed gone completely mad!!

That said the end of the summer usually brings out the odd car for sale.

[Das Chin]

what car were u in pip? Was not at the ring sadly but could have been out n about.

indeed they have all disappeared...hoping people are out there using them.

i might try n do a DN this year but v busy at moment with work.

my mate just got an offer of 90k on a 30k mile 996 RS in white/blue....he laughed at it. Mad the way its all going.