alpine003

Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. At least he's not "Krazy"...

KrazyK

I don't think I was the only one puzzled by this fiasco.

Medevack1

Hmmmm all that work for what? And now you are selling it? ...... lol Hopefully you saved all the parts you took off.

Slider31

As a proud new owner of a beautiful 40th (Nr. 1377), I echo some of the recent posts. Just dumbfounded that someone would take a limited edition car and rip it apart. There are plenty of 996's offered up for sacrifice. As you've learned, you certainly can't pass it off as a 40th anniversary 911 anymore. Part it out? Man, just puzzling to me. But, to each his own. Good luck selling your Porsche...

6ta1

this is how the car looks today, completely ruined...

alpine003

Did you sell it?

6ta1

not yet... but I do not have any ad up either :-D

it's now my DD and does it very well (better DD than when it was modified)

Fracture

where did the window actuators get relocated to?

are they up in the dash?

yep,.. just read post #10, again

alpine003

That's the best way to enjoy it especially considering all the custom touches you did to suit your tastes/needs.

Hardback

bump for onewhippedpuppy

Valkuri

Let me publicly display my ignorance, in the form of a question:
Would it not be more cost effective to simply secure more HP, rather than whittling the vehicle down?
I understand the utility of lightness, but: ignoring the intrinsic pleasure of 'fiddling' with one's automobile, it seems exceptionally labor intensive, rather than adding 20-50 HP by whatever means.
I agree with the concerns about cut 'n pasting a 40th Anniversary 911, although it's neither my car nor anyone else's but yours. If you want to cut holes in the outer panels like swiss cheese and saw a permanent sunroof into it with a Sawzall for that matter, it's nobody's business but your own.

Feel free to educate/flame/agree or disagree. Thanks.

6ta1

very old topic... I'm back on rennlist actively since I have bought a 928 that needs to be restored.

on the question above: it wouldn't be more cost effective - even ignoring the handling benefits, the roughly 10% weight reduction is worth the equivalent of ~30hp.
To get that much power you would need to supercharge the car - which would take ~$7k once sorted correctly.
The time and effort spent on the car is quality time to me - but I understand it wouldn't be the case for everyone.

I still have the car - and it is still in stock form. Now that it is way off daily driver duties, I actually regret putting it back to stock and I am looking for carbon GT3 seats again.

Everything I had done was made to be reversible and/or invisible - the car as of today is a low mileage 996 in better condition than most 996s out there, sleeping under a car cover most of the time.

Also - my concept for the car was to get closer to GT3 performance, without the outlandish aero bits... way before a 911R or GT3 touring. Not by any mean trying to draw a comparison, just saying the idea is not that crazy.

Ratchet1025

I personally appreciate the revival and the effort to make the 996 more engaging to drive. No question that the reduced mass improves the driving experience. More hp is good also, but this motor proves to be quite difficult to make significant gains with bolt-on parts. "Simplify, then add lightness"

D6lc

Great thread, I'm keen to take weight out of my 40th AE, not sure I will be going to the levels you did

One question, how was the Deka ETX30L?, I searched it and it looks like an MC battery, did it last ok? Also how did you mount/secure it?

knfeparty

I feel like now that a few years have gone by people will take to this project a bit more openly.