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Old 01-11-2023 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by dnimi123
Yeah I guess… I see him now and then around LA (pretty approachable guy) but haven’t since he got Strawberry Shortcake but he basically said “why would I” when I asked if he would do the suspension. I’m not going to argue with Matt about cars… and kinda going ‘hot rod’ route with the SPYDER isn’t a bad thing at all and he’s got other cars to drive.
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Also in one of Rick’s vids, he said that the car really doesn’t need it.
FWIW, from someone who spent 2 years tweaking DSC settings in a 981, when on a dealer test drive in the 718, I purposely drove into, and along, road imperfections, and didn't feel the need to change anything. This just "driving around"...where I may, or may not have, allegedly drove upwards of 80mph. Where as on stock controller, I wasn't/am not happy just driving to my local store in the 981. That said, I did take possession with 30k miles on the dampers, now at 47k.

As always, YMMV.
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Old 01-11-2023 | 11:39 AM
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Anyone know if Matt got the PCCBs? I’m a bit surprised he didn’t do much to the suspension… you go that far on the car, why not all the way.
PCCB's were not available at the time of order, we had a new set in stock and installed with RED calipers..
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Old 01-11-2023 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dnimi123
You wouldn’t dare do what I think you would do, would you?!
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Old 01-12-2023 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by SpeedySpidey
Also in one of Rick’s vids, he said that the car really doesn’t need it.
pfft! But it ‘needs’ 4.5L, new gear set and LSD… but not suspension work or coilovers! Oy…
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Old 01-12-2023 | 04:32 PM
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M-Engineering, tuning the 4.5L talk, starts @ 1:14:27...link should open to said time:


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Old 01-12-2023 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by colnagoG60
M-Engineering, tuning the 4.5L talk, starts @ 1:14:27 ...

https://youtu.be/Jv0LrHHWhQo?t=4467
So at 1:15:39 he describes how M-Engineering is essentially the grad school version of Cobb Tuning.
Am I wrong?

In full disclosure, I've got the Cobb Stage 1 tune on my Spyder and it is transformative.
The tunes don't seem to match up on the dyno data available either.
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Old 01-13-2023 | 12:35 AM
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My car has an M-Engineering tune and it seems to run pretty well. Tuning is like witchcraft to me though, so that is the extent of my assessment/commentary.
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Old 01-13-2023 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JAhmed
... Tuning is like witchcraft to me though, so that is the extent of my assessment/commentary.
That seems a fair assessment to me. I bet there's a lot of programming kung fu in there.
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Old 01-13-2023 | 05:00 PM
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Still awaiting a 4.5/ PDK swap review........
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Old 01-13-2023 | 06:27 PM
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I’m personally curious what the 0-60 drops to with the new motor? Has anyone measured it (sorry if it’s in the thread !)
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Originally Posted by mr965
Still awaiting a 4.5/ PDK swap review........
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Old 01-13-2023 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JAhmed
C’mon, spill the beans… I know you’re dying to.
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Old 01-13-2023 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeedySpidey
C’mon, spill the beans… I know you’re dying to.


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Old 01-13-2023 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeedySpidey
C’mon, spill the beans… I know you’re dying to.
He's getting a 992GT3RS and sending it to Rick for the first 4.8L conversion...
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Old 01-15-2023 | 07:23 AM
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So I ran through the thread top to bottom and it’s never been posted so I am super curious now.

Maybe it doesn’t matter to most but I always read the 0-60 times in the reviews.

For the $50k-$60k you spend is the car actually quicker or is this investment more for the sound and feel of driving (a more spirited experience).

I’m one of those people that aside from gearing and exhaust I have zero issue with the performance.

Also is there a benefit to running higher octane in stock engines?


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