ChaseN

Well since the forum seems kind of slow lately (summer doldrums perhaps?), I thought I'd start a thread and see who has a 964 thats been built with a 'lightweight' or RS theme. Doesn't have to be extreme - just in the right spirit. I'll finally be back home in about two weeks and have a few parts waiting for me - seats, RS carpet, brake vents, etc. (the usual), and wanted to see what other listers have done with their cars.

Post em if ya got em!

mpeters951

Here's mine, based on '90 C2:

Work Brombacher wheels
Evo intake
Chipped
FabSpeed/Dansk strait-thru exhaust
RS Perlon felt throughout, RS cards
RennLine aluminum boards
No sound deadening
Momo Monte Carlo
Airbag bypass bridge
Ruf A/R bars
Primary blower delete
PSS-9's
4 pot calipers all 'round
Slotted rotors
Recaro PP's with houndstooth inserts
993 TT plate, RS disk, LWFW
Getty Ducktail
H4's

All up @ 2801 lbs wet.

hawk911

^^
Very nicely done. Looks great. The black rubber pieces look very fresh, or am I just not used to seeing a RED Porsche?

ilko

OK, I'll play:

My car...

Additions to standard USA Carrera 2:
- Fixed rear wing
- M030 Sports running gear
- M656 Without power steering


Deletions from standard USA Carrera 2:
- M650 Sunroof
- M331 Radio
- M573 Air Conditioning
- M454 Automatic Speed Control

Modifications:
Engine
- TPC Supercharger
- GHL headers and Fabspeed Dual Exhaust
- Carrera RS Motor Mounts
- Cat delete (CO2)
- Heat delete

Drivetrain
- Carrera RS Clutch
- Light Weight Flywheel
- Carrera RS 20/100 LSD

Suspension
- H&R Turbo Springs & Koni Adjustable Shocks
- RS Alignment
- Front Tower Strut Brace

Brakes
- 993 TT (Big Yellow) Front Calipers, 993TT Rotors
- 993 Rear Calipers, 964RS Rotors
- RS Front Brake Ducts
- ATE Blue Racing Brake Fluid

Wheels
- RH (Speedline for Porsche replica) 18x8 & 18x10 wheels

Body
- H4 Headlights with Yellow Lenses
- Tech-Art Front Chin Spoiler

Interior
- Recaro Pole Position Seats + Momo Sliders and Mounts
- G-Force 6-Point Harnesses
- DAS Bolt-on Sport Roll Bar for Nonsunroof Coupe
- Roll Bar Mounted 2.5lb Fire Extinguisher
- Momo Mod .07 Steering Wheel w. Porsche Crest Horn
- Rennline Track Mats
- VDO Boost-Vacuum/AFR/Volt Gauge
- Shift-I Shift Lights
- 993 Wide Sun Visors

Current weight: 2740 lbs

Current engine output: 327 hp / 331 torques

mpeters951

Ilko: Nice......very nice. What has your experience been with the Shifti install, set-up/calibration and performance since ? How/where have you located the lights - following the .pdf write-up w/ fab'd tab or otherwise ?

Obviously I was thinking of this 'lil toy as an addition as I'm starting to run out of project plans.

ilko

Thanks! I'm actually taking it off this weekend and was thinking of selling it here for $130 shipped. Comes with all paperwork and best of all, it's calibrated for 964 and 993 cars.

Now with the shameless plug out of the way, let me answer your questions

The install was pretty easy. I did not splice any of the tacho wires, instead I was able to wedge the wire tips in the pins of the harness that goes in the back of the tachometer. Set-up was pretty straight-forward, the instructions that came with it are relatively clear. Just read them a couple of times before setting it up, because there are some timed executions that if you miss you'll have to start over. Performance-wise it's been flawless, however I find that I don't use it that much since in my case most of the torque is in the mid-RPM range and I upshift around 6K RPM anyway. The voltage meter function is pretty cool as well, but now I have a separate volt gauge in the radio slot, so I'm using that instead.

Regarding location, I've had it on two spots. My initial idea was to put it on the dash. Unfortunately the stock steering wheel is quite large and obstructs the view. So initially I had it placed on the steering column. Not exactly in the line of sight I thought, but it was quite visible - the LED's are quite bright and... they reflect on the windshield DIRECTLY in your line of sight - like the current M5

Here's what it looked like:


Now I have the Momo wheel and have relocated it on the dash, directly in line of sight:


Hope this helps.

Metal Guru

I've seen this car in the steel and it is BADA$$
The exhaust note is the most unique sound I've ever heard from a flat 6.

Porsche917K

Would you mind taking some close up shots of the carpet? I am trying to decide whether to go the the perlon felt or silverknit for my next carpet kit. I did the silverknit on my last 964 and while it was nice, I'm not sure if it was worth double.

Thanks!

mpeters951

Paul - coming from the owner of such a gorgeous, correct 965, I'll take that as high praise indeed. BTW, weather looks promising for a bit of bench racing @ AutoZone Sat. morning. Hope to see you there. And bite the bullet and do the Grattan DE in October, eh ? Absloutely love the 965 color - looks analogous to Arnold dressed in his governor duds. May have the veneer of civility but don't **** with him...ever, you'll lose !

mpeters951

Carpet shots I had in stock:

Hope those help. Bear in mind that this job is a very serious bitch. You will reach a point where you stand back and wonder what the bloody hell you've done (and why). But, it was all worth it in my opinion and results are very pleasing.

To wit: Porsche glue recipe used under carpet/insulation material apparently has come direct from God himself. I struggled to understand how mere mortal humans could have conjured up a material that sticky.

Best.

mpeters951

917K, Oops, sorry I'd forgotten you already done the carper install and know the fun of such. My God man, you're actually considering doing it again ? Are you related to the Marquis de Sade ?

Porsche917K

Thank you very much. The felt doesn't look too bad to me.

In regards to Porsche glue, I had almost no leg hair left after the last carpet job. I won't wear shorts next time...

DCIdevil

Thanks for posting carpet pics... I was gonna do silverknit myself but now i think i may save myself some money and go with the felt.. your car is awesome btw

ThomasC2

You've seen it before but here is some info and pics of my car. It weighs 2660 lbs.

Suspension:
Bilstein factory RSR dampers and twin springs
RSR monoball top mounts
Powerflex bushings in the front
RS tie rods
Manual steering rack
RS/cup sway bars front & rear
Tarrett monoball rear drop links
Front strut brace from Kremer racing

Brakes:
Big reds, front
Small reds, 3,6 turbo, rear
No break balance valve
Pagid pads

Transmission:
RS/cup flywheel
996 cup sinter clutch
996 cup LSD
RS shift lever

Engine:
Cup pipe
RS-DME
K&N filter, open box
Bypass pipe for rear blower
A/C removed
RS engine mounts

Body:
Cargraphic front splitter, 3,8 style
993 rear window spoiler with 3rd break light
air ducts front
Carbon fiber front hood with hood pins from Porsche motorsport
993 windscreen
Cup tow hook front
Big washer bottle removed, replaced with the smaller RS bottle
Smaller battery
Yellow lenses, no trim rings
Cup style stickers
Front bumper without headlight washers

Interior:
Lightweight carpets, no sound padding
RS door panels
Sparco Evo seats
Full Heigo roll cage with race harness
Momo/Porsche motorsport steering wheel
Blank outs buttons/panel for radio, front fog light, rear window
Emergency cut out switches in/outside from Cup
ABS-kill switch from Cup
Wood floor boards and washer, Cup replicas

I think that's about it!

Thomas

ThomasC2

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