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Been kind of thinking about doing a TechArt/DSC review here, as it isn't a fit for 000. Still gathering impressions, and need to get this car up to the loop, but my sense is that if I had to do it over again (and knew I was going to do DSC, which I didn't), I would probably do the H&R setup with the adjustable perches that works on the PASM dampers. The TechArt/DSC combo is very good, and nearly factory, but has some 2-5% of the time drawbacks in terms of damping. It does, of course, look far better 100% of the time. And as much as I am about performance, I hate high-riding sports cars. They just look wrong to me, as if the manufacturer said, yeah, we know it looks bad, but customers don't know how to drive (which, of course, is true). People also need snow clearance, which I fully respect.
As to practicality, I ordered nose lift on this Carrera because I knew I would lower it and our cars don't have the disposable black lip the GT cars do. So the stakes are a lot higher. Never touched the bumper in the Oak car at 4x4 ride height, and have yet to touch the bumper in this one—but where it would have been nice in the Oak car it's a necessity here unless I want to severely limit the use of the car. Which I don't. -10 and -20 on a T or Carrera S/GTS with Sport PASM might be lower than I'd want to go—with or without Nose Lift. Hard to know, as it seems like the 991.2 SPASM cars sit a bit higher than the 991.1 SPASM cars, but that gets me back to those adjustable perches. To be honest, I'd probably raise my mild drop on TechArts just a bit if I could, probably +5mm at the rear and +8mm or +10mm at the front. I don't think it would lose much in terms of looks, and I do think it would gain something in terms of performance. There's that "little window" when it comes to lowered cars, where it looks like the factory might have done it that way…and I don't care for slammed cars.
I've also begun to wonder about ARBs, and if it would be worth it for someone like Levitas to come up with a "Stage 1" go-to setup for base 991.2 Carreras. Maybe H&Rs, DSC, ARBs, recommended height and alignment settings. Quite honestly, my car, as it sits, is already very, very good. As is a dead stock 991.2 Carrera. I wonder what could be achieved.
Thanks, Pete.
All good food for thought. Am considering Litchfield’s offerings - suspension tweaks and/or exhaust upgrade and/or tune to boost power output...
I've had a number of base Carreras and one 991.2 GT3; to be honest Carrera's are just so underrated...just great out of the box.
Yeah, gotta watch out for that. It proved slippery and steep with my 914—but no regrets.
Key with the Carrera has been subtle mods. It's a daily, it's under warranty, and my favorite kind of cars and mods are "more from less." I might be convinced to do springs (either the TechArts or a switch to H&Rs), DSC (done, and I do like it quite a lot), ARBs (maybe sharpen things up a bit), and a bump-steer correction (suspect this would be good after the lowering). Possibly a set of wheels, if the right ones come up, or I decide to have a set of Forgelines made. Maybe the right cat-back exhaust for a bit more bellow and bark. Possibly a T shifter. Maybe a bit less sound deadening. Ah yes...did you mention something about a slippery slope? Nice thing about all of the above is it's a day or two days of work and easily reversible.
...one of these three, which just make me happy for various reasons.
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Originally Posted by bonn72
Originally Posted by CamsPorsche
Hey Pete,
My 19' Carrera T is my daily and it's winter here. While driving up to the cottage tonight it was clear and the pdls works amazingly well...thought I'd stop and snap a pic:
01-06-2019, 03:28 AM
