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I managed to get an article in a very popular Porsche periodical and it will be out next month in a big issue. The 991.2 will continue to get the PR it deserves. Are you going with an halo style FIA seat or are you going to go with the carbon fiber Porsche bucket seats?
I am on the same mission with seats right now. Sat in some Sparco seats today and found the Sparco seat that fits me. Would like to find recaros near me to try. Have a track day tomorrow so hoping to find some variety of seats to try out if the owners will let me sit in them.
This looks like the TPC harness bar and no you have to remove the bar and anchors for the seatback to be in upright position. It's about 1 hr of work as long as you have a kit of various hex extension tools.
Sorry mate, but you are 100% WRONG! with this information. I have just had the TPC harness bar fitted to my car and the seats click back in place with it fitted. It is awesome. You cannot tell it is there.
I shall repeat for everyone who is reading......I bought this harness bar and have had it fitted to my car and the seats click back as if the bar is not even there.
Sorry mate, but you are 100% WRONG! with this information. I have just had the TPC harness bar fitted to my car and the seats click back in place with it fitted. It is awesome. You cannot tell it is there.
I shall repeat for everyone who is reading......I bought this harness bar and have had it fitted to my car and the seats click back as if the bar is not even there.
I have only just installed it. I haven’t even purchased a harness yet. Most likely will be a four point.
I will try with the stock seats, and before you tell me my dog will die and they could could could.... I’ll leave this here. An ///M4 with stock seats.
Stock seat
Temporary but but I am looking at a carbon fibre Recaro race shell seat.
Stock seats Recaro Sportsters XLR (coloured CS) Recaro Pro Racing shell.
Or or I may bite the bullet and get something like the GT3 touring, that fold or the GT3-RS that don’t.
You'll get a huge surprise on pricing with the Porsche seats and, the four points have no or poor anti-submarining properties - if you're going to get some good buckets go for the six points
@4 Point 0 Those Recaro Sportsters look nice. If going with a four point use the Schroth ASM belts. You'll get a million opinions on them but if you're doing HPDE with the airbags you'll be fine. But don't believe me, call Schroth and talk to them directly. While you have them on the phone ask Schroth about the strap holding the shoulder harnesses together. While it looks like it should work I'd be curious to see what Schroth has to say.
Yea too bad the stock 14/18 way seats didn't have the openings for the shoulder harnesses. The Porsche one piece buckets will be nice on track but if you drive your car on the street a lot maybe not so much.
I read it. Great article! Side bar -- I had a Carmine Red 991.2 GTS that I did the COBB Stage 2, 200 cell cats and a little suspension work to (way short of what you did) and I can attest the car was an absoute beast on the street and track! Hangs with an AMG GT-R on the track. For dual duty daily driver and track toy, what you have done with a GTS is virtually unbeatable. Only things that annoyed me were: (1) centerlock wheels (you solved that) and (2) when I tracked the GTS I almost always got suspension lights that were trying to warn me of roll over risk or something like that. I was pretty shocked to get those lights from this car. Small nits and maybe particular to my car.
Somebody should snap up your artwork fast! I wish I hadn't sold mine, but did so to make room for a pure track duty GT3. Congrats on the build and the great press.
BGB - I have the same car as you featured in your build, down to the 5 lug wheels. Great build and article featuring the headroom with the GTS 3.0 turbo.
Do you have pricing you can share for the mods? Thanks.
I read it. Great article! Side bar -- I had a Carmine Red 991.2 GTS that I did the COBB Stage 2, 200 cell cats and a little suspension work to (way short of what you did) and I can attest the car was an absoute beast on the street and track! Hangs with an AMG GT-R on the track. For dual duty daily driver and track toy, what you have done with a GTS is virtually unbeatable. Only things that annoyed me were: (1) centerlock wheels (you solved that) and (2) when I tracked the GTS I almost always got suspension lights that were trying to warn me of roll over risk or something like that. I was pretty shocked to get those lights from this car. Small nits and maybe particular to my car.
Somebody should snap up your artwork fast! I wish I hadn't sold mine, but did so to make room for a pure track duty GT3. Congrats on the build and the great press.
Thank you! Still looking for someone to take the car but after the end of the month i am going to finally revert it back tos tock.
Originally Posted by groundhog
Is it possible for you to put up or link or some key text.
I need to see. I don't think they wanted me posting it but i could probably email you the pdf i made of it.
Originally Posted by X51
BGB - I have the same car as you featured in your build, down to the 5 lug wheels. Great build and article featuring the headroom with the GTS 3.0 turbo.
Do you have pricing you can share for the mods? Thanks.
If you call the shop we can run down the list. The number is (386)265-1979 - i also had the list posted with the classified. Let me try and dig it up OR if you send us an email i can attach it as well. Thank you!
After getting new rims and mounting the Nankang AR-1 it was time to go back on the track this Saturday.
Forecast was for a nice day with low temp in mid 50 and high in the 60’s. In preparations, last Sunday I swapped rims and tires and brake pads, loaded the frunk with a few tools, OEM pads, chair and a few other items. The Nankang are very loud on the street. The trailer in the picture is not mine.
The car did really well and happy with my day. The first session was very crowded and slow but organizer moved 4 cars too different run group so that helped the rest of the day. Next time I go, I need to move to 2:20-2:30 group.
The new track precision app worked great and not issue. New version is easy to set up but don’t know why it reads kph and not mph while data shows mph. Weird. Also, I could not export video but learned the new iOS allow for video recording of screenshot so I can play video. But to get telemetry while recording the phone has to be horizontal so video is now 90 deg our. So if you view the video, use your phone or iPad so you can tilt it.
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