Who's tracking their 991
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I'm actually a big fan of the MPSS. I find that as long as you recognize that the MPSS are street tires and manage them that way on the track, you can get excellent life and performance out of them. 20-25 minute stints shouldn't be a problem on them. They also wear surprisingly well, even with stock alignment. I did about 14 track days on MPSS, and frankly i'd rather give up a couple seconds a lap and run them for as long as I did rather than buying 3 sets of Trofeo R for the absolute speed.
I drove a few weeks with the RS29's on the car and was amazed that there was almost no squealing Maybe because the different size/rotors on my Brembo BBK? Hard to explain though
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Wow, car looks great, showroom indeed! Your body shop does nice work.
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I think the squealing depends on the calliper design. On my old M3, I had an Alcon BBK and the RS29 were absolutely silent. When I had RS29 on the OEM callipers, my car sounded like a dump truck!
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I had pagid 29s installed on my 981 Cayman S before I sold it for the new 991 and had no squeal on track or street. The mechanic chamfered the edges of the pads prior to installation and stated that it would help with wear and noise. That may have had something to do with it. The PFC pads are tapered from the factory as well and supposedly don't squeal.
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RS29s plus SRF works great on the 991.
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Tracked... and crashed it already (oil spill on the track). Fixed and ready to go back!
Brakes are the only weak point. Running Brembo 15" BBK + RS29. Maybe a bit overkill and SS lines + RS29's could be enough. Also went for 888 tires, bucket seats (997 GT2) and BBi roll bar.
Cars has SPASM and PDCC and i do not feel the need for any suspension upgrade.
The car is a blast on the track, but between the pads, tires and track insurance, it quickly becomes pricey. Still worth every penny though.
Brakes are the only weak point. Running Brembo 15" BBK + RS29. Maybe a bit overkill and SS lines + RS29's could be enough. Also went for 888 tires, bucket seats (997 GT2) and BBi roll bar.
Cars has SPASM and PDCC and i do not feel the need for any suspension upgrade.
The car is a blast on the track, but between the pads, tires and track insurance, it quickly becomes pricey. Still worth every penny though.
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+1! I'm thinking of that one too. The only odd thing about it it seems it doesn't have a bar for a harness. Kinda weird. Anyway, I'd be very interested to leanr how involved the install is as well. Thanks!
#39
This is the BBi bar I like (which does allow for harnesses) – not sure if it’s the same one SM_ATL has though ?
Does anyone have one of these in their 991?
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I did. the fact of the matter is that my 'street' insurance covered the accident (no deductible as opposed to the track insurance), but as stated before, there is no guarantee they would. Talking to my body shop, they told me that they have seen all major insurance companies pay at one point or another for track damage, but not systematically.
It did not look like there was a lot of damage to the car, but I ended up in the gravel pit and the car paint got crippled (+ LOTS of gravel in the underpinnings, inside the car, damaged wheels and calipers etc.). The car was in fact not too far from being totaled.
As far as the coverage is concerned, I insure that car at its market value.
PS: here's a video footage of the accident. Oil spill but still partly my fault too: you can see blue smoke (getting into turn 6 @ Road Atlanta) and I just assumed that the car in front of me -that did not have ABS- had locked the brakes. The fact that the corner marshal wasn't waiving a flag also left me too confident. It had in fact blown up its engine and dropped a fair amount of oil on the track. Lesson learnt: always be ready for the worst :bang head:
http://youtu.be/Wyvz1aXBgIA
http://youtu.be/w0AfQcLjn8M
It did not look like there was a lot of damage to the car, but I ended up in the gravel pit and the car paint got crippled (+ LOTS of gravel in the underpinnings, inside the car, damaged wheels and calipers etc.). The car was in fact not too far from being totaled.
As far as the coverage is concerned, I insure that car at its market value.
PS: here's a video footage of the accident. Oil spill but still partly my fault too: you can see blue smoke (getting into turn 6 @ Road Atlanta) and I just assumed that the car in front of me -that did not have ABS- had locked the brakes. The fact that the corner marshal wasn't waiving a flag also left me too confident. It had in fact blown up its engine and dropped a fair amount of oil on the track. Lesson learnt: always be ready for the worst :bang head:
http://youtu.be/Wyvz1aXBgIA
http://youtu.be/w0AfQcLjn8M
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Approaching that turn and seeing the ploom of smoke should have told you to lift and back off at least that's what I'd done. Especially IF it's not a race and just a fun DE. I've seen lots of nice P car's totaled at DE's in my days. The top was a brand new 996 Turbo at Pocono speedway doing a barrel roll. Will never forget witnessing that one.
Never trust Ockham's razor at this type of speed. Lesson painfully learnt.
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Here are a couple of pics:
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Love the seats. Did you install the bar yourself?
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A shop did it for me as I was afraid of hitting/scratching something in the cabin. It is a simple bolt on and it DIY-able if you are careful and patient.
Seats are GT2 leather bucket seats. They work fine on the 991, but the seat side airbag will not work (no airbag in all other bucket seats anyhow...). If only PNA would import the European 991 bucket seats GRrrr
Seats are GT2 leather bucket seats. They work fine on the 991, but the seat side airbag will not work (no airbag in all other bucket seats anyhow...). If only PNA would import the European 991 bucket seats GRrrr
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Great looking install, by the way!