Got the Car Back
12-22-2005, 04:55 PM
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Got the Car Back
Well, got it back 
My first impression is how complete a package the whole project has created. The car drives more refined than stock, but when pushed is very, very aggressive. The fun starts at around 2, 700 with a faint Dyson - esque sound, building strongly till 4, 000 revs when it explodes and pulls relentlessly to the redline. The CG race exhaust and big diameter cats have transformed the noise; a very rasping snarl, with cracks and bangs on full bore up shifts. During low speed driving you can hear the turbos spinning up and down giving a whizzing sound, which makes me feel like I did when sliding down the rope in the school gym.
I have not pushed it too hard due to the weather and dark, but the first few times booting it in 2nd and 3rd I was thinking it was not that fast and maybe the clutch was slipping
At the next attempt I realised it was actually the back wheels spinning as the engine went through peak torque.
More thoughts tomorrow, as my head is still
from the drive home.
My first impression is how complete a package the whole project has created. The car drives more refined than stock, but when pushed is very, very aggressive. The fun starts at around 2, 700 with a faint Dyson - esque sound, building strongly till 4, 000 revs when it explodes and pulls relentlessly to the redline. The CG race exhaust and big diameter cats have transformed the noise; a very rasping snarl, with cracks and bangs on full bore up shifts. During low speed driving you can hear the turbos spinning up and down giving a whizzing sound, which makes me feel like I did when sliding down the rope in the school gym.
I have not pushed it too hard due to the weather and dark, but the first few times booting it in 2nd and 3rd I was thinking it was not that fast and maybe the clutch was slipping
At the next attempt I realised it was actually the back wheels spinning as the engine went through peak torque. More thoughts tomorrow, as my head is still
from the drive home.
12-22-2005, 05:08 PM
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Another observation, the engine pulls as the dyno charts implied it should - very strong early torque, and the engine feels to be building up all the way to the red line, with no feeling of it easing off.
12-24-2005, 06:27 AM
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No comparisons yet. Should be going for a run with a 500 + 996TT over the holidays, which should be fun.
Have not been out in the car since I drove it home; the traffic is crazy at the minute. Might have a blast tonight.
Thinking more about my drive home, I think the new geo set up + GT2 ARB has transformed the handling. I thought the PSS 9 set up I had was good, but now the front end feels so much more planted and communicative. Althought the wheels spin if you give it large, the rear end only twitches a little bit and does not fishtail all over, this control is due to the new set up I feel.
Happy Christmas all
Have not been out in the car since I drove it home; the traffic is crazy at the minute. Might have a blast tonight.
Thinking more about my drive home, I think the new geo set up + GT2 ARB has transformed the handling. I thought the PSS 9 set up I had was good, but now the front end feels so much more planted and communicative. Althought the wheels spin if you give it large, the rear end only twitches a little bit and does not fishtail all over, this control is due to the new set up I feel.
Happy Christmas all