996-gen Porsche 911 Classic Club Coupe
#46
Because the mezger unit is a better engine. Putting a mezger unit in a non-mezger car is definitely more work than rebuilding an original M96. Ask De Jeeper.
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plpete84 (03-07-2022)
#47
Not sure why you want better aero... Is this for actual performance gains or looks? Also, the way that sentence reads to me makes it sound like FSI or LN makes any aero products, which they clearly don't. Should I be ever in a position to have a GT3 engine swapped in and this became more mainstream, I'd be first in line. From cost perspective, if you look at any of the resto mod companies out there for air cooled cars, even excluding the Singer stuff, a new $60k Mezger and $40k transmission is a bargain by comparison. Many of those engine builds alone reusing the stock engine cases go to $100k easily. Add ITBs and other improvements and that number grows even higher.
#48
I get that the mezger gt3 is the 996 pinnacle but that’s not what they rebuilt they rebuilt an aero with a gt3 engine
I wasn’t looking for a better by LN or Jake raby 996 i was looking for Porsche to be better then them since they’re the originator and factory
if you wanted the best 996 just buy A 996 GT3 but buying a mezger shelf engine and putting it into a 996 aero is 1 too costly and 2 what skills and parts list do you need
as well as in my thinking lacks imagination from Porsche factory
I wasn’t looking for a better by LN or Jake raby 996 i was looking for Porsche to be better then them since they’re the originator and factory
if you wanted the best 996 just buy A 996 GT3 but buying a mezger shelf engine and putting it into a 996 aero is 1 too costly and 2 what skills and parts list do you need
as well as in my thinking lacks imagination from Porsche factory
#49
I get that the mezger gt3 is the 996 pinnacle but that’s not what they rebuilt they rebuilt an aero with a gt3 engine
I wasn’t looking for a better by LN or Jake raby 996 i was looking for Porsche to be better then them since they’re the originator and factory
if you wanted the best 996 just buy A 996 GT3 but buying a mezger shelf engine and putting it into a 996 aero is 1 too costly and 2 what skills and parts list do you need
as well as in my thinking lacks imagination from Porsche factory
I wasn’t looking for a better by LN or Jake raby 996 i was looking for Porsche to be better then them since they’re the originator and factory
if you wanted the best 996 just buy A 996 GT3 but buying a mezger shelf engine and putting it into a 996 aero is 1 too costly and 2 what skills and parts list do you need
as well as in my thinking lacks imagination from Porsche factory
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EVOMMM (03-07-2022)
#50
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
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#52
Right , but this is a Show/Dream car, A 1 of 1 build...Meant to inspire and raise money for PCA, it will be raffled off next year after a Tour around the County. I have bought several of the $50 PCA Me3mbers ONLY raffle tickets in hopes of winning a new 911 , but the Porsche Gods didn't bless me with one..
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
Probably take the cash so I can resto-mod my 996.2 the way I want. I would also use the money to buy 2 UIDS's. One for my car and one as a piece of art. I would call it "A Modern Day Bernini" and put it on a pedestal in my office.
Just saying.
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#55
Right , but this is a Show/Dream car, A 1 of 1 build...Meant to inspire and raise money for PCA, it will be raffled off next year after a Tour around the County. I have bought several of the $50 PCA Me3mbers ONLY raffle tickets in hopes of winning a new 911 , but the Porsche Gods didn't bless me with one..
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
Also I never win the Cobras I buy tickets for, even when they give me those free extra ones. Maybe it's my deodorant.
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Porschetech3 (03-07-2022)
#57
If you're going to post high res pics and make claims of "no expense spared" then I have to point out things I find sloppy. That graphic on the front bumper looks like it's running uphill at any angle because of the factory body line. As for the side skirts I'm not saying anyone else's fit any better but this was a costly full rebuild. In general I like the car and everything the program stands for but these stuck out like a sore thumb in that pic.
Last edited by hardtailer; 03-13-2022 at 07:22 AM.
#58
Technically speaking I find it interesting they used the combo of aero front bumper skin and ducktail at the back as the ducktail negates rear lift less than the taco rear wing does.
As the combo of aero front and Carrera fixed wing/spoiler was offered by Porsche I take it that the ducktail negates rear lift as well as the Carrera rear wing (and better than the standard retractable one).
Personally I find the exterior hints to models of the past predictable and tbh out of context on a generation of 911 that is considered all new that has nothing (bodywise) in common with earlier generations.
Porsche taking inspiration from a 996 gt3r and make it wide bodied now that I would have liked!
As the combo of aero front and Carrera fixed wing/spoiler was offered by Porsche I take it that the ducktail negates rear lift as well as the Carrera rear wing (and better than the standard retractable one).
Personally I find the exterior hints to models of the past predictable and tbh out of context on a generation of 911 that is considered all new that has nothing (bodywise) in common with earlier generations.
Porsche taking inspiration from a 996 gt3r and make it wide bodied now that I would have liked!
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wdb (03-13-2022)
#59
I love this car. Wonder how she drives? Dreaming of building one? IMO it’s too $$ for what you get performance wise.
Cause if and when I have $250k laying around, it’s all going to a newer gt3.
I doubt another will ever be made, De Jeeper aside of course. He is a legend.
Cause if and when I have $250k laying around, it’s all going to a newer gt3.
I doubt another will ever be made, De Jeeper aside of course. He is a legend.
Last edited by 168glhs1986; 03-13-2022 at 08:45 AM.
#60
Right , but this is a Show/Dream car, A 1 of 1 build...Meant to inspire and raise money for PCA, it will be raffled off next year after a Tour around the County. I have bought several of the $50 PCA Me3mbers ONLY raffle tickets in hopes of winning a new 911 , but the Porsche Gods didn't bless me with one..
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
The big question is, If you were to spend $50 bucks for a Members Only Raffle Ticket, and WON ,would you want this Classic Club Coupe or a 2023 911, or just the cash !!!
in this case I’m taking this 996.
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