Dawg82

Bought mine with just over 100K miles as a weekend driver. Previous owner had the ceramic IMSB - not The Solution - installed at around 80K when clutch was replaced. Lived in the Atlanta area all its life

Pros. Handles like a dream and plenty fast for me. 6-speed manual - avoid Tiptronic IMO. Best looking naturally aspirated 996 with the wide body.

Cons. Current going through the foam blowing out the vents. The frunk is smaller than RWD 996.

GC996

Absokutely. The 996 is plenty fast. Every novice driver I have instructed over the years will always say that they wished it had more power. I would always tell them that the car is extremely fast for its time period as well as against the modern 911s, but you have to learn how to drive it. After two sessions with them, I would take them out for my third session with the instructors and Club racers. Every one of them would say something like, "I had no idea the 996 was that fast".

And I would say, Yep.

ZuffenZeus

Because I've grown up in the muscle car south, I have to change the way I explain things because most gauge things on the quarter mile or Waffle House menu. I tell them that Porsches are "quick cars" made for the race tracks, not drag strips. So many muscle cars would beat the porsches in the straight line quarter but would have their asses handed to them on a platter when trying to race on a track.

GC996

You nailed it. Two different skill sets and and car requirements. Never got into drag racing and never cared about 0-60 or the quarter mile. Completely different than speed and skills needed on the track to brake, balance and turn the car.

pdxmotorhead

Its like a Lotus 7 at a track day,, 100HP and on a tight track in the turns it's eating up cars with 4x the horsepower.
We have a local track day guy with one that is just fun to watch... LOL

GC996

One of the funniest times I had on the track was around the mid 2000s. Two guys had bought an ALMS raced Dodge Viper and were DEing it at our local track during a PCA DE. The Viper was incredible in looks and sounds. Not to mention extremely powerful and fast in a straight line. The problem was that it didn't turn well and so powerful when coming out of a turn that the guys couldn't control the car. It was all over the place and was wreeking havoc with the other drivers. They were eventually moved to a slower group and told to slow down and learn how to drive the car. They may have been excellent drivers, but the car wasn't made for a tight 2 mile long track. In fact, I remember watching the car at the ALMS races at Road America a few years earlier. Car was powerful, fast but couldn't turn at Road America either.

Incredible car even though it couldn't turn. The sound was incredible.

shft22

On the front differential issue, you can just remove it and convert the car into RWD, my C4S is this way, PO removed the front differential for some reason, he did gave me all the parts, one of these days I am going to connect it all back on and see how the car handles.

I track the car and yeah it can be a bit lose in the rear on turn exist but it is manageable, with good tires it drives very nice. I replaced the clutch myself and was not any harder than any other clutch job. the engine mounts was a very easy job for a DIY.