Gary (Fl)

Just bustin your ***** my friend....

Lunch at your favorite watering hole... at 11:45 with Luis... You in?

LuisGT3

Sorry,
I was just "shaking the cobwebs" and driving it like its meant to be driven. It is not my fault that you have 3 year old 20,000 mile stock pads on a 450hp SC 996.

dallasboats

I think I'm going to try the flywheel soon. It sounds like a neat to me modification! I just had the wheels swapped for light weight RSGT's and I'm changing the battery in the next few weeks for a light weight version. Next is the hood for cf and possibly some light seats.

karlooz

they DO make noise under acceleration. when in a lower gear under acceleration, you WILL hear gear noise. just downshift and the noise won't be so evident. when downshifting while decelerating you WILL hear some gear noise as well.

if you are the type who doesn't like rattels from the interiour of your car or if you want your porsche to be quiet then this is NOT the mod for you.
if you want extra performance and don't mind your car sounding like a bucket of bolts then this is it.

how do i know this? just jeck my sig

i actually love this mod but i just want to get the facts straight and not sugar coat the added noise you WILL get.

deputydog95

oops. missed the post. maybe later this week?

karlooz

hey dallas, check my response to deadeye.

i would go with seats before the hood. there is a lot of weight in the seats whic you will get rid of over the weight savings of a carbon hood. 50lbs vs. 15lbs.

you will get better weight ditribution by leaving the steel hood on instead of having a lighter front end with a carbon hood.

i would not bother with the LWF unless you need to change out the clutch. this would be the perfect time. you can also do it with an RMS change too

deputydog95

Carlos: Got a few questions regarding your LWF.

How much was it?

How many hours of labor were involved to install it?

Did you upgrade the clutch at the same time?

Any problems with stalling or the car not running properly? If I remember right, you had a few issues after your SC install didn't you?

Is it a very noticeable difference in performance?

If you had to quantify the noise increase by percentages, how much louder is it over stock? Is it totally obnoxious?

EVO wants around $2500 for their clutch LFW setup. Seems a little pricey.

Would you do it again?

Gary (Fl)

Yeah, missed the post and would not answer Luis's or my calls.... So Heidi, Luis and I had lunch (and beers) without you....

deputydog95

my phone died after i hung up with luis. bummer.

LuisGT3

Andrew,
Are you down for a drive? Patterson Rd?

karlooz

i have an aasco unit. FVD and EVO (i believe) sell this unit as well. mine was around 900. here's the AASCO LWF


i think it's about 5~6 hours. i only did this mod when i needed a new clutch. i wouldn't bother until the clutch needed replacing.

before the SC, the car did stall after disengaging the clutch and coasting from freeway speeds (coming off the freeway). may have been because of my setup. i had cut a hole in my compsoite decklid which fed the evo v-flow. this could have helped with stalling. the MAF could have sense too much flow and shut down the gas enough and, with the LWF, could have helped stall the engine. no stalling accelerating from a stop in normal and aggressive driving though.

i wish had done somebefore and after testing but sorry, no data. i do feel faster acceleration and a more responsive throttle.

well, stock being silent the LWF noise increase is 100% but OEM being 0 and straight cut race transmission then the LWF would be 25.

yes and no.
if the car was just a street GT cruiser then no i wouldn't but for my current street/track/future race car then yes i would do it again.
if i already had the SC then i probably wouldn't bother with the LWF.
if i were to keep the 996 NA then and was looking to squeeze everything out of it, i would do it again.

one thing i did notice. when the windows are down, the noise from the wind , engine and exhaust drown out the gear noise so for a convertible the noise might not be as noticable.

Gary (Fl)

You were on the phone when I called you... I have the same service and know what the little beep means at the end of the ring...

deputydog95

beats me then. it never rang and nobody beeped in.... my phone service in the house sucks. i usually have to go outside to use the broadband card on my laptop. verizon says we're in between two towers and the phones have a hard time choosing one.

deputydog95

thanks for the info carlos. did you upgrade your clutch? i am still running the stock clutch with the supercharger.

LuisGT3

Price out other stuff as well before dropping $2500 on the evo.
http://www.gmgracing.com/PorschePage...rive_train.htm