For those of you who whine about the 996...
10-06-2002, 11:14 PM
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For those of you who whine about the 996...
Let me just share my DE weekend with you. Stock 1999 996, RoW, Hoosiers, and PF 97. Moved from the blue group to the white group within the weekend. 2002 M3's with slicks, Corvettes, supercharged Mustangs, TOYOTA Supra Turbos with the 6 inch diameter fart hole, so on and so forth. I ate them all. Passed everyone of them. So, have faith in the 996. It really tears them up on the track. Now if only I could keep up with the Silver 993 TT.....
10-07-2002, 11:29 AM
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Well, I really like my 02 996 C2, but my 88 944 Turbo S is 3 seconds per lap faster at my small road course (and it cost a small fraction of my 996), just for the record.
-Grant
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10-07-2002, 12:57 PM
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Arthur,
I noticed that you are running Hoosier's. Have you added the oil scavenger parts to your motor yet? My mechanic tells me that prior to moving to Hoosier's from street tires I need to add the parts as our motor uses a wet-sump system.
Without the parts, with the increased cornering speeds on Hoosier's part of our motor might suffer from lack of oil - the resulting damage would be very expensive.
Let me know.
GonzoP1
I noticed that you are running Hoosier's. Have you added the oil scavenger parts to your motor yet? My mechanic tells me that prior to moving to Hoosier's from street tires I need to add the parts as our motor uses a wet-sump system.
Without the parts, with the increased cornering speeds on Hoosier's part of our motor might suffer from lack of oil - the resulting damage would be very expensive.
Let me know.
GonzoP1
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10-07-2002, 01:29 PM
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Oil scavenger parts........ 
I know the 3.4 and 3.6 are "supposed" to be dry sump, but we know they are really not. Does the 3.6 fall into the need for scavenger parts category? If so, where do you get these?
I know the 3.4 and 3.6 are "supposed" to be dry sump, but we know they are really not. Does the 3.6 fall into the need for scavenger parts category? If so, where do you get these?
10-07-2002, 04:51 PM
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With respect to DE's if runs only lasts for about 25-30 minutes at a time I don't see it as a need for adding scavenger units. Can someone who does track and often- have ever had a problem with oil starvation? As alot have said-996 is a great on the track. "Grin Factor"-always on 
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10-07-2002, 05:25 PM
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Oil scavenge upgrade kit? And to think that there has been talk about running a reduced oil level for DE's... I have made it a point to ask every driver of a 996 at DE events what oil level they run... not one has ever said anything about running less than full. One driver I spoke to said that he has noticed a decrease in oil pressure on long left hand turns (99 model with street tires). I too noticed a decrease in oil pressure at my last track event (long left turn), but it did not fall more than 1bar.
10-07-2002, 05:40 PM
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I'e done DE's with 1/2 full, 3/4 full and full and never noticed any differences but then again track seesions only last like 25-30 minutes anyway. Has anyone runned longer then that? Regards. Mike
10-07-2002, 06:06 PM
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There is no difference in the lower oil pan from 3.4 to 3.6. To my knowledge the mid year 99 and later cars have an oil baffle in the pan that helps prevent oil starvation (you would need a lot G's to get oil starvation). If you were building a full race car you would likely want to split the case on the engine and replace the plastic baffle with the X51 metal one as well as the additional oil pickup and oil shield from the X51 package. If you are going to go that far... then (IMHO) you ought to build your own engine with all of the X51 stuff plus.
