Horhay

Strange thread title, but bear with me.

I recently made a crazy purchase. I picked up a 2001 911 which had been built as a Koni Challenge car before being stripped. Basically I have a bare shell with a full roll cage. Its got a couple of parts still on it, brakes, some sort of suspension, fuel system, wire harness, wheels with hoosiers, etc, but for all intents and purposes, I have a blank sheet of paper.

So, given a bare 996 chassis, what would you do with it? Feel free to be as precise or vague as you'd like. "Sell it" will probably be a common response but this is my own little kit car, so play along if you can.

Thanks!

Macster

You do not have a blank sheet of paper. You have a car that was at some point built with a specific purpose in mind.

If you have an urge to track a 996 then build the bare chassis into a track car. This path means you do not have to worry about all the interior bits and their fit and finish, and everytihing else that goes into a nice street car.

If you have an urge to turn the car into a street car, unless you can live with a street car sans everything that makes a modern car a pleasure to spend any time in -- I drove a "track" car (Datsun 510 setup/stripped for auto-x'ing) for a while on the street and it was Hell -- sell the bare chassis.

Then you have a blank sheet of paper.

MiamiC70

Gt3

Horhay

I can stand to have a car without the niceties you're thinking of. My last car, which I daily drove for a while, had a stripped interior, roll cage, no sound deadening, a stereo that could barely be heard over the sound of the 4" racing exhaust, and seats that didn't recline and had almost no cushioning. That and my current DD is an 05 Cayenne S. So while I can appreciate your POV, I plan to build something that can autox, go to the track, and be driven on the back roads near me. Not something to commute in or take to the movies. For my purposes, this is a blank sheet of paper.

Capt. Obvious

I know exactly the car you're talking about, I'm glad it went to a good home.

If it were my toy, it would be a "less is more" deal. The only things on the car would be those which are required to make it street legal, start, drive or go faster.

Gator996

If it were me, I would make it a dedicated DE car and/or step it to a club racer, SCCA or NASA rig. There are some great bones there but I wouldn't want to take on a street conversion with it.

street rod

Put a 3.8 in it and keep it light as possible.

alpine003

Take driving lessons and drive it as is. I would imagine being an ex challenge car, it is probably somewhat sorted already with the weak point being the driver. Goal should be to obtain a SCCA license and go from there.

Horhay

Sounds like my thoughts exactly. Time to start researching the 3.8 a bit.

BiteEmNBeatEm

3.8 + turbo

Horhay

It has plenty of weak points right now...

Gator996

Talk about a blank canvas! I saw that car for sale and offered to buy just the wing but it was all or nothing. Whatever you build, post a thread with plenty of pics!

Horhay

LMK if you want the wing, though its not in the best shape...

MishaDesigns

Hmmm... What possible suggestion could I make here... (wink,wink, nudge, nudge)

alpine003

Oh, when you said "stripped", I thought you meant stripped interior, lol.

In that case 3.8L if your budget allows, or locate a DFI 3.8L from a Carrera S model.

I would follow it up with 997 GT3RS front conversion with flares since you need to locate lights,hood,and fenders anyhow.