Finally pulled the trigger. New to me 996 GT3
07-09-2018, 07:00 PM
#17
Congrats! I'm in the market for a GT3 as well, hope to join you soon 
07-10-2018, 01:58 AM
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The track experience will be incredible...my first time on the track with this car, I peeked at the speedo towards the end of the front straight at Willow Springs raceway, 145 mph....effortlessly. Like they say, any idiot can go fast in a straight line. I enjoy idiocy!
07-10-2018, 02:03 AM
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The track experience will be incredible...my first time on the track with this car, I peeked at the speedo towards the end of the front straight at Willow Springs raceway, 145 mph....effortlessly. Like they say, any idiot can go fast in a straight line. I enjoy idiocy!
07-10-2018, 11:30 AM
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Welcome to the club! The E46 M3 is a great gateway drug to the 996/997 GT3 platform, you've joined myself and many others to make the transition, no looking back now!
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07-10-2018, 11:51 AM
#21
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Some of us do NASA Time Trials with our GT3. The GT3 Mk 2, delivers such incredible performance, I am continually in awe.
I have observed, that the E46 M3 is one hell of a race car platform...NASA SoCall is loaded with them. They are brutally fast, as I am intentionally slow, cautious. I must admit I am overly cautious in the corners, don't really throw an anchor out per se, but I am taking no chances for an off course excursion. Sure, stuff happens....it happens on the street too.
On a straightaway, our GT3 cars are brutally fast, and the engine feedback at WOT, from 5,000 to 8,000 RPM, unbelievable. Will they kick butt on a well driven, and correctly modified
E46 M3? On paper...the GT3, with a few mods, should come out on top with a superior power to wt. ratio.....The E46 M3 cars I have been on the track with, are fully modified race cars...they are not street/track cars, they are track cars. My GT3 is a street, and now and again, track car. That's fine with me.....in my area, we have lots of incredible twisty back roads to drive. Wouldn't want to miss that!
I have observed, that the E46 M3 is one hell of a race car platform...NASA SoCall is loaded with them. They are brutally fast, as I am intentionally slow, cautious. I must admit I am overly cautious in the corners, don't really throw an anchor out per se, but I am taking no chances for an off course excursion. Sure, stuff happens....it happens on the street too.
On a straightaway, our GT3 cars are brutally fast, and the engine feedback at WOT, from 5,000 to 8,000 RPM, unbelievable. Will they kick butt on a well driven, and correctly modified
E46 M3? On paper...the GT3, with a few mods, should come out on top with a superior power to wt. ratio.....The E46 M3 cars I have been on the track with, are fully modified race cars...they are not street/track cars, they are track cars. My GT3 is a street, and now and again, track car. That's fine with me.....in my area, we have lots of incredible twisty back roads to drive. Wouldn't want to miss that!
07-10-2018, 10:26 PM
#22
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Some of us do NASA Time Trials with our GT3. The GT3 Mk 2, delivers such incredible performance, I am continually in awe.
I have observed, that the E46 M3 is one hell of a race car platform...NASA SoCall is loaded with them. They are brutally fast, as I am intentionally slow, cautious. I must admit I am overly cautious in the corners, don't really throw an anchor out per se, but I am taking no chances for an off course excursion. Sure, stuff happens....it happens on the street too.
I have observed, that the E46 M3 is one hell of a race car platform...NASA SoCall is loaded with them. They are brutally fast, as I am intentionally slow, cautious. I must admit I am overly cautious in the corners, don't really throw an anchor out per se, but I am taking no chances for an off course excursion. Sure, stuff happens....it happens on the street too.
07-11-2018, 05:40 AM
#23
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Bmw e36/46 so easy to flog around the track. So easy to do corrections. Not so much with the rear engine 6gt3. 1st time on track at thill 1st session spun 3 times. Once you learn how to drive the 6 you can drive majority of cars normally aspirated ones.