Widowmaker Project - Building a GT2 Clone
 

It all started many years ago that I fell in love with 996 GT2's when they came out. Knowing myself that I cannot leave anything alone I set about searching for a good base for my build which I figured would take several years to get the car to my personal build of a 996. In 2014 I set out looking for a lower mileage 996 Turbo with no stories, some of the musts were that it had to have a black interior without any carbon/wood.


Body
Werk996 GT2 Decklid
Porsche 996 GT2 Bumper/radiators/ducting
RSS Roll Bar
Werk 996 Carbon Fan Ducting for airbox
996 GT2 Buckets w/6pts
Rear Seat Delete
Joe Toth Inlet Ducts
Werk 996 Diveplanes

Drivetrain
996 GT2 Clutch/Flywheel
SpeedTech 3" X-Pipe
Ported Headers
UMW Tune
AWE Intercoolers

Suspension/Brakes
RWD Conversion
H&R RSS Coil Overs
Champion Motorsports Thrust Arms F/R
RSS Wheel Studs
Phenix Engineering Solid LCA Bushings
Phenix Engineering Upper Rear Control Arms
Phenix Engineering Rear Toe Links and lock plates
Phenix Engineering Shifter Bushings
997 Shifter
RSS Engine Mounts
996 GT2/GT3 Steel 6pots
350mm Turbo Front Rotors
997 GT3 Brake Ducts

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2021.....

Body
Werk996-MM Kevlar Doors
Werk996-MM Inlet Ducts
Porsche 996 GT3RS Kevar Hood
Werk 996 Carbon GT2 Front bumper
Werk 996 Carbon Euro Rear Bumper
Werk 996 Carbon Roof
Werk 996 Carbon Spoiler Lip
Porsche 996 GT2 Clubsport Full Cage
996 Cup Steering Wheel
Remove Rear Wiper
GMG Carbon Lip
Full Repaint in some color....TBD

Drivetrain
Weld Coolant Fittings
Porsche GT2 Slave/Power Steering
Transmission Cooler
Porsche Cup Car Differential
EVOMS 2.5" Inlet Pipes
Porsche 964 RS Flywheel
Porsche Sachs Race Engineering "764" pressure plate
Porsche GT3RS 4.0 liter clutch disk
Porsche 4.0 GT3RS Crank Pulley
Porsche 997 Turbo 350mm Rear Brakes

did you install spacers behind the impact bumpers so you can use a tow hook if needed? theres also spacers thru the chimney stack to allow the ductwork to angle properly with the center radiator

Do you know how much total money you have invested in your 996 Turbo?

Yes, not enough to buy a GT2. Plus I like doing this as building cars is therapeutic.

Yes, I installed the spacers in the back of the impact bumpers which end up being 10mm to allow the rebar to fit in the right spot. Simply spin out the plate bracket and the tow hook goes right in.

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That's not why I was asking.

I have a folder/excel sheet with all the parts, install date where ordered from ect. Makes it easy if ever looking back to do another build at some point and know what it will run to do it again. General rule of thumb is to never add them up.

That's a great approach when doing a build.

Oh, I agree. I thought that maybe you had by chance added it all up. That kind of data helps give people a general idea of what they'd be getting into with a project like this. If someone can do their own custom work (for example milling) it can save big money sometimes.

The first car I took apart and rebuilt was an 81 Sirocco - bravo to you for being able to find the time to do it right; coming up through VW myself, I do appreciate the 'therapy' of this kind of work.

I, too, love owning a lathe - does it make things easier!

Fantastic job, I cannot wait to see what you do next.

Cheers,

Quite a build, nicely documented. thanks.

Thanks for posting, car looks great. Must be very satisfying to be able to fab your own parts like that!

Great post! Thanks...

It was a blast as usual, granted if you do dumb things during the event it tends to land you with a ticket. Lots of the cars towed were the non-vag folks that show up with cars with stuff that would fail most if not all state inspections. As an old school VW guy, OEM+ was always where most of the builds have gone. Seems like there are quite a few of us that came up from the old MK2/Corrado/Ur days that are now into Turbos.

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Without a doubt it can be a slippery slope, having lots of fabrication and machining tools does take the sting out of it for sure.

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Guilty as charged.