I have read most of the threads in the search but I'm still on the fence. It's a fair weather car which is chipped and lowered with upgraded WG's and DV's. Just looking to try and get a more responsive car with better road feel. It seems that the AWD kind of numbs the input of the car, I don't track this car at all. What do you guys think? BTW I'm getting an upgraded clutch with LWFW next week.

 

I would recommend you drive one without (or maybe try it by disconnecting the front drive). I had a 930 for years...great power, but an absolute bear to handle...the only thing it needed was AWD...LOL. You will certainly get two sides to the story, but I think you would do better with proper rubber, suspension (not just lowering) and alignment FWIW.

 

Thanks for the advice, I am planning on just disconnecting the drive shaft and trying it. I am also planning on doing coil overs and new alignment obviously. I'm looking forward to the experiment.

 

I too had a 930 at a point in my past and that car scared me to death more than once. As the statman said all it needed was AWD. I also drove a buddy's 996TT RWD and the one freeway onramp I took in it scared the cr** out of me. To each his own but I wouldn't do it.

 

Everyman has to decide for themselves what they want from their car. You said that you won't be tracking your car. Fair enough, that means unless you are risking speeding tickets, you drive carefully and don't exceed the speed limit that much, but sometimes. If this is the case, from my perspective as a tracker regularly driving my AWD turbo to 145-150, I love my AWD. The AWD is confidence inspiring at higher speed, plus it is very forgiving if you push it a little over it's edge. If it handles these feats with ease, what do you think it gives you in the way of traction and driveability at freeway speeds? Also, JMO, the turbo cab is more of a street car and you may shrink your resale pool by going to 2 wheel drive, if that means anything to you. Of course you could always save the parts and reinstall them for the resale. Like I said, each man knows what he wants from his car. In this case, I would say it is either traction and controllability{AWD}, OR steering feel with a traction lose{2WD}. It's your choice. Good luck whichever you decide.

 

only way I would do it is to change out the complete front suspension and with a lsd. anything less would be a major compromise in handling from stock with a good suspension. it will be a matter of time before it get's away from you.

 

I wouldnt, it takes a properly set up suspension, LSD etc to do correctly. You dont mention you suspension. If not upgraded that would certainly be your next move. I would leave the tranny alone. Plus it is a cab.

 

[QUOTE=fast lane;6749418]I have read most of the threads in the search but I'm still on the fence. It's a fair weather car which is chipped and lowered with upgraded WG's and DV's. Just looking to try and get a more responsive car with better road feel. It seems that the AWD kind of numbs the input of the car, I don't track this car at all. What do you guys think? BTW I'm getting an upgraded clutch with LWFW next week.[/QUOTE

I had the same misgivings as you have on the 996t I've owned for a few years. I recently completed an adjustable coilover and sway bar upgrade on the car set up for the street (KW, 1" drop). The comparison is unbelievable, first time out it felt like a go-cart in response. Turn in is sharper, pitch and roll mostly gone it feels more"planted" in most situations.

If you have the car lowered with just springs, try one with upgrades before considering the conversion to RWD (an advanced upgrade). IMO for the road you're giving up something the car needs.

 

I agree with Danyol, coilovers and sway bars will probably give you what you are looking for.

 

make sure you get coil overs to match the cab...

 

The part in bold, what exactly does that entail? Change it out for what? What components?

Thanks.

 

suspension carriers and a decent coilover to start with would be nice.
then some camber plates. why not a GT sway bar, might as well add some decent drop links.
while your at it might as well change out your rotors and calipers and some new pads.
how about some lower 2pc arms with solid bushings. and some solid pucks. and to top it off a pair of erp control arms.

 

I did Tech Art coil overs and adj sway bars on my 996 TT. It totally changed the feel and handling of the car. Made it much more slot car ish, but did not ruin the street ride. There are so many proven options with the AWD in tact, I would spend some money trying them first and if not satisfied then go the 2wd route. I also had a GT2 and no questions the feel of the steering of that to the AWD TT was preferrable, but for a street car the AWD offers a good safety margin.

Since your car is a cab and not as stiff as a coupe you may not get what you are looking for from just suspension changes, in fact you may not get it from a cab at all, just not stiff enough. But my guess is with suspension upgraded you can make it everything you want and more.

I would recommend you go with a complete coil over system like Tech Art or Ruf, sure you pay for the name, but they have all the components working together. I bolted the Tech Art stuff on, aligned the car and it was awesome from day one. They had done their homework. On the GT2 I went with Moton Club sports and chased my tail on springs for 2 years and never really got it right. So if you can get a complete system designed to all work together you will pay more up front, but come out ahead in the long run.

Good luck! PS you have the car I want! 2005 Black TTS CAB

JCM

 

I agree do some coil overs and at least a rear sway bar, I wouldn't bother with a RWD conversion myself.

 

Thanks for all of the great advice gentleman I appreciate it. I think I'm going to leave the AWD for now. My car right now has a FVD stage 4 chip and upgraded DV's it's an S so I K24's and GT2 Ic's and Sped Tech 70 MM exhaust with 200 cell cats. Now I am thinking of doing the Agency Power cold air kit. Just to finish off that stage of upgrades I'm also thinking of doing something with my waste gates not sure if I should go with external or not? What do you guys think about this plan?