997.s4 converted to an s2 ?
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A question many people including myself prefer the look of the wider bodied 997. S4 .1 But prefer the sole joy of rear wheel drive. Has anybody converted an S4 to an S2 and is it even workable?
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It would be far more efficient and economical to simply have the body work done and make it a wide body (flaring out the rear quarters by swapping in rear quarters from a donor). Any competent shop could do this, and you won't be screwing around with the drive line architecture. Start with a s2 car.
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This was discussed a few years back. Some said you can simply remove the front axles.
There is a rumor that on 997.2s you can lift the handbrake one click and the computer will shut off the front drive. I don't know if anyone verified this.
There is a rumor that on 997.2s you can lift the handbrake one click and the computer will shut off the front drive. I don't know if anyone verified this.
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I did this on my .1 last year when I saw that one of my CV boots up front was leaking. I haven't had any issues after removing all the front wheel drive components, and I've done plenty of track days and autocross events since.
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did you use the conversion kit, or just remove the associated axles, diff, and driveshaft that turn the front wheels?
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I recall reading in the owner's manual that you cannot turn off the front wheel drive (there is no mention of the 1-click on the handbrake).
Also the owner's manual warns of using a 2-wheel drive dyno for emissions or performance testing and to use only a 4wd dyno.
Also the owner's manual warns of using a 2-wheel drive dyno for emissions or performance testing and to use only a 4wd dyno.
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- The front end steering feel of a RWD only 997.1 is unmatched by any other car, especially with some suspension mods like coilovers and monoball top mounts The steering feel on an AWD car is more muted with much less feedback, even if it's driving with Rear Wheel Bias most of the time - this is why all the Porsche GT cars GT3, GT3 RS, GT2 are RWD only.
- An AWD Porsche has a greater tendency toward understeer as well.
- Removing the AWD system makes the car lighter, and thus faster.
- It's much cheaper to buy a 997.1 Widebody and do this conversion than to buy a 997.2 GTS.
- It's also completely reversible to go back to stock AWD, whereas doing body mods will make the car less valuable to the purist at resale time.