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Joined a recent Sunday fun drive with the Manila Sports Car Club (MSCC) here in PH. A 180-km road trip through fantastic country roads in Central Luzon, which is north of Manila. After cutting through narrow roads in the rural village centers, it opens up to wide 4-lane concrete and asphalt pavements for 3-5 km sections. Lotsa corners and twisties running up to elevations and downhill turns. Rice paddies along the way with hills on the horizon. Oh yes, we did get cows and goats crossing and cheering our convoy as we passed the herds! Half a dozen Porsches, 911s and Cayman, accompanied a bevy of Miata NDs.
This was the first time my 'Blondie' stretched her legs this far. She was in her element, singing mightily her flat-6 tune through IPE exhausts. We were both happy campers!
Enjoy the pics...
3 generations of 911: 997.2 C2S (mine), 991 TTS, and 996 C2. A 4th one not in this pic, 992 TTS.
992 TTS, 997 Cabrio & 718 GT4 leading the Miatas.
GoPro screengrab of 991TTS tailing me on my Blondie.
Another screengrab this time through the rural town center.
Joined a recent Sunday fun drive with the Manila Sports Car Club (MSCC) here in PH. A 180-km road trip through fantastic country roads in Central Luzon, which is north of Manila. After cutting through narrow roads in the rural village centers, it opens up to wide 4-lane concrete and asphalt pavements for 3-5 km sections. Lotsa corners and twisties running up to elevations and downhill turns. Rice paddies along the way with hills on the horizon. Oh yes, we did get cows and goats crossing and cheering our convoy as we passed the herds! Half a dozen Porsches, 911s and Cayman, accompanied a bevy of Miata NDs.
This was the first time my 'Blondie' stretched her legs this far. She was in her element, singing mightily her flat-6 tune through IPE exhausts. We were both happy campers!
Enjoy the pics...
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Looks like you had a fantastic day!
The 997.2 in white looks stunning, so clean and the design hasn't dated at all.
The rear in comparison to the 991 is streets ahead in appeal.
In this company she is definitely the belle of the ball!
@BLU997 Thanks! Indeed a Belle nimble on her feet and no slouch. On these roads, pushing its 385-hp NA heart past 4K revs is quite an experience. I was even using the PDK stick like sequential gear shifts instead of paddles for more involvement. Exhilarating drive!
Joined a recent Sunday fun drive with the Manila Sports Car Club (MSCC) here in PH. A 180-km road trip through fantastic country roads in Central Luzon, which is north of Manila. After cutting through narrow roads in the rural village centers, it opens up to wide 4-lane concrete and asphalt pavements for 3-5 km sections. Lotsa corners and twisties running up to elevations and downhill turns. Rice paddies along the way with hills on the horizon. Oh yes, we did get cows and goats crossing and cheering our convoy as we passed the herds! Half a dozen Porsches, 911s and Cayman, accompanied a bevy of Miata NDs.
This was the first time my 'Blondie' stretched her legs this far. She was in her element, singing mightily her flat-6 tune through IPE exhausts. We were both happy campers!
Enjoy the pics...
3 generations of 911: 997.2 C2S (mine), 991 TTS, and 996 C2. A 4th one not in this pic, 992 TTS.
Nice lineup! definitely fun cars to drive in the countryside!
The 996 is starting to become much more attractive to me. Not sure if it's looking more vintage, especially compared to the 991 / 992 cars, or something else but it's really looking good.
The 996 is starting to become much more attractive to me. Not sure if it's looking more vintage, especially compared to the 991 / 992 cars, or something else but it's really looking good.
Matt
Time for another eye-doctor appt.
You might also be losing it - have a user name that says your in MA, but actually in CT, thinking 996s are starting to look good to you... it's time to check yourself in for a thorough work-up to find the source of your dimensia.
There's a reason the 997 was at the front of that line of cars - because that's where it belongs !
Addressed some preventative items on my new-to-me GTS in the absence of records.
New engine and cabin air filters. New serpentine belt. Throttle body cleaning (after). A lot of grime visible in the run-off after spraying it with cleaner. Seems to have tightened up idle a touch.
The local dealer indicated the VIN had not been into a dealer for 5-yrs. Had them replace the aged rock hard OEM tires (fronts appeared to be original!) with PS4S, flush the brake fluid and give the car a close look. Clean bill of health.
Lastly, added the Sharkwerks bypass. The 997 forum meta trifecta is now complete: DSC, center muffler bypass and clear side markers . Car sounds great with PSE engaged, but I did pick up a new rattle -- the power window switches "dance" at ~1,1k rpm.
Last edited by preoctavian; 03-30-2022 at 03:43 PM.
What mileage you replaced them at? Any signs that showing it needed to be replaced?
Car has about 23k miles. It's a 2011 model that I took delivery on Sep/2010. So, almost 12 years old car. Struts weren't that bad but failed on my head twice while loading the frunk with groceries.
Not long after I bought my 997.2 I had Bilstein B12s and Eibach Pro Kit springs installed for a performance benefit, but mostly for a drop of ~1". A year or so ago I installed semi-solid engine mounts, mostly for a "performance benefit" because I track the car some every year. Over time on the street I thought the ride seemed fairly rough on imperfect roads, but just lived with it, no big deal. After all, I had stiffer springs and mounts on the car. I knew I'd give up something.
At the end of winter here, the roads are a good bit more "imperfect" and the ride was starting to annoy me. Yesterday, after having read and seen a video on Jake Raby's take on semi-solid mounts, I installed new OEM mounts just to see what I thought. I was amazed at the improvement in ride quality and realized that the mounts were by far most of the cause of the poor ride. The dampers and springs apparently weren't transmitting nearly as much roughness into the car, if any. Really a night and day difference and my semi-solids were street mounts from a great company.
Making a slight compromise for the track, about 14-16 days per year, seems preferable to compromising the ride the other ~350 days.
03-26-2022, 06:00 AM
. Car sounds great with PSE engaged, but I did pick up a new rattle -- the power window switches "dance" at ~1,1k rpm.
