MJones

Basicly I'e had the car for a week and a day, including two days in the shop for the fueling issue.
Finally got a few miles on the car 150 yesterday and 130 today, on one of my favorites Lake Hughes Road.. alot of twisty canyon roads.

Coming from a Carrera S...it is a different car, more spirited and lively, much more mechanical sounding, and a nicer ride.

Right now I have the PS2's in the car (snce the left rear Corsa has a nasty cut).
For general road trip or street driving, in my mind, PS2's seem to make better sense and will thake the abuse of road debris a bit better than the gum rubber softies.

The PCCB have bedded in and now are proforming with that great inniial bite. Braking pressure must be adjusted for this as compaired to steel.

Really starts to pull as you pass 4k, but I will practice restraint, as I run my own break-in regimen. One of which is doing as long a journey as possible at any given outing. This weekend has been great with two 100+ mi outings.

Hopefully the part will arrive from Germany this week to fix the fuel filling issue once and for all.
There at least three others that have chimed in on the web that suffer the same malady. Seems that the commonality is not being able to fuel past 3/4 tank.

996toomey

Wished you would have pm'ed, I would have done the Lake Hughes drive.

kevin993

Very nice ride. Congrats! Fairly sure I saw your car at the TRE run, but didn't see anybody with it when I was looking or I would have said hello. Look forward to seeing you on another SoCal run...

917Driver

Beautiful Porsche Mjones. Are you going to drive it to PDE any time soon? If so, perhaps they will give you some track time in your GT-3! Please keep the photos coming!

MJSpeed

Very nice indeed!!

CWay27

Wheels fit very nice with the car. What will happen with your tire?? Will dealer change at no cost or road hazards are not covered??

LA964RS

You need to bring it out to Euro Sunday in Calabasas at the VCR last Sunday of the month....love to see it there.

frayed

Sweet! I love hearing these updates as the rest of us await our cars. BTW, based on having driven rcomps on the street, I think PS2s are a better choice for street use anyway (after all, it's hard to outdrive them on the street), and reserve the really sticky tires for your track wheels. Although unfortunate you were 'forced' into them.

Street tires do better when cold, when wet, wear better, don't throw debris all over your car etc etc.

Mikek2s

I'm picking up my new 997 GT3 this Thursday and the first thing I did this am is drop ship PS2s to the dealership to replace the Cups.

I live in NW Pennsylvania and I could not agree with Frayed more.

By replacing the tires I will have the opportunity to drive the car much more during our hopefilly mild Winter.

Nordschleife

So why not put winter tyres on the car???????? The PS2s are useless in the cold.

If you are going to run MPSC tyres in summer, you will need something else for the shoulder seasons (Spring & Fall) and then proper Winter tyres for the temperature range where you live. Putting on PS2s in winter is asking for trouble.

R+C

NJ-GT

I ran a track session at Pocono earlier last year, and all of a sudden we got hit by snow, the track session was not canceled. Plenty of cars left the track voluntarily and involuntarily. The fastest car (Black group) was a Twin Turbo Cayenne, and he gave a point by to only one car, it was a 996 GT3 with 19" PS2.

MPSC will get killed in summer due to heat cycles. 30-40 driving days on good weather and highway miles, and they will be toast.

I think it's wise to save the MPSC to commute to the track, run the track and come back, then swap to nice 18"-19"-20" wheels and street tires (PS2).

Mad Manx

Are PS2s (or any other road tyres) actually approved for the 997 GT3?

frayed

Exacttally!

TT Surgeon

Ditto, you'll get 2k miles on the street max with cups.

Flying Finn

Damn it looks good in G. Red!
Can't help it, to me, all these non metallic colors (G. Red, SY, White, Orange, Green) look so "correct" on GT3s.
And look at that ride height, after seeing stock 964s, 993s, "regular" 996s & 997s ride height, it's nice to see proper stock ride height in US model Porsche (996 GT3 is the same way).