savyboy

Ok, Insurance process is behind me and car is under repair as this is written.

WSIB was excellent to work with on the track insurance and I can recommend them without reservation. Sorry to my fellow RS owners for making rates go up

The car is going back together fully detailed for track duty with performance upgrades and a touch of bling:

1. Forged Alloys USA Wheels. F 18lbs, R 22.5lbs. TUV approved.
2. Pirelli Trofeo tires.
3. Red anodized centerlocks.
4. Guard LSD internals, bellevilles, friction discs, plates and ramps.
5. Tarett blade sways F/R, monoball shock mounts, monoball ends, rear upper control arm links, rear toe control arms, toe locking plate kit.
6. Akrapovic Evolution full titanium system (with link pipes for optional Cup set-up if desired). 37-56lb weight savings.
7. Time-Serts for rear brake caliper bolts.

Some folks in the aftermarket deserve to be highlighted for excellent quality products and/or service above and beyond the call of duty-

Ira Ramin at Tarett (Iraramin@tarett.com)
Mike Burroughs at Forged Alloys USA (mike@forgedalloysusa.com)
Matt Monson at Guard Transmission (gtgears@yahoo.com)
Guy Gamba at BigO Tires (performance@bigo.com)(Trofeos)

Thanks to two forum friends M and P for help with the Akrapovic and to Mooty, CarerraGT and CScrogham for behind the scenes comment and suggestion. Smart, experienced, honest guys who were generous with their time

I am fortunate to have a Porsche dealer with a superb, enthusiastic service department. The techs there- Mike, Eric and Lead Tech Jess Lattin, and Service Manager Dolf Van Kesteren are AWESOME.

Pics as the car comes together over the next week.

In the desire to make the rebuild go as smoothly as possible I chose not to act on some interesting ideas such as Euro bumper, CUP bumper, etc.

Going to have to relearn how to drive it again...lol

OldGuy

How much did those wheels set you back? they are beautiful

ADias

Awesome.

911dev

Ditto on the wheels, gorgeous! Price please...

savyboy

They are unique! The milled out areas are part of a Race Lightening option offered by the manufacturer. Each set is custom made to individual spec and Mike Burroughs at Forged Alloys USA (mike@forgedalloysusa.com) will help you with details and pricing. They are surprisingly affordable and a compelling value.

Very strong and perfectly suitable for track use if so desired.

Being a custom wheel, there is a significant wait period before delivery. My advice, order them and forget about it and be surprised when they show up

Here is the 5 lug version on my Spyder, first one shot by our own ADias! Second photo by RPMGear

Hardback

those wheels are bananas!! glad to hear your car will be back in top shape. nice to have a spyder to play with in the meantime....

cheers

TRAKCAR

Wow, the fasted '10 RS around??

NICE!

I think I know the answer but how many track miles did you have on your OEM diff and was it confirmed to be shot? I have 3K miles and i know I am going to need it sooner or later....

mooty

did you bribe ira? he told me bladed bars are still under development.....

you should just remove the side and rear ctr mufflers.... ;-) if you are LOUD enough, you can take out the sound meter at LS. my new exhaust is 200db. after i kill the sound station, you and cgt will be safe. i might be deaf by then.

cscrogham

Looking forward to seeing you back on track!

OldGuy

How about Ball parking the wheels? I want to know if I am going to spend $1500
or $8000
Please?

savyboy

Yes, I am fortunate and appreciative to have had the Spyder available for backup track duty. I am going to have a whole other thread in 987 forum in a few weeks on tuning the suspension on that rascal. Been a hell of a challenge. It has been a great track toy.

Yeah, well, the car will certainly be capable of being fast, the driver will need some modification to the ole' molecular wetware in order to extract the cars performance!

The OE diff is crap. PCNA is in denial on this issue. My diff was loose as a goose and the clutch pack was doing nothing. Maybe 2000 track miles? You are lucky if the thing locks up even when new. Just do the Guard internals and get it over with. It is actually an easy mod for any tech with basic ability and a lift. Contact Matt ASAP.

Haha- I am somewhat playing R&D here and he warned me as much. But some well known race teams have already done 95% of the legwork, I may just have some gentle teething pains. I really wanted cockpit adjustable but not ready yet.

Blowing out the sound meter...that is hilarious! I think the straight pipes would do it but Mikymu can tell us for sure Looking forward to seeing your new hotrod in person. Will bring my Hearos to save my hearing!

CRex

Congrats on your Gen 2.5 RS! Love to hear your impressions of how the handling improves after these changes...

Is the Tarrett monoball LCA end the same length as the stock part (i.e. does it add more track width?)

savyboy

Thanks Cole! Me too!

Quality is never cheap, but way less than $8k. Please give Mike B a holler and present him your requirements. Each spec is $+/- He is good people and can give you a quick quote.

Thanks! I will post my impressions after the install. But I hardly remember how it felt before so maybe CarerraGT will let me borrow his car to do laps and refresh my memory

Because I drive the car to/from track, I do not want to destroy my ride and/or listen every second to the clickity clack of the suspension working. The look of quality on the Tarret pieces is insane. Very expensive and looks to be worth every penny.

Sorry, I do not know the answer to the monoball length, but I should, shouldn't I ? Because track width is a beautiful thing. Give Ira a call and see what he says?

mooty

i have them on my car as well.
it doesn't increase track.
the front is same as RS (street car) except savy will get monoball on the split end and the thrust arm bearing.

the rear is also same as RS. however on GT3, the rear arm is one piece. you can change to RS or tarret piece where you can shim. but usually u have enough rear camber anyways.

Polarporsche

Congrats, looks like the RS will be ready to fly. Will the RS be ready for Laguna Seca later this month?