B-Line

Hey Surgeon,

I would love to, but to be honest, I don't do video anymore. I used to, way back in 1999 when I started track driving, but I kind of forgot about it in recent years. I guess the more you go to the track, the less time you spend on photographs and video.. If I remember, next time I'll take my gear and do some in car. However, I usually use a window mounted suction cup, camera holder.. So even the in car video, you only see the track, not my hands. (I don't have a roll bar to mount a camera to.)

I used to live in New York (and Miami), so I'm very familiar with east coast tracks. My first track day was at Pocono, I think we ran the east course if I remember correctly... If you ever get the chance to run Pocono LONG, it's a great configuration. Have fun.

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Ernie Jen

Your answer is in the August '07 issue of Car and Driver. See article on page 53.

franki68

"his is the answer i received on renntam:

"Porsche screwed up with the PTM setup, trying to make the car more "raw". Incidentally, many serious Turbo drivers in Europe are throwing out their 997TT AWD systems and replacing them with 996TT AWD systems . "

posted by "crash" in eu"


Firstly ignacio..I cna understand where you are coming from ,at first it seemed to me the 996tt handled better...it doesn't ..you just arrive at corners so much quicker,your reactions have to be so much better,and that guys post about swapping the 997awd for the 996tt awd...I have not heard of one person who has undertasken such insanity.

B-Line

Wouldn't that be like swapping Windows Vista for Windows '98 ??

ALPINE_997

B-line - it would be worse than that. It would be like trying to make MAC OSX work on Vista and run properly. Not gonna happen efficiently or properly. It wasn't designed for the application.

I really don't think it is that easy. I know from the past 996TT to get them 2WD was not too complicated but since the new system is using a different clutch system I don't now how it would know what to do. Unless its just a mechanical thing that can be plugged right into a computer controlled module that can be re-programmed? I am not technical but it would seem to be a VERY VERY expensive modifcation.

Unless you are taking this to the track all the time and driving it 9/10 or 10/10 of the time why would you want to do such a thing? Wouldn't it be easier and probably cheaper just to order a GT3? Or get a used one and buy a 997TT for the cost I would assume it would take to make it work?

B-Line

I'm with you Alpine... It sounds like the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Not to mention what it would do to resale.. Who would want to buy a FRANKENcar like that.

The 997TT has biased more power to the rear wheels, the front wheel drive aspect of the AWD is controlled to minimize it's involvement. This way the car handles more like a RWD sports car.
As far as I'm concerned, putting in a 996TT computer to return the car to some 50/50 setup is just stupid.

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TT Gasman

That's totally insane, what moron would rip out the 997 AWD and replace it with a 996 AWD?? Seems like it would be a lot cheaper to just buy a 996TT.
Personally, I like the rear bias in the 997TT, it's like having an old friend around, I'm very comfortable with the handling of the car.