kkabba

The dealership was the one who recommended the upgrades and the one that did all the installation. Actually they highly suggested I go with Sport instead of Race headers for pollution purposes but the car is for the track and I wanted to maximize gains in power.

I have yet to bring my car back for warranty work but I would be surprised if they would push back unless the issue is clearly the fault of an non-OEM upgrade. That was the driving force of why I ordered the parts and did the installation with them, albeit at higher labour costs.

RealityGT

^Thanks, Kkabba!

John@Fabspeed

Here is the dyno graph of a GT450 package we had done at our shop for reference. Same package at kkabba, it's a bruiser haha.





Great to see you are enjoying the package, be sure to send us over some videos when you are flogging it around

kkabba

This is with my iPhone only up to 6k rpm on the Fabspeed 450 kit.

Had to back off the gas pedal as I had concerns I might get kicked out of my condo

kkabba

So next mods up for consideration as I hibernate for the next 3 months in the Canadian tundra AKA Toronto are as follows. Pls note I'm an incredibly average driver and was admitted into solo (white) at PCA UCR on my last event this year, and such, I'm no super star - just a guy that's bored and cold.

And yes, I know the best $ are spent at instruction, and I will continue to do so, so I'd like to focus input on how best to modify my favourite car I've ever owned

here are the new mods in contention - all input is greatly appreciated as I'm half clueless

-RSS suspension stage 2

-Girodisc PCCB replacement rotors

-SWGT4 Lightweight Flywheel & Sport Clutch Kit from sharkwerks

-Guard Limited Slip differential

- ATC open trailer - although my gut says to just bite the bullet and get an enclosed 24ft one as I'll be wanting to do road trips away from my super amazing local track that I luv and dread (Canadian tire Motorsport park)

Labour costs are are huge consideration as well.

Thank u for reading

mike.baa

Wow, love the youtube clip. Thanks for sharing Keeps pushing away my want for a gt3. This looks/sounds outstanding!

And great that you're in the GTA!

kkabba

Ya - winters kill me. My wife asked me to do a grocery run today and I ended up getting one of these - trying to make it hospitable enough to get the wife and kid to join me on my track days - highly doubtful but I'll add a big paw patrol logo on the trailer if it helps my chances. The one I ordered is 2 tone (black and aluminium) and has the escape door on the side of trailer. I went in looking for an open trailer but couldn't pull the trigger on it.

mike.baa

LOL. That wasn't exactly a bag of milk.

white2abbit

Would love to do a photoshoot with you in the spring!

My car:

John@Fabspeed

Do the rotors and suspension first.

Rotors are going to cut down on maintenance costs associated with track use significantly, PCCB setups are ungodly expensive to replace. The steel is very good as it is, and you could spent a decade improving yourself as a driver before fully taking advantage of the benefits of PCCB over Steel.

The GT4 suspension geometry is definitely not as advanced (especially in the rear) as the GT3 cars. The RSS Stage 2 kit is a great start on hitting the basic suspension upgrades required to reach ideal alignment specs for track use and give you more confident steering feel. Once your alignment is optimal using those components, you can play around with sway bar stiffness to fine tune understeer/oversteer, overall rotation, etc. That will come with time, as to start get as much seat time as you can!

Lightweight Flywheel/Clutch setup will give you a more responsive and "revvier" powercurve, and it a great improvement to the performance and overall feel of the car. Definitely keep that on your list.

I haven't personally experience the upgraded limited slip but from those running it they say they like it. However, it takes a lot of seat to reach a point in driver level where it would be worth investing in it. I would say that once you get bumped to "Black" from "White" group, you can reward yourself with that one as you'll have enough seat time and experience to realize what it's doing for you on track and use it to your advantage

If you can swing it, you might as well get the enclosed now rather than later if you are diving into the track day life haha

GT3 and GT4 are very different driving experiences, be sure to get some seat time in both before deciding! The GT4 will be more confidence inspiring and forgiving on track, and likely a more enjoyable street experience. However the GT3 engine is intoxicating revving out, and has more ultimate track car potential in the hands of a proper driver.

kkabba

Absolutely - are u around Toronto? We can plan it around a 6th gear or PCA track / DE event as I live in a downtown condo and store the GT4 and trailer offsite in an undisclosed enclosed Oakville location

white2abbit

I actually also live downtown in a condo too. I've stored mine for the winter, but in the spring we should definitely do it!

kkabba

So my dealership is installing the RSS stage 2 suspension AND the radio delete as the POS '16 PCM is so bad I can't handle looking at it without wanting to punch it! My '17 PCM with apple play on my cayenne turbo is borderline acceptable but that's not why we buy our incredible to drive P cars so why not just remove them if we have Waze and enjoy the car sound more than our Spotify account 😀

STALKER99

Great looking car. I saw it at PCO when you were getting the cage installed.

How many track days have you done? Don't worry so much about modding and get seat time.

The car is really quick out the box.

kkabba

Thanks - do u attend the UCR DE events? If so, which car is yours? Funny thing is I struggle with names but never forget a car 😉

I've done a dozen track days and have roughly 20 planned for 2017. The modding thing is a disease - has nothing to do with me trying to be quicker around a track - more to do to with me tinkering with stuff out of boredom and wanting to get more or even different enjoyment out of the same car.