Originally Posted by Mark Dreyer

My new axles from Demon Speed arrived at the shop so I am looking forward to doing some more learning in the newly acquired 6 Cup this fall. My shop guy Irish Mike is researching some muffler options to go along with some of the good suggestions in this thread.

I thought I’d add to this thread with an off topic rather than create a new one. I don’t have any plans to race this car with PCA so am not concerned about modifying it in any way that would disqualify me. For now while I’m learning it, I plan to do only DE’s. Having said that, are there any suspension or aero mods that can be done to improve what Porsche has done in the factory setup which would allow me to improve my lap times? Many of my track day colleagues are running very fast newer GT cars or Clubsports and I want to do everything possible to be competitive. Not to win any DE’s but to just have fun running similar times. I understand that in the hands of a top pro no mods would be needed, but I’m paid to fix teeth, not post low lap times. LOL.

Thanks to all that have contributed to this thread. I’m excited to get some laps in at Sebring this fall and winter!

Originally Posted by spiller

My advice is to spend your money on seat time, not mods. In the 4 years I have owned mine I have improved my lap time by 10 seconds and I sincerely doubt any mods would have achieved that sort of improvement. The 996 cup out of the box is a very quick car, even when it’s close to 20 years old. With tyres that aren’t completely shot - don’t have to be stickers necessarily, but they do help - and a good set up, the 996 is faster than pretty much any well driven 991 and 992 GT car (likely excluding the new GT3RS) on a 2 minute lap. I have a lot of fun blowing away half million $ cars (AU) in my 75K 996 cup. And you get to do it with no electronic assistance. Very rewarding cars to drive on the limit!

Originally Posted by uscarrera

Mark sounds like you have a plan which is a great starting point I learned over the years that throwing mods at a car is expensive and does not come close to seat time and good tires to lower lap times. I too will start driving again as our Florida weather cools at least to under 90 degrees 😀 see you at Sebring soon.
Rich

Originally Posted by Mike Roblin

I agree that you can keep in front of the 991 GT cars (I haven't had any of the 992s near me yet). Definitely fun to keep pace or pass the much younger cars too while feeling how rewarding the car is to drive! Like you said, get some good coaching and you'll be fine. See you at Sebring sometime soon I hope!

Originally Posted by Mark Dreyer

Sounds good Mike. PM me when you schedule some Sebring events. I’ll try to make it happen on my end.

Originally Posted by Francesco996

Mark, that's how it looks like:

Originally Posted by Mike Roblin

Will do Mark, my current plan is the next two PBOC events at Sebring. September in two weeks and Winterfest ‘23 in January. If I can squeeze in another event in between I’ll let you know