Ok found a good GTS car and a Porsche to boot, I'll post details when transaction is consummated. Car has had a very comprehensive set of aero mods, very impressive.
Phil

 

 

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What did you end up with?

Anyone gotten a gen 1 cayman S developed to be competitive?

Inquiring newbie racer wants to know

 

I purchased Scott Good's GT2S 944 S2 ex-national champ car. I was too busy to race it last year but should get it out a few times in 2015.
Phil

 

Awesome thanks

I am looking at a few e36 bodied s54 motor cars right now

 

Well if you want a really nice build....
http://forums.nasaaz.com/showthread.php?t=6740

 

Nice looking car.

Up here in the Great Lakes region GTS5 is the up and coming class. Currently only occupied by 997.1 GT3 Cup cars.

Someone (namely me) has been selling a bunch of them and local guys have been grabbing them up. By the end of the season the class will have at least 7 cars in it. Last month there were 5 signed up for Mid Ohio and this weekend there are 4 signed up for Pitt Race.

We have one getting delivered in a week and we have one racer that is going to go through comp school this year. There is also one fellow who vows to come to a 997 from a 996 for next year and one more (current SCCA) racer getting a car in 3 weeks.

Here is an example of what I am talking about:

http://www.racingjunk.com/NASA-GTS-C...-Race-Car.html

I have 6 more left (started with 26).

Thanks

Ed Baus
NASA Great Lakes GTS Regional Director

Here is a picture of mine (slightly modified with 997.2 front end and fender flares and a bigger wing)

 

You may want to consider this BMW E46 M3 GTS-3 build......fresh, clean and very well built!


https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...6&goto=newpost

 

Get a cup car. It really is the easiet, most cost effective way to race NASA GTS...You'll think you are getting a deal on something, spend a ton of money, not to mention time, developing it and building it...and you'll still have a car worth much less than you paid for it at the end...and it won't be as good...been there, done that...You can de-tune to race in GTS 3 or 4 or uncork it and race 5. It's the way to go IMHO.

 

Cost effective????????? That's the best laugh I have had all day!!

If you want cost effective, get a properly built BMW....not a Cup Car.

 

Yep gotta agree, the rules are built around them, p/w easy to get to and a fraction of the cost of a pcar. You can get a well prepped, competitive car for less than the cost of a cup motor refresh. Sad but true...

 

"cost effective" includes selling the car after you are done racing it...assuming it is still in one piece ! You will recoup a much larger percentage of your original investment when you sell a factory built race car versus any other. Take a look at the $$ people have in some of the class winning cars that were built from street cars. Look at what they get when they sell them. Imagine what the third or fourth owner will get when they sell it. To each their own but I think it is hard to argue against a factory built race car.

 

Well, if you are going to sell the race car after a season or two and not run it for many hours, maybe.

But it is crazy to suggest that buying a used Cup Car is more cost effective than buying an already built BMW race car if you plan on racing the car for 3 years or more.

It is easy to argue against a factory built race car like a Cup Car if finances are an issue and you plan on driving the car a reasonable amount over time. Everything is cheaper on the BMW....everything!