Hi chaps, just bought a 964 Turbo so I thought I'd pop my head in and say hi [
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You may have seen the car on the PH classifieds last month; It's the one that has been modified for track use so I guess a limited market. I've had a supercharged Mustang for the last four years which has been a bit of a garage queen so I wanted a car I wouldn't get too precious about. I also do a lot of trackdays with a track prepared BMW E36 so liked the idea of a 964 that will do the same job. Obviously if it's raining or even remotely damp, I'll be using the BMW [] I own the BMW with a friend who has gone halves with me on the Porsche too, so at least the running costs will halved.
Although the car has spent a lot of time on the track, it's had plenty of cash spent on the mechanicals and the body is in good condition.
The engine has been built by Dave Perry and runs 430 BHP at 0.9 bar with an electronic boost controller which is supposed to up the power to just shy of 500 BHP at 1.3 bar. It's currently (I think) running a 1 bar spring but the EBC isn't altering the boost for some reason.
The car only weighs around 1,250kgs apparently, having had most of the sound deadening and much of the interior trim removed. The doors are aluminium and the boot/rear spoiler is carbon fibre. The rear arches feature the Turbo S cooling ducts. It's also got a full cage, buckets (trimmed in Porsche leather), harnesses, perspex windows etc.
The suspension is an adjustable H&R set up and stopping is achieved with 993 RS calipers. Since it's mainly been used for trackdays the set up is on the jaw braking side of firm at the moment but to be honest I couldn't care less, it's an absolute hoot to drive......and very quick. My Mustang has 500bhp but in the right gear the 964 blows it in to the weeds.
Went up to Tech9 last week, who are going to fit some 993 RS front strut mounts for us (the stock ones are shot). Also going to have a bit of a service and geometry set up done, after which it'll be visiting Dyno Demon to have the EBC sorted out. At the moment it looks like a boost leak (although we are getting 0.98 bar) or the EBC solenoid.
It'll certainly be getting use on track but we'll also be using it as a weekend car and for trips to the Le Mans Classic etc......man, that's going to be hot and painful []
It still needs a proper wash and wax but here are a few pics.
]You may have seen the car on the PH classifieds last month; It's the one that has been modified for track use so I guess a limited market. I've had a supercharged Mustang for the last four years which has been a bit of a garage queen so I wanted a car I wouldn't get too precious about. I also do a lot of trackdays with a track prepared BMW E36 so liked the idea of a 964 that will do the same job. Obviously if it's raining or even remotely damp, I'll be using the BMW [
] I own the BMW with a friend who has gone halves with me on the Porsche too, so at least the running costs will halved.Although the car has spent a lot of time on the track, it's had plenty of cash spent on the mechanicals and the body is in good condition.
The engine has been built by Dave Perry and runs 430 BHP at 0.9 bar with an electronic boost controller which is supposed to up the power to just shy of 500 BHP at 1.3 bar. It's currently (I think) running a 1 bar spring but the EBC isn't altering the boost for some reason.
The car only weighs around 1,250kgs apparently, having had most of the sound deadening and much of the interior trim removed. The doors are aluminium and the boot/rear spoiler is carbon fibre. The rear arches feature the Turbo S cooling ducts. It's also got a full cage, buckets (trimmed in Porsche leather), harnesses, perspex windows etc.
The suspension is an adjustable H&R set up and stopping is achieved with 993 RS calipers. Since it's mainly been used for trackdays the set up is on the jaw braking side of firm at the moment but to be honest I couldn't care less, it's an absolute hoot to drive......and very quick. My Mustang has 500bhp but in the right gear the 964 blows it in to the weeds.
Went up to Tech9 last week, who are going to fit some 993 RS front strut mounts for us (the stock ones are shot). Also going to have a bit of a service and geometry set up done, after which it'll be visiting Dyno Demon to have the EBC sorted out. At the moment it looks like a boost leak (although we are getting 0.98 bar) or the EBC solenoid.
It'll certainly be getting use on track but we'll also be using it as a weekend car and for trips to the Le Mans Classic etc......man, that's going to be hot and painful [
]It still needs a proper wash and wax but here are a few pics.
