Thom, an excuse for a roof skin I suppose.......[8|] the pillars are strong.
Fen, if you drove my car you wouldn't disagree, - i'd guess the differences between your setup and mine are, your tyres are 10%ish better (I have SSR's on a 964 and like them - despite a comment re' wet conditions on the sidewall), your suspension is more compliant (what I hear of KW - no experience), your torque curve is more progressive at the bottom of the curve (the lag you refer to) even if it continues way higher than mine at the top.
Therefore you have 3 characteristics which complement traction.
Mine will break away because the std turbo spins up quickly once it feels a draught - the torque at 2700rpm feels like 140lb/ft and at 3300rpm it feels like 300lb/ft. (MBC set at 17psi, - At 14psi the car is very different.)
My M030 is "65% stiff", and the rear arms are not held rigid like the elephant racing mounts I recall you having? so my rear wheels are probably doing a bit of torque steering at peak torque. If you add in a camber change when overtaking, I guess its understandable that my car is more unsettled than yours?
I am assuming we both have a LSD.
My old 220 car with an open diff, small turbo, narrower tyres and no M030 was a nicer drive in the wet - although its a few years ago and I may just have more wit now[
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I'd be interested in your views on this - with tidy early 996 turbo's dropping into the £20's, 4 wheel drive, 400+bhp, water cooled turbo reliability, good brakes, cheap to service, reasonable weight, is there any point in chasing "big" performance in a 951 any more, - apart from the balance maybe?
George
944T
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