Well after a lot of tinkering and consideration the Beast has now reached its basic configuration or for techies Version 1.0
We've tinkered for a while with various intakes and chewed over various options
A couple of you have driven the beast with the torque turned right up entertainingly chavvy but a big lag at 2 -3 k revs and felt a little like the turbo (on or off).
Having tried a few things on porscheshop's new toy (a 997 C2S with GT3 conversion body kit) we settled on some changes and the beast went in for tis 40k mile service and "probably" final transformation.
So changes;
- Single Mass sprung flywheel and upgrades Sach's Clutch
- Bespoke (new) proscheshop induction system - they will be on sale shortly...
- Bilstein B16 Damptronics (PASM)
- Viezu "3D" remap - live remap on rolling road to optimize the cars flexibility and overall performance
Also since I last reported the disks had worn again so we went with turbo disks all around round (350mm) this has greatly improved stability under braking and improved overall stopping power
The changes were chosen as incremental the existing PASM Dampers were shot, the clutch also was on its last legs. Neither helped by the recent "ring" trip
Result
A very different car - much more in gear flexibility much more neutral handling (more pointy) and much more responsive (flywheel).
We've eliminated the large flat spot between 2k & 3k revs. Previously the Torque fell off a cliff from 2k revs to approx 2.k and gradually came back up until 3k revs. With the single mass flywheel we've lost some of that low down torque - resulting in a linear torque curve from tick over to just under 3k revs. then a table top flat curve across the rev range to nearly 7k revs, after which it falls off.
This means on the road the car pulls harder and harder with revs well up to near 7k revs. (Peak power is now about 6.8k revs).
We've dropped the peak torque a little but now have it across a much wider range (peak torque at the wheels from 2.8k to near 7k) combined with the much free revving nature of the engine with the single mass flywheel it just jets around the rev range and therefore through the speedo numbers to very naughty numbers very quickly. The linear torque delivery hides the real pull. Ony when you push on the brakes do you notice that you've been forced quite hard into the seat under the growing acceleration.
|The ungraded suspension is very new and hard to compare with the older suspension as after the ring it was pretty much shot - a lot of peoples PASM dampers seem to have given their best by 40k miles. The car had got quite bouncy at speed but still retained Chris' geometry settings where 20k miles earlier it was quite stable. At the moment the new dampers are harsher riding under about 40mph. about the same at 40mph and much smother and much much more confidence inspiring over 50mph. The car is much flatter through curves and corners again disguising the velocity its running up.
So an altogether much more mature car, that could easily have comes straight out of the factory.
I did have to test the beast on the the slip roads from a fuel stop up to motorway speed its still rabidly fast over 3k revs but now it is in 2nd and 3rd as well as 4th. Previous set up had me short changing to 4th to really surfing the torque it never seemed to rev as freely in 2nd/3rd (against he clutch had had it so this could have been the factor).
So it feels like a brand new car - a full 40k service thrown in.
The beast lives.............................................
We've tinkered for a while with various intakes and chewed over various options
A couple of you have driven the beast with the torque turned right up entertainingly chavvy but a big lag at 2 -3 k revs and felt a little like the turbo (on or off).
Having tried a few things on porscheshop's new toy (a 997 C2S with GT3 conversion body kit) we settled on some changes and the beast went in for tis 40k mile service and "probably" final transformation.
So changes;
- Single Mass sprung flywheel and upgrades Sach's Clutch
- Bespoke (new) proscheshop induction system - they will be on sale shortly...
- Bilstein B16 Damptronics (PASM)
- Viezu "3D" remap - live remap on rolling road to optimize the cars flexibility and overall performance
Also since I last reported the disks had worn again so we went with turbo disks all around round (350mm) this has greatly improved stability under braking and improved overall stopping power
The changes were chosen as incremental the existing PASM Dampers were shot, the clutch also was on its last legs. Neither helped by the recent "ring" trip
Result
A very different car - much more in gear flexibility much more neutral handling (more pointy) and much more responsive (flywheel).
We've eliminated the large flat spot between 2k & 3k revs. Previously the Torque fell off a cliff from 2k revs to approx 2.k and gradually came back up until 3k revs. With the single mass flywheel we've lost some of that low down torque - resulting in a linear torque curve from tick over to just under 3k revs. then a table top flat curve across the rev range to nearly 7k revs, after which it falls off.
This means on the road the car pulls harder and harder with revs well up to near 7k revs. (Peak power is now about 6.8k revs).
We've dropped the peak torque a little but now have it across a much wider range (peak torque at the wheels from 2.8k to near 7k) combined with the much free revving nature of the engine with the single mass flywheel it just jets around the rev range and therefore through the speedo numbers to very naughty numbers very quickly. The linear torque delivery hides the real pull. Ony when you push on the brakes do you notice that you've been forced quite hard into the seat under the growing acceleration.
|The ungraded suspension is very new and hard to compare with the older suspension as after the ring it was pretty much shot - a lot of peoples PASM dampers seem to have given their best by 40k miles. The car had got quite bouncy at speed but still retained Chris' geometry settings where 20k miles earlier it was quite stable. At the moment the new dampers are harsher riding under about 40mph. about the same at 40mph and much smother and much much more confidence inspiring over 50mph. The car is much flatter through curves and corners again disguising the velocity its running up.
So an altogether much more mature car, that could easily have comes straight out of the factory.
I did have to test the beast on the the slip roads from a fuel stop up to motorway speed its still rabidly fast over 3k revs but now it is in 2nd and 3rd as well as 4th. Previous set up had me short changing to 4th to really surfing the torque it never seemed to rev as freely in 2nd/3rd (against he clutch had had it so this could have been the factor).
So it feels like a brand new car - a full 40k service thrown in.
The beast lives.............................................
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