X51 Power Kit & Sports Shifter on a C2 997S

[Z80]

Alex L,

Thank you. That's an interesting description.

There was just time to change the spec on the order...

Now included the X51 power kit as this includes the PSE. Just after this addition the OPC said the car build is now locked & no further changes are possible.

The spec is now:-

997S C2 Arctic Silver
Ocean Blue Leather
Standard 19" Carrera S wheels with wheel centre set
Manual box
Sports Chrono Package Plus
Thicker 3-spoke sports steering wheel
Sports Shifter
Sports Seats
Standard PASM
X51 Power Kit

Thanks for the advice. Now to deal with the problem of waiting for the thing.

 

[Alex L]

Boy are you going to LOVE your car!!

PS: when you get it, I think the PSE cut-out (orange/brown plug) is on the far left of the engine bay (for X51 engines). Disconnect this and you have your PSE hack...20% louder + no cut-outs! My OPC did mine for me if you look up older PSE threads on this board you can see the details. Then the car sounds like it goes!

Good luck with the wait

-Alex

 

[Z80]

Quote from Alex L:-

"PS: when you get it, I think the PSE cut-out (orange/brown plug) is on the far left of the engine bay (for X51 engines). Disconnect this and you have your PSE hack...20% louder + no cut-outs! My OPC did mine for me if you look up older PSE threads on this board you can see the details. Then the car sounds like it goes!"

Alex L, this sounds really intriguing & I haven't any idea what you mean though! What's the cut-out do anyway?

Perhaps I'll look at the older PSE threads as you say.

Cheers and regards,

Greg

 

[Alex L]

Start here and read downwards:

http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=188587&mpage=3&key=

The cut-out is a legal requirement when driving at town speeds, where the Sports Exhaust goes into quiet mode. I don't recall the exact gears/speed-bands, but it's quite annoying all the same. Disabling the vacuum controller switch (which opens/closes the valves to the loudness) gets round this problem. Not strictly allowed to disable it but OPCs tend to turn a blind eye (and even suggested my version of the hack)...

 

[Alex L]

ORIGINAL: jchan

I just don't get C4(s) owners. Why ruin a car like the 911 with 4 wheel drive? If you want it, get an SUV and not a sports car!!

I was told by the Porsche training people last week that the 4 wheel drive is actually 95% rear and 5% front drive normally. Then if it needs more traction on the front it transfers some power. That means most of the time it handles like a RWD. The steering on the C4S is a little heavier than on my C2S but that's about all you notice for general road use. I would have no probs transfering to the 4WD Turbo []

 

[sidicks]

ORIGINAL: jchan
I just don't get C4(s) owners. Why ruin a car like the 911 with 4 wheel drive? If you want it, get an SUV and not a sports car!!

I guess we can safely assume that you've never driven a C4S (or probably a C2S for that matter)? I have, and in normal (or pressing on!!) driving there is very little between them, with just a little more weight up front in the C4S. As Alex has stated, in normal use it is 5% front, 95% rear-wheel drive and I doubt that many people would be able to tell the difference. However, when the going gets slippy, more power can be sent to the front to improve traction and keep things in check. Turing off the PSM will still allow oversteer and 'fun', but maybe not to the extent of the C2S. Having said that, that sort of driving isn't really safe or practical on normal roads and is best left for the track.

When the weather gets really bad, I'm sure that a few C2S owners will wish they could have the C4S !

Aditionally of course, the C4S is rarer, and IMO looks better due to the wider rear arches and larger tyres. It also has the brake pre-fill system not on the C2S.

It is still a sports car, just a slightly different sports car - would you have said that the Audi Quattro or Subaru Imprezza World Championship winning rally cars were't sports cars ???

Not that I feel the need to justify my choice of car, you understand.......

Sidicks