Upgrade my Turbo - What to do?

[herman maire]

coool

I have a few questions for you about the GT2 VS GT3....

What is the throttle response of the gt2 VS gt3.... do the turbos dull some of the crisp throttle responce gt3 has or is that not even a concern when you drove the gt2?

When going around a long sharp bend in the gt2 and you let off the gas then get back on it is there much lag?

Which one feels more nimble? or does the gt2 feel just as nimble?

Thanks

[Noah930]

Interesting driving impressions, Zorba. Obviously, I have no experience with either car. And they're both pretty special hard core 911s. But I think were I to have both within reach, I'd give the nod to the GT2: the ultimate 911 Turbo, but without the aid/crutch of 4wd. Yowza.

[zorba]

Other driving impressions.

1. Throttle response seems the same to me just sitting in the car blipping the throttle. Also understand, I didn't get an opportunity to run the cars around Willow Springs race way so its a little difficult to give you an accurate answer. I think they are both equally responsive.

2. The GT3 is 700 lbs lighter and gives the perception of being a little more nimble on its feet. Under hard acceleration in the GT2, there is no hint of turbo lag. The GT3 has no turbo but doesn't have the same HP and dosen't explode like the GT2. This particulary GT2 is bone stock so 1 bar springs an a few minor tweeks of the ECU would make some very impressive bottom end performance increases for just a few $$.

Like wise I suppose that a few $$ tossed at a GT3 would provide some instant gratification as well but I'm not fully versed on what one could do. Niether car is a slug by any standard but they are not 1/4 mile street racers you might find lurking around looking for some crazy stop light drag race either. Truely very high perfomance rockets.

3. Reality is neither car is as flashy as a Ferrari or Lambo and for that matter there are certainly other land rockets out there like the Saleen S7 or F40 that are very high profile and fast as stink. Porsche cars however have some of the best build quality and performance coupled with reliability that one can fell comfortable of getting into one and driving anywhere you desire with the confidence that you will arrive intact.

4. I'm leaning towards the GT2 and trying to convince myself that this limited production car (same for the GT3) will tend to hold its value or most of it vs a high production 996 or 997 turbo. Only time will tell. Either car is nothing more that a big boy toy for car carzies with more spendable income that brains, so I have not factored in this expenditure into my 401K or retirement and don't see either car as an investment nor will the car be a garage queen. I going to drive it as much as possible.

My life long philosophy has been: Live in your assets and drive your liabilities. At least if all goes into the dumper, you can drive to the bank in a nice car. My wife thinks that I'm going through yet an other mid life crisis at 64 but I promised her that I would quit smoking. Her response was "But you quit smoking when you were 30 years old!" So I promised her that I wouldn't start now. Sounds fair to me.

I'll post some pics when I spend my grand kids college fund in the next few days.

Zorba