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Originally Posted by chrisf
so how about the 3.0L you had? was it pretty much stock?
And how does somebody rationalize going from a 3.0 to a TT993....because the 3.0 was too much to handle? That's not true is it?
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I rebuilt the original 78 big ported SC motor in the winter of 12/13 with a case split, all new main & rod bearings, installed the euro higher compression mahles topped off with a set of 46mm PMO carbs broken in and dyno tuned by jwe. the class rules required use of OE cams and we had to run on 91 octane pump gas. when dyno'd it made 254hp at the crank.
I gave up the racing after six seasons as the costs were no longer sustainable. I was spending between $10-12k per year for six or seven race weekends with tires, entry, brakes & transmissions work every two years even after the car had been developed. so, the other 45 weekends a year the car sat in the garage waiting to go on the trailer... it was brutal.
found the tt (its a 996tt) and paid exactly what I got for the spec racer and have been enjoying it most every weekend since the 1st of the year. it is one monster of a car above 3500 rpm instilling little confidence with the lean of the stock suspension. I have to this point put semi solid motor & trans mounts, have a set of adjustable ARB's that I am going to install this weekend. working toward a full coilover set up, but there are a number of $500-1000 bits required for the CO swap that I am installing incrementally to spread the cost out. the ARB, front tower monoballs, adjustable drop links to name a few. will get it out to the track in the next couple months for the first time for some DE lapping. some rides to scare friends and family a bit.
as the video shows IMO I handled it quite capably. if anything, to this point the tt is a bit much to handle, but in time it too will be conquered on a track where drivers go to drive a fast car fast.
jb