2008 White 997 GT2 with Moton Suspension, SharkWerks FE Kit & Brembo Rotors

This nifty white 997GT2 is a frequent visitor of the local race tracks. The owner came by for some SharkWerks surgery and on tap was a black RSS roll bar, Schroth Harnesses, front screen kit and a fire extinguisher kit....

Out come the CF GT2 sport seats (40 pounds each btw).


The RSS roll bar (powder coated black) fits in very nicely and allows for full reclining of these sport seats as well.


Next up were the 6-point Schroth harness restraints.


Then it was on to the screen kit and FE Kit... except Cargraphic doesn't make a screen kit and we don't make an FE kit for those seats (yet)
The customer wanted to protect his radiators for track duty just like we do on all the GT3 bumpers, however Cargraphic doesn't make any screen kits so James had to DIY it (and enjoy the finger cuts)... There's a lot more nooks and crannies to the GT2 screens but it came out ok in the end

Off with the bumper... one part I wished I'd photo'd is the weird radiator support beam which is made out of CF. There's one piece of CF for some reason there and I'm wondering if they had left-overs from the CGT?

Here's James cutting/fitting (his fingers) etc..



After paint...

And now installed...


Our 996GT3 Fire Extinguisher seats really only works with those seats and the 997GT3 seats (with minor mods) but James re-worked one for these new sport seats

Customer went with black...


There she is decked out in light weight Champion wheels ready for the track

Hey folks, here's something you don't see every day... A sweet White 997GT2 set up for track duty. For the original visit we added a few goodies as you can see in this older thread:

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...e-997-gt2.html

However with so much track use the PCCB rotors were swapped out for some 380MM assemblies that use full race Type III 72 vane wide annulus two piece rotors.

Stock fronts coming off...

Here are the fronts installed...



Stock rears (these are something all 997TT & GT2 PCCB owners need to keep an eye on) about to come off:

Comparison...

On go the brembo rotors in the back...


Off home... Oh and you do get brake dust now


She also came in for a dose of suspension work, including our full track-orientated SharkWerks/RSS suspension components. The first step was to turn the camber plates to get more camber (an old trick from the 996 days):


Next the bushings are pressed out/removed:


And the RSS monoballs kit gets installed in their place. This kit replaces the four pivot bushings (one per corner) on the inner side of the lower control arms with steel monoballs, increasing the precision of the pivot motion of the control arm as it travels up and down under cornering.


And in go the adjustable thrust-arm bushings. The aluminum adjustable thrust arm bushings replace the neoprene factory units on the other end (outside) of the control arms. This allows for adjustable caster.



And on go the dog-bones. This kit replaces the four upper links (two per side) on the rear end of all 996/997 models. The RSS kit allows for sufficient adjustable camber on lowered cars (the factory adjustment is insufficient on lowered cars, resulting in improper camber settings). The links also replace the neoprene bushings with steel monoballs, reducing movement in suspension components and increasing road feedback and "feel".:


On goes the adjustable toe-steer kit. On lowered Porsches with a factory toe steer link, the limited adjustment results in incorrect toe geometry in the rear. This kit is designed to fix that problem. It also replaces the inner neoprene bushing with a steel monoball.


With a full race alignment by our friends at TC Design this car is fully ready for some track-action...

Next up is the new Moton double-adjustable (separate rebound/compression) coil over kit, which just came out. One thing about Moton's newest kit is the hardware itself is pretty much jewelry (and it's always been good prior to this) but it's also smart- right down to the self-recessed/retaining nuts for example.

Here's a close up of the adjuster knobs (pretty neat hardware):


And at the top of the shock:


The first step is to "disarm" (aka disable) the factory PASM system using the Porsche PIWIS tool. Once that's disabled you are now ready to install non PASM-compatible suspension kits.


Removal of the rear has always been relatively easy on the 996/997 platforms although space can be tight when you have a roll bar in there:

Rears installed:



The fronts are quite a bit more tricky and the entire assembly is removed:


And installed:


Setting the ride height with "dutch" made tools/wrenches that come with the kit:


There's Jurgen ready to go for an initial test drive.


Back from the test drive and wanting $ for a Moton kit for his car...


Ready to go home...


It needs to be said that the 997GT2 was already an incredibly poised/settled set up as far as the stock suspension goes but with Tony@TC Design's help and some RSS parts the early drives I've had have been quite eye opening. I was never a fan of the PASM stuff to begin with but Porsche had obviously improved it up to the GT2. Once again though you just can't beat the dutch (Moton, JRZ etc..) when it comes to shocks... We're still in baseline/dialing it in mode but I've not yet driven a car that tackles corners and uneven surfaces quite like this one does.

Time for a new look this year with a set of silver light-weight Champion RS98 wheels: