Porsche 993 GT2 M003 (Clubsport) — Sportsland SUGO / 2005-08-10

Early August, temperature around 25 degrees, dry, wet off the racing line Tyres: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Tyre pressure 2.3 bar Sportsland SUGO 1'37.329 For reference, my time in the 964 RS on the day was 1'38.641 Same tyres, Michelin Pilot Sport Onboard footage from the Porsche 993 GT2 Main modifications on the Porsche 993 GT2 - solid metal engine mounts - switched to pillow-ball suspension joints - 380MM calipers & rotors It was 5 or 6 years since I had driven a Porsche 993 GT2, so at first I was tense, very tense. The big differences from the Porsche 964 RS are - power steering - multi-link rear - turbo (430 hp), boost from about 3000 rpm, up to 0.8 bar It is a twin-turbo, I believe, so very smooth boost is the characteristic, but if you get on the throttle mid-corner it goes towards oversteer in tight corners. The brakes stop it ferociously compared with the standard 322mm?, so you get understeer from going in too deep, but that is rubbish-driver understeer; the brakes themselves are very easy to use. With the ABS going to 5-channel and the 380MM calipers & rotors, braking performance has come on enormously compared with the 964 RS. Gears at Sportsland SUGO It has a 6-speed, so the final corner, which is 3rd in the 964 RS, becomes a 4th-gear corner. The same goes for the 993 RS Clubsport. Depending on taste, the other corners could be 3rd for Turns 1 and 2, and the SP corner might be 3rd too. On the day I ran it in 3rd, but 2nd might be fine. In that case there might be signs of oversteer. On time it is only 1 second different from the 964 RS, but a lot of that is down to familiarity, so I have a feeling there is another 1 to 2 seconds to find with the car exactly as it is. The fact that the time is no different from the 964 RS is partly down to the LSD, I think. Incidentally, it differs from the 993 GT2 Racing in the LSD and the ECU (450 hp). Apparently that difference is fatal when it comes to improving lap time. Compared with the 964 RS, the LSD does not drive it forward, so I feel that improving that would bring the time down again. In fast corners the multi-link suspension gives an overwhelming sense of stability compared with the 964 RS, but it tends towards oversteer, so they are looking into fitting a GT wing. The magazines run comparison articles too, and they say cars with a GT wing get much better stability in fast corners, so I hear that fitting one is worth about 1 second on time.