Review: 991 GT3 after six months

Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2015

We’ve completed our first season with the 991 GT3 platform.

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The car has covered 5,600 miles, of which ~3,100 miles have been spent terrorizing PCA track days across the midwest.

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The car has seen four chassis setup changes, three sets of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s, and two sets of OEM brake pads.

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The biggest challenge for us was learning just how to manage these new Michelin PSC2s. Grip came easy enough, but managing the wear pattern and the speed in which they wore initially proved difficult.

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Our Phase One chassis setup, combined with listening to the car’s feedback over the course of a session, proved to be the ticket. A street car provides a unique challenge in that we cannot be too aggressive with the chassis setup. The goal is to find a balance.

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We aren’t building all out racing cars here. Not at the moment. These cars are to be enjoyed on their way to work as well as at the track.

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Articulating that balance is not a straight forward task, but getting it right is ultimately rewarding.

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Simple yet effective.

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What’s next for the platform? We’ll be adding more safety for the driver and adding more grip to the platform. I think it would be good to remove some weight as well. Bring on winter!