996 Upgrades

[smankow]

Bob, I understand your points.  I generally have at least one instructor (in addition to the white blitz) ride with me each event and have gotten good feedback on things.

As for upgrades, the suspension was the primary change that needed to be made.  I have been running with stock suspension.  On the 996's that means that you have very little adjustment available for camber, mixed with quite a bit of roll.  You start to burn the outside of the tires before the middle and inside get much wear.

The issue of rotors is that the 996's tend to spider crack very easily and was looking to see if there were any simple changes.  The other items were looking to see if there was anything else that "needed" to be done at this time.  I've come to the same conclusion that I really don't need to change anything else, but it never hurts to gameplan on things that should be changed over the next few years.

I was able to finally get the suspension changed before the Potomac event at The Glen a few weeks ago.  It really made the car feel much more planted, especially in the bus stop and T11.  I'll see over the next few events if we've added enough camber - it is still a street car, though.