Spotted Rare 911 (996) GT2 Clubsport For Sale

Porsche News · 12 Feb 2012

these are getting rare, but looking the best in Arctic Silver

here's a fine example from Chappell Sports Cars in Chichester, just down the road from Goodwood.

http://www.chappellsportscars.com/stock/used-porsche-911-43194

Year, 2002 / 02
Miles, 33000 miles
Exterior Colour, Arctic Silver Metallic
Interior Colour, Black Nomex
Price, £48500

Further Pictures Below

Car Details
~ 6 Speed Shortshift Manual
~ Arctic Silver Metallic
~ Clubsport Package incorporating Nomex Fire Retardant Lightweight Recaro Bucket Seats With Guards Red Schroth 4 Point Harnesses and Full Roll Cage & Fire Extinguisher
~ Climate Control Airconditioning
~ Litronic Lights With Wash
~ Stainless Steel Twin Exhaust Tailpipes
~ GT2 Fixed Rear Spoiler & Front Bumper With Carbon Centre Airvent
~ 18 inch Turbo 2 Alloys With Colour Crested Centres
~ Porsche Crest Embossed Headrests
~ CDR22 Single CD

This Is an outstanding example of the ultra rare 996 GT2 with just 129 examples produced for the UK right hand drive market
Full & Thorough Porsche Main Agent & Notable Porsche Specialist Service History With 10 Service Stamps recorded
33000 Miles[/list]

NXI20 · 12 Feb 2012

Never seen the extinguisher mounted in that orientation :dont know:

Must be a real pain for the passenger - the normal north-south is bad enough.

Discord23 · 12 Feb 2012

ohhhhh very nice....for a kettle. Sorry for asking but whats the difference between a GT3 and 2

MisterCorn · 12 Feb 2012

I am sure somebody will be along to give you the full low down soon, but the GT3 is N/A, the GT2 is a rear wheeldrive turbo with no traction control, no rear seats, and a bit more power than a turbo s or X50 turbo. I think the last ones were about 480hp. Lots of power and no driver aids led to them being known as 'the widowmaker'.
I looked at them when I got my turbo but it was a step to far for a road car for me, I wanted some 'help' when things went wrong, the extra traction of 4wd and back seats for my little lad.

MC

Red993C4 · 12 Feb 2012

NXI20 said:
Never seen the extinguisher mounted in that orientation :dont know:

Must be a real pain for the passenger - the normal north-south is bad enough.

East-west is in fact the intended orientation.

Did you manage to find a way of bolting the factory bracket to the holes provided in the car floor with the extinguisher fitted north-south, or did you make your own adapter? :?:

clinchy993 · 12 Feb 2012

Nice :thumb:

nick w · 12 Feb 2012

MisterCorn said:
I am sure somebody will be along to give you the full low down soon, but the GT3 is N/A, the GT2 is a rear wheeldrive turbo with no traction control, no rear seats, and a bit more power than a turbo s or X50 turbo. I think the last ones were about 480hp. Lots of power and no driver aids led to them being known as 'the widowmaker'.
I looked at them when I got my turbo but it was a step to far for a road car for me, I wanted some 'help' when things went wrong, the extra traction of 4wd and back seats for my little lad.

MC

I think you've got the differences between the 2' and 3' pretty well covered.
The power delivery on a 3' is pretty linear whereas the 2' turbo motor
comes in a narrower power band, but that power arrives in a serious rush.
The 3' rev's considerably higher...on the RS version over 8200rpm...the 2'
has considerably more torgue (over 150 lbs + extra !).
There is no doubt that the power delivery of the 2' makes it the harder of
the two cars to master as a track weopon !...

Someone else will no doubt be along later !!! 8)

NXI20 · 12 Feb 2012

Red993C4 said:
NXI20 said:

Never seen the extinguisher mounted in that orientation :dont know:

Must be a real pain for the passenger - the normal north-south is bad enough.

Click to expand...

East-west is in fact the intended orientation.

Did you manage to find a way of bolting the factory bracket to the holes provided in the car floor with the extinguisher fitted north-south, or did you make your own adapter? :?:

The GT3 Clubsport has it north-south & the holes come that way from the factory. How odd, you wouldn't have thought they'd change it on what is essentially the same shell.

Senoj · 12 Feb 2012

NXI20 said:
Red993C4 said:

NXI20 said:

Never seen the extinguisher mounted in that orientation :dont know:

Must be a real pain for the passenger - the normal north-south is bad enough.

Click to expand...

East-west is in fact the intended orientation.

Did you manage to find a way of bolting the factory bracket to the holes provided in the car floor with the extinguisher fitted north-south, or did you make your own adapter? :?:

Click to expand...

The GT3 Clubsport has it north-south & the holes come that way from the factory. How odd, you wouldn't have thought they'd change it on what is essentially the same shell.

Maybe it's not bolted in, just sort of placed there for the photo?

(Sherlock Holmes emoticon here)

Nick, I'm only posting so you can sleep tonight :lol:

Red993C4 · 12 Feb 2012

NXI20 said:
Red993C4 said:

NXI20 said:

Never seen the extinguisher mounted in that orientation :dont know:

Must be a real pain for the passenger - the normal north-south is bad enough.

Click to expand...

East-west is in fact the intended orientation.

Did you manage to find a way of bolting the factory bracket to the holes provided in the car floor with the extinguisher fitted north-south, or did you make your own adapter? :?:

Click to expand...

The GT3 Clubsport has it north-south & the holes come that way from the factory. How odd, you wouldn't have thought they'd change it on what is essentially the same shell.

Then my memory is playing tricks with me because I thought I remembered the 2 holes in the carpet and body floor being aligned east-west, and the GT2 and GT3 Clubsport fire extinguishers also being east-west, when installed, as shown in the GT2 ad linked to above.
The body-in-white was not changed from 996 GT3 to GT2 in this respect, so Senoj is probably right when he speculates that the extinguisher has just been laid loose on the floor of the car shown.
:dont know:

PS: Another thing that just occurs to me is that the Clubsport cars I was familiar with were the LHD version, and the reinforcing plate for the RHD version may have been aligned differently for some reason.

Red993C4 · 12 Feb 2012

nick w said:
MisterCorn said:

I am sure somebody will be along to give you the full low down soon, but the GT3 is N/A, the GT2 is a rear wheeldrive turbo with no traction control, no rear seats, and a bit more power than a turbo s or X50 turbo. I think the last ones were about 480hp. Lots of power and no driver aids led to them being known as 'the widowmaker'.
I looked at them when I got my turbo but it was a step to far for a road car for me, I wanted some 'help' when things went wrong, the extra traction of 4wd and back seats for my little lad.

MC

Click to expand...

I think you've got the differences between the 2' and 3' pretty well covered.
The power delivery on a 3' is pretty linear whereas the 2' turbo motor
comes in a narrower power band, but that power arrives in a serious rush.
The 3' rev's considerably higher...on the RS version over 8200rpm...the 2'
has considerably more torgue (over 150 lbs + extra !).
There is no doubt that the power delivery of the 2' makes it the harder of
the two cars to master as a track weopon !...

Someone else will no doubt be along later !!! 8)

The only major point I haven't seen mentioned is that the original 996 GT3 was built using the Carrera's narrow body and the GT2 the Turbo's wide body (that is, across the rear axle).
The 996 GT2 was also the first of these models to have the air from the centre radiator venting over the boot lid to create aerodynamic downforce on the front axle.

Richyd · 12 Feb 2012

REALLY nice, and surely a future classic.

Wonder how many are left..??? They seem to be going the same way as the Escort Cosworth - ie, through a hedge at 80mph

NXI20 · 12 Feb 2012

Red993C4 said:
The 996 GT2 was also the first of these models to have the air from the centre radiator venting over the boot lid to create aerodynamic downforce on the front axle.

Mmm, I think you'll find that it's technically reducing lift rather than actually producing any appreciable downforce. I've got the angled centre rad, full GT2 chimney & ducting on my GT3; it is slightly noticeable over about 120mph but nowhere near the effect of a car with proper downforce which is much more noticeable at lower speeds.

Red993C4 · 12 Feb 2012

NXI20 said:
Red993C4 said:

The 996 GT2 was also the first of these models to have the air from the centre radiator venting over the boot lid to create aerodynamic downforce on the front axle.

Click to expand...

Mmm, I think you'll find that it's technically reducing lift rather than actually producing any appreciable downforce. I've got the angled centre rad, full GT2 chimney & ducting on my GT3; it is slightly noticeable over about 120mph but nowhere near the effect of a car with proper downforce which is much more noticeable at lower speeds.

Haven't found the equivalent test report for the 996 GT2 yet, but the attached Sport Auto Supertest report for the 997 GT2 shows that that magazine independently measured a downforce of 9kg at the front axle and 29kg on the rear axle at 200km in a wind tunnel for that car.

The Sport Auto Supertest of the 996.2 GT3 showed an aerodynamic lift at the front end of 13kg at 200 km, whilst the corresponding 996.2 GT3 RS with the same front centre rad chimney had 19kg lift, presumably due to the lever-effect of the high-downforce rear wing acting behind the rear axle.

NXI20 · 12 Feb 2012

997 is a different beast and does have (a bit of) downforce. Pretty sure the 996 variants only had varying amounts of lift.

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