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2006 Update

10 November 2006

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I just realized I wrote this entry in November of 2006 but never published it. Old news but what the heck. ...

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So, during the winter of 2003 I first had to decide whether to rebuild my 996 or buy a finished race car. I decide to rebuild it. I actually don't even have any pictures of it wrecked. I didn't take any at Road America before we winched, pushed and lifted it into the trailer. (None of the wheels were turning). I dismantled it in the...

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Road America 2003 - The Big Crash

08 September 2005

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Several months ago Krista asked why I had referred to a harness bar, five-point setup as stupid. Sorry for the slow response. Racing and life in general have kept me away. First let me say that I’m not a safety expert but that doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion. Personally I have seen too many high-speed crashes to consider anything other...

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V1.1 - Suspension Woes

11 May 2005

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So I left Putnam excited as hell about racing but also dazed and confused about some handling problems that had emerged. In tight corners the car would lift the inside front 6 inches off the ground. The outside front would then release and slide a bit, grab again and it would start all over. I sort of skipped through the corners. This...

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996 Club Racer V1.0

10 May 2005

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So sometime in the fall of 2001 I decided to build my 996 into a racecar. This was one of those decisions that was made with the heart not the brain. That's OK with me. It's been a great adventure. The first thing I did was to sit down with the guys at AutoEdge to decide what would need to be done to the car to make it legal and...

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Stuff that Breaks

06 May 2005

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Obviously racing puts stresses on a car that it was never intended to deal with and it shows. Not many weekends go by that something doesn't break. I'm not knocking the car. It was incredibly reliable as a street car. I just thought it might be interesting to share the stuff that breaks when pushed to it's limits. This list also...

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Pre-Race Mods

02 May 2005

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I'm not sure this will be of any interest but before I get into my racing modifications, I thought I would share my thoughts on the things I did to my car before I turned it into a track only toy. H&R coilovers - Now there are many other choices like Pss9s and X74 but when I bought these they transformed the car. I wouldn't hesitate...

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Getting Started

29 April 2005

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Well I set up this Blog a long time ago and then sort of forgot about it. I think it had something to do with racing season approaching but I put it out here so I suppose I should say something. My intent was to share a little about what I've learned about the 996 by thrashing the hell out of one on the track for the past several years. ...

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