It took me a year or so of modifications and just making the car "worse" before I felt like it had the character of my Z4M which to be fair was also modified. Exhaust made a huge difference, I think I tried like 4 or 5 before I landed on the one I have no
It's no 9000 rpm GT3 but it does sound better than the 4.0 7800 rpm Porsche Boxster I tried, that's the same engine as the Cayman GT4 which is off course A LOT faster than my little French baguette
… my criteria was subtle enough to be a daily (no Ferrari), mid engined (so no 911s), slightly uncommon and reliable. Boiled it down to the Cayman GT4 (too expensive in Singapore), late year Lotus Elise (wife wouldn’t be caught getting in and
Same 7800 rpm as the GT4 with 420 hp. To be honest ... it didn't feel half as fun as the A110, okay the engine might be quite amazing (but far from the GT3 (or GT4RS) 9000 rpm engine which is the one to get in this case). The drive itself will be differen
I went GT4 because there was no manual GT3 available at the time but ended up falling for the mid-engine. Considered going to a GT3T when those became available but driving them both back to back in the mountains the (modified) GT4 was the more exciting d
The third stage was dedicated to power, torque, mainly. Now I have to focus on the brakes, as the car is too powerful for the small discs I have. A real pain on tracks. The original discs on my car are 296 mm big. For a 252 HP and a 1128 kilos car, it was
.. you can easily buy a real sportscar aka the Alpine A110 It's sad to see these M cars have grown so heavy, the extra weight has been compensated with delirious amounts of horsepower. These cars are complete contradictions to progress, why ? More traffic
Even 50 or 80 kilograms won't make a huge difference. Don't get me wrong, they are amazing to drive ! But the weight is quite high anyway, the 2 liter Cayman (manual) I tried is fabulous ... but not compared to an A110, in that case it doesn't shine anymo