I just made an offer on it, I have a spare TT motor I was going to do a 3.8 kit on so it may work out , Ill let you guys Know...it was more then fair I think..The offer I mean. I still want to know why DMK just let it go.

 

I really hope you get it, it was such a beautiful car, Techart everything, even the exhaust tips. I am also really wondering what happened, maybe somekind of repo thing. BTW the interior in person is stunning.

 

Martin,
Joe has trapped as high as 137 in his GT2, all in AZ altitude. His car is fast as **** for a bolt on kit on a stock motor with 15k+ miles (most of which were modded miles) If you remember, Bajo (BBGT2) used to own the car and it had Proto mods on it prior to Joe purchasing it and bumping it up to a GT700.

 

Marty,
Donald ran that 10.82 prior to the event you attended. When he ran it, he ran it full weight with the NOS bottles in the back but not connected to anything. When you were there, Mike West (Chinito) was able to run some very fast times and Donald was shedding weight (I do remember that) in order to beat Mike's faster trap. That day, he WAS running NOS to the IC's (I still don't know if that does anything to improve quarter mile times, but I guess it sounds cool the the 14 year olds that are sitting there while you press the button to release air from the lines) and was trying to get rid of weight in order to beat his previous time and Mikes trap.
A GT2 GT700 and a TT GT700 are definately a different animal. TT's seem to run better in the 1/4 (Joe G's car when it was a GT700) and the GT2's seem to have longer legs after the 1/4.
Joe Curry's (RenntechV12) car is definatley one of the fastest GT700's I have had the opportunity to drive. I would not doubt what Todd Z says about it being the fastest he has built.
That day I ran a measly 12.4 @ 114 in my stock 05 GT3. I was later able to improve both my ET and my trap after EVOMS did some work (Headers, exhaust & ECU tuning)to the car.
My all time best with that car was a 12.3 @ 116. Again, small numbers compared to most Turbo's but there are not may 996 GT3's out there that ran faster times than that, especially in conditions similar to AZ's.

 

I hope you get it. The Techart kit alone was a fortune. The PCCB's and Motons are worth a pretty penny and the overall condition of the car is great. I cannot speak of the condition of the car today, but I saw it the day it was flatbedded out of Evoms and it was in excellent shape as they had keep the car under a cover for the 8 or 9 months it sat there.

 

so LuisGT3, it seems you have the inside scoop, do you know what happened with the car, and why it wasn't refinished? I am really curious.

 

Hey, hey, give a guy a break, it was an 11.06. I think a great track (MIR) and perfect conditions (48 degrees and 20 percent humidty) that day didn't hurt. I also think I could have gotten into the 10's with a better clutch, it was slipping slightly that day.

I am going to try it again now that I've installed the new clutch and LWFW, she pulls much stronger now, I can definitely feel a difference. Now I just have to fix the power steering leak, (Power steering fluid is green, isn't it?) I think they may have missed somtehing when they put the motor back in.

I know this is OT, but sometimes I feel like just buying one of these and with slight modifications, she is putting out 600 rwhp, turbo it and forget about it.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...eadExists=true

 

Ahhh yea that's right, 137 is a strong trap indeed. Mario was running a 127-128 despite his low ET, I guess it's all relative and traction is the only limiting factor of a GT700 GT2!!!!

Mario buddy can't wait to see what you will do with it. My car is setup strictly for track, but I will take it to the strip once, I have RUF's upgrade LWFW and clutch that is fantastic, bites so damn hard. And now with my 335 rear R888's, no traction issues really

BTW I feel you on the Viper, but minus the turbo's.. My M3 doesn't compare to my GT2, or the Viper, but it's all relative of having TOO MUCH POWER and now being able to utilize it within any car or level, Viper with TT's is like that. That 08 is sick though, and comes with Navi now? Awesome. 98k is high though, i'll get an ACR for that!

 

Thanks for clarifying Luis, I do know that you are/were definitely the insider.
I was just an observer and it was a very fun day to observe. JoeTT and Todd Z
(and yourself) are VERY GOOD drag racers!

MK

 

Yeah, that was definately a fun day. Those guys (AZ guys) are going out for a run today with 3 Superleggeras, a couple of SLR's a Gallardo TT and some other fast cars. I wish I was there instead of here today.

 

That would be fun Luis, but thanks to you (MPLS Cars and Coffee),
some of the fun cars here have already been out with much more to come!

MK

 

I am interedt to buy this car as well..wrote an e-mail ..no reply yet... but curious where is the engine and trans and why they are taken off the car...and do you guys really think it would be possible to re-build the engine or I have to get totally new one...cause then I would have probs Docs caause diff engines and VINs etc...

If anyone know anything or somehow can help ME to buy this car...please PM ME...

 

The engine and tranny are shot, you would need new ones. (The engine is not worth rebuilding for what it would cost to do). I don't see you having any problems with you buying a new crate motor from Porsche for $15-18k and used trans for $5-$7k.

 

Right.... sources I spoke with @ EVOMS actually had the car @ 18,000rpm's at the time of the "error" since the EVOMS program witnessed 18,000rpm's @ around 180mph. The "ol" 5th to 2nd kind of error when you're sort of excited and trying to hit 6th. Owner of the car had his GT700 kit for sale and I believe EVOMS had actually already pulled it off of the car in order to compensate (them) for some bills that weren't being paid. Believe the previous owner of this car is now sporting a high-hp Supra.

 

So this car is for sale without a motor and trans...that mean...it will have probs with docs if I would need to put new motor with news motors numbers and etc...anyone knows anythi9ng about this legal staff I would have to go through ???

No sure if I need to buy it or not...