Definitely remove the differential. It is a good amount of weight when you consider the driveshaft and torque tube that go with it....

 

The good thing here is that if you don't like it, you can always go back provided you save everything and don't destroy the axles.

 

I hear you. Quite honestly, I bought the 996 Turbo because it was AWD. After some seat time, I realized it was all hype. I dumped the AWD and went FULL RWD. Car was WAY more fun. I did a lot of additional weight loss mods to the tune of 250lbs, so it was very noticeable mod. It's really only about an hour job if you are handy with a wrench. Maybe a little longer if you don't have acces to a lift.

 

I'm excited to try it out. The AWD in these cars is terrible anyways, even with snow tires it wasn't anything to write home about in the winter.

With the engine being in the back, I don't forsee any traction issues either at the HP i'm at. The saved weight is just an plus.

 

I'd love to try out a car with this to see how it feels. My major concern that keeps me from being gung ho about trying it on mine is that the weight distribution is already far too biased to the rear for my liking so I'd rather not make it even more biased. On the other hand I love the idea of losing more weight.

 

the AWD aint for the snow lols.

Personally, I never understood this "mod". Oh well, to each their own.

I wonder how many Gallardo owners "mod" their AWD car to be RWD only?

 

Says the guy from SoCal.

The Gallardo AWD is light years better than the 996tt AWD. As soon as the 996tt dif takes crapper, it's dead weight anyway...I liked my car WAY better after the RWD conversion...many feel the same way...you can actually drive the car.

 

Quite a few actually...

 

ZAAAWhy not buy a RWD gallardo then??

 

hehe.

I like the AWD in the rain. The extra stability is nice too w 640HP. Any understeer I used to have was fixed w/ a properly set up/aligned PSS9 setup and 235/245 front tires, but I get it to each their own.

 

Wrong. The GT2 stub axle will not fit the TT. Been there, done that.....

 

Because that wasn't an option the first few years they were made.

And If it a GT2 didn't cost so much more than a turbo, I would've bought one too.

 

When you remove the front diff you will end up with a one wheel drive car due to the fact that the 996TT has an open diff. To do the conversion to RWD properly you will need to get an LSD. An LSD is a fantastic addition to AWD as a matter of fact. It's a whole different car. It's amazing how many people get all wrapped up with adding power when an LSD is one of the best mods for putting power to the ground. I wonder why all GT2s and GT3s come with and LSD from the factory, hmmm......

 

In order to do RWD conversion does one have to do anything in programing? or just take the parts out and that is it?

 

The more I read about RWD conversions the more tempted I get. I want to do a 1.5 way LSD before I try it, though.