[rw968]

Hello 968 Forum members. I live in Adelaide, South Australia and have a 1993 968 Club Sport.

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[Langley968]

Welcome rw968 to the Forum!
Is your 968 right-hand drive? What I mean, was your 968 manufactured for the Australian market?
Look forward to seeing you around the Forum.

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[Ryan]

Gooday Mate....post a couple pics of your CS. Welcome aboard, this is a great site.

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[Johannvb]

G'day mate, there are a couple of Australians on this site. I'm sure they will find you [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

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[Winston968]

Hi from Sydney.

I bought my 968 from from a guy in Adelaide (Kensington).
Glad to see another Aussie on the forum.

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[MC968CS]

Hi and welcome to rare world of 968's in Aus, from the owner of a 968CS with MO30 from Sydney.

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[craigawoodman]

Another welcome from a fellow owner in Australia (QLD). Black / Black coupe.

Standard 1995 model 968 with the following mods;

- Big Black Brake Upgrade
- LSD
- Larger Sway Bars
- Coilovers
- Strut Brace
- Lower Strut Brace
- Harness Bar
- Camber Plates
- K&N Filter
- Dual Oil Cooler (just fitted to overcome trackday overheat)
- Also runs 21mm spacers front and rear with 911 GT3 Simmons wheels.
- Turbo RS front and rear spoilers

Track day junkie and back to driving 550km each way to getting a fix.

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[MC968CS]

Cool....a few 968's popping up in Aus I was not aware of, and Craig looks like you track your in a similar way to me. I just won my class for the NSW Championship, and was third outright in the club over the year against some great competitors. I noted you have upgraded sway bars and looks like 18" rims? Wouldn't mind any details if you have them and comments on the difference they made? Also, what is the $39 cooling part?

RW968 - the 968CS is an awesome piece of kit - way faster in the track scene than it seems on paper. What colour is yours? Specs?

Is anyone racing in the Easter Bathurst series / 6 hour relay with Porsche Australia - I am and would be great to say hi to you all?

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[rhudeboye]

Welcome

I'm a jealous 68 owner as all the CS's are overseas. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif[/img]

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[craigawoodman]

MC968CS,

I run in the QLD Porsche Club championship - won E class last two years and the overall Club Championship this year (runner up last year). The 911 guys have got their noses out of joint and are changing the rules and will put me up a class (they cannot believe a car with 240hp can do the times I do). Best I have done is 1:00.1 around Lakeside and I had a day at Wakefield park where I was in the low 1:09's. I drive the door handles off the thing and love it.

I am going to Bathurst at Easter as well. I will be very circumspect as guys who have done Drive Bathurst before tell me it will bite hard if you are not on your game.

If you drop me an email, I can list all of the mod's I have made so far. Short answer is it is now an awesome track car but a bit compromised for the road. If I was doing it again, I would change the coil-overs from Bilsteins to KW's as they are adjustable and have better bump control when on-road. The bigger roll bars are great for keeping the car flat - but were a pig to fit. You can buy a different type which pivots through a bearing - but I am not sure of the cost versus performance gains. The 18" rims look better and have a wider variety of tyres available. I run either 225 or 235 section tyres on the front (with the 21mm spacers - the 235's just (and I mean just) clear the nose and guards) and 285 section rears. I also changed to Dunlop Dizerra's last year. Dropped around a second a lap - but went through two left fronts and one left rear (they wear quickly). Under the new proposed rules I can run the Hoosier semi-slick - but this is a cost I am not sure about as it means you need the Dunlops for wets and the Hoosiers for dry.

There is a 968 Club Sport up here which has been stripped, has a roll cage and weighs around 150 or so kilo's less than mine - but I am doing lap times just in front of him. I think it is the combination of the roll bars and additional wheel track from the spacers that let me carry more speed through corners. I also have the Big Black brake upgrade which is better than the M030 option as well (plus a changed brake bias valve).

For the $39 cooling part - it is a small plastic/rubber trim kit that sits on top of the A/C condensor and radiator to prevent the air flow from spilling over the top of the radiator. I have had lots of trouble keeping the car cool on hot track days. The only way to do this is to short shift and lower RPM. To try and fix this I have got a new lower temp thermostat (around 10 degrees C earlier cut in), a second oil cooler from RSBarn, the trim strip which was missing (see the Cooling Section of the Foum there are two posts there) and my mechanic up here has made up a lower duct in the nose cone to direct all of the air into the radiator.

I pick the car up this week and we have a practice day at Queensland Raceway on Sunday. So I should be able to see if there is a difference.

Regards,

Craig

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[968Oz]

Hi and welcome rw968. I'm in Melbourne. I've spent the last couple of years getting my non CS car back to original condition. But now I have been bitten by the track bug so I'm considering the best options to make my car track friendly. I'm not going to get as serious as Craig (fantastic effort by the way Craig).
Cheers
Ian

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[jimmywhisker]

Hi,

I hope you find the forum as helpful as me. Frankly it has really enhanced my enjoyment of my 968. A regular saturday morning research journey - much more interesting and informative than the Courier Mail I can tell you!!!

I purchased by seal grey 1993 968 (non CS) 12 months ago for use as a every-other-day daily driver. Decided to keep it 12 months to check and see if I still liked it. That 12 months is now up and I have decided to slowly head down the restore/upgrade path. Just ordered the chip upgrade fro RS Barn amongst some other odds and ends. I was a former 911 owner but, as I have a youg famil, i wanted something that I could take a few boys to cricket along with all there gear etc etc. They really area such a practical car. I absolutely love the way it handles - so much control and feel.

I have sees Craig's car down at T&D. He has done a great job - very discrete in many ways. No wonder he upsets so many 911 guys.

I hope you enjoy your car!

Peter R

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