Aug 8, 2009 3:29:37 PM
- Porsche-Jeck
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News from the 'Ring - report & pics
As promised in my recent thread about my first 'Ring adventures with my Baby I thought it's time for an update 
Meanwhile I've done 200 laps or so in the Green Hell and it's getting better and better all the time 
Last week I brought the car to Manthey and I cannot speak highly enough of their service and professional attitude. They took a lot of time to discuss all the details with me analysing what kind of set-up would be the best for me.
The work they've done included:
> alignment
> corner balance
> installation of Cup front splitter and respective readjustment of rear wing
> installation of "sharper" LSD (somewhere between standard and Cup car)
Of course I was anxious to check how the Baby would behave on the track after the Manthey work, hence I booked a 3 day course (Monday-Wednesday) to check it out 
Similar to the Scuderia Hanseat course it was a mix of section training and full laps.
The day before the course I went for a spin on those lovely winding Eifel roads to make myself a bit familiar with the "new" car. After the first corners my wife was already impressed even from the passenger seat feeling: Geeez, the cornering speed without any understeer is crazy 
Next morning the view out of our hotel room showed perfect weather: 
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public roads: Porsche 987 S Seal/Cocoa, toll road
: Porsche 997 GT3 Arctic/Black
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It's almost obscene. 
BTW a friend with a "twin" GT3 was quite pleased with the Toyos (just freshly installed).
. My pace was somewhat equal to a white Luxemburg registered 997 GT3 RS, I drove behind him for two laps as he drove cautiously but seemed to know his way around, which was interesting for me to get to know the track a little better, a lovely extra is you get to hear that glorious flat-six in stereo everytime he accelerated out of a corner, lovely. I'll PM you next time I'm going, probably first week of september.
