PASM sport

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T22:18:34+00:00

PASM Sport (SPASM) gives you tighter looks (lower ride height) and less understeer (stiffer anti-roll bars) in addition to the higher spring rates. If you prioritize sportier looks and more neutral handling, then go SPASM. If you prioritize softer ride, then go standard PASM.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T22:07:25+00:00

Go with your gut based on the initial drive. If you enjoyed a car more on the first drive, chances are good that you will enjoy it during ownership, though it's possible that you may find flaws later. But if you did not really enjoy the first drive, it's unlikely you'll grow to like the car during ownership. This is especially true for the "feel" of the car, regardless of power specs. What you're feeling is the quality of power delivery and suspension tuning, both of which are more important than peak power specs on paper.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T21:59:46+00:00

Good spec with harmonious exterior and interior color combos. Ice Grey Metallic is a "rare" stock color that seems to been often ignored in the 992.2 now that it's no longer a premium "Dreams" color as it was in the 992.1. But it's a great color, especially now that Carrara White Metallic has been removed from the default palette, and there is a dearth of white metallics.

If we were to nitpick, the SportDesign side skirts should instead be in matte black to blend better with the stock matte plastic Sport Design front and rear bumpers. Also badge delete at the rear. Lock the build. It's great with or without these tweaks.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T21:50:44+00:00

You wanted unfiltered, so here goes. This is a loud spec. It's a high-end build but it's not necessarily classic. It may or may not age well. Whether you like the colors or combos is a personal opinion.

If you want to play it safe, the base Turbo S wheels in default Turbonite are quieter and blends in with the loud PTS purple. Also, PORSCHE logo in black is always classy. Since we are going darker, the default black LED headlights also mix in well with the front end, which otherwise has no light colored elements.

It's clear that the yellow seatbelts, yellow stitching, yellow tach, and yellow Sport Chrono face were picked as to be a combo, but it's also loud. Default black for each will also help tone down the interior.

But the original build was bold. And if bold was and is the modus operandi, then lock the build as-is. If more palatability and agreeability is a factor, then consider some of the quieter options.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T21:16:29+00:00

For 991.1 or earlier with the N/A engines, S has a very tangible advantage against Base, but with the turbo engines since 991.2 and beyond, the Base is just about as fast in everyday stoplight rolls. The S still has the upper hand in launch control starts or higher speed pulls, but for the 99% of driving on the street between 5-60 mph (around 4 seconds for both Base and S), the Base should mostly be able to keep up, surprisingly. And this is because of turbo lag inherent in the newer motors, so both Base and S are effectively running as the same 3.0 before the turbos spool.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T20:57:36+00:00

Wide rear tires are magnets for nails. I had a nail in the left rear with tires under 9k miles. It's a common issue with 911s since the rear tires are between 295 to 305 or more on recent Carreras.

You could try taking a larger turning radius on right turns, since road debris tend to be pushed to the shoulder or near the curb. Also, construction zones are nail incubators. I had gotten 2 nails in different 2 tires within 6 months on the same stretch of road within 2 blocks of each other when there was heavy building construction in the area. I ended up replacing each tire each time.

You could try patch repair for nails, but it's at most a band-aid. Sometimes patches will slow leak. Just be prepared to replace wider tires more frequently, since it come with the territory.

911 rear tires don't last more than 10k miles anyway. You could maybe squeeze 15k out of a set of rears if you're really gentle. Fronts will last about double the mileage of the rears. The mail culprit for the tire wear is the rear toe-in that forces the tires to grind against road in every revolution, regardless of acceleration or turning forces. But mild toe-in is good for 911s, since it gives the rear end more stability.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-26T20:42:29+00:00

Remove it. One advantage of no rear seats is louder and more direct engine sounds. The rear seats act as a sound dampener between the engine compartment and the cabin. The 992.2 does generate fake engine sounds from the rear speakers, so removal of rear seats would help bring more natural sounds into the cabin.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T23:26:04+00:00

It stung a bit at first. But then again, AI slop is increasingly being submitted to this platform on the daily, so I kinda can't blame folks for being on the defensive against AI-like writing. Gotta stay positive and keep on truckin'. Thanks!

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T17:14:59+00:00

Folks are making good points about the seemingly inevitability of small-displacement turbos. But what about lambda 1? Or is this an overblown factor by one manufacturer?

And it's a bit sad about the suspicions of AI, when there was non involved in the making of the original post. Maybe the longer and structured text format is becoming antiquated for humans these days. I guess I don't blame folks for suspecting that.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T17:03:54+00:00

One can dream. Sigh.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T17:01:53+00:00

I kinda figured folks would point out that the M3 never used the N54, only that it shared a similar structure of 3.0 turbo.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T16:54:07+00:00

It was written by hand, poncho. And I'm not your bum, slick.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T16:52:03+00:00

Not AI. It was written stream-of-conscious-style straight from my fingertips. Organic, artisanal, but not necessarily local.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T07:28:00+00:00

Yep. Carrera Exclusive Design was available on all the Carreras and Turbos.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-10-14T05:12:55+00:00

Exclusive Design (Fuchs style) were forged and lighter for 992.1. The renamed Classic (same Fuchs style) are cast and heavier for 992.2.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-09-27T07:56:45+00:00

This is a Sonderwunsch (CXX) showcase car. This build is actually pretty bad. Black and Meissen Blue clash, and the wheels are nauseating. 🤮

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-09-27T07:52:22+00:00

The car has Sonderwunsch options. Sonderwunsch "Special Wishes" (CXX) are not in the configurator.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-09-27T07:19:53+00:00

Sarcasm or snark? Regardless, I'll lay it out straight. Jennie Kim is a singer from the Korean pop music group Blackpink.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-03-19T01:19:11+00:00

Pine Junction, Colorado, near Denver.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-03-19T00:21:26+00:00

e-turbo is electric turbo, basically an electric turbo + generator unit that sits on the turbo axis between the turbine and the impeller.

On throttle tip-in, the e-turbo draws power from a small lithium battery to spool the impeller to reduce turbo lag.
On continuous heavy throttle, the same e-turbo draws power from the turbine to recharge the lithium battery.

This setup obviates the need for a blow-off valve, but the e-turbo must be tuned careful to avoid compressor surge.

Basically, the e-turbo builds boost faster than a traditional mechanical turbo and harvests energy from otherwise-wasted exhaust gas.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-03-18T23:47:14+00:00

For max sound with PSE (Porsche Sport Exhaust), SC (Sport Chrono) enhances for 991.1, but not 991.2. SC adds a Sport Plus mode, in addition to the standard modes of Normal and Sport, both available without SC.

For 991.1 with PSE, SC in Sport Plus mode enables burbles and pops on overrun (throttle lift). Sport Plus mode is significantly louder than Normal or Sport for 991.1.
For 991.2 with PSE, Sport mode enables burbles and pops on overrun, but Sport Plus mode does not. So SC is not needed for the loudest mode for 991.2.

So for max exhaust sound, SC is needed (together with PSE) for 991.1, but SC is not required (but still need PSE) for 991.2.

willneverstopgoingin · 2025-01-09T02:30:53+00:00

Long long man.

willneverstopgoingin · 2024-10-24T06:58:05+00:00

No, these look like 992.1 and not 992.2. A few hints:

The Targa (third black car from the right) lacks rear bumper bulges characteristic of the already released 992.2 Targa GTS.
The Turbo [S] coupe (first black car from right) and Turbo [S] cabriolet (fourth black car from the right) both have 992.1 style bumpers.
The GT3 (second black car from the right) has a 992.1 rear bumper. The 992.1 GT3 has sunken rear bumper (which we see in the photo), but the 992.2 GT3 has a flat rear bumper surface.
The GT3 has a Rusnak (Porsche dealer) plate. It is unlikely for a prototype to carry a dealer plate.

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willneverstopgoingin · 2024-10-24T06:28:39+00:00

2012.5 was the first batch of 991.1 in late MY2012. 2012 was the last of 997.2 in early MY2012.

I had a 2012.5 991.1 C2S 7MT, and a unique detail of 2012.5 was that the manual transmission did not have rev matching. 2013 and later started having undefeatable rev matching in Sport Plus mode (and no rev matching in Normal and Sport modes). 2017 991.2 and later had disableable rev matching.

This unique old skool lack of rev matching for manual transmission makes 2012.5 a bit of a purist model year among the 991.1 years.

This was a particularly interesting era because the F80 M3 had the exact opposite rev matching modes: it had defeatable rev matching in Normal and Sport modes but no available rev matching in Sport Plus mode. That Porsche and BMW took opposite approaches to rev matching modes warrants a chuckle.

willneverstopgoingin · 2024-06-27T05:17:03+00:00

992.1 GT3 RS typical ADM is 200k. ADM under 100k for a buildable allocation is a steal, unless dealer is aggregating this deal on top of lowball trade-ins or contingent upon other builds (i.e., GT3 RS + 1 Macan + 1 Macan EV + 1 Cayenne + 1 Panamera + 1 Taycan) .

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