Here is what I am thinking of doing in this rough order. I am planning to use the car for street mainly but want to stick as many track days as possible. I have about 7 DE with BMW/Audi clubs and one open track day with a bunch of enthisiasts (and no run groups). I am in the advanced group (will be doing Group A with BMW this fall and will be in the instructor development program with BMW).
Anyhow here goes:
1- Track wheels/tires and pads (Pagid orange or yellows)
2- Roll hoop (please someone tell me there is a decent bolt on available)
3- 996 GT3 seats plus 5/6 point harness (since hopefully there will be roll hoop)
4- strut brace
5- sway bars
6-
LSD
7- Exhaust/headers/intake
8- Engine swap?
Thoughts/comments especially from advanced instructors and folks with competition experiance?
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LSD - Limited Slip Differential
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A limited slip differential (LSD) is a modified or derived type of differential gear arrangement that allows for some difference in rotational velocity of the output shafts, but does not allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. In an automobile, such limited slip differentials are sometimes used in place of a standard differential, where they convey certain dynamic advantages, at the expense of greater complexity.
The main advantage of a limited slip differential is found by considering the case of a standard (or "open") differential where one wheel has no contact with the ground at all. In such a case, the contacting wheel will remain stationary, and the non-contacting wheel will rotate freely– the torque transmitted will be equal at both wheels, but will not exceed the threshold of torque needed to move the vehicle, thus the vehicle will remain stationary. In everyday use on typical roads, such a situation is very unlikely, and so a normal differential suffices. For more demanding use however, such as driving off-road, or for high performance vehicles, such a state of affairs is undesirable, and the LSD can be employed to deal with it. By limiting the velocity difference between a pair of driven wheels, useful torque can be transmitted as long as there is some friction available on at least one of the wheels.
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