Re-engineering a 996 Carrera with a 991 engine and a chassis to match made no financial sense whatsoever, and JethroBovingdon couldn’t be happier -
look I wanted and the reassurance of being built by a proper company instead of being unknown eBay ‘fakes’. I’ve even had the seat cushions trimmed by the good people at Workshop 5001 in Los Angeles. Their first car, ‘No1’, was a gorgeous Nardo Grey ’73 911 with a 3.4-litre engine, steel wheels and a deep-seated star quality. I drove it back in 2017 and fell for it in a big way. Its custom tartan trim looked fantastic, too. Now I have a little bit of Workshop 5001 in my own 911 ‘hot‑rod’.
So, the Carrera – can I call it the 996.3, or maybe the Litchfield Type 38? – still feels like my car. But the changes come thick and fast from hereon in. Turn the key and the new direct-injection 3.8-litre flat-six bursts into life. The noise is tighter, more highly strung and less breathy than the sometimes slightly flatulent-sounding M96 engine. It helps that this car has a simply gorgeous exhaust created by a genius in this field, Elliot Cuthbert-Brown of Elweld Fabrications.
The final, gloriously serpentine system is outrageous and cost roughly what I paid for the entire car back in 2013. It is art, pure and simple, and creates drama even at idle. My 996 now shimmies with that flat, fast-paced note familiar from modern Porsche GT cars. So much more exciting than a 996 Carrera but slightly more mannered than an early, gravel-gargling 996 GT3.
As speeds rise, the quality of the work already completed is tangible. As mentioned, the 996 now rides on KW Clubsport coilover suspension, which features 16 clicks of rebound adjustment, plus separate high- and low-speed bump adjustment. In conjunction with the new suspension arms it’s a pretty hardcore set-up. Too much? I don’t think so.
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