[WolfpackS2k]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

GT4 pricing is just stupid. It's a tarted up Boxster with an old engine for 911 prices. If all you do is track the car, get a purpose-built track car like a Spec Racer Ford or a street car fully built with cage, HANS, fire, etc. If you mostly daily and track 10-20 days a year, get a 911 Carerra T. Hell, if I tracked 10 days a year every year, I'd still get a daily and a purpose-built track car. I saw a guy at the track once. He had a modern FWD Civic that had been in a spec Honda sponsored racing series that had gone defunct. He was happy as a clam, fast as a rocket, and safe.

It's almost entirely a brand new engine (unlike the last GT4 with it's parts bin 911S engine). Shares basically nothing with any other engine. Most 718 CGTS's I see on dealer lots are already $100k+. Most 911s are $140k+. So $100k for a GT4, not really 911 money. As to a FWD Civic - different strokes for different folks. I was at the track 2 weekends ago with a buddy and our times were almost identical. He was in a stripped out EG hatchback w/H22a that fully loaded maybe weighed 2300 lb. He would rather have a Cayman (and can afford one) but it's not the right time for him. Still, he has to tow it and I just "run what I brung".

Originally Posted by Coaster

Now if they can fix the gearing issue.

Apparently they won't, ever. Here's the latest bullsh*t line:

‘I read all the old press tests of the 981-generation GT4,’ says Preuninger. ‘And the only criticism was the gear rations. They’re the same for emissions homologation, we can’t change that, but we have a 4.0 with more torque to address that.’

Apparently they won't adjust the gearset because they don't want to pay to recertify, but it seems like a flimsy excuse since the gear ratios have been identical and unchanged since 2006.