Can you daily the Porsche 911 997 GT3?! Ft. Nitron suspension with front axle lift!

[@zayd55]

Your reviews are very articulate and with a plethora of important information and key facts, which will help prospective buyers a great deal. Well done, mate. Although I'm biased, I still think the 997 is the best looking 911 ever made. They got the dimensions and styling absolutely perfect.

[@9WERKSTV]

Thank you kindly. It was a great experience with the 997 and sharing it with others is a pleasure. Agreed, 997 has always nailed the styling and dimensions for peak 911.

[@911aircooled5]

997.1GT3 was my first GT3 and it was my daily, literally, took it everywhere! 993turbo was my sunday car. Intentionally got a .1 as well so that I could have 2 sets of rims to change myself; track rims with inters and road with 4S's. Perfect fun car.

[@9WERKSTV]

This is awesome to read you’ve genuinely used yours as a daily! Would absolutely love to do the same. Every journey would be an event.

[@sh010272]

This is really informative, my daily is a Carrera 4 997.2 in my opinion the perfect balance for a daily. Your reviews and recommendations are really helping my lite next step modifications. Great work Lee.

[@9WERKSTV]

Thank you kindly, I'm glad the videos can be of help, while having a little fun along the way.

[@themitsudas]

Another great 997.1 GT3 video, Lee! Thanks for sharing the new features with us. This car looks absolutely gorgeous in this video - stunning!

[@9WERKSTV]

My pleasure, thank you!

[@StinkyT0fu]

IMO 7.1 gt3 is the best looking of them all

[@richardsholl5977]

Yet another quality piece of work. Entertaining & informative. Good effort Lee 👍

[@9WERKSTV]

Thanks Richard!

[@TobyD]

What a fantastic video Lee - love Tom’s car too, especially stunning with that PPF finish. The deep front chin has always been one of my primary concerns with .1 and notoriously expensive to fix on .2. This could be ideal solution 👍

[@9WERKSTV]

Thanks Toby, FAL is certainly a game-changer for the 997.1 for those with touring (small T!) aspirations.

[@akerr911]

Great video. I would really like one! Perhaps in 997.2 variant!

[@simonelliott5956]

Think I need a 997 GT3! Great review, the car is stunning as is the scenery on the B4391!

[@brianhimmelman420]

great video … all mods 997 are fascinating taking them to next level or road feel and engagement

[@scottdosborne]

They seem great at Weissach, i've nattered to Tom for years over Insta. Absolutely love his 997, proper usable road spec. The Nitrons are also great, i've got them on my 996, albeit without axle lift and electronic adjust! I also had them on my old BMW 2002, fantastic bits of kit and worth every penny! Bravo Weissach/ 9Werks!

[@Slowster]

Thank you. I never knew Nitron has active dampers for these cars before!

[@9WERKSTV]

Glad I could help!

[@BensPorscheProblem]

Been looking forward to this one 😍

[@NiMercado]

My like is for risking your camera @10:16 😆 great video, feels natural. Nowadays suspensions and tires can change car´s character

[@9WERKSTV]

Haha, thank you!

[@warrenlucier5796]

Like both of the 997 gen 1 & 2 and with the soft setting for road use PASM, hard setting for track. The standard suspension works well for street use and is midpoint between PASM soft/hard settings. Good to hear the Nitron have better control over the factory PASM. There is a vendor that offers an adjustable controller (DCS?) just for the problem on the hard setting which you spoke on. I spoke with several owners that had PASM and decided to go with the standard suspension when I ordered my Cayman S back in 2010.

[@andrewwebber5910]

An excellent, really informative video Lee and really well done :)

[@9WERKSTV]

Thanks Andrew!

[@captplaystation]

You got me with the ending, that cracked me up . . . . . . .

[@DailyisRaceCar]

I’m currently running Ohlins R&T and they are a bit of a handful on the road, something like this would work well for its usage, it rarely sees track work due to its value, I’d rather chuck my s2000 around for that. Will take a look at Nitrons when I get her out of the bubble come spring

[@AC-xw5tj]

Excellent review. I really enjoy watching your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@9WERKSTV]

Thank you!

[@shaheenevans]

Awesome spec

[@BABY3438]

Great video very informative keep them coming 👍

[@Kenya_agron]

Brilliant! I wondered where that was going!

[@nathanelliott2894]

The background is unreal in this video as a dude from the states

[@julian987r4]

Can you feature the 997 GT2 please. Seems the Porsche world go crazy for GT3’s (of all eras) but very little chatter on the GT2, which looks the better car by far.

[@eric.frasch]

How would you compare the Sharkwerks Tractive suspension you drove to this Nitron setup?

[@WeissachUK]

When we developed the system with Nitron, we benchmarked it again all the major competitors, this system has more modern dampening and is a very comfortable ride when in the softer setting than any others we tried on the market on the road or dyno

[@markwillis7014]

Another great review Lee and sounds like a great solution to our appalling roads. Is it the intention of the guys at Weissach UK to sell this set up as a complete kit for 997.1GT3, or is it a far more personal preference mix and match type set up. Also is this a similar modification to that on the 996.2GT3 at Harbour Cars?

[@Lou-f]

Nitron are fantastic, is there any disadvantage to doing all 4 wheel lift apart from cost?

[@WeissachUK]

Currently, there is only a front axle lift option - only on a Carrera Gt is there an option to lift all 4 wheels

[@crouchingmole]

great channel

[@lebirch3078]

I’m not si such about the 996.2 not being a GT car, I do on average of 10k kms around Europe every year, the issue is U.K. roads, not 996.2 GT3 ride quality….

[@9WERKSTV]

Unfortunately the roads won’t be changing anytime soon.

[@markevo6]

Hi Lee , great video as always and very interesting. I was undecided on a 997.2 GT3 or 991.2 GT3 CS Manual , went with the latter and still unsure if I should have gone 997 , which you're not helping with lol . Any chance of your thoughts on compating those two would be greatly appreciated . Thanks Mark .

[@danielhaydon9876]

This won’t help you, but I drove both quite a bit during my hunt for the right toy. I went with the 997.2 GT3. Not only did it feel more engaging, it was so much more exclusive. It felt half the size too. Still have my .2 several years later, I’ll never sell it unless I could get in a 997.2 RS, even then though, hard to justify an extra ~70k for one…

[@JohnBaxendale]

Must be a Porsche thing, often find myself nipping out for a bottle of milk, then hours later I find myself blasting along a country road and forgetting all about the milk 🤷‍♂

[@codyepperson6796]

What mod would help make less twitchy ? for a more progressive oversteer vs the scary snap ?

[@antonsalazar4856]

How does it compare to a 997 gts? Is it really so much further in terms of performance?

[@Stumpy77]

I took my 987.1 in to Weissach for a major service and they basically didn’t do half of the jobs I was charged for! Air filter - not changed. Spark plugs - not changed. All confirmed by later inspection by independant PPI. Wouldn’t use them again.

[@WeissachUK]

Hello @stumpy77 - we’ve never heard of anyone with a name similar to your username on here and we’ve never had any such feedback. All of our work is carried out by a technician that is then verified by a secondary technician to have been completed. We’d be more than happy to chat with you and discuss these alleged issues.

[@NorwegianCarGuy]

I got Nitron for my last car, the worst company I have ever dealt with. Sent me the wrong spring rates and length of front shocks, and then lied about it. Refused to take them back, but luckily I had insurance on my credit card that sorted it out. I have also seen that they rust like crazy...

[@WeissachUK]

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with Nitron, a lot has changed there - I’m sure this wouldn’t happen now from our recent experiences with them. Happy to assist further if you need assistance

[@NorwegianCarGuy]

@WeissachUK Good to hear that things are better there now👍 They seemed professional back then too, until I started dealing with them. Hopefully they learned that service matters. I'll stick with the Germans I think 😜👍

[@RealOlawo]

once and for all. The sport bottom does not increase the throttle responce on the 997 GT3 it only changes the TC settings and opens the Sport exhaust"

[@danjo911]

Sport button doesn’t Change the throttle response, just the exhaust flaps open point.