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[TheRealVXed]

Anyone have any experience with these, or any other variation of 968 (the normal or the Sport)?

 

I am going to take a peek at one on Saturday and just wanted to know if there was anything to watch out for?

 

[tommobot]

Do it. Fantastic cars...

 

Toyed with the idea of one myself a few years ago, but the Clubsport models still fetch circa 12k!

 

Do remember reading though that there isn't a massive difference between a normal sport and club sport, bar the obvious visual changes but not sure how correct that is...

[pete-r]

Lusted after one for years after a passenger ride around Castle Combe once. My advice is not technical, it's to remember the club sport is a sport with fancy seats and wind up windows etc, and it's very easy to make a sport into a clubsport. If your buying you can check the chassis with Porsche to see it's not a lookalike, but that said personally I would buy a sport in a solid colour for half the money and turn it into a "CS+" with new seats and suspension rebuild. Original CS suspension will be old...

Edited by pete-r, 07 November 2013 - 11:55 AM.

[TheRealVXed]

It's going on track.  The sport is the obvious choice for a day to day car, much cheaper and nearly all the options of the original version

[TheRealVXed]

They have also been 12k for as long as I can remember...

 

And good luck finding club sport seats, ripping out the aircon, electric windows, etc etc.  The club sport is a LOT lighter

 

[techieboy]

Yep, all the advice I've ever read says to not bother with the Clubsport (unless you want to pay the premium as an investment) and to get the Sport instead as they're identical under the skin. Apparently the Sport actually started out as the Clubsport but Porsche added in a few more options (like chunkier seats) on the production line which obviously added more weight back in - though I think most of the standard Sport options were available for the Clubsport anyway (much like the GT3/GT3RS).

[Goosenka]

Just don't see you in one of these.

[TheRealVXed]

Getting old mate.... 26 on Monday

[Goosenka]

Getting old mate.... 26 on Monday

Yea but not 62 ffs

[pete-r]

That's right, a sport is a clubsport +spec. The original CS was available with air con and upgraded hifi which makes the spec weight hard to know for sure. Savings were supposed to be 40-50kg but most of that was from the removal of the rear bench, lighter front seats and no sunroof. The seats were recaros and not specific for the car, so seats that are 99% authentic could be found and painted in the body colour. I think 20 years on my plan would be to get a sport and take advantage of new technology. I'd fit even lighter seats (tillett) and no rears. Leave the electric windows as the difference is a few g's difference, and replace the tired suspension with 1 way gas filled stuff. Combined with modern sticky tyres the car will smash a CS for much less money.

[pete-r]

You can buy the seats with colour coded back here.

http://www.porsche96...ecaro-seats.htm

[TheRealVXed]

Hmmm interesting.....

 

Guess I will drive both then

[Wreelybro]

Pistonheads review

[ChrisS1]

Looked into one a while ago. Vague memory about checking the timing chains (stretch or something out of alignment I think). Search for a buyers guide and it should be on there.

[siztenboots]

iirc its a belt

[KurtVerbose]

There was a wheeler dealers one on these where they turned it into a club racer. Think it was a regular 968 though.

[TheRealVXed]

There are only 3 types

 

Regular 968  - All the goodies

Sport - Club Sport with electric windows, aircon etc etc

Club Sport - No goodies, 2 seat instead of 2+2.  All goodies options and most has them specced one I looked at the guy even specced rear seats

 

[TheRealVXed]

Pistonheads review

Want one even more having read that

[Lou_m]

Check the sills for rust. One of the pilots at work has a sport with cage etc in it and it has just failed it's MOT and needs new sills.

[darronwall]

There was a wheeler dealers one on these where they turned it into a club racer. Think it was a regular 968 though.

was a 944 turbo