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MODIFIED 3.2 <strong>CARRERA</strong>S<br />
Left: Detailed Fuchs in<br />
Anil’s car look good. Engine<br />
is largely stock, save for<br />
Steve Wong chip, drilled<br />
airbox and custom exhaust<br />
a cartoon Tasmanian devil. Flooring the throttle, I quickly<br />
hit the limiter in first and second: it revs that much<br />
faster than my Carrera 3.0. What the owner has spent<br />
is immediately justified by what has been gained: this<br />
missile is ballistic.<br />
In a few seconds, I am knocking on big speeds and<br />
wishing Shirish had never swapped the tail for a flat lid.<br />
Standard ride height and all-original suspension mean<br />
this new-found grunt really gives the chassis something<br />
to think about, and the underpinnings are the next job<br />
on the list. The engine was recently remapped, making<br />
269 flywheel hp, but that’s unlikely to be ultimate power.<br />
With the engine and suspension upgrades Shirish has<br />
removed a lot of weight, and the RS carpet set and door<br />
panels are pointers to more purposeful intent. Big<br />
brother will receive the same treatment some day soon.<br />
Apart from the Momo steering wheel, the red-piped<br />
grey-green sports trim of Shirish’s car has rightly been<br />
left unchanged. RGA in Vauxhall recently resprayed one<br />
side of the Carrera, partly thanks to an errant Land Rover<br />
driver. A new near-side wing and fog delete front panel,<br />
smooth engine cover, work to the passenger B-post and<br />
fresh paint over the lot cleared out what was left in<br />
Shirish’s piggy bank. The driver’s side will be done<br />
when funds are replenished. ‘No rush,’ says Shirish, ‘Anil<br />
and I have plenty to keep us busy in the meantime.’<br />
“<br />
What the owner has spent is immediately<br />
justified by what has been gained<br />
”<br />
planned, this car will be off the scale.<br />
Anil’s car might have fewer horses pushing it along, but<br />
a sharper, lighter chassis and highly-effective brakes<br />
mean that what it loses on the straights, it makes up in<br />
the bends. The middle pedal benefits from new calipers<br />
and genuine discs front and rear, with Goodridge lines<br />
and ATE fluid working Porterfield R4-S pads.<br />
Both cars run Bridgestone SO2s on their 7- and<br />
9x16-inch Fuchs, with 225/50s on the rear of the green<br />
car as opposed to 245/45s on the blue. On these slightly<br />
damp country roads, I can discern no difference.<br />
Driving Anil’s car is a delight: gorgeous red-backed<br />
Recaros from a 968 Club Sport and a Martini Racing<br />
Momo wheel give the Carrera real sporting comfort.<br />
Deleting the electric seats and internal sound-deadening<br />
‘Us’ is the operative word. On the subject of rivalry, the<br />
great Luciano Pavarotti once wonderfully observed: ‘The<br />
rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible.<br />
I fight against myself, not against the other.’ The same<br />
can be said of so many of the brothers I know who share<br />
this love of classic cars.<br />
My own younger brother lives in another country, but<br />
his friendship, support and opinions are very important to<br />
me. So it is with Anil and Shirish. If there is rivalry, it is<br />
low-key and outside the core relationship; differences are<br />
accepted with mutual respect. This is brotherly leapfrog:<br />
co-dependence based on the realisation that the key to<br />
all successful friendships is to keep them moving<br />
forward. If there’s a better case to be made for sharing<br />
classic Porsche ownership, I’ve not seen it yet. PW<br />
Lowered and on fat Fuchs,<br />
Anil’s 3.2 Carrera is a<br />
classic. Suspension is<br />
largely stock, but<br />
augmented by Bilsteins,<br />
urethane bushes and Turbo<br />
tie-rods<br />
911 & PORSCHE WORLD<br />
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