I recently purchased a '99 996C2 for a DD. My plans are to swap the M96 to an LSx. I'm going for reliability and 996T power for a fraction of the cost.
My 'other' car is a '03 Murcielago which I converted to RWD and have done some power mods.
Anyways, the 986 and 996 have so much in common, I will be around here for tech.
Nick