lee's porka 911 C4 (996) project thread
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And I'll give the short version of a recap and ignore pics of boring bushes etc and stick to main mods done
So I'm summary I've had the car about 4 years picked it up on 56k and had many smiles per miles in it
She's now on 102k so lots of smiles
One of the first mods I did was a carbon fibre intake
Next up had the usual seems splitting on the oe exhaust so fitted some dansk super sound exhausts
They are a bit loud and pretty much drown out the noise from the induction kit
And If I'm honest the flexi joints seem a very poor design and in the space of 2 years I've had to have both flexi joints replaced
Bit of a marmite mod but replaced the standard rear lights for the dectane LED's
Before
After
Still have all original pieces I've removed so if I ever change my mind it's a 2 min swap
But I especially love the look at night
And think they match the 3rd brake light better
Another marmite one I guess but decided to try a simpler look for the rear so went with the 911 only badge
Considered putting it a little lower but decided to stay true to the 996.1 placement
Decided the wheels looked a little lost in the arches so went for some 15mm spacers all around
One of the fan's decided to stop working and after a bit of forum searching found out the likely culprits were the resistors so instead of 100 odd quid for oe I went aftermarket for 10
So I'm summary I've had the car about 4 years picked it up on 56k and had many smiles per miles in it
She's now on 102k so lots of smiles
One of the first mods I did was a carbon fibre intake
Next up had the usual seems splitting on the oe exhaust so fitted some dansk super sound exhausts
They are a bit loud and pretty much drown out the noise from the induction kit
And If I'm honest the flexi joints seem a very poor design and in the space of 2 years I've had to have both flexi joints replaced
Bit of a marmite mod but replaced the standard rear lights for the dectane LED's
Before
After
Still have all original pieces I've removed so if I ever change my mind it's a 2 min swap
But I especially love the look at night
And think they match the 3rd brake light better
Another marmite one I guess but decided to try a simpler look for the rear so went with the 911 only badge
Considered putting it a little lower but decided to stay true to the 996.1 placement
Decided the wheels looked a little lost in the arches so went for some 15mm spacers all around
One of the fan's decided to stop working and after a bit of forum searching found out the likely culprits were the resistors so instead of 100 odd quid for oe I went aftermarket for 10
I have a bit of a new long term vision for the car and want to make it a bit more driver focused and up the performance too with long term goal of something along the lines of the 996 csr
So 1st up was a rss under drive pulley
And in case temps did increase decided at the same time to install a LTT
Both fitted
Then fitted some rss engine mounts which I highly recommend
She was then taken to Centre of gravity to replace all worn bushes coffin arms and track rod ends and top mounts
I plan to fit some ohlins in the future but for now the m030 suspension was given the all clear for now
Latest mod was the rpm technics light weight flywheel and sprung clutch
She sounds like a bit of a tractor at idle now with the clutch out but well worth it for the performance gain imo
Well I thinks that the short version in a nutshell
Next up in no particular order
Ohlins rollovers
IPd comp plenum with gt3 tb
200 cell x pipe
And then I'm going to consider putting her on a slight diet to improve power to weight slightly
So gt3 seats
Carbon csr ducktail and bonnet
And possibly a carbon roof panel as mine has a sunroof currently
So 1st up was a rss under drive pulley
And in case temps did increase decided at the same time to install a LTT
Both fitted
Then fitted some rss engine mounts which I highly recommend
She was then taken to Centre of gravity to replace all worn bushes coffin arms and track rod ends and top mounts
I plan to fit some ohlins in the future but for now the m030 suspension was given the all clear for now
Latest mod was the rpm technics light weight flywheel and sprung clutch
She sounds like a bit of a tractor at idle now with the clutch out but well worth it for the performance gain imo
Well I thinks that the short version in a nutshell
Next up in no particular order
Ohlins rollovers
IPd comp plenum with gt3 tb
200 cell x pipe
And then I'm going to consider putting her on a slight diet to improve power to weight slightly
So gt3 seats
Carbon csr ducktail and bonnet
And possibly a carbon roof panel as mine has a sunroof currently
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