Knackered old Porsche with loads of miles - 996 content
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This thread has a lot to do with a 1999 manual Carrera 4 currently being sat on my drive
Mind you, equally guilty are Ebay and a bottle of Rioja.
The resulting "It'll never go for that" bid required the emergency sale of a 2003 MR2 and a supercharged 2cv based trike to placate my partner.
1 week in its been to work and back twice, including the school run, and the eldest daughter is a fan.
Lets hope there's a happy ending!!
Mind you, equally guilty are Ebay and a bottle of Rioja.
The resulting "It'll never go for that" bid required the emergency sale of a 2003 MR2 and a supercharged 2cv based trike to placate my partner.
1 week in its been to work and back twice, including the school run, and the eldest daughter is a fan.
Lets hope there's a happy ending!!
HarrietsDad said:
This thread has a lot to do with a 1999 manual Carrera 4 currently being sat on my drive
Mind you, equally guilty are Ebay and a bottle of Rioja.
The resulting "It'll never go for that" bid required the emergency sale of a 2003 MR2 and a supercharged 2cv based trike to placate my partner.
1 week in its been to work and back twice, including the school run, and the eldest daughter is a fan.
Lets hope there's a happy ending!!
Brilliant. Life's too short. Enjoy. Mind you, equally guilty are Ebay and a bottle of Rioja.
The resulting "It'll never go for that" bid required the emergency sale of a 2003 MR2 and a supercharged 2cv based trike to placate my partner.
1 week in its been to work and back twice, including the school run, and the eldest daughter is a fan.
Lets hope there's a happy ending!!
HarrietsDad said:
This thread has a lot to do with a 1999 manual Carrera 4 currently being sat on my drive
Mind you, equally guilty are Ebay and a bottle of Rioja.
The resulting "It'll never go for that" bid required the emergency sale of a 2003 MR2 and a supercharged 2cv based trike to placate my partner.
1 week in its been to work and back twice, including the school run, and the eldest daughter is a fan.
Lets hope there's a happy ending!!
Fantastic! I still think these early 996 are just crazy value for money and really very undervalued at the moment. When a less reliable and much heavier C4S is fetching nearly 30K how these are still available for what they are can't last. Congratulations on your purchase and I hope you have as happy a time with your as I have with mine Mind you, equally guilty are Ebay and a bottle of Rioja.
The resulting "It'll never go for that" bid required the emergency sale of a 2003 MR2 and a supercharged 2cv based trike to placate my partner.
1 week in its been to work and back twice, including the school run, and the eldest daughter is a fan.
Lets hope there's a happy ending!!
So a further update now we're nearing 5 figures in.
The engine has loosened up a little from when it was built and feels very settled now. No leaks, no worries and it now uses less than 25ml of oil per thousand miles which is fairly impressive but then it is vs half a million KM old rings and valve stems that were in the old one!
Performance is very impressive for a "slow" 996, obviously the fact the car is a bit lighter than a standard one helps but it quite happily pulls on a current M5 for example. I'm fairly gobsmacked at how much of an improvement there is over what was in there.
I've also (finally) swapped to a Lithium battery, specifically a Super B 20P which saves another 4KM over what was in there. I've kept my old Redtop/Helicopter battery for the time being whilst we see how the Super B holds up but I don't expect any major issues as they last well in the race cars!
I've got some planed maintenance coming up, mainly regreasing the coffin arm ball joints and swapping the ARB drop links as the sphericals on these are approaching end of life. I've made some new ones ready:
I'll also replace the fuel filters for the rail and aux tank at the same time and give it a general once over. We're getting near the point of needing to do some bodywork maintenance too as the level of stone chips and general rat look is getting a bit high, to be fair it does spend a lot of time chasing things like this:
So it's to be expected but I like to at least make the effort....... or maybe I just wrap it in full prototype camo as generally that avoids some bother on the continent!
I've also got to sort the dash pack out as the bubbles on the white dials are jamming the needles now! I've got a spare black dash pack so should just be able to swap the clocks over and leave the LCDs in place from the original. I also need somewhere to mount the AIM dash as I can't really leave it cable tied in front of the clocks!
Either way the old girl continues to be utterly brilliant at being a car and the engine freshen up has really made it feel fresh again
The engine has loosened up a little from when it was built and feels very settled now. No leaks, no worries and it now uses less than 25ml of oil per thousand miles which is fairly impressive but then it is vs half a million KM old rings and valve stems that were in the old one!
Performance is very impressive for a "slow" 996, obviously the fact the car is a bit lighter than a standard one helps but it quite happily pulls on a current M5 for example. I'm fairly gobsmacked at how much of an improvement there is over what was in there.
I've also (finally) swapped to a Lithium battery, specifically a Super B 20P which saves another 4KM over what was in there. I've kept my old Redtop/Helicopter battery for the time being whilst we see how the Super B holds up but I don't expect any major issues as they last well in the race cars!
I've got some planed maintenance coming up, mainly regreasing the coffin arm ball joints and swapping the ARB drop links as the sphericals on these are approaching end of life. I've made some new ones ready:
I'll also replace the fuel filters for the rail and aux tank at the same time and give it a general once over. We're getting near the point of needing to do some bodywork maintenance too as the level of stone chips and general rat look is getting a bit high, to be fair it does spend a lot of time chasing things like this:
So it's to be expected but I like to at least make the effort....... or maybe I just wrap it in full prototype camo as generally that avoids some bother on the continent!
I've also got to sort the dash pack out as the bubbles on the white dials are jamming the needles now! I've got a spare black dash pack so should just be able to swap the clocks over and leave the LCDs in place from the original. I also need somewhere to mount the AIM dash as I can't really leave it cable tied in front of the clocks!
Either way the old girl continues to be utterly brilliant at being a car and the engine freshen up has really made it feel fresh again
poppopbangbang said:
I'll also replace the fuel filters for the rail and aux tank at the same time and give it a general once over. We're getting near the point of needing to do some bodywork maintenance too as the level of stone chips and general rat look is getting a bit high, to be fair it does spend a lot of time chasing things like this:
Uber-Fantastic pic 
Would you be able to explain your cooling upgrade/hack in the car please, if possible? would love to learn about it more. I remember you mentioned a few pages before briefly but would be great to see in more details.
Fast Bug said:
So many peoples favourite thread, though probably not their wives as a few people seem to have bought a 996 off the back of it 
My wife thinks I'm crazy. 'I don't give a flying f
k if some bloke on the internet with limitless skill and bottomless pockets has a high miler, you're fking stupid if you buy one'Ahem....
eltax91 said:
My wife thinks I'm crazy. 'I don't give a flying fk if some bloke on the internet with limitless skill and bottomless pockets has a high miler, you're fking stupid if you buy one'
Ahem....
Had to laugh, didn't realise my Missus had a twin sister somewhere! Claire says she won't get in the Evo unless she's wearing a sports bra and a neckbrace ( fine by me if that's all she's wearing! ), harbours suspicions that the Porsche is Germany getting it's own back for the war and represents nothing but a potential financial black hole, and condemns the MR2 as a ridiculous rollerskate from an era best forgotten. k if some bloke on the internet with limitless skill and bottomless pockets has a high miler, you're fking stupid if you buy one'Ahem....
Then wonders why I never consult her before buying a car!
So have I....Bought myself this 997 C2 with 190k miles on it (second engine tough)
Done 1k miles since and can't get that smug grin out of my face ever since!!!
One question tough: The car got a new engine by Porsche (AT engine) in 2012. Do you know whether Porsche used the newest design IMS when replacing an engine?
OP I think I said it before, but once more can't do any harm:
What a great, inspiring thread! Bravo!!
The Crack Fox said:
eltax91 said:
My wife thinks I'm crazy. 'I don't give a flying fk if some bloke on the internet with limitless skill and bottomless pockets has a high miler, you're fking stupid if you buy one'
Ahem....
Mallory! I crashed off that right hander to the left of the pic in a 924 once. Happy days.k if some bloke on the internet with limitless skill and bottomless pockets has a high miler, you're fking stupid if you buy one'Ahem....
I took my nipper to watch the vintage bike racing there The other week. He loved it!
I too have cut the grass on this circuit, in my old mx5.
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