997 turbo question

997 turbo question

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Rocco1

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Saturday 31st March 2012
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did Porsche manufacture a 997turbo s gen 1

Rocco1

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Monday 2nd April 2012
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i think its time for me to start looking for one,are you likely to have problems with a low milage 997.1 turbo(10k and under)

Rocco1

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Wednesday 4th April 2012
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whats the deal with PCM 1/2/3?

Rocco1

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Wednesday 4th April 2012
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erics said:
want something 'special' water cooled with a mezger engine in it (unlike 997.2 turbo)... Only one way to go: 996 turbo 's'. Good luck to find a nice manual coupe though...
had one in cobalt blue (54 reg)and could not stand the hidious headlamps,so it had to go

Rocco1

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Wednesday 4th April 2012
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r1flyguy1 said:
I may be corrected on this but

PCM1 were the original Sat/Nav stereo units fitted to early 97 Porkers (I think he year was roughly around that) cars onwards
PCM2 a far better version from 2003 onwards and with more updates but still not as good a sat nav than a Tom Tom
PCM3 even better with bluetooth and touch screen technology

Very basic analogy I know and someone will be along to fully fill you in on the differences but i stand to be corrected nonetheless
so i guess the PCM3 must have been the PCM as was in my 58 Cayanne GTS

Rocco1

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Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Rocco1

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Wednesday 4th April 2012
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IMI A said:
wow.

not sure you can tune a gen 2 like that. find a gen 1 with less than 10k miles for circa £55k and you'll be happy as larry. the pcm stuff is not relevant as pcm 2 and 3 are both crap compared to the sat nav in rep mobiles like the merc c class. we buy these cars to drive them not listen to the sat nav ior speak on the phone
not bothered about the PCM never used them in the past.just finding one with low miles and with a light grey/stone sport trim and manual gearbox would be nice.
seriously thinking about selling my 964 3.3 turbo,unless i can make extra room for one more car!

Rocco1

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Thursday 5th April 2012
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Aerokit... does the rear spoiler lift on the 997t with an aerokit and do you guys think the aerokit look good?

Rocco1

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Saturday 21st June 2014
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Finally found one 2 weeks ago and pick it up in say 9 hours
Was looking for manual but had to settle for tip that said it has PCCB with a good spec and low miles
Cant wait
http://www.stirlings.co.uk/detail.php?id=86
http://twitpic.com/e5nd21

Edited by Rocco1 on Saturday 21st June 03:06

Rocco1

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Saturday 21st June 2014
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DT398 said:
Wow, you are very patient. This thread is two years old! Car looks fab. Enjoy.
Thank you

Rocco1

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Saturday 21st June 2014
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Awesome machines!!!
Mark is a true gent and kept to his word
Didnt ask for a single penny for deposit yet kept hold of the car for me
Would highly recommend Mark Pearce of Sterling Porsche
This man goes beyond the call of duty
Thank you very much Mark for sourcing such a remarkably well maintained car!!!

Rocco1

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Saturday 21st June 2014
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AMG Merc said:
Nice car Rocco- enjoy biggrin

I had to double take - mine has manual short-shifter...
Thank you

Rocco1

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Saturday 21st June 2014
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Mark Pearce of Sterling Porsche is the last of his kind
As for the 997 t i have just purchased its like factory fresh
You could not have asked for a better service
I looked at the car and paid Mark without even sitting in it
No test drive just paid the man wished each other all the best and bon voyage

Rocco1

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Saturday 21st June 2014
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Stirlings said:
Thank you for your kind words
I did try and take you out forms test drive
The car is a one off though and really is like it's 7 months old rather than 7 years
No driving it over 40 mph like the 1st owner please
I saw more than 1.4.0 on the A30
What a machine! by the way Mark i can live with tip lol

Rocco1

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Monday 23rd June 2014
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AMG Merc said:
One of the reasons I got a Gen I was the Metzger engine which I'm told is a bulletproof, motorsport derived lump. What does this mean and was I misinformed?
Not at all
This is one of the reason why i too went for the Gen 1 apposed to Gen 2
Metzger engine is by far the best engine to date!

Rocco1

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Monday 23rd June 2014
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Adam B said:
if only any of you could spell it right!!!

Mezger FFS
Well excuse me Sir!
Is this better
Mezger mezger mezger mezger mezger mezger mezger mezger mezger mezger

Rocco1

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Monday 23rd June 2014
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FeelingLucky said:
Yes totally misinformed, not bulletproof at all, see IMI A for details, who I believe was quoted in the region of £35K for an engine change.
Motorsport derived block is the basis for this expensive to manufacture, and very expensive to repair engine. As has already been said within this very thread the Gen2 is a step change upgrade over the Gen1. Gen2 uses the DFI engine which has, to date, proven largely trouble free.

If you're telling me the engine in my Gen1 turbo was better than the one in my Gen2 then I'm calling you out on it. It may well be the legendary Mezger, but the Gen2 is more powerful, slightly less laggy (to be fair BOTH engines show dramatically little lag) and more economical, so please explain to me, why is the Mezger based engine better???
How many catastrophic failures have there been on the mezger based engines since production ???