2001 996T 9e25
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This one is not actually my car, It’s the wife’s, but put it this way, I’m fully invested in it.
After a little wobble in 2024, when she thought it may go, it’s now going to stay with us for a fair few years to come.
Caroline purchased her one and only 911 back in January 2012, she had saved for many years and finally bought her perfect car. Unfortunately I then got involved with ‘improving’ it.
After purchase from Mole Valley cars, it went into Parr to get everything done. Both Mole Valley and Parr were great and the car was running perfectly.
Then our mate, who at the time was working for Bentley, and had recently visited the Akrapovic factory for work, mentioned that there was a full Akra system for the 996T. Well, it would be rude not too. So a full system was purchased and my brother, who has done a lot of work on Porsches, slapped it on for me (I’d have broken a few studs).
After that, we asked Parr about mods, who pointed us at some ‘off the shelf’ packages.
Not overly impressed with the standard packages that used their own exhaust, after spending a considerable sum on the Akra system we did some googling.
We read some good things about Nine Excellence; so popping down the road from Parr we spoke to Ken, Adam and James. For the first time, Ken spoke to Caroline about what she wanted the car to be, not what I wanted the car to be, or that 9e wanted the car to be.
This ended up to be the first 9e30 package with uprated suspension and brakes. Rear wheel drive, plenty of low down grunt, and great fun on track.
That ran great for a few years, then we broke it on a Terminal Velocity day, the car got us back home, but we had cracked the crankcase.
Ken and Adam sorted out a built engine, including new crankcase and all the 9e mods to handle 1000bhp (if we ever go mad and need too much), along with uprated gearbox, boost controller and lots of other stuff and hey presto we had a 9e25 car.
The plan is to keep the car as it is and just enjoy it.
For those that don’t know what 9e25 means, 9e, obviously Nine Excellence, and the 25 is the 0-300kph times, which will be what any normal person will be able to achieve given a handy empty runway. Sadly gone are the days of Bruntingthorpe test sessions.
There are no plans of any more upgrades, it’ll be going in to 9e for a service soon which hopefully won’t find too much needed. It’s only done about 1K miles per year since 2019, so the plan is just to get out and use it.
After a little wobble in 2024, when she thought it may go, it’s now going to stay with us for a fair few years to come.
Caroline purchased her one and only 911 back in January 2012, she had saved for many years and finally bought her perfect car. Unfortunately I then got involved with ‘improving’ it.
After purchase from Mole Valley cars, it went into Parr to get everything done. Both Mole Valley and Parr were great and the car was running perfectly.
Then our mate, who at the time was working for Bentley, and had recently visited the Akrapovic factory for work, mentioned that there was a full Akra system for the 996T. Well, it would be rude not too. So a full system was purchased and my brother, who has done a lot of work on Porsches, slapped it on for me (I’d have broken a few studs).
After that, we asked Parr about mods, who pointed us at some ‘off the shelf’ packages.
Not overly impressed with the standard packages that used their own exhaust, after spending a considerable sum on the Akra system we did some googling.
We read some good things about Nine Excellence; so popping down the road from Parr we spoke to Ken, Adam and James. For the first time, Ken spoke to Caroline about what she wanted the car to be, not what I wanted the car to be, or that 9e wanted the car to be.
This ended up to be the first 9e30 package with uprated suspension and brakes. Rear wheel drive, plenty of low down grunt, and great fun on track.
That ran great for a few years, then we broke it on a Terminal Velocity day, the car got us back home, but we had cracked the crankcase.
Ken and Adam sorted out a built engine, including new crankcase and all the 9e mods to handle 1000bhp (if we ever go mad and need too much), along with uprated gearbox, boost controller and lots of other stuff and hey presto we had a 9e25 car.
The plan is to keep the car as it is and just enjoy it.
For those that don’t know what 9e25 means, 9e, obviously Nine Excellence, and the 25 is the 0-300kph times, which will be what any normal person will be able to achieve given a handy empty runway. Sadly gone are the days of Bruntingthorpe test sessions.
There are no plans of any more upgrades, it’ll be going in to 9e for a service soon which hopefully won’t find too much needed. It’s only done about 1K miles per year since 2019, so the plan is just to get out and use it.
I love Midnight Blue. Looks so good on a 996.
When I first got into car sales I'd never really driven anything 'quick' - I got asked to take one of these to a local specialist. Obviously, I was delighted to oblige and headed off immediately. I remember hitting a NSL road off a roundabout and flooring it in second and nothing much happening - until it absolutely did - and I remember giggling like an idiot. That was stock, too. Fantastic cars and they were a pleasure to sell.
When I first got into car sales I'd never really driven anything 'quick' - I got asked to take one of these to a local specialist. Obviously, I was delighted to oblige and headed off immediately. I remember hitting a NSL road off a roundabout and flooring it in second and nothing much happening - until it absolutely did - and I remember giggling like an idiot. That was stock, too. Fantastic cars and they were a pleasure to sell.
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