turbo tech help

[baboon]

I have just bought a 996tt and really want to learn more about the engine and technical aspects of it. Does anyone know how i could go about this, i would be happy to pay for someone local (london) to explain and show me a few things or are there any good books available? If any one here could do this or knows someone who might please let me know.
Thanks very much for your help

[simonharrod911]

The best thing to do is to get the car on a ramp, take the engine out, disassemble it and totally rebuild it. It's quite straightforward.

[domster]

Just remember to put it all back in the right order and you'll be fine

If you want to chat to a tuner, you could always take your car to AmD etc. and they could put it on a rolling road, show you the live engine data, take a few bits off for you, explain how it works; they have an engine room as well, with various chunks of metal on display in states of undress. Independents and tuners are sometimes more approachable than OPCs as they haven't got layers of management shielding the techs from the public.

[nel]

Porsche 911 Story by Paul Frere - it covers the evolution of the beast from day dot and the latest version (7th ed) has a section all about the 996's. The bible, as far as I know.

[Raven Flyer]

simonharrod911 said:

The best thing to do is to get the car on a ramp, take the engine out, disassemble it and totally rebuild it. It's quite straightforward.

Can I have the bag of bits that are left over? For coffee table ornaments and general DIY use around the house?

[sundiver]

Turbochargers by Hugh McInnes will enlighten you about turbos.

Forced Induction Performance Tuning by A. Graham Bell and Maximum Boost by Corky Bell will tell you all you need to know about tuning them, if you get to that point!

All available from Amazon.

[baboon]

simonharrod911 said:

The best thing to do is to get the car on a ramp, take the engine out, disassemble it and totally rebuild it. It's quite straightforward.

That does sound fun however the idea of sticking my precious car on some bricks and attacking the engine bay with a penknife and spanner, then trying to remember where the 10 million bits go really doesn't sound like such a great idea!

[simonharrod911]

Raven Flyer said:

simonharrod911 said: The best thing to do is to get the car on a ramp, take the engine out, disassemble it and totally rebuild it. It's quite straightforward. Can I have the bag of bits that are left over? For coffee table ornaments and general DIY use around the house?

Interesting you should say that, there were loads of bits left over when I rebuilt my engine. Didn't make any difference though, shows how wastefully over-engineered Porsche engines are.