what is an 'early' 3.4 996?
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Baked_bean said:
Hi All,
I just replaced my engine mounts with 993rs mounts, which has made an improvement but my exhausts still don't sit quite straight... Any ideas on how to adjust the exhaust? From looking there is a way to adjust the whole back box but It isn't clear.
Could the gearbox mount be sagging and could this affect exhaust?I just replaced my engine mounts with 993rs mounts, which has made an improvement but my exhausts still don't sit quite straight... Any ideas on how to adjust the exhaust? From looking there is a way to adjust the whole back box but It isn't clear.
Baked_bean said:
ATM said:
Could the gearbox mount be sagging and could this affect exhaust?
Possibly? I have no record of the gearbox Mount being changed, I will look into it. Baked_bean said:
Hi All,
I just replaced my engine mounts with 993rs mounts, which has made an improvement but my exhausts still don't sit quite straight... Any ideas on how to adjust the exhaust? From looking there is a way to adjust the whole back box but It isn't clear.
You can loosen the clamps holding the section with the tips on them coming out of the boxes and adjust tip alignment without moving the boxes. I just replaced my engine mounts with 993rs mounts, which has made an improvement but my exhausts still don't sit quite straight... Any ideas on how to adjust the exhaust? From looking there is a way to adjust the whole back box but It isn't clear.
HughG said:
The gearbox mount needs pressing out of the casing, it’s not an easy DIY task unless you can get hold a specific tool that one of the American specialists has developed, sorry I forget their name, but ~$400 when I looked.
I did mine DIY, but the gearbox was on the floor.Easy to cut the old one out with a hacksaw through the outer metal, then the new one goes in. You need to fashion a press out of something like thick metal pipe the right diameter and need a big hammer to smack it in with. I used some kind of metal pipe cap and gave up with threaded rod as a press and just used the big hammer.
I got the replacement from design911 i think, it was a few years back now but it was the OE supplier brand, not much £
Edited by was8v on Wednesday 23 June 16:28
Well done! I was planning to do mine myself, got a steel fabricator I use at work to give me a couple of off cuts of Circular Hollow Section roughly the right size to press it out. I tried it but couldn’t get enough drop to use the CHSs, I could have tried before replacing my engine mounts with RSS ones.
IanG1 said:
Ticks a lot of boxes this one
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255027723371?_trksid=p2...
looks nice, but I think being a 2000 car, it won't have either the dual row IMS bearing, or throttle cable; yet the advert states that it has both of these. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255027723371?_trksid=p2...
23k wow...
Thoughts on E10 fuel? Thought I'd pop this is here as there is a lot of general wisdom, I'm finding in difficult to identify exactly whats what
I always run higher octane fuel in my 996, and will continue do so as long as it's available, but if push came to shove, would it cause an issue?
I always run higher octane fuel in my 996, and will continue do so as long as it's available, but if push came to shove, would it cause an issue?
EarlOfHazard said:
IanG1 said:
Ticks a lot of boxes this one
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255027723371?_trksid=p2...
looks nice, but I think being a 2000 car, it won't have either the dual row IMS bearing, or throttle cable; yet the advert states that it has both of these. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255027723371?_trksid=p2...
23k wow...
therealsamdailly said:
Thoughts on E10 fuel? Thought I'd pop this is here as there is a lot of general wisdom, I'm finding in difficult to identify exactly whats what
I always run higher octane fuel in my 996, and will continue do so as long as it's available, but if push came to shove, would it cause an issue?
It's put me right off buying a Carrera GT now as they won't run on it I always run higher octane fuel in my 996, and will continue do so as long as it's available, but if push came to shove, would it cause an issue?
IanG1 said:
Ticks a lot of boxes this one
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255027723371?_trksid=p2...
wow prices have certainly moved up in the past 18 months! That sort of car was no more than £15k when I bought mine march last year.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255027723371?_trksid=p2...
EarlOfHazard said:
looks nice, but I think being a 2000 car, it won't have either the dual row IMS bearing, or throttle cable; yet the advert states that it has both of these.
23k wow...
Mine is an X reg and it has a dual row but e-throttle as it's a C4. There is no exact cut off date the same as there's no cut off date for the revised bearing as some late 996.2s were fitted with that.23k wow...
Dual row is a myth anyway. The survey on the FB owners group last year actually showed the dual row to be the most common one too fail. That's not to say I believe any of them actually have a high failure rate and I'm far more likely to lose sleep over the plastic chain guides and tensioners. The only real statistics available are the figures from the 2011 class action case in the US and that shows a tiny percentage with pre 2000 cars omitted as there was a 10 year limit on the claim. I think that's partially where the dual row myth came from.
marky911 said:
Haha, get it up ye 964 and 993 owners.Apparently my 205 isn't going to like the stuff (not a huge concern as it's usually broken). I believe it will actually run on it but the main issue is that it causes the fuel lines and fuel filter to fall apart. I'm sure someone will come up with a solution soon enough.
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