Modified 997s

[M32GER]

[M32GER]

First thing that struck me which I guess is not that surprising on a 10 year old 112k km car is that is all looks a bit grubby..... so plan is to do a full dry ice clean before reinstalling along with a load of other maintenance that is easy to do whilst it is all out.

[kev.RS]

Hats off to you for cracking on with it, makes a change from some long winded builds here changing a bolt a week!
Is that an old mercedes E55 estate in the background?

[M32GER]

Items currently on the agenda are:

Dry ice cleaning
Cleaning of fuel injectors - see below......
Replace all coolant hoses
New spark plugs
Powerflex black series polyurethane transmission bushes

Single mass flyhweel and EVOMS Light weight crank pulley
http://www.evoms.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCo...

Replace tensioners
New ignition coils
Liquimoly engine oil
Gearbox oil change
RSS engine mounts

Sharkwerks oil cooler pipe repair kit
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/technical-articles/3...

Evoms aluminium coolant pipe connectors repair kit
http://www.evoms.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCo...

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kev.RS said:

Hats off to you for cracking on with it, makes a change from some long winded builds here changing a bolt a week!
Is that an old mercedes E55 estate in the background?

It sure is... and also one of mine : ) it is a Japanese import, no history, reading 67k km.... ha ha ha yeah right.... having it wound back up to its true mileage as we speak of 179k km.... (got hold of the 2 year 'mot' certificates from Japan to get it corrected as knew it was clocked but was very cheap). Good condition though and has also had some work done. Now looking beautiful (to my eye). Oh tints have since been removed....

[M32GER]

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Apologies for the Merc pics in a Porsche forum.

Anyway, back to topic. The fuel injectors..... we felt the power was down and thought it could be the injectors getting clogged. Very common problem in the UAE as fuel is not great. 95 octane mostly with 97 at say only 1/3 of stations. No 99. Needless to say i drive out of my way to get the 97 and normally top up with some Liquimoly Octane Plus but clearly prior owners didn't..... this is the state of the injectors!!!!!

[M32GER]

Not great......

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Spark plugs well past their sell by dates also......

[M32GER]

Last pics for today (I don't normally post much but this is addictive....). In case helpful to anyone (not sure why it would be....) some pics of the underside of the engine bay minus the engine:

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[IknowJoseph]

M32GER said:

Last pics for today (I don't normally post much but this is addictive....). In case helpful to anyone (not sure why it would be....) some pics of the underside of the engine bay minus the engine:

Amazing thread, and cars!

Get that engine bay gold lined?

[mm450exc]

Get all the coolant fittings welded while it's out.

[M32GER]

mm450exc said:

Get all the coolant fittings welded while it's out.

I was told about this but after reading the below from Sharkwerks, I have decided against and hence fitting the two kits I gave the links to above. Sharkwerks and EVOMS are both adament this is the way to go. I guess time will tell

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[CarreraLightweightRacing]

Does anyone have a picture of this pinning process described above ?

[Digga]

M32GER said:

Last pics for today (I don't normally post much but this is addictive....). In case helpful to anyone (not sure why it would be....) some pics of the underside of the engine bay minus the engine:

It's always interesting and very often useful to at least one 'someone' to see what's lurking under and behind things.

[mm450exc]

Pinning is not a fix. Just prevents disaster. Will still leak once epoxy breaks down.

I also used those new coolant fittings.