Knackered old Porsche with loads of miles - 996 content
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Yes not wise to have the whole plate in photos on the internet I don't think, especially considering someone spent the time to go frame by frame through a video I posted on here to work out the plate then reported it for being on the road whilst sorned...... a slow handclap required there!
poppopbangbang said:
Yes not wise to have the whole plate in photos on the internet I don't think, especially considering someone spent the time to go frame by frame through a video I posted on here to work out the plate then reported it for being on the road whilst sorned...... a slow handclap required there!
What a f
king knob. Why are people such wkers? TheLordJohn said:
poppopbangbang said:
Yes not wise to have the whole plate in photos on the internet I don't think, especially considering someone spent the time to go frame by frame through a video I posted on here to work out the plate then reported it for being on the road whilst sorned...... a slow handclap required there!
What a fking knob. Why are people such wkers? with his flash fking Porsche.(or those sorts of words in his or her feeble mind)
Been playing with rear spring rates today, not a major change just 20N more on the rear. I'm undecided as yet, it does handle better but ride comfort has reduced a little. I think really I need to go back to 120N rears and make a new rear ARB...... On the bright side it gave me opportunity to clean up the rear dampers and have a look around, even at nearly 4 years old the Ohlins still clean up like new, they might have been expensive but they do wear well!
Aside from that it keeps clocking up the miles
Aside from that it keeps clocking up the miles
I updated the logger and dash to the latest firmware today, which adds a lot of features including new dash layout options and better conditional warnings.
Here's a video of the dash during fire up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0rwX-egFQ&fe...
Really happy with this new generation of AIM stuff, with the new user configurable CAN support it's getting more and more of a no brainer for 90% of applications to just run AIM as it's so easy to setup and so reliable in operation.
Here's a video of the dash during fire up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0rwX-egFQ&fe...
Really happy with this new generation of AIM stuff, with the new user configurable CAN support it's getting more and more of a no brainer for 90% of applications to just run AIM as it's so easy to setup and so reliable in operation.
Yearly service time again. Not a lot of engine related bits to do for obvious reasons beyond oil, filters and spark plugs. Everything else is fresh from the engine build. This is mostly a preventative maintenance service.
Under trays off ready for the floor to be cleaned down, I do this yearly so I can address any damaged underseal etc. the car was 18 years old last week and is still as solid as anything else so I'd like to keep it this way. Usual places have picked up some damage over the last 40K miles so these will be treated and resealed to stop the rot getting in. You can see how dirty it is in the above pic, that's a years worth of road grime and muck
New pads all round, the discs have about 30K left in them so are wearing well. I also built up some new ARB drop links as these are a yearly service item really as the joints get fairly knackered from salt and debris.
Arches cleaned and a quick check over of lines and mounts. All in good order.
Same at the rear. I also replaced the FVD manifolds for a chinese copy set. At the price these are they will be a yearly service item as no point running them longer than that and risking a failure. The car is low so the primaries take a kicking from getting scraped on things.
I've regreased the coffin arm ball joints as in my experience this extends the lift of the joint considerably and the rear track control arm sphericals will be replaced with new.
I'll finish the big clean down tomorrow and the floor can go back on then with new fasteners.
I've also got a set of fresh PS2s to go on and will be fitting the TPMS sensors at the same time so I can finally get that in and working. I also want to fold up some peli case carriers to fit in the nose above the aux tank so I can move the spares and tools cases out the back for a bit more load capacity.
The old girls got plenty of life in her yet
Under trays off ready for the floor to be cleaned down, I do this yearly so I can address any damaged underseal etc. the car was 18 years old last week and is still as solid as anything else so I'd like to keep it this way. Usual places have picked up some damage over the last 40K miles so these will be treated and resealed to stop the rot getting in. You can see how dirty it is in the above pic, that's a years worth of road grime and muck
New pads all round, the discs have about 30K left in them so are wearing well. I also built up some new ARB drop links as these are a yearly service item really as the joints get fairly knackered from salt and debris.
Arches cleaned and a quick check over of lines and mounts. All in good order.
Same at the rear. I also replaced the FVD manifolds for a chinese copy set. At the price these are they will be a yearly service item as no point running them longer than that and risking a failure. The car is low so the primaries take a kicking from getting scraped on things.
I've regreased the coffin arm ball joints as in my experience this extends the lift of the joint considerably and the rear track control arm sphericals will be replaced with new.
I'll finish the big clean down tomorrow and the floor can go back on then with new fasteners.
I've also got a set of fresh PS2s to go on and will be fitting the TPMS sensors at the same time so I can finally get that in and working. I also want to fold up some peli case carriers to fit in the nose above the aux tank so I can move the spares and tools cases out the back for a bit more load capacity.
The old girls got plenty of life in her yet
poppopbangbang said:
Yes not wise to have the whole plate in photos on the internet I don't think, especially considering someone spent the time to go frame by frame through a video I posted on here to work out the plate then reported it for being on the road whilst sorned...... a slow handclap required there!
Someone did something similar in the million miles Mondeo readers car topic. Vindictive, spiteful?
Floors clean again! No major dramas under it, which is pretty impressive given how many winters it has been through.
I'm changing ARBs as the front has started to corrode and it was due bushes anyway, plus my front one was a slight hack to make it adjustable so may as well do it nicely whilst it's in the air. Also rear upper arms need changing as the bushes are starting to show signs of wear - these were a OE quality part rather than an OEM part and haven't really lasted like the pukka ones did. I will give them one more chance and see but if they keep wearing like they are it will be cheaper to go back to OEM at 4 years life than use these at 12 - 18 months life.
Other than a bit of tidying and fettling it's good to go so should be back in daily use again middle of this week.
New bars are on and I have to say H&R do make a nice product!
Adjustable stops are nice too as it means you can perfectly centralise the bar on the car.
I also finally got around to fitting the correct battery mount for the SuperB - which is an improvement over a red top mount with some foam in it
Setup as per normal so no changes here aside from rear bar on medium and front bar on soft which has changed the handling balance nicely and got rid of the some of the oversteer which was always present at lower speeds previously.
So that's its yearly service complete - time to put some more miles on it
It was also 18 today, or rather it left Stuttgart today 18 years ago, the shell went down the line on the 5th July 1999. With a bit of luck it'll do another 18 years without too much trouble!
Adjustable stops are nice too as it means you can perfectly centralise the bar on the car.
I also finally got around to fitting the correct battery mount for the SuperB - which is an improvement over a red top mount with some foam in it
Setup as per normal so no changes here aside from rear bar on medium and front bar on soft which has changed the handling balance nicely and got rid of the some of the oversteer which was always present at lower speeds previously.
So that's its yearly service complete - time to put some more miles on it
It was also 18 today, or rather it left Stuttgart today 18 years ago, the shell went down the line on the 5th July 1999. With a bit of luck it'll do another 18 years without too much trouble!
Just over 2K miles done last weekend, but this time for fun rather than work. I did my usual summer break thing of going on a Rally - which of course is a brilliant excuse to go mad in the sticker shop at work:
Some awesome kit on the trip with my nearly two decade old Porsche!
But it gave a good account of itself and arrived in the first group at nearly every check point.
Didn't even look out of place rolling around Monaco:
From Martini Porsche to Martini Audi:
It looked a bit second hand by the time we were nearly home:
And spent most of the south of France with this alarm on:
But even with that it completed the trip having used no coolant and only 200ml of oil. The rate at which it covers ground still amazes me, even with a massive power deficit to some of the cars we were with it still held it's own and was never left behind. Perhaps more impressively less than 24 hours after we got back it was in use again dropping some bits off and taking me to a meeting..... having not even opened the engine cover since we got back.
Now if only there was a large capacity bladder mod I could probably keep up with the level of endurance it has now
Some awesome kit on the trip with my nearly two decade old Porsche!
But it gave a good account of itself and arrived in the first group at nearly every check point.
Didn't even look out of place rolling around Monaco:
From Martini Porsche to Martini Audi:
It looked a bit second hand by the time we were nearly home:
And spent most of the south of France with this alarm on:
But even with that it completed the trip having used no coolant and only 200ml of oil. The rate at which it covers ground still amazes me, even with a massive power deficit to some of the cars we were with it still held it's own and was never left behind. Perhaps more impressively less than 24 hours after we got back it was in use again dropping some bits off and taking me to a meeting..... having not even opened the engine cover since we got back.
Now if only there was a large capacity bladder mod I could probably keep up with the level of endurance it has now
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