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CornedBeef said:
Absolutely beautiful. Are you planning on bringing it to any meets this year? Wouldn't mind seeing it in the flesh! There was a 'Fried Eggs' meet at RPM Technik weekend before last and unfortunately I couldn't make it, but it was full of like minded 996 owners 
Yes for sure I will once all this is over, I was away unfortunately otherwise I would have gone to that.I’ve been considering an exhaust system for the car for a while, ideally I wanted an M&M system from Germany, they were the suppliers for Manthey who offered the K400 upgrade for the car, however at around £4500 I wasn’t that keen!
An advert appeared here on 911UK with a full system comprising of ceramic coated stainless steel Fabspeed headers, GMG Motorsport silencers and cross over pipes with HJS 200 cell cats. The previous owner had them fitted to a MK2 GT3 and with a remap made significant gains, this system was around £5500, I picked it up for £1400.
Once it arrives I will fit the silencers, cross over pipes and cats myself, it will then go up to Matt at Fearnsport to have the headers fitted, the current bolts are rather corroded and if they snap off I have no way to remove them and he has done them plenty of times before! Once the full system is on I will get a remap carried out by Wayne Schofield.
Today’s job involved fitting the rather lovely new RSS engine mounts and once again stripping the back of the car off!! This is helped by the fact I’ve done it a few times before and all the fixtures are brand new!
Old engine mounts removed, I think there will be rather a noticeable difference as these are the original factory ones from 21 years and 48k miles ago!!!!
New lovely RSS mounts:
Fitted in the car:
And now with all the exhaust off waiting for the new one!!
An advert appeared here on 911UK with a full system comprising of ceramic coated stainless steel Fabspeed headers, GMG Motorsport silencers and cross over pipes with HJS 200 cell cats. The previous owner had them fitted to a MK2 GT3 and with a remap made significant gains, this system was around £5500, I picked it up for £1400.
Once it arrives I will fit the silencers, cross over pipes and cats myself, it will then go up to Matt at Fearnsport to have the headers fitted, the current bolts are rather corroded and if they snap off I have no way to remove them and he has done them plenty of times before! Once the full system is on I will get a remap carried out by Wayne Schofield.
Today’s job involved fitting the rather lovely new RSS engine mounts and once again stripping the back of the car off!! This is helped by the fact I’ve done it a few times before and all the fixtures are brand new!
Old engine mounts removed, I think there will be rather a noticeable difference as these are the original factory ones from 21 years and 48k miles ago!!!!
New lovely RSS mounts:
Fitted in the car:
And now with all the exhaust off waiting for the new one!!
Gallons Per Mile said:
Very nice indeed. I bet you can't wait to have the full system on there and the remap done. How much do you think you'll gain?
Thanks for the comments guys! From what I’ve read anywhere from 30-45bhp, so significant! Also should sound pretty crazy as the X pipe makes a big difference, I’m told it sounds more like a 997 cup car now! Not a particularly exciting update however something that has been annoying me and I’ve been meaning to sort for about two years!!
Much wet and dry sanding and slowly building up the layers of paint let me with this, I’m pretty happy with it to be honest and it won’t annoy me every time I get in the car!!!
Much wet and dry sanding and slowly building up the layers of paint let me with this, I’m pretty happy with it to be honest and it won’t annoy me every time I get in the car!!!
I ordered 2 new engine mount nuts and fitted them today as the old ones were a little tired.
So after finding that the engine mounts were original I wanted to replace the gearbox mount bushes, I’ve ordered some from Cantrell Motorsport in the USA which will be with me next week, I had some spare time today so got the car up on stands/ramps and took out the mount in preparation.
All undertrays off and first gearbox mount bracket
The mount that needs to come off
Removed
Original rather tired bushes
From whence it came!!
With regards to the exhaust I have had the standard fun and games when removing 20+ year old Porsche manifold bolts, the first 6 lulled me into a false sense of security and came out easily, the next three round off, couple more snapped and then I stopped!!
As you can see the are absolutely ruined and rusty, I’ve been hitting them regularly with WD40 fast release penetrant and a fair amount of heat!
Im almost there with the order of tools I need to crack on and get it finished including stud extractors, rounded bolt removal sockets and an impact driver, wish me luck!!
So after finding that the engine mounts were original I wanted to replace the gearbox mount bushes, I’ve ordered some from Cantrell Motorsport in the USA which will be with me next week, I had some spare time today so got the car up on stands/ramps and took out the mount in preparation.
All undertrays off and first gearbox mount bracket
The mount that needs to come off
Removed
Original rather tired bushes
From whence it came!!
With regards to the exhaust I have had the standard fun and games when removing 20+ year old Porsche manifold bolts, the first 6 lulled me into a false sense of security and came out easily, the next three round off, couple more snapped and then I stopped!!
As you can see the are absolutely ruined and rusty, I’ve been hitting them regularly with WD40 fast release penetrant and a fair amount of heat!
Im almost there with the order of tools I need to crack on and get it finished including stud extractors, rounded bolt removal sockets and an impact driver, wish me luck!!
Ordered the bushes from the US on Friday afternoon and they arrived today, easy to fit into the mount and chucked it back on and all torqued up, waiting for the other underbody/gearbox mount to be powder coated before I can’t get the undertrays back on.
I went for the 60A road/sport bushes over the 85A track only for a little more compliance.
I went for the 60A road/sport bushes over the 85A track only for a little more compliance.
So the exhaust is now fitted bar the manifolds, unfortunately the bolt issue was too much so it’s getting collected today to have those fitted and the full suspension refresh done! Can’t wait to get it back and drive it with all the new parts fitted, it was awesome before so god knows what it will be like!
New plate is also on the car!
New plate is also on the car!
Looking really good. New exhaust will sound fantastic. Love the new plate.
How is it mounted? Smaller plinth?
I've just gone to a stick on front shorter plate, but not liking the way it sits on the curves on the bumper, and can't work out how to mount the plate without resorting to the super wide standard Porsche plinth...
How is it mounted? Smaller plinth?
I've just gone to a stick on front shorter plate, but not liking the way it sits on the curves on the bumper, and can't work out how to mount the plate without resorting to the super wide standard Porsche plinth...
As a sucker for flat six engines, I applaud you, on what must be an epically brisk point-to-point piece of kit. My personal hankering has always been for a C4S tip, in a sensible colour. It's nice to see some love for the 996, as they get short shrift on here. Again, a stunning machine.
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