The impossible is possible. 996 towbar finished.
Discussion
..so out of interest.. are ther such things as official towing weights for a 996? pretty much any other normal car (fiestas etc) which are unlikely to tow seem to have these stats available... does this model?
o/t but i kind of thought it was going to be a C4 when i first clicked on this thread!
o/t but i kind of thought it was going to be a C4 when i first clicked on this thread!
I honestly don't know if there are I can't imagine there are as there is just no factory support for towbars on these cars (I imagine Mr Ferrari never envisaged a 360 towing either!) But as a rough guide the car will tow a brian james trailer with a smallish car (MGB) without issues or a small to mid caravan. I wouldn't tow a trailer with large-4wd or a big caravan with anything other than a large 4wd anyway, so the car really tows as well as anything else medium to large powerful car wise.
The other towcars have been a z3 2.8 and a 1990's merc sl 2.8
The other towcars have been a z3 2.8 and a 1990's merc sl 2.8
Understand where you're coming from here and am all for olde-world engineering and hammering etc. but surely this is a little beyond the pale? All that effort gone into giving the 911 ultimate handling supremacy and it goes straight out the window if you start shagging the suspension with big loads. The car might have beefed-up rear suspension but thats already propping up an engine that shouldn't be there, put a big trailer on the back and we're talking circa 1 tonne on the rear axle and 500kg on the front. 
Could be wind-up of the week here but not sure an 8,000rpm V8 is the ideal delivery for towing...
Owners money at the end of the day and hope you enjoy them, but most people who see a 996/360 like that for sale will be like the bloody road runner.
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Could be wind-up of the week here but not sure an 8,000rpm V8 is the ideal delivery for towing...
Owners money at the end of the day and hope you enjoy them, but most people who see a 996/360 like that for sale will be like the bloody road runner.
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Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Mate, I wouldn't waste your breath. Leave Damian to enjoy his GT3, and don't feed him any more.
I think your towbar's great. I love it when people bother to tackle the impossible and the unlikely, just becasue. It's the British way.
Rock on! I second that. I think your towbar's great. I love it when people bother to tackle the impossible and the unlikely, just becasue. It's the British way.
That job must have taken a fair bit of head-scratching, and I'd not be surprised if once or twice you had to cut it apart and do it again. Well done
Of course it needed adjustments. This is real engineering making something from scratch. And if you load a trailer with half a ton of nose weight then your car has my sympathy! I can lift the drawbar of my trailer when it is loaded so working on the theory I can lift about 80kg I wouldn't feel guilty about putting 80kg in my boot.
Great stuff. Your post encouraged me to get underneath again yesterday (well, actually I don't need a much excuse) and I had another look at how I'd do mine. As you say with the standard pipe it would be a bugger, so I'm going to go with bike(s) on roof for the time being if and when I need to.
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