The Porsche Thread - Page 106

Bongolia · 04-17-2011, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyvern

Be sure to have your friend do a PPI .
It is worth EVERY penny. check out my 2nd home for some info.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/

We are in Saudi so this is a DIY job. Any advice on known issues and what to look for appreciated.

Mikelly · 04-17-2011, 04:21 AM

Biggest issue to check for on the 996s is the rear main seal and the intermediate shaft. Rule of thumb on buying a used 996 is this... If it's got lots of miles and no evidence of leaking oil, then you got good castings. It's the same on Boxters and Caymans as well. Beyond that, have them inspect the front and rear axles/ for play and a good general PPI would help...I've got a BUNCH of DIYs on the 996Turbo over on Renntrack.com (My other home) and I've had my 996TT appart quite a bit over the last four years... They're great cars as long as they're kept up with... Mine has been bulletproof...

Couple of pics of my Recent GT2 conversion on my 650HP monster:

Mike

JNRobert · 04-17-2011, 08:54 PM

I need your life, Mikelly.

Bongolia · 04-18-2011, 10:46 AM

Thanks Mike. Going to look at it tomorrow and kick the tires and stuff.

Newfie Rider · 04-20-2011, 10:27 AM

I will chime in....loved the late 70s 911 myself, just don't have the funds to get one, so I ran across this little beauty last year. Traded my restored Seca turbo in return for the car and cash to me

Replaced the motor (overheated water pump failure on the original) and drove the shit out of it before selling it to fund another project.

Gonna get me one of them those 911 some day.

Traded this

For this

Xtremjeepn · 04-21-2011, 03:06 PM

I think I have an addiction!

Wylie · 04-21-2011, 04:25 PM

One of the rarest Porsches ever built, one of the rarest cars ever built too! Why must I have this kind of taste in vehicles!

http://914-6.blogspot.com/2006/12/19...le-325000.html

Ricardo Kuhn · 04-21-2011, 06:08 PM

I guess this is kind of a "Sacrilege" but sounds like a really powerful "racecar"
1969 Porsche 911 with a Big Chevy V8 for sale on Utah's KSL

Wylie · 04-22-2011, 10:50 PM

I'm not sure about that V8 Porsche. The headlights look cross eyed, I'm not sure what the tape measurer was showing and I'll bet it will do nothing but straight line runs at any amount of speed. They didn't mention any inter-cooler either, 28 pounds of boost and no inter-cooler?

Just not my flavor.

redsport · 04-24-2011, 09:01 PM

A few pics from a local car show this weekend:

http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/s...sche%20photos/

Wyvern · 04-24-2011, 10:37 PM

I am on the road with my 75 Widebody

my latest projects was removal of the IB bumperettets

and a MSD and Weber install.
Drove her today ... a bit of tuning / linkage adjust and will be good to go

Xtremjeepn · 04-25-2011, 06:57 AM

Sweet!

Hate the rubber bumper things on these cars. I shaved my951 rear bumper and it looks much better. Now I want to get rid of the bumpers on the 928S4.

Ngorongoro · 05-08-2011, 02:50 AM

PecosBill · 05-08-2011, 06:22 AM

Love the vintage 356 pics.

Ngorongoro · 05-08-2011, 07:21 AM

1958 Speedster. Same Car, Same Owner 50 years later:

04-17-2011, 04:21 AM	#1577
Mikelly Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Virginia Oddometer: 233	Biggest issue to check for on the 996s is the rear main seal and the intermediate shaft. Rule of thumb on buying a used 996 is this... If it's got lots of miles and no evidence of leaking oil, then you got good castings. It's the same on Boxters and Caymans as well. Beyond that, have them inspect the front and rear axles/ for play and a good general PPI would help...I've got a BUNCH of DIYs on the 996Turbo over on Renntrack.com (My other home) and I've had my 996TT appart quite a bit over the last four years... They're great cars as long as they're kept up with... Mine has been bulletproof... Couple of pics of my Recent GT2 conversion on my 650HP monster: Mike __________________ Current ride - 2011 Ninja1000 Gone but not forgotten: 2008 FJR1300, 1999 ZRX1100, 2002 WR250, 1998 XR200,1998 ZX9R, 1995 GSXR750, 1986 CBR600, 1983 Seca550, 1979 Kawasaki 750, 1974 Honda Elsinore 250 enduro

04-17-2011, 08:54 PM	#1578
JNRobert Breaking Wind Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Oddometer: 8,426	I need your life, Mikelly. __________________ Crusader of Slack

04-18-2011, 10:46 AM	#1579
Bongolia ^OP stop acting Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Hong Kong Oddometer: 15,195	Thanks Mike. Going to look at it tomorrow and kick the tires and stuff. __________________ A pariah on the farm

04-20-2011, 10:27 AM	#1580
Newfie Rider Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Newfoundland Twin of Rose Bowl Oddometer: 505	I will chime in....loved the late 70s 911 myself, just don't have the funds to get one, so I ran across this little beauty last year. Traded my restored Seca turbo in return for the car and cash to me Replaced the motor (overheated water pump failure on the original) and drove the shit out of it before selling it to fund another project. Gonna get me one of them those 911 some day. Traded this For this __________________ Newfoundland weather Cams R1150GS, DR750S BIG, GL1100, XS1100, XJ750, Midnight Maxium, CT70, Suzuki B100P, Seca 650 Turbo, BMW 325i Convertible (sold), Porsche 944 , sold), Triumph TR-7 (sold), Land Rover Discovery, BMW X5

04-21-2011, 03:06 PM	#1581
Xtremjeepn Motorhead! Joined: May 2008 Location: SaddleRock, Colorado Oddometer: 1,374	I think I have an addiction! __________________ Cole Ford<----my iPad app ...and iPhone version .....Android Tablet version 06 KTM 950 Adventure(The Fainting Goat) 02 F650GS DAKAR 2 KLR650s Travel bikes http://coffeemotorcycleswine.blogspot.com/

04-21-2011, 04:25 PM	#1582
Wylie Back in the saddle again Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Shoshone, Idaho Oddometer: 2,232	70s! One of the rarest Porsches ever built, one of the rarest cars ever built too! Why must I have this kind of taste in vehicles! http://914-6.blogspot.com/2006/12/19...le-325000.html __________________ Okay so I'm not Super Man. I'm just the jack of many trades, master of some yet to find and as the world turns that would only be for a matter of time. Okay, screw it, stop the world I'm getting off.

04-21-2011, 06:08 PM	#1583
Ricardo Kuhn a.k.a. Mr Rico Suave Joined: Sep 2001 Location: Salt lake city, Utah Oddometer: 11,582	I guess this is kind of a "Sacrilege" but sounds like a really powerful "racecar" 1969 Porsche 911 with a Big Chevy V8 for sale on Utah's KSL __________________ I'm really Sorry but I'm "Out" of Rickybars, Actually I have a bunch of bars and a Ton of end pieces but Not that many clamps to offer them as a product anymore.

04-22-2011, 10:50 PM	#1584
Wylie Back in the saddle again Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Shoshone, Idaho Oddometer: 2,232	I'm not sure about that V8 Porsche. The headlights look cross eyed, I'm not sure what the tape measurer was showing and I'll bet it will do nothing but straight line runs at any amount of speed. They didn't mention any inter-cooler either, 28 pounds of boost and no inter-cooler? Just not my flavor. __________________ Okay so I'm not Super Man. I'm just the jack of many trades, master of some yet to find and as the world turns that would only be for a matter of time. Okay, screw it, stop the world I'm getting off.

04-24-2011, 09:01 PM	#1585
redsport Power Lurker Joined: Oct 2008 Location: North Carolina Oddometer: 267	A few pics from a local car show this weekend: http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/s...sche%20photos/

04-24-2011, 10:37 PM	#1586
Wyvern Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2009 Location: California, East Bay (Concord) Oddometer: 894	I am on the road with my 75 Widebody my latest projects was removal of the IB bumperettets and a MSD and Weber install. Drove her today ... a bit of tuning / linkage adjust and will be good to go __________________ Enjoy life ... eat out more often

04-25-2011, 06:57 AM	#1587
Xtremjeepn Motorhead! Joined: May 2008 Location: SaddleRock, Colorado Oddometer: 1,374	Sweet! Hate the rubber bumper things on these cars. I shaved my951 rear bumper and it looks much better. Now I want to get rid of the bumpers on the 928S4. __________________ Cole Ford<----my iPad app ...and iPhone version .....Android Tablet version 06 KTM 950 Adventure(The Fainting Goat) 02 F650GS DAKAR 2 KLR650s Travel bikes http://coffeemotorcycleswine.blogspot.com/

05-08-2011, 02:50 AM	#1588
Ngorongoro boon Joined: Feb 2006 Location: The crater so nice, they named it twice. Oddometer: 173	I'm in a Three Five Six mood today... __________________ ...riding makes one alert, pulls us out of our thoughts, and engages us in something bigger than ourselves." - Bonneville54 "Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible." - T. E. Lawrence

05-08-2011, 06:22 AM	#1589
PecosBill Get off my f'n lawn! Joined: Jan 2007 Location: The State of Jefferson Oddometer: 41,129	Love the vintage 356 pics. __________________ "Am I not a man? And is a man not stupid? I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe." Zorba the Greek "A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." Friedrich Nietzsche Save $5 when you open your new SmugMug account, use coupon number: K0vxRpKbulMhM

05-08-2011, 07:21 AM	#1590
Ngorongoro boon Joined: Feb 2006 Location: The crater so nice, they named it twice. Oddometer: 173	1958 Speedster. Same Car, Same Owner 50 years later: __________________ ...riding makes one alert, pulls us out of our thoughts, and engages us in something bigger than ourselves." - Bonneville54 "Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible." - T. E. Lawrence

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