CapnHyaku Posted 21March, 2021 Report Share Posted 21March, 2021 New plugs and oil pressure sensor fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas Posted 21March, 2021 Report Share Posted 21March, 2021 6 minutes ago, LeeM said: I've been pretty slack with the maintenance on my car Explains the lost nut then....😁 Need some pics of all your work.. or as they say - 'It didn't happen' I feel for you in regards to the lost enthusiasm comment. One of the reasons I sold an old classic of mine years ago. While it was fun to drive around, the ongoing rectification made it a bit less fun due to the time and running around required to complete that work. These days I'm too lazy, so I like the ability of just being able to hop in the car, turn the key and just go and enjoy the drive rather than spending 80% of my time working on the damn thing.. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 21March, 2021 Report Share Posted 21March, 2021 42 minutes ago, Costas said: I feel for you in regards to the lost enthusiasm comment. One of the reasons I sold an old classic of mine years ago. While it was fun to drive around, the ongoing rectification made it a bit less fun due to the time and running around required to complete that work. These days I'm too lazy, so I like the ability of just being able to hop in the car, turn the key and just go and enjoy the drive rather than spending 80% of my time working on the damn thing.. 😁 That was basically the reason I wanted a 996, to just jump in a drive it and have some air cond etc, though a few factors have changed my mind lately. I too have become lazy, as my job in the building game is pretty physically demanding at 55, so not much happens over the weekends I can assure you that! Need a 4 day weekend to recover from work, and find a bit more motivation 😁 Costas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted 24March, 2021 Report Share Posted 24March, 2021 Not so much what I did but ... I welcomed back the 3.8 2004 RSR motor post rebuild by Michael Garner. Dialled in for torque not peak power (which will still be “adequate” mind you ...) Its being reunited with the car in the next couple of days New air jacks are in, new dampers and springs also. FIA compliant fuel cell will be here shortly and then we’re off to the Island hopefully mid April for a shake down Pic of the engine ... CapnHyaku, Rod C, Scott930 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted 24March, 2021 Report Share Posted 24March, 2021 1 hour ago, Skidmarks said: Not so much what I did but ... I welcomed back the 3.8 2004 RSR motor post rebuild by Michael Garner. Dialled in for torque not peak power (which will still be “adequate” mind you ...) Its being reunited with the car in the next couple of days New air jacks are in, new dampers and springs also. FIA compliant fuel cell will be here shortly and then we’re off to the Island hopefully mid April for a shake down Pic of the engine ... Must be time for another C&C lap of Winton.......in an RSR. At least I’ll have a car to this time. Skidmarks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnHyaku Posted 28March, 2021 Report Share Posted 28March, 2021 Today I pretty much got to drive it for the first time in weeks. After I got back from Luftwasser the wheels came off to get repaired by Finn at Virgin Wheel Repairs. That left me time to take other stuff off and clean and service etc. It was carrying a lot of caked up mud and dirt from the UK. It was a quarantine nightmare, except for the fact the number of chemicals I used that likely killed anything over from pommy land aside from the air of superiority. Then the mufflers came off to contemplate the acoustic refinements that might be had. That was a one way street until I got new clamps and harnesses etc due to corrosion. Some bolts were snapped, some words were said... water under the bridge now. After being unable to find used harnesses that were not in a similar condition on the open market, and overall being unimpressed with the price and materials of Porsche Genuine fasteners... I invested in some stainless steel bolts, made to spec in UK. They even came with a certificate of authenticity and a ugga dugga specification. While I was in amongst the wheel arches I took the opportunity to liberate the old spark plugs and retire them. I peeked at the engine's private parts while I was there... so risque! The wonky needle on the oil pressure gauge had previously indicated the sensor had ventured past it's best years. I used a carefully calibrated crows foot I had seen suggested and torqued it up. Everything got washed, some things got media blasted. Some things even got sanded and polished. Lady luck was not on my side and a clamp bolt that was torqued to spec snapped... the supplier must have been a few furnaces short of a steel mill. That was Sunday's car's and coffee nixed. The big green shed had something that sufficed. And after a shake down I am back on the road with new wheels, and nicer exhaust note and some less worry about things rusting away underneath. I even replaced a belly pan that went AWOL some time prior to my ownership. After finding a hose and a bucket... I will hopefully have some photos for the "Where did you take your Porsche today?" megathread. tomo, Shedpest, sjm and 10 others 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurens Posted 30March, 2021 Report Share Posted 30March, 2021 On 04/03/2021 at 12:59, BRU said: Installed Fister II’s on my 993 C2. My ears are happy 🎶 Hi FUCHer, I also have a C2 993 with the engine out at present (to address the timing chain cover oil leaks). A good opportunity to install a new exhaust and I was thinking of a Fister II as well. Did you order it from the States? If so, did you return the original exhaust? I'm a bit reluctant ordering / sending items across the world with the present circumstances. I was wondering whether there is an outfit in Australia that deals with Fister, but I couldn't find anything on it. Cheers, Laurens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRU Posted 30March, 2021 Report Share Posted 30March, 2021 3 minutes ago, Laurens said: Hi FUCHer, I also have a C2 993 with the engine out at present (to address the timing chain cover oil leaks). A good opportunity to install a new exhaust and I was thinking of a Fister II as well. Did you order it from the States? If so, did you return the original exhaust? I'm a bit reluctant ordering / sending items across the world with the present circumstances. I was wondering whether there is an outfit in Australia that deals with Fister, but I couldn't find anything on it. Cheers, Laurens Hey Laurens I got it from the states, no one locally that deals Fister products afaik, though you could get a local exhaust shop to have a go at replicating the Fister mod if you’re game.. I did the core return option, it’s the only option unless you want to pay for them to modify a brand new set and send those to you (1300USD PLUS the cost of modification and shipping - no thanks!). I had absolutely no issues with shipping either direction. They arrived within a week of posting on the way here, and I sent mine back to them last Thursday via Pack and Send (onto DHL) for ~$350 (cheapest I could find) and they arrived today. Not the cheapest option, but a good product and easy experience. DM if you need any help 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurens Posted 30March, 2021 Report Share Posted 30March, 2021 38 minutes ago, BRU said: Hey Laurens I got it from the states, no one locally that deals Fister products afaik, though you could get a local exhaust shop to have a go at replicating the Fister mod if you’re game.. I did the core return option, it’s the only option unless you want to pay for them to modify a brand new set and send those to you (1300USD PLUS the cost of modification and shipping - no thanks!). I had absolutely no issues with shipping either direction. They arrived within a week of posting on the way here, and I sent mine back to them last Thursday via Pack and Send (onto DHL) for ~$350 (cheapest I could find) and they arrived today. Not the cheapest option, but a good product and easy experience. DM if you need any help 👍🏼 Thanks for the quick response and tips mate. Much appreciated. Yes, only read positive feedback about this system. I think I'll give it a go ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 31March, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 31March, 2021 I filled the shift pattern in with gaurds red touch up paint, sanded smooth, then gave it a coat of high gloss clear CapnHyaku, tomo, Stepo and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnHyaku Posted 31March, 2021 Report Share Posted 31March, 2021 Looks great! cyberpunky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 3April, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 3April, 2021 Fitted some custom laser etched switches to console I also got car on ramps and cleaned under tray, then got back up and polished the fabspeed cat back Stepo, tomo, Carrera28 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 6April, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 6April, 2021 Fitted a Racing Dynamics strut brace with its wonky sticker(soon to be removed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 6April, 2021 Report Share Posted 6April, 2021 The mind boggles as to how the one applying the decal thought that was acceptable 🙄 Grimmy and Shedpest 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 7April, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 7April, 2021 12 hours ago, LeeM said: The mind boggles as to how the one applying the decal thought that was acceptable 🙄 Sooo disappointing, as have wanted one of these for the longest time, and would have proudly displayed the brand, as I think its such a great product. Fitment and quality is as good as it gets, so it's a real let down they didn't care enough to represent their brand properly and dropped the quality control on something so simple as putting a sticker on straight LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 7April, 2021 Report Share Posted 7April, 2021 Email the company with a photo attached. They may not be aware of the problem. BRU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 7April, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 7April, 2021 2 hours ago, OZ930 said: Email the company with a photo attached. They may not be aware of the problem. Took pics and sent them off about 10 minutes after I saw it. Still waiting for a response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smit2100 Posted 8April, 2021 Report Share Posted 8April, 2021 On 01/01/2021 at 15:03, smit2100 said: Well Murphy's law has struck. Had an issue with the right rear brake pads ( rear gt3 pads ex 4 porsche dealers was circa 2-3 weeks ex germany and price ranged from 675 to 895. Mechanic landed some textars delivered to his garage in three hours for less than a third of the cheapest quote from the dealers., but I missed my slot at the wheel aligners just before Chrissy after the Ohlins sat in a box for a couple of years. However perhaps missing the slot was a good thing as the next day in my mechanics junk box was an email that Ohlins are doing a world wide recall on their coilovers for 996 /997 ( certain model batch). I have lucked out and have the dodgy struts and mount components. Now waste of time doing any geometry work to dial in the alignment. If I had got the slot just before Chrissy, would not have driven the car anyway and pissed away the cost of the geoemetry work as the front shocks need to be be ripped out and replaced with ohlins supplied replacements. However parts are at least 4 weeks off ex Uk ( need to come via original supplier) and who knows deliveries under covid. I have asked the question on consequentials and be interesting to see what if any contribution ohlins make to the consequentials ( I'm thinking Tata airbag style on my m3 as a baseline) eg labour to rip out the existing ones and replace, labour to box up the defective ones that's seen 20m of travel on them and sending them back to Ohlins and what about the required front wheel re alignment costs. As I am on a yellow binge, could be an opportunity to attach a couple of smaller boxes to the replacement shocks. Eg genuine yellow 997 front seat belts or is that going further erode the resale value. Too much of a bitsa with the yellow parts. Car holed up for a couple of months waiting for 996 ohlins coilover worldwide recall replacement front struts and top mount kit. Fair bit of geometey work done yesterday and today and the 4x4 look is now gone. Any 996 owners on here and with ohlins coilovers? Ohlins lawyers are on the hunt for 2 x 996 ( turbo or c4s or gt3?) aus owners who had ohlins coilover kits installed so they can sort out the front struts based on the recall. Note Ohlins came to the party and supplied me with their replacement solution parts ( struts and topmounts), paid for ripping the original struts out ( had a whole 15km of wear on them eg out of new box, installed at one workshop and straight to Jocaro in Braeside), swapping out top mounts and and full wheel alignment / geometry work. Ohlins paid the invoice for that work within 5 minutes of receiving it. They also required the faulty struts to be returned , but they arranged for them to be couried from jocaro to brisbane. Havent seen the car in the flesh for a while and looking forward to detailing it when i get to see it. But it doesnt look too shabby for a 18 year old car. But may have devalued it with with gt2/ gt3 brake upgrade and nearly a full suspension refresh with borrowed gt3 parts to complement the olhlins coilovers. Looking forward to devaluing it further with a further 20% boost increase next on the agenda. Anyone logged these cars ( already tweaked) doing a third gear pull at 2500 rpm at wot and backing off at 6500. hugh and GTP911 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 8April, 2021 Report Share Posted 8April, 2021 10 minutes ago, smit2100 said: Car holed up for a couple of months waiting for 996 ohlins coilover worldwide recall replacement front struts and top mount kit. Fair bit of geometey work done yesterday and today and the 4x4 look is now gone. Any 996 owners on here and with ohlins coilovers? Ohlins lawyers are on the hunt for 2 x 996 ( turbo or c4s or gt3?) aus owners who had ohlins coilover kits installed so they can sort out the front struts based on the recall. Note Ohlins came to the party and supplied me with their replacement solution parts ( struts and topmounts), paid for ripping the original struts out ( had a whole 15km of wear on them eg out of new box, installed at one workshop and straight to Jocaro in Braeside), swapping out top mounts and and full wheel alignment / geometry work. Ohlins paid the invoice for that work within 5 minutes of receiving it. They also required the faulty struts to be returned , but they arranged for them to be couried from jocaro to brisbane. I'm an Ohlin's customer, wasn't aware of this though - who should I contact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smit2100 Posted 8April, 2021 Report Share Posted 8April, 2021 14 minutes ago, hugh said: I'm an Ohlin's customer, wasn't aware of this though - who should I contact? Just check on the 996 models. Its only certain kits with a specific strut part number( definetely the 996 turbo / c4s, i know 997 gt2 kit for sure as well). 996 gt3 may be ok. Check the ohlins website and recall notice details My worshop got a email on the recall. Eg I arranged for my workshop to purchase my coilover kit from design911 in the uk who forwarded on the recall notice from Ohlins hugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRU Posted 20April, 2021 Report Share Posted 20April, 2021 Installed FDM SSK, FDM Golden Rod and RS engine mounts in my 993. So far so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 22April, 2021 Report Share Posted 22April, 2021 31 minutes ago, mrar said: Done, I better do some work. Love those rims, enjoy getting them dirty!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalai Posted 22April, 2021 Report Share Posted 22April, 2021 6 hours ago, mrar said: Done, I better do some work. Please get it done. Need to see fitted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 23April, 2021 Report Share Posted 23April, 2021 8 minutes ago, mrar said: Looks terrible. You should send them to me immediately for my silver backdate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalai Posted 23April, 2021 Report Share Posted 23April, 2021 26 minutes ago, mrar said: Straight off hoist. Should settle down some more. Stunning. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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