Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)

[ramirez]

Coil packs, just get the beru ones from anywhere else, what Porsche use. Amazed your paying Porsche for the plug change, they charge like £350-£500 to do it, most specialist will do it for £200 including the parts.

Disc, buy from Porsche they can give upto like 25% discount on brakes, so ask them nicely and all 4 should come to £600-£800 which is good for disc.

If you need rears and my 997 rears fit, you can have those very cheap as they are near brand new and I am putting ceramics back on.

You can also have my pads if they fit, don't think they will as I think my brakes are a lot bigger, but again check, I am on 6 piston front and 4 piston rear.

I will give you my Porsche contact, email me and I shall introduce you to him he will be able to tell you what if any of my brakes will fit to your car and he will sort you good prices.

top man - mail on its way

 

[SoliD]

Design 911 I have always got my discs/pads from.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Really don't know which one I'd want.....

Though GT2 RS is so special, near GT3 precise handling and then turbo rush that is truly insane and will churn your stomach something crazy.

 

[Simon]

Saw a 918 in the flesh on Monday, shame it was a test mule rather than the finished thing. In any case it looked awesome.

Was at Porsche Engineering in Stuttgart, so many nice cars! Amazing how different the Boxster S looks with the various wheel options.

 

[Dr House]

Hmm the 991 is starting to drop in price.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-9...2027021?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item417db71e0d

I have decided to sell my one and start looking for a 991 with the view of keeping it.
http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?p=951758#951758

 

[snips86x]

I must say that some of my favourite models are now in production. I really love the look of the new 911 Turbo has to be my new favourite. I still like the GT3 and the 4 sport. Either way, I have no chance if owning one.

 

[Gibbo]

Finally got mine back today, for those wondering it is possible to change a 911 clutch without a ramp, though the guy doing it did not enjoy the slave cylinder that was hard work.

So it's had everything changed whilst box off:-
Clutch, pressure plate and bearing.
Flywheel was ok and within Porsche tolerance with no major hot spots so kept it.
RMS seal
IMS seal kit
Clutch fork release spring
Clutch guide sleeve
Clutch slave cylinder
Spark plugs changed
Fresh gearbox oil
Fresh bolts for clutch and flywheel

Pretty much everything replaced that could be, hopefully now all will be well for sometime.

 

[Tomcat825]

Dare I ask how much all of that cost?!

 

[Gibbo]

Dare I ask how much all of that cost?!

I get my parts heavily discounted. Clutch kit was £320, plugs and other clutch parts, IMS seal, plugs etc came to approx £200 also. I also purchased new ceramic pads all round (£450) and refitted the ceramic disc. Labour, well mates rates so far less then it should have being but still quite a lot. But whilst the box was off it made sense to change everything and not cut any corners. would have being over £3000 at Porsche, managed it all at sub £1500.

Needless to say the clutch and gear change feel the best they have being and nice to be back on ceramics.

 

[Will]

Get the impression you didnt like the steel brakes in comparison gibbo?

Are they noticeably worse in terms of stopping performance or just the extra weight not doing much for handling?

 

[Gibbo]

Get the impression you didnt like the steel brakes in comparison gibbo?

Are they noticeably worse in terms of stopping performance or just the extra weight not doing much for handling?

Steels give a marginally better pedal feel, but only marginal, but Porsche brakes are like Porsche steering, other cars I've driven simply don't compare.

What the ceramics do though is how smooth and silent they are, then add in the stopping power and it's just like voodoo magic. They improve ride quality and improve acceleration.

Then factor a set of disc on a road only car are capable of 200,000 miles per set and pads do around 50,000 pet set and well no dust is a nice feature.

The downsides are only cost and heat delaminates them so a lot of track abuse results on only marginal better life than steel equivalents. Though the latest 380mm ceramics seemed to have cured the track life issues.

In short ceramics are quieter, smoother, last life of the car, emit zero dust, reduce unsprung weight and have incredible stopping power.

Downsides are cost, don't have quite same pedal feel and can suffer from heat.

 

[arcamalpha]

Gibbo where do you think is the best place to buy new genuine Porsche PCCB discs? Design911 sell discs but they appear to be non-OEM.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo where do you think is the best place to buy new genuine Porsche PCCB discs? Design911 sell discs but they appear to be non-OEM.

Supposedly there is now companies returning them for about £800 a unit. What design911 sell are not ceramics.

http://www.carbonceramicbrake.com/refurbishment-service.html

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

They don't all blow up:-
http://www.project3000.co.uk/

996 C2 on original engine and gearbox at 175,000 miles.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Porsche either do a lot of bribery or these guys just don't take into consideration the shocking design flaw:-
http://teamspeed.com/articles/porsche-911-gt3-named-2014-world-performance-car/



Re-fitted the r-compounds to mine yesterday now its warmer, had a good drive out, wow, such a drivers car its untrue. But car developed an awful clunk/rattle in corners and bumps. Pushing on sunroof fixed it or opening sun roof.

So a few well placed pieces of sticky foam between sunroof and trim have being placed. Of course I had to test this, lovely 19c here today and another stunning drive completely rattle free.

 

[arcamalpha]

Supposedly there is now companies returning them for about £800 a unit. What design911 sell are not ceramics.

http://www.carbonceramicbrake.com/refurbishment-service.html

Cool, thanks. Their pics don't all look quite right (no drillings in the discs), but will get in touch with them next time I need discs.

 

[alx]

Hi there

Porsche either do a lot of bribery or these guys just don't take into consideration the shocking design flaw:-
http://teamspeed.com/articles/porsche-911-gt3-named-2014-world-performance-car/



Re-fitted the r-compounds to mine yesterday now its warmer, had a good drive out, wow, such a drivers car its untrue. But car developed an awful clunk/rattle in corners and bumps. Pushing on sunroof fixed it or opening sun roof.

So a few well placed pieces of sticky foam between sunroof and trim have being placed. Of course I had to test this, lovely 19c here today and another stunning drive completely rattle free.

What's actually happened with the 991 GT3 engine issue/design flaw? Have Porsche resolved it somehow?

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Conrod bolts... New engines

 

[[ui]ICEMAN]

Seems I can't stay away from Porsche. Picked up a 2013 991S with a perfect spec on Friday.

Aqua blue, SPASM, PDK, Sports Chrono, Bose, Premium pack, vented seats and a few more that I can't recall atm.

Definitely even cooler because it was Derek Bell's car (if you're in this thread and don't know who he is, you should be embarrassed)

 

[Gibbo]

Is this replacing the Ferrari or is this the new daily?

Get used to it as be good to hear how you feel it compares to the 997 you had a few years back if you can remember. I am finding the new Porsches though technically amazing are loosing some of their character by just making going fast seem less challenging and well to easy. Maybe a sign of the times ahead, be good to hear what you think Dave.