benjohnstone

5 hours ago, Nobbie said:

I think I’m going to be upgrading to a 981 from my current 2.5 tip 986 which has been a great car, but is getting a bit rusty. I’m interested in people’s opinions on which 981 options are worth looking out for and any common issues to check for.

I did find a similar thread, but that seemed to get derailed into a fight about tyres.

I’ll probably keep the car a long time, so resale isn’t an issue. Hence I’ll probably go for a high miles, more recent car such as a 2015 with 100k rather than a 2012 with 60k. It’s mostly a weekend car so the aim is driving involvement. I like the tip on the 986, but feel I need to go manual on the 981 just to keep a similar level of involvement, although given the preponderance of PDK I won’t rule one out, interested to hear views on the manual gearbox. 

PSE is a must or I’d have to add myself or similar. I enjoy having to wring the neck of the 2.5, so I think I might regret upgrading to a 3.4, although I suspect most 3.4 are better specced, so won’t rule it out and am open to opinions. I love the look of the GTS, but not paying an extra £15k, so may just upgrade the front bumper as per @daz05

Are the standard seats ok? I have the sports seats in the 986 which work well.

I’m aware of the heater fan issue and the unreliable engine mounts, any other things that might be suspect on a higher miles car?

Interested to hear your views.

I think you need to stick to non S with the way you make pace at the moment I don't think we'd keep up 😆

1 hour ago, Nobbie said:

You should have joined us up in Scotland. I remember one sharp bend where all three of us lost the back end, although, @benjohnstone did the most dramatic excursion with his Exige. I was still laughing when my back end stepped out😬

😆😆😆

I was still laughing up the road, 

First hairpin pitiful, must try harder on the 2nd, nearly ended up in a Bush 🤣

42 minutes ago, benjohnstone said:

No regrets here, 

yes it's loud, focused and totally unrefined. but as a drivers car it's in a different league to the boxster. the steering feel is amazing, goes where you point it.

even been an n/a (with some engine work. cams,porting etc) it's far faster than the boxster it's replaced, 840kg weight helps that alot though.

downsides are it's not overly comfy, no heated seats etc. but for a Sunday morning hooning machine I'll manage 😆

 

 

 

Forgot to mention the brakes CL-RC6 pads all round with belled front discs.

from a tiny 2 pot caliper on the fronts and a conventional sliding caliper on the rear, they are phenomenal I've never driven or been in anything that stops quite like it. 

slammed on that hard the other day it ejected water out of the washer jets much to my amusement 😆 yet no ABS interference at all. 

it's a rather highly modified version of the 190 exige so can't comment on what a standard one would be like.

for anyone interested

engine;

piper stage 2 cams 

ported head

ported runners

itg intake

emu black ecu

450cc injectors

Radium billet fuel rail

moroso baffled sump

billet oil pump gears

2ubular 4-2-1 manifold,hks spots cat, custom 2ubular 8" backbox

Ali 45mm radiator twin spal fans

gearbox;

kaaz short ratio gearset

quaife LSD

Suspension/handling

Nitron coilovers

uprated ARB

Rosejoint toe links

Quick rack

r888r's/A052's

On 7/30/2023 at 9:09 PM, KWR73 said:

First pic is prettier than the second, but do tell after a fortnight are you regretting the decision or is the Exige worth the change?  I love my 987.1, but am plagued with roof issues, trying to work out whether a Cayman or something else is the best answer  

No regrets here, 

yes it's loud, focused and totally unrefined. but as a drivers car it's in a different league to the boxster. the steering feel is amazing, goes where you point it.

even been an n/a (with some engine work. cams,porting etc) it's far faster than the boxster it's replaced, 840kg weight helps that alot though.

downsides are it's not overly comfy, no heated seats etc. but for a Sunday morning hooning machine I'll manage 😆

Yes totally different, for the low miles I did in the boxster I thought get something more focused why not 

sold it 🫢

as much as I've enjoyed the boxster ownership I've now moved it on. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wBjMvHG9pcOf5-_AUcrRrJah5KjI6hM0/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wALzwg8hnCZTeO9z-XO90SB9E3BacTR2/view?usp=drivesdk

I'll still hang around though as I rather enjoy Lukes Dales runs 🤷‍♂️

On 5/19/2022 at 12:18 PM, JonSta said:

When I've considered adding tube headers to my ebay dronebox I thought I'd put some aftermarket 200 cel cats downstream from the manifolds. I think there's space. The stock manifold cats do look very restrictive. Can't find headers with sports cats already in place without spending £££££££.

The other thing I mean to do is get a balance pipe welded between to two sides as they're not connected. I think that will sound better. I don't really want it that much louder.

Generally you only notice intake noise with your foot down.

I've got topgear manifolds with 200cel sports cats they wernt silly money but they don't pass mot anyway so pointless 😆😆

Removed the panel behind the seats for the first time to discover the belt totally knackered

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oz-__5YYoiHNnnxvZMMPG5lQOlK9m_m-/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OhAvGncFF8KpgfibLDgZHBxp612or-3C/view?usp=drivesdk

ordered a new meyle pump, lower temp thermostat from spyder and a new belt

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P57Q4L-pHuna6_9MSGQ_DzJclhbyue-J/view?usp=drivesdk

all replaced today and vacuum bled with a cheap amazon job which worked well and got most of the air out. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P-NIf6DmAR48tMGG6Z_Z2lXEf09LuRaz/view?usp=drivesdk

wasn't looking forward to bleeding the system up but was a breeze 

I have a full exhaust

send us a message if interested I'll get some pics over

worth a check one of mine was stuck had a stone in it. the other was coming on full to seemingly compensate

topped up pas fluid.

plugged sensor back in under nearside inlet manifold that happened to come unplugged after changing AOS and vent hoses. was chucking up P0444 no more eml light 😎

8 hours ago, Kenbo1000 said:

Your picture of your AOS is different to mine. Here is the number for the one on my car 0PB115099A. 
I think the one for my 987.2 is the newer version and seems to be easier to change.

possibly yeah. mines a 987.1 👍

On 10/5/2021 at 7:59 PM, Kenbo1000 said:

Did mine a month ago. The AOS was relatively easy to change (just take your time and have all the gear you will need, YouTube video’s are available) but the plastic pipe that splits into two and goes to the inlet manifold seems to made of toilet paper. If you look at it it cracks and splits, mine broke into two pieces. New one is £65 from Porsche. 
I took mine into AHRS to have the PDK fluid changed and a hydraulic leak traced. The leak was a split pipe from the power steering pump, £150 for the part from Porsche! Anyhow as the new AOS breather was in the boot he chucked it on for free. It’s relatively easy to change you just need good finger strength to squeeze the ends to release them.

Good luck.

aye that one doesn't look too bad to change to be honest. the one thays split on mine is no.4 on the diagram goes to passenger side cyl head looks a pain to swap 😆

Just fit the spyder ones to mine.

got them from spyder off ebay with a 35quid offer

text size is slightly different but not an issue

overall I'm very happy, they look 1000 times better than my old sticky scabby ones and a breeze to fit  👍

Having some issues with the vent hose off the AOS to the left bank (1-3 passenger side)

the corrugated hose has split and is p*ssing oil all over 😆

might aswell change the AOS and both breather hoses. The long one that's split looks a pain to change can anyone give me any insight on how to go about swapping it?

cheers Ben

wrong section pls delete

After finishing the front suspension rebuild took it down to Atec-align in Huddersfield for full 4 wheel hunter alignment. lovely chap and knew his stuff would highly reccomend.

picked up a Carnewal exhaust earlier, a job for tomorrow if I finish work early 🤞

5 hours ago, JonSta said:

More importantly what does it sound like?

I fancy doing them but the bolt thing puts me off. 

sounds a hell of a lot better but the old one was leaking so sounded awful.  got quite a bark now and some burble on the overrun. a trip to carnewal is on the cards once travel is allowed. 

25 minutes ago, Digidick said:

Any issues getting the old manifolds off?

yeah think the majority of bolts snapped. much swearing by the sounds of it. Good set of lads though got it all sorted 👌

got the car back from Revolution after New manifolds with 200cel cats

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AqkTjT5EQTkl--AOmxw-FAf2EE0iWaWH/view?usp=drivesdk

also fitted some lobsters I picked up last week 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AwvHGhUBBzAkC93QeJWQ3Swi68iRQTIY/view?usp=drivesdk