Chris_Geffen Posted April 8, 2023 Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 41 minutes ago, edc said: Bore score on a 986? Other people have looked and also said it looks like bore score but minor, but yes, on a 986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edc Posted April 8, 2023 Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 What's the engine/mileage/history? Is the bore score the sole cause of the low compression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eob Posted April 8, 2023 Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Chris_Geffen said: I could promote my YT channel but... I was watching your video last night. I guess bore score is possible on any engine thats been abused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Geffen Posted April 8, 2023 Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 3 hours ago, edc said: What's the engine/mileage/history? Is the bore score the sole cause of the low compression? 104k, 2.5, sketchy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Geffen Posted April 8, 2023 Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 3 hours ago, eob said: I was watching your video last night. I guess bore score is possible on any engine thats been abused. It looks a mess and the whole car has not been looked after so it's just on the cusp of being a survivor. It has Jinyu tyres on it so not exactly been someone's P&J. Thanks for watching 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBarediver Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) On 4/6/2023 at 8:00 AM, ½cwt said: If the disconnected the rear tuning fork even to drop the shock out, it will likely have put the rear out. I changed my rear tuning forks after the rest of the suspension as done and I had a few degrees of right hand down required on the steering for straight driving. BTW the front bolts are not eccentric; the camber adjustment comes from slotted holes for the top mount. Once it is spot on it will feel great! Good Luck. Well, good news. They managed to do it and the car feels transformed. No more crabbing and the steering wheel is straight (as it should be). Also, that worrying little wiggle the rear end did if you hit a bump going around a corner is now gone. The car handles better now than it ever did before so I'm pretty happy. It goes around corners like it's on rails I would upload a pic of the before and after but it's a little large. I'll see if I can share the pic some other way. EDIT Link provided to photo https://photos.app.goo.gl/n2aYrNZKnVTHd1ke6 Almost everything was red in the before picture (the rear wasn't even on the register) but the guy managed to get almost everything green. Took about an hour of fiddling and cost me only £90. I may still take it to the guys at Precision but I have a suspicion they will quote a whole bunch of money to get it done. Obviously the suspension components are quite old now and could do with a refresh. I would rather save up for that and the eventual clutch replacement and engine rebuild that it is going to need at some point. Edited April 9, 2023 by RedBarediver 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 48 minutes ago, RedBarediver said: Well, good news. They managed to do it and the car feels transformed. No more crabbing and the steering wheel is straight (as it should be). Also, that worrying little wiggle the rear end did if you hit a bump going around a corner is now gone. The car handles better now than it ever did before so I'm pretty happy. It goes around corners like it's on rails I would upload a pic of the before and after but it's a little large. I'll see if I can share the pic some other way. EDIT Link provided to photo https://photos.app.goo.gl/n2aYrNZKnVTHd1ke6 Almost everything was red in the before picture (the rear wasn't even on the register) but the guy managed to get almost everything green. Took about an hour of fiddling and cost me only £90. I may still take it to the guys at Precision but I have a suspicion they will quote a whole bunch of money to get it done. Obviously the suspension components are quite old now and could do with a refresh. I would rather save up for that and the eventual clutch replacement and engine rebuild that it is going to need at some point. Glad the 'cheap' option worked out. By Man Maths, you now have the first £200 or so towards the suspension rebuild fund. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edc Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 On 4/8/2023 at 2:46 PM, Chris_Geffen said: 104k, 2.5, sketchy! An outlier for a 986 and a 2.5 at that but a hard or abused past isn't going to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999mch Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 😀 Got another 12 months MoT, although a couple of advisories to work on. Gave it an Italian tune up before taking it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizz Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 Handed the car over to my mate who owns a MOT garage to do my full suspension upgrade. Said he wants the car for a few days as he's busy so it's going to be weird not having my car for up to a week! 😕 The drive feels empty without it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybot7 Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 4/9/2023 at 12:36 PM, RedBarediver said: Well, good news. They managed to do it and the car feels transformed. No more crabbing and the steering wheel is straight (as it should be). Also, that worrying little wiggle the rear end did if you hit a bump going around a corner is now gone. The car handles better now than it ever did before so I'm pretty happy. It goes around corners like it's on rails I would upload a pic of the before and after but it's a little large. I'll see if I can share the pic some other way. EDIT Link provided to photo https://photos.app.goo.gl/n2aYrNZKnVTHd1ke6 Almost everything was red in the before picture (the rear wasn't even on the register) but the guy managed to get almost everything green. Took about an hour of fiddling and cost me only £90. I may still take it to the guys at Precision but I have a suspicion they will quote a whole bunch of money to get it done. Obviously the suspension components are quite old now and could do with a refresh. I would rather save up for that and the eventual clutch replacement and engine rebuild that it is going to need at some point. The result is almost the same that cost £200. Only one wheel very slightly out of alignment. I was told by the Porsche specialist that it wasn’t of a major amount in fact was very small. I haven’t crashed yet 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizz Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 9:17 AM, RedBarediver said: Kwikfit near me has the Hunte https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqqqRC3N4S1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Saw this and had to share! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
femreg Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 1st drive after hibernation and on the 3rd speed bump near my home front driver side coil spring has been fractured. So, can't do MOT now. Therefore, going full renewal front, damper, top mounts etc. 😒 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 Not cheap, but if nothing was changed since 2002 you should notice the difference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizz Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, femreg said: 1st drive after hibernation and on the 3rd speed bump near my home front driver side coil spring has been fractured. So, can't do MOT now. Therefore, going full renewal front, damper, top mounts etc. 😒 Seems a weekly occurrence sadly with these boxsters! Check the 986 section for autodoc thread. Might help you get parts on the cheaper side if your not in a rush for delivery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, femreg said: 1st drive after hibernation and on the 3rd speed bump near my home front driver side coil spring has been fractured. So, can't do MOT now. Therefore, going full renewal front, damper, top mounts etc. 😒 Happy to help if I can with info, and possibly physically if you are in the more northerly part of Bucks.... Bilstein B4 are OE, Koni Special Active gat a good write up. But there's the headlines:- Ping @T911UK for what deals he has on springs, Spyder performance or Meyle for coffin arms and tuning forks unless you can find TRW (OE), TRW for drop links and also Sachs (OE) top mounts. Edited April 12, 2023 by ½cwt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, fizz said: Seems a weekly occurrence sadly with these boxsters! Check the 986 section for autodoc thread. Might help you get parts on the cheaper side if your not in a rush for delivery. Should that be weakly ??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizz Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 1 minute ago, ½cwt said: Should that be weakly ??? Ba dum tish... he's here all year folks! 🤪😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, fizz said: Ba dum tish... he's here all year folks! 🤪😁 Longer, if you are unlucky... 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizz Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 9 minutes ago, ½cwt said: Longer, if you are unlucky... 😉 I was going to go with something definitive but didn't want to tempt fate. Lol Final destination film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
femreg Posted April 13, 2023 Report Share Posted April 13, 2023 22 hours ago, Menoporsche said: Not cheap, but if nothing was changed since 2002 you should notice the difference Yes, nothing changed, still original parts except brake disc and pads. I am hoping a big difference, there was a small play which I didn't like, hopefully I can do rear hopefully couple of years later, if I can earn more somehow😀 22 hours ago, fizz said: Seems a weekly occurrence sadly with these boxsters! Check the 986 section for autodoc thread. Might help you get parts on the cheaper side if your not in a rush for delivery. Thanks. I don't know but, I had this issue in all of my cars in the UK. I have driven in Turkey a lot, temperature range -30 between +40 also some old cars as well, but I never had this issue. Dampers were leaking every 100,000 km or so, but no broken coil springs 😀 22 hours ago, ½cwt said: Happy to help if I can with info, and possibly physically if you are in the more northerly part of Bucks.... Bilstein B4 are OE, Koni Special Active gat a good write up. But there's the headlines:- Ping @T911UK for what deals he has on springs, Spyder performance or Meyle for coffin arms and tuning forks unless you can find TRW (OE), TRW for drop links and also Sachs (OE) top mounts. Thank you for the offer Chris, I greatly appreciate it, however I wouldn't be welcomed at home after spending some time on this work 😀 Even washing cars monthly is a challenge😀 For instance, I changed the left parking bulb at 1am and right one at 5am! my Thanks for reminding the list of the parts, I took those as a note in the last meet that I came. I will give car to specialist for this one. I can do rears hopefully in near future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rat Posted April 13, 2023 Report Share Posted April 13, 2023 Gave my newly acquired 20 year old tarnished twin tips a good going over with a drill mop and soap. Very pleased with outcome. Just need to cut the rusted bolt out from the oval on the car and fit. 🤙🏻 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rat Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 Went on PCGB Boxster breakfast at Royston this morning. About 21 box and a tractor. Oh, a McLaren turned up as well. Met another fella local to me. So good to meet up. 🤙🏻 Let the sat nav take me home down some odd tractor like roads. 😂 All good, nice run out. 🤙🏻 Fitted the freshly polished twin tail pipes. The oval retaining bolt had to go to the grinder to remove. So bit of drilling and retapping to salvage the oval. Then treated all the rubber seals to a splosh of Gummi Pflege. 🤙🏻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 Glad you enjoyed it the weather was kind to us for a change good turn out great people and cars. Exhaust looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBarediver Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 Bought a Ctek charger to keep the battery topped up. £79.99. Seems a bargain if you ask me. Now this coming weekend I need to get under the car and check the rear wheels. There is a slight squealing or rubbing from some component onto the wheel or disc. It's not the brakes as there is no change in sound if I press the brakes. It seems to go away as the car warms up but when I go around corners it seems to switch sides as I can still hear it ever so faintly. I can only think it must be something with the handbrake, but then again pulling the handbrake ever so slightly while I'm rolling makes no difference to the sound. Hopefully I will be able to chase down the sound and resolve it because it's driving me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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