topradio Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, daz05 said: @topradio nice one, how easy it is for the heat to escape around the coils. Heard this is a weakness if the 981 is used on track. I could imagine it getting pretty hot in that location, the coils are surrounded by exhaust manifold which is what makes it so tricky to replace them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 Ground off the seized rusty bolt holding the back box to the mounting saddle and replaced with good old fashioned brass 😃. The other side next 🤪. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patt Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 2:36 PM, topradio said: I could imagine it getting pretty hot in that location, the coils are surrounded by exhaust manifold which is what makes it so tricky to replace them. The 991 has heat shields to protect them. They will fit the "lesser" models too I did have the part numbers from an ebay listing , but the listing has gone. IIRC about £70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz05 Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Patt said: The 991 has heat shields to protect them. They will fit the "lesser" models too I did have the part numbers from an ebay listing , but the listing has gone. IIRC about £70 GT4 does too iirc. Can't be too difficult to fabricate something ourselves don't you reckon? Must just be the bendy shield material with some holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvs Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Did this to the Boxster yesterday. All the parts are now with my mate that has done all the paint jobs on my other Boxsters in the past. Decided to have the front of the hoops done as well as the back, also the plastic part where the seat belt disappears, it makes a nice continuous white line from the front of the hoops down to it. Photos to follow when done and thanks to @T24RES for the how to 👍 Guvs. Edited June 2, 2020 by Guvs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSyn Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 On 5/20/2020 at 5:03 PM, mneil said: Had new equal length headers with 200 cell sports cats fitted today😃, not by myself I might add but over Solihull way at Zuffenhaus. The good news is that all the manifold bolts came out in one piece, after a bit of warm persuasion. First impressions on the drive home: The exhaust sound has altered; not louder but a most pleasant tone when burbling along then turning into a real howl at full chat. I am sure there is an improvement to the torque lower down and once past 3.5K it takes off like a screaming banshee! In my opinion, it was money well spent. Neil..how are these now you've had them fitted for a while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, JohnSyn said: Neil..how are these now you've had them fitted for a while? Morning John, I'm so pleased with the results. The car pulls like a train with a beautiful bi-tonal exhaust note that comes in from 2k onwards; as if you can hear every cylinder firing, very V6 ish, difficult to explain. Of course the individual pipes and new 110mm tips help with the tone and do look nice filling up the aperture at the rear. I did post the photos incase you missed them in "What have you done to your 981 today" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 On 27 May 2020 at 6:18 PM, mrbikerdood said: Dropped off at my local garage at 6.30am for MOT Picked up at 5pm ,went through with no advisories ... again 🙂 🙂 Always a good feeling that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 Sorry @JohnSyn wrong post think this works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbikerdood Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, bally4563 said: Always a good feeling that!! It's the only car I've ever owned that's always gone through its MOT with out advisories and had its service history kept up to date lol But def a gr8 feeling 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSyn Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, mneil said: Morning John, I'm so pleased with the results. The car pulls like a train with a beautiful bi-tonal exhaust note that comes in from 2k onwards; as if you can hear every cylinder firing, very V6 ish, difficult to explain. Of course the individual pipes and new 110mm tips help with the tone and do look nice filling up the aperture at the rear. I did post the photos incase you missed them in "What have you done to your 981 today" Thanks Neil, thats really helpful. I'm definitely thinking of fitting this. Did they supply the gaskets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSyn Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, mneil said: Sorry @JohnSyn wrong post think this works Thanks for this too Neil. Are those guys going to sell this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, JohnSyn said: Thanks for this too Neil. Are those guys going to sell this. Hi John I purchased OEM header to cylinder head and header to back box inlet gaskets, Zuffenhaus in Wythall installed the headers, very reasonable. MIJ performance in Walsall did the modifications to the original OEM exhaust: cut off the original tail pipes which link both back boxes and prefabricated a new smooth flowing exit pipe with 110mm tail pipes welded to the original exits from each back box as shown in the photos. I have no intention of replacing the OEM back boxes with a bespoke system, for fear of extra noise and drone at motorway speeds. As is: I have no drone at cruising speed, just the usual tyre rumble but a lovely exhaust tone under accelaration plus the added performance. Win Win all-round, except the wallet of course. Would I recomment it together with the remap...............YOU BET!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSyn Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, mneil said: Would I recomment it together with the remap...............YOU BET!!!!!! Thanks Neil.....always great to hear from someone who has done it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 3:44 PM, Patt said: Here are some of the more modern cars from last year Nice collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I've now got 4 perfect Carrera classics on my beast thanks to Gareth @Lonewolfgjp😃. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLS7 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Inspired by Patt's recent post on here, I cleaned all 4 wheel wells today using engine degreaser in the paraffin sprayer on my air compressor. Only spent a couple of hours so nowhere near as good as Patt's so still some tar left to remove and awaiting some aluminium brightener to arrive but pleased with the results (seeming most of the time was spent cleaning the inside of the wheels and painting the wheel nuts): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATM Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Topped up the clutch side fluid in the PDK box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz05 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Made a little front splitter / bumper protector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvs Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 BEFORE AFTER will post photos of them fitted in the "running report" section " my Very White Boxster" later. Guvs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLS7 Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Wow, you even had the wind deflector painted. Look forward to seeing it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaregs Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Going to look smart that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooose Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 12 hours ago, daz05 said: Made a little front splitter / bumper protector. I like that! What did you use and how did you fix it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz05 Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rooose said: I like that! What did you use and how did you fix it on? It's secured with 3M double sided tape, cleaned the surface and degreased and then used the heat gun on low when applying. It survived the first blast when I went out the other night. It's quite subtle but adds a little something, I thought about putting it all the way round but it's not a flat surface so prefer this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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