Fully broken in now. It’s an absolute menace.
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Fully broken in now. It’s an absolute menace.
There was one of these at a track day I attended. He and I were in the same group. Holy balls.
Killer car.
Not nearly as cool or as fast as a lot on here but I also do a 480 mile commute three times a month sun, rain or snow. Tuned turbo cars are pretty quick.
Still wishing that we had my Dad’s ‘67 Camaro. It was all stock except for the sound system. Something about my turning 15 was his impetus to sell. 
So I started with a ‘66 International Scout which has brought me here. Not purty, but I love driving the hell out of it.
351W (5.8L), E4OD, 4.11 gears, Warne Manual Hubs, Borg Warner 13-56 T-Case, 6” Lift and 35”x12.5”x15” tires. She cruised nicely at 70 on the freeway and gets me wherever I want to go off pavement.
So I started with a ‘66 International Scout which has brought me here. Not purty, but I love driving the hell out of it.
351W (5.8L), E4OD, 4.11 gears, Warne Manual Hubs, Borg Warner 13-56 T-Case, 6” Lift and 35”x12.5”x15” tires. She cruised nicely at 70 on the freeway and gets me wherever I want to go off pavement.
It puts a big shit-eating grin on my face every time I start it up. Did a drive on some country back roads today, I don’t think I went below 80 the whole time and the car wasn’t even breaking a sweat. Above 7000 RPM it feels like you are being launched off an aircraft carrier lol.
Not the best quality pics but you get the idea. Basically everything is black alcantara, yellow stitching, or carbon fiber.
If it puts a smile on your face when you drive that's all that matters.
When asked what machine he'd put the last tank of gas on earth in, Christian von Koenigsegg said he'd be in a Miata. Gordon Murray said a Lotus Elan. Both guys have access to some of the fastest cars on earth and they'd be happiest in fun cars barely making triple digit horsepower.
What’s wrong with it?
Engine oil leak, the old seal is on the lower shelf. Can’t prove it a 100% yet but mostly an engineering / design issue. It’s the oil pan seal. I think the grove is to deep because the seal is an updated version already. 2024 model with 2k miles on it. The next one, a GT4 RS with 1k miles also a 2024 is already waiting having the same leak.
Things can go wrong anywhere but on these cars with the extreme high price, development done in the Supercup… pretty embarrassing.
Not more the company I use to know and was proud of to be working for.
high beam, clutch, brake, gas, starter
Porsche doesn’t really bother to repair new engines. My buddy has a 2023 GT4RS that is burning way too much oil and they are just replacing the entire engine under warranty next month. $113,000 estimate if it wasn’t a warranty fix.
How big of a leak is it?
I always thought it was crazy how pretty obvious faults like this made it into production. I have a really hard time believing stuff like that was totally fine allll the way through pre-production testing then magically popped up as soon as people started taking delivery of cars
Lab testing brings results that differ from what real world end users will do to the product.
Then take into consideration that the test models were only a couple models and standards were strictly adhered to. Now order 5,000 oil pans and a variant of a few thousands is acceptable and you will have some that leak.
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How many spare bolts did you have after getting it back together?
The lower engine areas completely covered and about half of a quart sitting on top of the diffuser.
The issue I have with this is that the same engine is used and supposedly proven in the German Carrera and Supercup, about 50-60 vehicles?
Makes me think that they surely have known about this and decided to send the questionable units over the pond.
Not together yet, waiting for some more o-rings. Will be a bad week for me, the whole job pays about 12h and takes me almost 3 days.T,
How many spare bolts did you have after getting it back together?
Greedy bastards everywhere.
Oil filter change?
12hrs if you have all the correct parts and can work uninterrupted…
My only dealership experience was with Mercedes so I have no idea about other manufacturers but I understand the production tolerances can be enough to cause problems in stuff. I’m more talking about bulletins coming out on pretty new vehicles that have a description of the problem, its exact cause, and usually a VIN or manufacturing date breakdown. I don’t know, like what @Schütze said. It’s frustrating working on this shit
About a quart every 400mi for my buddy. Enough for Porsche to ship him an $85,000 crate motor.
My motor is on its way out so I have to decide between building a new one like I have, swapping in a current generation motor, or building a current generation motor to be all fast and stuff.
In what vehicle? I can’t keep all the avatars straight with their cars
My first truck was a 67 chevy that my dad and I rebuilt when I was 15. Truck was so much fun! I think first gear was for pulling a house out the mud!
I remember a bad snow storm where the wipers stopped working. Blizzard conditions in the CO Rockies. My younger brother and I took off our shoe laces and fed them through the smokers window or whatever those are called. He pulled, I pulled, he pulled, I pulled for 20 miles!
Someone with I believe a single turbo 3.6 is going to a twin turbo and moving it to the rear. I didn't know about the H swap until recently and it looks interesting but quite expensive.
And now I can sleep better knowing Porsche decided I shouldn’t buy one. I was looking at a much lesser model…..instead I bought a Camaro - which are also known for burning through engines…..
Kidding, of course. It doesn’t seem like any cars are actually built well, anymore.
Took my 12 taco to the dealer to get them to fix steering wheel to rack alignment after I changed it out and got the spline a tooth off. Did both front drive shafts at the same time. Did all that work beginning of summer.
When they went in, the master tech noticed there was a coolant leak near intake area. They diagnosed it as leaking head gasket on bank 1 leaking coolant to the outside of the engine. Only leaks when the engine is hot. I've decided replacing the head gasket I am not going to attempt myself. Dealer charge is $4100 for 16 hours. Going to wait at least a few months for that. 155k miles. 1gr-fe 4.0 engine.
When they went in, the master tech noticed there was a coolant leak near intake area. They diagnosed it as leaking head gasket on bank 1 leaking coolant to the outside of the engine. Only leaks when the engine is hot. I've decided replacing the head gasket I am not going to attempt myself. Dealer charge is $4100 for 16 hours. Going to wait at least a few months for that. 155k miles. 1gr-fe 4.0 engine.
Big power is usually big expensive. If this is a daily driver just rebuild the engine with some upgraded pistons/rods and a bit bigger turbo then run it on e85.
That's what I'm leaning towards but with the new 2.4 motor. It's looking like the hassle and price are within my budget.
Asian cars aren’t really my thing but that sounds like a fun daily driver
I was just in my Dad's 70 Chevelle the other day, and the thing that stuck out the most to me, that I never noticed before, was how weird it was that they gave the clock almost center stage on the dash. They really couldn't think of another important reading to occupy the big gauge hole?
