It was never a long term plan anyway and there's no harm in looking for another motor. I need to get that steering wheel back, I will get it up this week.
still enjoying the 911 while I figure out what to do with it! Its the wrong car for me in so many ways but it defo gets under your skin
Anyways few more wee jobs done.
- Front top mounts replaced. These can be done in situ which is very handy!!
mounts removed while shock still in place. saves a LOAD of grief.
bearings regreased:
ummm self explanatory!!!
No more squeaking
- Next up was replacing the parking sensors. It was an aftermarket kit so the lot had to come out as I couldnt figure out who made it!. Bit of a balls in fairness but managed it without removing the bumper Was hard to get the smaller 18mm hole ones, didnt want to go bigger.
Old ones:
New ones (painted to match the car of course, thanks @Woodcutter for the paint)
All fitted:
Today saw an impromptu day off so fitted the transmission mount inserts. The engine and box is held in by two replaceable mounts at the back and one mount at the front of the box. This mount is not replaceable and aftermarket ones require the box to be removed and the old mount pressed out. Not a driveway job! So saw this company in US who makes inserts which fill the voids in the mounts. Some people put window bonder in there as a ghetto hack but its not really reversible and is well a bit ghetto. Ive already replaced the rear mounts so wanted this one brought up to spec too.
inserts:
mount with the brackets removed:
one side fitted (fairy liquid essential here)
and bolted back up:
Only had a quick drive. There is increased cabin noise due to the stiffer mount but this should subside soon once they loosen up a bit.
- Other thing I done today was the rear brakes. Old discs were pretty scatty looking so replaced with pagid discs and pads.
The bells come in primer so I put a few coats of B&Q BBQ paint on to hopefully stop them going rusty any time soon.
And done! The pads are easy to work with being brembo 4 pots all round though one pin was uber stubborn!
Lastly I also removed the GT3 Cup front splitter. I just wasnt happy with the fit it looked a bit too stuck on at the sides. To make it work would have involved irreversibly modifying the bumper which I didnt want to do.
Reading through it you seem to have rescued a possibly tired car and made it a excellent find indeed. Great work. But just shows you what your potentially getting into when you buy a used/older Porsche. To pay a garage to do all that I'm sure you be out a few quid
reviews were excellent, and people go mad for the semi solid engine mounts but my god no, just no. they are the "street" version too, there is a harder race version
yeah, exhaust etc became really loud and harsh. they supposedly bed in a bit over a while but even with half the extra noise/vibration it would be too much.
Anything firm around engine/transmission = vibration city. Even steering bushes can be deadly, tried those on the Audi once and they only stayed on for a couple of hours, lol
Have rubber engine/transmission mounts on the Hondus, firmer than OEM Honda but not as bad as Poly/Solid, and even they can be pretty bad at times! No choice in that installation though, and a small price to pay
Everyone has different tolerance levels, some people put up with it, but for anything used regularly on the road - no And on anything nice, definitely no.
Suspension is just fine though, main benefit compared to new OEM being fit-and-forget.
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