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Porsche specialists buying, selling, servicing | 911virgin | Uxbridge

e8's 800hp Build

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Just thought I'd share my car with anyone who's interested. This was built by a previous member on here and his objective was to build the ultimate street car, although i'm biased I think he's done a great job.

Spec is (updated):

BMC panel filter
AMS k16 billet turbos
EVOMS Turbo Intake piping
Bailey diverter valves
4 inch Forge intercoolers
Agency power Y pipe
997 GT2 uprated clutch
GT2 fuel pump
72lb injectors
Syvecs ECU, with traction control remapped
Tubi style exhaust with 100cel cats and X50 tail pipes

Short shift kit
Front carbon antiroll bar
Stack boost gauge

Pioneer touch screen satnav with Bluetooth
Hertz subs/amp
Reverse camera
LED lighting
997 wheels with Porsche spacers 5mm up front and 20mm in rear with bridgestone potenza N rated Tyres 295/30/19 and 245/35/19
GT3 6 pot front brakes with 350mm spacer kit on rear, goodridge hoses and blue fluid
Front intake mesh kit

GT3 alcantara seats, GT2 silver clocks, red seat belts (all 4), alcantara recovered steering wheel (1mm oversize, black)
Carbon centre console
Carbon batwing
Carbon stereo surround
Carbon heater surround
Carbon centre pocket
Carbon ignition surround
Carbon hazard switch surround
Carbon gear stick
Carbon handbrake
Alu centre vents
Alu dash strip
Alu dial surround
Alu bezel covers

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During the ppi I have them a list of all the mods and items that were said to have been replaced which all checked out:

New battery
New coolant pipes
New fuel lines and return
New engine earth strap
New rads and condenser
New undertrays and ducts
New cardon shaft
New coilpacks and plugs
New suspension top mounts and bearings
New fan resister
RMS replaced
All four trailing arms replaced
All for suspension arms replaced

PPI picked up a slight weep on a coolant pipe which I've been watching and the paintwork had been resprayed - the front and back bumpers aren't great when up close
 
First up was a new windscreen as someone smashed it on the first day.

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Auto windscreens did a great job though they turned up with the wrong screen first.

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Next up GT3 seats:

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I lose the memory function but to be honest, its worthit! The tombstones were pants.

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Red seat belts followed:

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All four of course from Barry at inertiabelts.

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During fitting I made the schoolboy error of switching on the ignition before connecting up the seat belt switch and in got the airbag light of death. I connected up the durametric that came with the car and it didn't work, all i got was "module failed to initialize". So I tried it under a different model and the 993 durametric program seemed to work and I was able to clear the code
 
I wasn't to happy with the standard brakes. I'm not buying the Walter rohrl progressive braking/modulated feel story, they were wooden and pants, so I bought some man sized stoppers that Porsche used to improve later models.

GT3 6 pots

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Performance friction 06 compound pads and standard rotas.

Had a problem with a blockage in the caliper pipe, it was full of copper slip!
 
I messed up on the fitting initially by putting the rotas in the wrong side, this was due to taking then out the box before installing them, but quickly rectified!

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Loads of bite now which I didn't have before and much improved feel!

used one of these:

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and one of these, which was better I thought:

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Nice!

I'm seriously considering the 6 pot callipers myself.

What was the cost?
 
I bought shantybeaters GT2 silver clocks and fitted them. This was easier than I thought, I just changed the computer out and didn't have to touch the main dials. Though the oil pressure was said to be intermittent so I swapped that out.

The oil pressure gauge could be removed by clipping it out the facia, then the needle just popped off with some interior trim removal tools. The needles are help on by friction only so you can twist them beyond the stop of the motor, this made resetting easy. All I did was pushed them in half way then turned the needle a full 360 degrees counter clockwise until I came back round to zero where I pushed the needle home, this meant I could easily set it back to zero.

The oil gauge just then clipped back into place.

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Nytol said:
Nice!

I'm seriously considering the 6 pot callipers myself.

What was the cost?
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"Big Reds" 996 GT3 Calipers - £800 (ebay new refurbished) 
GT3 Performance Friction 06 pads - £200 (porsche calipers) - (on offer!) 
12 off GT3 Anti squeal shims - £102 (porsche calipers) 
GT3 Caliper Pin Kit - £42 (porsche calipers) 
4 off 996 GT3RS caliper bolts (999906704209) - £18.48 (design 911) 
2 off 997 OEM discs - £306 (design911) 
4 off 997 disc bolts - £2.40 (design911) 
ATE Super Blue 2l - £29.40 (design 911) 
Sealey VS820 brake bleeder - £29.95 (ebay) 
 
I had to get new bolts from my local OPC though as dire911 sent the wrong ones despite ordering them for a gt3.

I also had to reuse my disc bolts as they were longer on account of the spacers for the 997 wheels.
 
Carbon Centre console had also now been fitted, got this of a guy in Spain, though its better now its on, I think the quality is about 90%, some slightly poor finishing if you look closely but covered by the rest of the interior.

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I also removed the carbon accent from the gearstick surround as it was pants and resprayed it aluminum.

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I had a few error codes on the dme which I cleared when I was trying to reset the airbag light. Then last night I got the check engine light which threw a code 724 which if the o2 sensor on bank 2. I checked the output against bank 1 using the durametric and it outputted a constant 1v whereas the bank 1 sensor fluctuated like it should so will replace that tomorrow. Will need a funky tool to remove it so I've spied one from machine mart which I will purchase tomorrow. Love buying tools!
 
Good work, great looking motor! Particularly nice to see someone getting stuck in and doing some proper DIYing with their 996 :thumb:
 
Nice, does it have a dyno printout? Would be interested to see how it makes its power. Whats left to do.
 
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