Look, not all modifications are going to be power adders or whatever. Every once in a while you are allowed to make a modification that is purely for style points, and this is one of those times. Our new-to-us 996 Turbo project car needed something to set it apart visually, and we wanted an easy project that could be done in a short afternoon …
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Here’s everything wrong with my 996 Turbo project car
When you buy a used car, especially one that was a bargain, you expect a few things to be wrong with it. Not only does this include things that are broken or need a little TLC, but things that you personally want to change for the better enjoyment of the thing. After having lived with this 996 Turbo for over 2500 miles on the drive home from …
Continue to the full articleI bought a cheap Porsche 911 Turbo and everything went wrong
Recently I've been looking for 996 Turbos because while they're rapidly appreciating in value, they're still one of the best bang for the buck Porsches out there on the market. They're half the cost of a 997 Turbo, and a third the cost of a 993 Turbo. Sure, that comes with the baggage of a cheap feeling interior and egg headlights (which I actually …
Continue to the full articleOur Porsche 912E Gets Its Full Suspension Overhaul After A Pile Of Problems
Whenever you're doing a task for the first time, it is bound to take several times longer due to a lack of experience with procedure and form. That was definitely the case here with our 1976 Porsche 912E suspension overhaul. We ran into some serious issues in the disassembly process but we expected the re-assembly to go a bit smoother. We were very …
Continue to the full articleProject Boxster Clubsport: Part 24 – The Electric Motor
We're entering new territory here! Porsche has just introduced the first of likely many electric cars in its Taycan, and it probably won't be long until we have a hybridized 911 in dealer showrooms. It's time we got with the program and see how this electric propulsion stuff works first hand. We've had "Project Boxster Clubsport" for a few years, …
Continue to the full articleProject Boxster Clubsport: Part 23 – A New Direction
The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry. We've had "Project Boxster Clubsport" for a few years, and it's been dormant for the last two trips around the sun. I've done some work on the car, and it's been driven a quick trip here and there, but it has mostly been laying in wait. It looked like I would have the time to give it a …
Continue to the full articleCovering and Installing Your Own 911 RS-Style Door Cards
My 1976 Porsche 912E's original red door cards have seen better days. At some point in the car's life the outer window scraper seal had shrunk about an inch, and the plastic vapor barrier was removed entirely. As a result, rain water entered the door's interior and was wicked out through the door card's board backing, and additionally found its way …
Continue to the full articleSharkwerks Builds The 964 RS America Porsche Should Have
"We don’t build race cars” Alex Ross quietly muses to me before taking another bite of his fruit and nut bar. We’d just come up the face of a mountain via a demanding and technical 20-mile ribbon of pockmarked and rutted pavement, which had served to make that point blatantly obvious to me. This Guards Red 964 handled the drive in a way that felt …
Continue to the full articleWatch This Guy Restore The Porsche Of His Dreams In Just 4 Minutes
It would be an excellent use of your time to watch this video. Jeff, host of the "Home Built By Jeff" series on YouTube, is based out of Australia, and he just recently finished this backdate and restoration of his air-cooled Porsche 911. In just four minutes, this guy manages to make a reality out of a fantasy most of us have thought about at one …
Continue to the full articleProject Boxster Clubsport: Part 15 – Installing A Non-Smoking Kit
Last year we introduced you to our newest project car, called simply "Project Boxster Clubsport". In that first installment we found the right car, we purchased it for a song, and since then we've been slowly removing weight from it and installing a few upgrades. So far, we're really happy with what the Boxster has become, but things came to a halt …
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