tcleaver

Just got a '99 996. Great condition but i do not have the history of the car for the past few years. The previous owner added a GT3 spoiler kit and some pretty expensive racing seats so an LWF would have made sense. I'm finding the clutch to be very stiff and there is also a lot of rattle. I know that Porsche's in general are not supposed to sound like sewing machines but I want to make sure it is normal and not the sign of impending clutch failure. I've also stalled a few times going over speed bumps and starting off and this is extremely rare for me but it sounds like this is a possible problem with a LWF. Other than dropping the transmission is there any way to tell?
If it turns out the car does have a LWF would it make sense, as a daily driver only, to replace it with the stock clutch kit. I live in the Cayman Islands and so spend a lot of time in traffic and even when I have a nice open road most trips are less than 10 miles.
Thanks

Shark Attack

drop the tranny and look.

Eharrison

From your description yes it seems that you do. If you do, I would not want that to deal with in traffic at all.

SMR996

yup... should sound like a cement mixer underneath ya...... Yes the LWFW will take more throttle to get going as the revs drop quickly.....

The performance is worth the "adjustment"... IMHO