Just spoke to the original owner of my car
06-22-2005, 04:40 AM
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They're the "mini-humbucker" style.
Seymour Duncan have some replacement that would fit:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/website...shtml#firebird
Just wondering what else is out there; what's hot and what's not.
My main amp is a MusicMan 130HD combo (sort of the "Fender twin" evolution.) Don't make 'em anymore, of course; cold steely hands stuff...
I'm sure this would add at least 15-20hp to my S2 (this is a Porsche forum, right?)
-Mark
Seymour Duncan have some replacement that would fit:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/website...shtml#firebird
Just wondering what else is out there; what's hot and what's not.
My main amp is a MusicMan 130HD combo (sort of the "Fender twin" evolution.) Don't make 'em anymore, of course; cold steely hands stuff...
I'm sure this would add at least 15-20hp to my S2 (this is a Porsche forum, right?)
-Mark
06-22-2005, 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark944na86
They're the "mini-humbucker" style.
Seymour Duncan have some replacement that would fit:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/website...shtml#firebird
.....I'm sure this would add at least 15-20hp to my S2 (this is a Porsche forum, right?)
-Mark
Seymour Duncan have some replacement that would fit:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/website...shtml#firebird
.....I'm sure this would add at least 15-20hp to my S2 (this is a Porsche forum, right?)
-Mark
If the former, I'd go with P-90's. If the latter, Seymour might be your best bet. I've not been able to put all the parts together for mini-humbuckers...and they're PITA to make, too.
If you can go with P-90's, they'll add 20hp to your axe!
06-22-2005, 05:57 AM
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i should look up my origional owner...would be intersting to speak with. He'd prolly find it amusing some kid has it to mess around with while it was his whow off porsche turbo a while ago.
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06-22-2005, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Fishey
I can't see how the headgasket would blow (EVEN WITH MAJOR ABUSE) on a S2. The only way I can see it blowing a headgasket is if the engine got very hot and warped the head.
Apparently a lot of people thought like you do. but I was young and ignorant once too
. Fact is the gasket was replaced, and the butcher that replaced it did a very very good job of hiding his handiwork. no marks on the bolt heads, no sealant on the motor. that sucka looked like it was buttoned up by the factory. It fooled an amateur (me), the mechanic that did the PPI with me, the mechanic that replaced the oil cooler seals twice, the porsche specialty repair shops two mechanics that replaced the seals the third time.it was not until the head was off that they saw the mark from the rolac grinder on the head by the oil passage.
why it was replaced in the first place is anybodys guess. it could have been from the coolant hose and the ps pump kissing each other. Which reminds me, I don't want to hear any bashing of other manufacturers/praising porsche genius when they built a car with that crappy hose routing.
With the vin i think it goes into the database.
