bobbigham

I'm trying to help my father in law, he is looking at a 968 in Maryland (for sale by a private party).

Car is a nice example of a 92 cab, 6 speed, 60k miles and had some recent work done (brakes and new top).

What are the key/ most important items to have checked with this mileage?

I was harping on water pump and timing belt, A/C system, clutch...

Any suggestions based on experience by the 968 crowd?

Also any Porsche shop recommendations for a PPI near Annapolis, MD?

(I am a recent owner of a 928, so any water-cooled front engine Porsche is a bit foreign to me).

AndyK

I'm no expert by far...but didn't the early 968's have pinion problems$$$$?

User 41221

The ring and pinion problems in 968's tended to show up by 30k miles, so he should ;likely be okay on that score. The more significant issue he should be concerned about is the cam tensioner chain and variocam pads, you MUST have a knowledgeable mechanic pop th evalve cover off and inspect the cam gears and tensioner pad as a part of the PPI.

I bought a car from MD and had a shop called Tif's (I think thats it, anyway) that I would NOT recommend. If they can't find oil leaks on the engine tray that my car had, then they certainly can't do a proper PPI on a 968.

Regards,

C. Beau

At Speed Motorsports in Savage, MD

Just outside of Columbia, about 30 min.s from Annap.

They are a Speed World Challenge GT team (running a Porsche 996 Cup and a Cosworth powered custom built Volvo) and they have a customer side servicing street & customer race cars

240-568-0608

martin944

I take my 87 944S to Autocentro in Rockville, tel. no is 301-340-2444.they work on Audi's, Porsche's BMW's. Look for Paulo or Albino. If I'm not mistaken Rockville is about 45 min away from Anapolis.

also check out the below thread on area shops.

https://rennlist.com/forums/east-us-rennlist-region/289624-shop-recommendation-in-maryland.html