I agree, I love the AWD. Really gets the power down as designed. As to "why dyno" my car was rebuilt to 3.8 with lots of goodies and I later updated/upgraded this set up. Wanted to see the difference before and after. Just to have more knowledge of my car and the health of it. Why NOT dyno? Except for the obvious possible problems involved.
@OverBoosted28. Not sure what looking like a hillbilly has to do with ANYTHING.

 

Hi,

Sure sounds like the VC was damaged. Given the limited knowledge of these cars by most dyno operators, I'm not surprised about this as I've seen my fair share of this issue. One simply cannot assume that people who don't specialize in these cars will understand how the powertrain function sufficiently to prevent damage.

For me, I ALWAYS disconnect the front driveshaft when running these cars on a roller-type dyno, no matter what kind it is: Dynojet, Mustang, Superflow, etc. The only exceptions are the wheel hub style such as Dynapack, etc.

 

Then fix it properly. On your dime. Don't waste your time with a lawsuit. Lesson learned. With the hot aircooled Porsche market, you'll get your money back.

 

Actually you can put the power down better with 2 RWD even in the rain if the wheel Is straight. Nothing projects you in the rain, if you lose grip or hydroplane. All wheel drive was put in place to prevent power oversteer. The car actually understates at high speed because of the AWD. Terrible for racing or driving fast. It up to you to do what you like but I am giving some feed back from track excursions. Of course, it's different fOR street driving.

 

Not sure how you know why the factory decided to put AWD in this car (you have an inside source?), but I was talking about non-track driving, but regular street driving in non-dry conditions (and I do track my car BTW, and have in the dry and wet).

So you are telling me on a straight stretch of road that you can put more power onto the ground with two wheels than four - i would very much like to see the physics behind that. I can see some transfer losses going on, but the capacity of four wheels to transfer power to the road is better than two. If may impact turn-in, or other things, but for straight transfer, it's clear to me.

I can understand that you do not like the factory setup understeer that the AWD cars have, but that can be corrected, and I can understand for racing on the track, 2wd can be great since it's much easier to get the tail out, but for putting down power in the rain on a road with 3 months of oil from cars driving during sunny weather without having the tail come out and get the driver into trouble - give me my AWD anytime.

Cheers,

Mike

 

The comment was in jest in regards to having people touch a car they may not have any idea about. I am sorry you have to deal with this. Just another example of why NOBODY will touch my car unless I am 200 % sure they know our cars completely. I can't afford to screw it up myself and surely couldn't afford to pay for someone elses mistakes. Hope it all works out.

 

I did this in late April on my AWD 996 TTS, broke the front RHS axle and viscous coupling.... you will hear it if is the former as it will clunk around when you drive...........

Even though I used an AWD dyno it was obvious when the screech occurred that they did something wrong.... not taking action, just not dynoing again as my logging gets whp and torque pretty close

I am converting to RWD now

 

owen - post on 6 speed that you want to buy a front diff as there are usually a few for sale over there on the very cheap in good nick... I got offered 5 different 996 front diffs at $650-$950

 

The VC of the 993 is inside the front part of the transmission so no need to get a new front diff.
The VC can be replaced without dropping the engine by removing the front diff, tilting the front part of the transmission down and sliding the torque tube forward out of the way.

 

Thank you everybody for your comments. I enjoyed them all. If I think of it, I'll let you know how it turns out.
Thanks.

 

what kind of nonsensical BS is this?

 

 

What is involved in going rear wheel drive. What parts are needed ? I remember Viper Bob had some sort of kit may years ago. Also if done is it reversible down the road at sale? Sure would lighten up car for the track.

 

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Man thats a lot of work ! I guess Ill just have to wait for my GT3 RS or Caymen GT4