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Damage yes I do they are snug but comfortable and for the price I could not go wrong
I’m 6’1 and 260 like I said snug
I couldn’t fit in their copy of the 996 gt3 seats mine recline at least but they looked sweet also
Mike
I’m 5”11” 260. I got into
a 4.0 Gt3 RS and the carbon fiber seats where to tight for my as?. Now I took a one hour nap yesterday sleeping on the seats of my car, sleep like a baby. I’m pretty sure my car would be faster if i
loose some weight but love the IPAs, bourbons and meats way too much, the twice a week mandatory pizza doesn’t help either.
For the second day in a row I jacked her up and tried, with very little success, to get the mufflers to come off. I spent 50.00 on some Flippy ratcheting box end wrenches, 13mm is what is needed to remove the 3 bolts holding the muffler to the bracket as per the pictures in the 101 book and pelican. I did manage to loosen 3 bolts holding the mufflers to the cats, except one bolt that looks like a rust experiment. The nuts on the brackets are going to be slightly more difficult and beyond my meager abilities. Despite the ratcheting wrenches there's just not room on the bottom one to get the wrench in. I gave up on it, used blaster on all the bolts again, and instead took another wheel off and cleaned all the filth and brake dust off the back of it, most of it anyway. At least I can manage that...
So, I'm looking for options. Rather then take it to my Indy, I'm thinking I'll order all the hardware, everything needed for the exhaust replacement (I have headers and xpipe 200 cell cats coming, the valved mufflers are here already) and call around / do some research on exhaust specialists here in Wilmington NC, and call around asking for help. Does they make sense? Exhaust specialists probably have more experience drilling manifold bolts and cutting stupidly mounted brackets off than an import specialist shop right? Unless, the motor needs to be dropped to get the presumably seized and broken off manifold bolts out of the block?
Maybe it's not needed? Has anyone any experience with this tool, sounds like it's a fix that can be done without dropping the motor? https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog...repair-kit.htm
Thanks all.
For the second day in a row I jacked her up and tried, with very little success, to get the mufflers to come off. I spent 50.00 on some Flippy ratcheting box end wrenches, 13mm is what is needed to remove the 3 bolts holding the muffler to the bracket as per the pictures in the 101 book and pelican. I did manage to loosen 3 bolts holding the mufflers to the cats, except one bolt that looks like a rust experiment. The nuts on the brackets are going to be slightly more difficult and beyond my meager abilities. Despite the ratcheting wrenches there's just not room on the bottom one to get the wrench in. I gave up on it, used blaster on all the bolts again, and instead took another wheel off and cleaned all the filth and brake dust off the back of it, most of it anyway. At least I can manage that...
So, I'm looking for options. Rather then take it to my Indy, I'm thinking I'll order all the hardware, everything needed for the exhaust replacement (I have headers and xpipe 200 cell cats coming, the valved mufflers are here already) and call around / do some research on exhaust specialists here in Wilmington NC, and call around asking for help. Does they make sense? Exhaust specialists probably have more experience drilling manifold bolts and cutting stupidly mounted brackets off than an import specialist shop right? Unless, the motor needs to be dropped to get the presumably seized and broken off manifold bolts out of the block?
Maybe it's not needed? Has anyone any experience with this tool, sounds like it's a fix that can be done without dropping the motor? https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog...repair-kit.htm
Thanks all.
Yes, the Stromski Tool is a MUST HAVE when repairing the broken exhaust bolts. IT is well designed and makes the operation much more precise and a better fit than trying to do it by hand/eyeball.
If the heads are off, they can be flipped and drilled out in a drill press/milling machine, but the Stromski Tool makes this unnecessary ..
For the second day in a row I jacked her up and tried, with very little success, to get the mufflers to come off. I spent 50.00 on some Flippy ratcheting box end wrenches, 13mm is what is needed to remove the 3 bolts holding the muffler to the bracket as per the pictures in the 101 book and pelican. I did manage to loosen 3 bolts holding the mufflers to the cats, except one bolt that looks like a rust experiment. The nuts on the brackets are going to be slightly more difficult and beyond my meager abilities. Despite the ratcheting wrenches there's just not room on the bottom one to get the wrench in. I gave up on it, used blaster on all the bolts again, and instead took another wheel off and cleaned all the filth and brake dust off the back of it, most of it anyway. At least I can manage that...
So, I'm looking for options. Rather then take it to my Indy, I'm thinking I'll order all the hardware, everything needed for the exhaust replacement (I have headers and xpipe 200 cell cats coming, the valved mufflers are here already) and call around / do some research on exhaust specialists here in Wilmington NC, and call around asking for help. Does they make sense? Exhaust specialists probably have more experience drilling manifold bolts and cutting stupidly mounted brackets off than an import specialist shop right? Unless, the motor needs to be dropped to get the presumably seized and broken off manifold bolts out of the block?
Maybe it's not needed? Has anyone any experience with this tool, sounds like it's a fix that can be done without dropping the motor? https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog...repair-kit.htm
Thanks all.
my mechanic did these on my early 996. Yes these year these bolts where there for 24 years, out of the 12 6 broke, he did not use the tool but a lot of time, patience and rust whatever remover. He welded some nuts to some of them, but that only solved a few . Threads on some where trashed. Depending how many bad ones you have you could be looking at $500-$900 to get them out repair. I think that tool that porsche tech refer to
its the clue. De Jeeper has one go ahead and rent it from him.
@damage98MO I’ve had success removing the three muffler nuts with an long neck power ratchet or a breaker bar or a ratchet with a pipe slid over the end for leverage, after soaking with copious amounts of PB.
@damage98MO I’ve had success removing the three muffler nuts with an long neck power ratchet or a breaker bar or a ratchet with a pipe slid over the end for leverage, after soaking with copious amounts of PB.
Thank you Tom, worth a shot for sure. Pouring down rain today and I'm working anyway, but I'll get her up and do a 3rd dose of blaster before the ups truck arrives. I really need a garage with my own lift. Being a hobbyist mechanic in townhouse residence is a pita. I wonder how long before a neighbor complains about my activities. I try to be the very best neighbor, and I have been, I think, but you never know. I'm an owner, which may help, and I know most of the folks around me, but it only takes one. Or one in a grouchy mood. Time to check the HOA rules. Any renntech members or PCA members in Wilmington, NC area who enjoy scraping knuckles and sharing expertise, please, dm me 🙏. I've been meaning to ask on the local FB group but it does feel a bit presumptuous and needy. I've always preferred to go it alone, but maybe I need some help this time. Certainly with the headers, but I 'should' be able to do the cats and mufflers. Shoulda coulda woulda. Have a great week all. And thanks to everyone who has made suggestions, very appreciated.
Thank you Tom, worth a shot for sure. Pouring down rain today and I'm working anyway, but I'll get her up and do a 3rd dose of blaster before the ups truck arrives. I really need a garage with my own lift. Being a hobbyist mechanic in townhouse residence is a pita. I wonder how long before a neighbor complains about my activities. I try to be the very best neighbor, and I have been, I think, but you never know. I'm an owner, which may help, and I know most of the folks around me, but it only takes one. Or one in a grouchy mood. Time to check the HOA rules. Any renntech members or PCA members in Wilmington, NC area who enjoy scraping knuckles and sharing expertise, please, dm me 🙏. I've been meaning to ask on the local FB group but it does feel a bit presumptuous and needy. I've always preferred to go it alone, but maybe I need some help this time. Certainly with the headers, but I 'should' be able to do the cats and mufflers. Shoulda coulda woulda. Have a great week all. And thanks to everyone who has made suggestions, very appreciated.
Reach out to your local P-club and see if someone has some space for you to work in. If you lived in San Antonio, Tx, your car would be in my air conditioned garage up on quick jacks!
Reach out to your local P-club and see if someone has some space for you to work in. If you lived in San Antonio, Tx, your car would be in my air conditioned garage up on quick jacks!
Same thing in the Houston area, except no need for AC at the moment...but once it's summer the AC gets quite a workout.
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