hardtailer

I have seen (pictures of) this on a single 996 ever. It was a Belgian car dark metallic green with beige leather that was for sale

Porschetech3

I remember when you could get "Complete Factory 3.4 X51 Motors" from Porsche for $6800usd. Our Dealership had mistakenly ordered the X51 m96/01S instead of the standard m96/01 because it was at the top of the list of engines and the Parts Guy wasn't the best trained parts man. They simply sent it back. At one point they were even offered them with "no core charge", due the abundance of them.

I have been Retired from Porsche for 7 years now and have no idea what the availability or price is now, but I suspect the availability is very very low and the price is very very high...lol

GarrettSR5

Pics of rotary dials ?

theprf

They are the same ones used the the VW Mk4 Jetta/Golf and the first generation Audi TT. Actually the entire heating system from the Mk4 Jetta/Golf or first gen Audi TT can be transplanted into the Mk1 996 - because it's the same.

GarrettSR5

The TT had different HVAC controls than a Mk4.
​​the TT had a digital display the mk4 was analog

theprf

The only difference between the TT, Mk4, and 996 electronic controls is the control panel. All the rest of the system is the same - heater box, wiring, the lot. Yes, you could get electronic heater controls in a Mk4, VW called it "Climatronic". I have transplanted the Mk4 Climatronic heater systems into a lot of older VW's and had all the others apart at one time or another and the heater box and wiring are the same Valeo parts.

GarrettSR5

Yeah climatronic was only on high end mk4s ie R32. My lowly TDIs had the normal stuff. Climatronic swaps require you swap the whole system I believe. Heater box etc

Tbred911

they are still making them - in canada it's $10k CDN + your core and you have a brand new core - you still have to swap over the heads and everything else but the heart of the engine is brand new.... not a bad option at all for something new from porsche and not having to worry about how "good" a rebuild was and risks associated with rebuilds...