RSS PLENUM INSTALLED...0-60 TIMES
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Three Wheelin'
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
redridge, I did not enter any vehicle information into the G-tech. I did a 1/4 mile time with my first generation CAI (which was causing me problems) of 13.5. The new CAI dropped my 0-60 time by .45 seconds....the plenum dropped it another .24 seconds. I would love to do a 1/4 mile run, but it is difficult to find somewhere safe to do it. I will eventually, but it might take a while. I expect my 1/4 mile time to be around 12.8 or 12.9 if I'm lucky....I can't wait to find out.
I'll keep you posted. Are you in CA? Both Chuck Jones and I would love to go for a ride in a S/C'd car. Your car is the next best thing to having a MK1 GT-3 (maybe even better). It is gorgeous and I bet it screams. What are your current 0-60 and 1/4 mile times?
I'll keep you posted. Are you in CA? Both Chuck Jones and I would love to go for a ride in a S/C'd car. Your car is the next best thing to having a MK1 GT-3 (maybe even better). It is gorgeous and I bet it screams. What are your current 0-60 and 1/4 mile times?
Nordschleife Master
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off the top of my head before the plennum was 11.79, i believe. I wasnt really trying that hard. Just testing out the new toy. Thats why Im questioning weight. I have the new gtech RSS and it requires weight and I have not weighed the car, I put 3300lbs (seams reasonable). The new gtech does HP/TQ and its off. But Im wondering the weight is only used for this and not 0-60, 1/4 mile etc.
Ill post the after plennum when I get a chance... 0-60 was like 4.68... will have to verify (im on vacation right now), the S/C is more notceable on 3rd gear and up, thats when you really feel it, 1st and 2nd is just to short of a run for the S/C.
Im in the east coast, yeah the SC is cool. i like the sleeper thing about it, makes it unique. Thanks for the compliments and congrats on your new times!
Ill post the after plennum when I get a chance... 0-60 was like 4.68... will have to verify (im on vacation right now), the S/C is more notceable on 3rd gear and up, thats when you really feel it, 1st and 2nd is just to short of a run for the S/C.
Im in the east coast, yeah the SC is cool. i like the sleeper thing about it, makes it unique. Thanks for the compliments and congrats on your new times!
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Three Wheelin'
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From: Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
redridge, 11.79 in a street car is incredible...that's Enzo, Saleen s7, and Pagani territory. I am impressed....I want one (S/C). I have never seen the 1/4 mile times for a S/C 996 before. The Porsche 911 Buyer's Guide (Randy Leffingwell) lists the weight for a 1999 996 C2 at 2901 lbs plus 89 lbs for a tip. It appears to only impact hp & torque figures for the Gtech...not 0-60 and 1/4 mile.
Thanks for the info. If you ever have the chance, I would love to see more pictures inside and out of your car...so I can show wifey what I want to do with mine. I bet you surprise a lot of other more expensive cars with your sleeper. Enjoy your vacation.
Thanks for the info. If you ever have the chance, I would love to see more pictures inside and out of your car...so I can show wifey what I want to do with mine. I bet you surprise a lot of other more expensive cars with your sleeper. Enjoy your vacation.
Last edited by Mfletch; May 26, 2007 at 08:35 AM.
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Three Wheelin'
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From: Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
redridge, I just found the pictures that you originally posted on this site of your car. I have never seen a 996 that I thought was nicer. I love the interior/exterior color combination of the millenium edition. You have taken yours to another level with the aerokit, wheels, seats, and S/C. Nice job.
Drifting
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From: Elk Grove, California
I called Mfletch and he guided me thru the install last thursday in time for the holiday weekend....then I drove it over 400 HARD miles....about 3.5 hours in God awful San Francisco traffic, and about 5 hours in some really challenging mountain roads with no one around....and it performed flawlessly. I find the responsiveness in the up/down shifting to be pleasantly surprising. I read one blip where someone mentioned that you might pick up a bit of performance by reinstalling the factory intake.....I'm getting ready to dyno the car with the plenum., and need to decide whether I'll use the CAI or the factory intake...I can't afford to pay for too many runs.
And as Mtletch said....anyone around northern Calif with a SC'd 996 we could go for a drive in? We've both been itching to take a ride in one.
And as Mtletch said....anyone around northern Calif with a SC'd 996 we could go for a drive in? We've both been itching to take a ride in one.
Drifting
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From: Prince George's County, MD
Use the Evo intake.
BTW, I had a sport bike "try" to to catch up to me yesterday. Once I stopped at the light he caught up, flipped up his visor and yells "that is the next best thing to a bike, I drove one".
BTW, I had a sport bike "try" to to catch up to me yesterday. Once I stopped at the light he caught up, flipped up his visor and yells "that is the next best thing to a bike, I drove one".
Originally Posted by Chuck Jones
I called Mfletch and he guided me thru the install last thursday in time for the holiday weekend....then I drove it over 400 HARD miles....about 3.5 hours in God awful San Francisco traffic, and about 5 hours in some really challenging mountain roads with no one around....and it performed flawlessly. I find the responsiveness in the up/down shifting to be pleasantly surprising. I read one blip where someone mentioned that you might pick up a bit of performance by reinstalling the factory intake.....I'm getting ready to dyno the car with the plenum., and need to decide whether I'll use the CAI or the factory intake...I can't afford to pay for too many runs.
And as Mtletch said....anyone around northern Calif with a SC'd 996 we could go for a drive in? We've both been itching to take a ride in one.
And as Mtletch said....anyone around northern Calif with a SC'd 996 we could go for a drive in? We've both been itching to take a ride in one.
Burning Brakes
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From: Germany
How many other people have installed already? Just received mine today here in Germany and hope to put on this weekend. Reading it sounds like a PITA so I hope all the money and time, along with busted knuckles, is worth it.
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Originally Posted by rountreed
How many other people have installed already? Just received mine today here in Germany and hope to put on this weekend. Reading it sounds like a PITA so I hope all the money and time, along with busted knuckles, is worth it.
I have never done any kind of work like this, on any kind of automobile, and the whole procedure took me just over an hour. I have an '02 C4S...3.6L (doh).
I was well prepared with the few correct tools needed, rags and cleaning solutions, and in looking at the engine (extensively, before I started!) things looked (and were) pretty straightforward.
I did have to fool with the two "boots" (as Greg at RSS calls them) on each side of the plenum to get things in place. I essentially forced (somewhat gently!) the boots onto the plenum (while in hand) at an angle, pushing them beyond their normal placement on the plenum, to allow the boots to go back over the intake manifolds. Getting the boots back into place (after the initial placement...getting them in their proper location on both the plenum and the manifolds) was somewhat tedious...but I absolutely could not get the plenum in with the boots already on each side of the intake manifold.
That was the only hassle that *I* had, anyway.
As Greg and I discussed, if *I* can do it, really *anyone* can do it!
(I'm not knocking my own mechanical abilities, it's just that having never, ever done this kind of work, I was somewhat apprehensive about what I was going to do had I failed, or worse yet, broken something. Good thing I wasn't working with moving parts, I would have had a nervous breakdown just contemplating this little adventure.)
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