gota911

You are welcome, Rudy!

Barn996

I second that. Have you pulled the trigger yet?

twebb

I will be changing mine out soon. Thanks for the post.

B-Man- Are you on your original motor with your '02 with 170k? Any RMS/IMS problems?

Thanks!

Pac996

Maybe unleaded is less abusive on plugs but its a good idea to change them. Thanks for reminding me I never gave the car a full tune up after getting it.

Tuning up modern cars is a head scratcher for me. Tune the carbs? Uh add fuel injection cleaner and flash the ECU? Tune the ignition? Errr change plugs and coils?

I've got a question. How many guys remember adjusting the dwell on distributors?

Tippy

I do. I had a '69 Camaro conv with a points distributor. I remember lifting the window to adjust dwell. What was it, 30 degrees? Don't remember, don't care to and will never adjust another in my lifetime.

I did it a couple of times and said screw this, I am going to go HEI. Beat the firewall back for clearance and dropped one in. Never looked back.

Pac996

Yah most weekend on friday afternoon was tune up time. Oops forgot to tighten down after dwell. Oops didn't secure the condensor wire tight enough. Oops get the right rpm for timing, Darn get the vacume and mixture right. Put a little extra advancement in for the weekend. On modern cars I just wish trouble shooting was easy without using a code reader.

wwest

Oops, forgot to lube the distributor cam.....

Graufuchs

Whats a carburator....?

jasper

If I had a nickel for every time I cleaned the idle jets out on these b@stards...

jasper

It got to the point I made my kids do the job...

Pac996

Me too. Got to where I'd use just enough of the red capsules lube since I would clean the points on fridays.

Heck yah good job.

I was reading that the factory carbs that weren't webers area actually better for adjustability and tuning features.

Another victom of the young I see.

I guess I really don't miss the old days as much now that I think of it.

Carrera Mike

make sure that they really replaced the right, aft most plug. Ive heard few stories that since its the hardest one to access few owners found that they have 5 new plugs and one old one

b-man

I'm on my second engine. The first one let go at about 142k miles.

I never had a problem with a RMS/IMS. From what I have seen and noticed, it seems like the daily drivers don't has as may RMS/IMS problems as the weekend or garage queen cars. But, I could be wrong about that.

FYI, I had one of the earliest 996 models. I received mine in early October 2001. My car (with the original engine) burned a lot of oil, about 1 quart every 1600 miles (if I rememeber correctly). It burned at this rate since day one, regardless of how hard I drove it, and regardless of how many miles on the engine.

My new engine doesn't burn any oil. It goes through less than 1/2 quart every 10k miles. Same car, same driver, same driving style, etc. It's funny when people say going through a lot is normal or how you drive it or . . .

Sorry to go off topic. But I thought you would appreciate the info.

b-man

ivangene

great pics Jasper

also - the new sig and avatar are

Graufuchs

My DAD can tell you all about them though..

Come to think about it....the only carborators Ive had to work on were on my dads blasted second hand push mowers(I had the last lawnboy tweeked, 93octane, no airfliter and carb wide open, it would throw the clippings 20+ft)..... 3/4 of an acre with a push mower then he'd make me do the the two old ladies lawns across the street....but it builds character...last time I checked Im quite one. So my wife says....