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Acquired last week from a fellow rennlister nearby. As he pointed out, my 996TT collection is now the colors of the German flag. Didn't see that coming.
I am 3rd owner, car is 2002, has 16k miles, clean DME, original paint in fabulous condition, great spec ($128k MSRP), with tasteful use of yellow in the black leather interior (deviated stitching, seat belts, and center console). Lots of leather everywhere inside, and aluminum instrument faces, which I love. Car currently rides on red HRE wheels, but also came with refinished turbo twists which will be going on soon. Tires are PS2's with only a few hundred miles on them, and recent date codes. Can't wait to reshoot the car with the turbo twists back on. Tasteful mods by Shark Werks include Bilstein PSS10 coil-overs, RSS rear link kit, RSS toe steer kit, RSS Tarmac engine mounts, EvoMS tune to the ECU, Numeric shifter and cables. All corner balanced to a solid setup. Fairly sure car has never seen the track. The boost indicator on the dash showed up to 1.1 bar when I step on it in 3rd. Stock is 0.7 bar, right? (That's what my stock 996TT's top out at, if no leaks.) Car passed CA Smog a few days ago with no issue.
If the car is boosting 1.1 bar it def isnt a stock tune or if it is..somethings going on there.
Are the lines pinned? It might not be a bad idea to take out the elbow behind the alternator and pin it or use jbweld or some sort of expoxy (jbweld) to re-seal it. Mine just popped the other day.
I came across older threads where some people suggested putting jb weld on top of the existing fittings to prevent them from popping out. Ideally you should get them welded though if you drop the engine.