Meet the new Gray Reef Shark!!
06-07-2009, 01:41 AM
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Meet the new Gray Reef Shark!!
Sold my Mk.I GT3 Clubsport a month ago and have now replaced it with a -01 Turbo. Seal grey over black leather, all stock except spacers at all corners, ECU flash (Superchips) boosting 1.1bar, Ferrita (Swedish make) race cats and stainless steel exhaust. Dyno sheets indicate 530hp....
Ciao,
Johannes
Ciao,
Johannes
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06-07-2009, 06:15 AM
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Lovely, bit of a change from the GT3!
Have the turbo hoses been changed as I've heard the standard ones can 'pop off' with increased boost!
Have the turbo hoses been changed as I've heard the standard ones can 'pop off' with increased boost!
06-07-2009, 08:52 AM
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I sooooo love Grey... Wish I'd not bought black, but eh, what can ya do!
I agree with the other poster... Consider the boost hoses, especially on the 2001 models... AWE sold me mine (SAMCO brand), but there are others out there with decent prices for a set of five (all intercooler to piping hoses plus the Fpipe)!
Mike
I agree with the other poster... Consider the boost hoses, especially on the 2001 models... AWE sold me mine (SAMCO brand), but there are others out there with decent prices for a set of five (all intercooler to piping hoses plus the Fpipe)!
Mike
06-07-2009, 09:23 AM
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How difficult is it to change these hoses? I'm a pretty good DIY guy and consider doing the DV's myself as well. These seem to be a pretty good deal! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
06-07-2009, 12:20 PM
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How difficult is it to change these hoses? I'm a pretty good DIY guy and consider doing the DV's myself as well. These seem to be a pretty good deal! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
06-08-2009, 02:36 PM
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There are a lot of folks running the stock hoses on their 01-03 TTs (running under 600 HP) and haven't had any problems with them....I'm one of them. If the hoses start blowing apart or coming out of the insets, then I'd have a tendency to change them out....but from what I've seen, heard, and read, the stock hoses work just fine....they're just dont' come in spiffy color coded applications. I'm not trying to be argumentative here...just trying to deal with some facts....So maybe someone could give me some feedback on what the frequency of blown stock hoses is for the 01-03 TTs. I limit it to those years just for the sake of focusing on what some might consider as ageing hoses. The radiator hoses are more prone to failure than any others. I've blown one myself.
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06-09-2009, 08:50 PM
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Chuck, When you pull the old hoses off, you see how flimsy they are and wonder how the hell they stayed on... They're a weak link, especially in the 2001s.
I did a DIY and I think it's over on RENNTECH... Takes a couple hours max to do them.
Mike
I did a DIY and I think it's over on RENNTECH... Takes a couple hours max to do them.
Mike
06-09-2009, 09:18 PM
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Mike...are you talking about the boost and turbo hoses? I've gone thru the ones on my 02...and although I will admit they appear a bit thin, I'm consistently running them at 1.1 and 1.2 and havne't had any problems. I've put almost 20K miles on the car since I bought it in November of 07...some of it hard driving. I imagine that you're quite correct in that the ravages of time combined with the enemy of all engines and parts....time, heat and stress...would serve to eventually weaken them. But I haven't heard of anyone complain about actual failures.....maybe they look flimsey, but they haven't actually failed. Now I have to qualify that statement with limiting the horses to under 600...of course a 7-800 hp monster is going to produce some fiersome boost and stress and would mandate better and stronger hoses.....that just happened to match the color of the car... 
I know that eventually I'll be doing a replacement, but is a hose changeout part of the Porsche 60K major service protocol? I haven't heard of it being a requirment, so if it's not, the Porsche engineers must feel that the longevity of the hoses is sufficiently stout to remain in till the next major scheduled service.
Although I'll probably get a few slams out of this.....I feel that a lot of the early hose changeouts have more to do with esthetics than it does with any engineering issue. Sort of the same thing that drives guys to install a spiffy looking carbon fibre air induction box....CF looks so spiffy.....I just don't drive around a lot with the rear engine cover up. Ok...Ok....yeah I'm a conservative old fart.
I know that eventually I'll be doing a replacement, but is a hose changeout part of the Porsche 60K major service protocol? I haven't heard of it being a requirment, so if it's not, the Porsche engineers must feel that the longevity of the hoses is sufficiently stout to remain in till the next major scheduled service.
Although I'll probably get a few slams out of this.....I feel that a lot of the early hose changeouts have more to do with esthetics than it does with any engineering issue. Sort of the same thing that drives guys to install a spiffy looking carbon fibre air induction box....CF looks so spiffy.....I just don't drive around a lot with the rear engine cover up. Ok...Ok....yeah I'm a conservative old fart.
06-16-2009, 10:34 PM
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Mike,
Can't find the DIY over on Renntech. Got link?
Cao,
Johannes
Can't find the DIY over on Renntech. Got link?
Cao,
Johannes
