What did you do to your 996TT today?
#4666
RL Community Team
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Yeah, i was getting both 420/430 - hopefully new coils will be the solution.
Paint finish on your car is absolutely beautiful, btw...
Paint finish on your car is absolutely beautiful, btw...
#4668
new to me 996TT-first phase
Bought the car a little over a month ago. has 55k on it. Today was phase 1 of 3, this was the easy part:
1-Fuel filter
2-Serp belt
3-Air filter
4-Frunk struts
5-Cabin filter
6-New wiper blades
It was very simple. Toughest part was making sure the fuel filter clicked back to the coolant reservoir. Serp belt is not bad once you get the lowest pulley, water pump. Rest is following the path. Frunk strut clips are a pain but all done.
Phase 2 will be:
Oil Change, plugs and coils, brake fluid
Phase 3:
Ohlins, ride heights and alignment
1-Fuel filter
2-Serp belt
3-Air filter
4-Frunk struts
5-Cabin filter
6-New wiper blades
It was very simple. Toughest part was making sure the fuel filter clicked back to the coolant reservoir. Serp belt is not bad once you get the lowest pulley, water pump. Rest is following the path. Frunk strut clips are a pain but all done.
Phase 2 will be:
Oil Change, plugs and coils, brake fluid
Phase 3:
Ohlins, ride heights and alignment
#4669
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Phase 2:
0. Boost leak check.
...
5. Tune.
0. Boost leak check.
...
5. Tune.
#4670
#4671
Took the Turbo out to a SCCA autocross practice session at Fontana today. I'm a novice and haven't taken it to an event in a couple years, but it was a ton of fun. Only issue was the low brake fluid light going off about 45 seconds into every run - reservoir level was fine and pedal feel was great, so I chose to ignore it.
It was also the first time I've spun out spectacularly in the 996! Part due to my negligence on tire pressures and part due to tunnel vision. Went from 35/39 to 32/34 and it greatly improved the rest of my day. It's a heavy car to hustle around an autocross course, but it was a pretty quick layout and a nice chance to find, then totally exceed, the car's limits.
It was also the first time I've spun out spectacularly in the 996! Part due to my negligence on tire pressures and part due to tunnel vision. Went from 35/39 to 32/34 and it greatly improved the rest of my day. It's a heavy car to hustle around an autocross course, but it was a pretty quick layout and a nice chance to find, then totally exceed, the car's limits.
#4672
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The Turbo's have plenty of headroom, so hitting full boost doesn't mean you don't have leaks... If you do have leaks, you will feel the difference in how quickly it gets to full boost and your turbos won't have to work so hard to get to full boost.
#4673
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^^ I agree...hitting 1.1 doesn't mean you don't have a leak. I've run fine..boost on target....appears to have no issue...low mileage car but boy did it have quite a few leaks. I always boost leak test at oil changes now and at every 3/4th time I leak test I find a leak
#4676
#4677
Custom external video microphone install using the OEM license plate light bracket and routed the wire back to passenger seat with new gromments. I'll do a DIY post after I get the SmartyCam adapter cable and hear it on video since the sound is most important and heard this was the best spot. The internal mics or external mics mounted in the passenger compartment sound like crap!
#4678
Custom external video microphone install using the OEM license plate light bracket and routed the wire back to passenger seat with new gromments. I'll do a DIY post after I get the SmartyCam adapter cable and hear it on video since the sound is most important and heard this was the best spot. The internal mics or external mics mounted in the passenger compartment sound like crap!
I have my mic set up the same way. I’ve tried several mics and the one that seems to work the best is the racelogic mic with the 3 meter cable. Use a wind sock on it. Here is the link to it.
https://www.vboxmotorsport.com/store...&product_id=87
#4679
RL Community Team
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Is this done to make sure you don't exceed track sound limits?
#4680
Took the Turbo out to a SCCA autocross practice session at Fontana today. I'm a novice and haven't taken it to an event in a couple years, but it was a ton of fun. Only issue was the low brake fluid light going off about 45 seconds into every run - reservoir level was fine and pedal feel was great, so I chose to ignore it.
It was also the first time I've spun out spectacularly in the 996! Part due to my negligence on tire pressures and part due to tunnel vision. Went from 35/39 to 32/34 and it greatly improved the rest of my day. It's a heavy car to hustle around an autocross course, but it was a pretty quick layout and a nice chance to find, then totally exceed, the car's limits.
It was also the first time I've spun out spectacularly in the 996! Part due to my negligence on tire pressures and part due to tunnel vision. Went from 35/39 to 32/34 and it greatly improved the rest of my day. It's a heavy car to hustle around an autocross course, but it was a pretty quick layout and a nice chance to find, then totally exceed, the car's limits.
Doubt it, I think it's for high quality sound when making videos.