mcwop23

my car went into the shop for the steel brake conversion/race pads and clutch accumulator repair, in prep for my first track date with it

pretty stoked

powdrhound

If you are using cat bypass pipes it's easy. You don't need to remove anything, there is plenty of room. With cats it would be a bit higher but with pipes, no problemo. Get a few 1/4 wobblys and various extensions Mount everything loosely and then tighten progressively all the way around. Maybe an hour taking your time with the car on a lift or Quickjack..

And pop those friggin 980s in there and quit looking at em....

2fcknfst

For the 980s, it is most certainly going into the shop... I think that is well beyond my skill level and the risk of something going wrong (read:expensive) is high.

Still waiting on the tool from Tial, thought it would be here this week, it wasn't; pretty sure I can manage that swap as the 980s are on the bench. I also need the 3.8 FPR, which I was going to pick up when I take the 991 in for an oil change in the next week or so. Not sure when the Markski elbow will be back from the coater, they said maybe the week after next, which seems to align with the shop as the guy who works on my car is into a fairly major engine swap at the moment.

Come to think of it, if I am going to drop the engine this year and get the 980s on, I should be patient and do the exhaust only once. Sam, and Marek, were saying that the swapping of injectors is much easier with the engine out, and I noticed today that in 440kms, I am down a bar on my engine oil indicator, so my passenger side turbo is still leaking away.

Patience is not over rated.

powdrhound

Gotcha. I thought you had already swapped the fittings. I never understood why Tial made the fitting with 7 sides requiring a custom tool which they have to send to everyone. They created a lot of hassle for themselves. If you already have a 5.0 bar FPR installed you should see if your tuner can tune with that. A 5.0 bar is actually better as it will give you better fuel atomization and greater fueling margins. All Porsche Motorsport applications use a 5.0 bar but 3.8 will naturally work also.

Yes, you wanna drop the engine to do injectors. I can’t imagine doing it with motor in the car although some have done it. Cheers!

paopao

I just sent the tool back on Thursday. Tial should have it on Monday.

2fcknfst

Ahhhhh, thanks, I will follow up with Erik on Monday.

2fcknfst

OK, will ask Sam about that.

powdrhound

I would imagine Sam will want to use a 3.8 as his tuning is based on that.

LinwoodM

Did a 1/2 mile event yesterday and had a blast. My best Dragy speed was 164.xx the official radar time was 163.7; three mf times

2fcknfst

That looks like a lit of fun, a half mile?

paopao

Nice vid! Where are you shifting at?

LinwoodM

7k…ish

2fcknfst

So, a mile?

LinwoodM

You may have missed it, but it says a 1/2 mile and the draggy shows the 1/2 mile.

2fcknfst

Yes, wasn't sure, that's not bad for half a mile.