911SLOW

For 997 GT3 3.8RS owners or anyone using the PP and clutch combo from this car.

Please vote and post current (miles or km) and type of usage (street/track).



Thanks.

M3EvoBR

7200 miles - 2 days at Sebring (dry), 1-day Sebring (wet), 2 days at PBIR (dry)

johnr265

No problems. 8500 miles, 65% street.

Izzone

Clutch failed. Inner spring took out pressure plate

Dealer installed 4.0 pressure plate and clutch. These parts are revised from 3.8 parts

12,500 miles (appx 6,500 track)

TRAKCAR

Release bearing failed at 14K miles, about 5K track miles.
Release bearing and PP replaced the std. superseding part which is the 4.0PP.

It was decided not to replace the clutch because it looked like new, not knowing at the time that the clutch also has been replaced with the superseding part number which is also from the 4.0.
Within a week and 100 miles the clutch failed, destroying new 4.0PP and Release bearing.

If they had told me I would have happily paid for the clutch upgrade, but Porsche is slow notifying dealers.
Maybe even tries to keep this problem quiet?

Everything is now working fine with these part #’s:

malmasri

PP failure at 1500 miles ( one of the earliest). posted on the forum.
PP failure at 2000 miles.
Solution: After second failure, Dealer installed the old type PP 996#....works like a charm so far.

stujelly

A close friend not a reenlist member blew his pressure plate and it destroyed tranny casing

All new clutch, pressure plate and tranny. Approx 8k miles

Targa Tim

<4000 miles, 6 track days, 70% time track use, no clutch or PP problem, but LSD very likely gone.

jenk12m

Just under 6k miles and 70% track miles

NJ-GT

Can we link this thread to the one listing all the failures experienced by actual GT3 owners?

I know most people believe these cars are reliable, but one thing is wanting to believe, and another one is reality.

TRAKCAR

The fixes:

PP:
Rivets let go, now replaced with bolts on the 4.0PP

TRAKCAR

Clutch had little holes where the metal cracks out and lets the spring out.
New 4.0 no little holes.

Bob Rouleau

My pressure plate failed at 19,000 KM - about 12,000 miles. Replaced with RS 4.0 version with bolts in place of rivets. I know of 4 others in our local club which also failed. That's 5 out of 7 so far. Seems to be a systemic weakness.

sharkster

It is. Mine failed in the 07 used a 3.8 version with a third strap. Same thing. Rivets... And I know of 8 3.8 cars in the bay area that had the same thing

Izzone

On top of mine, another PCA member in Florida not On RL had clutch go

Those of you posting miles ect....if no failure please state that.

Jenk12M......they dont fail at Cars and Cafe, my mid 2012 I predict you join the club