Did this a couple weekends ago. Was a reasonable DIY job.

Made a video here:

 

I wonder what the purpose of that big aluminum piece is, the one you cut.

What symptoms did you have that led to replacing the pump?

 

I believe the alum part could be a holdover from the 911 design. In the 997 video i reference in the comments, the engine is rotated 180 deg and the exhaust is somewhat close to that area, so maybe it is a heat shield in that design. There’s a trade off between using an existing part and the additional expense associated with a new design and potential new manufacturer. I guess they opted to keep the legacy part.

I had fluctuations in fuel pressure at high RPMs. It feels as if the engine is skipping or misfiring. Also had a code P1023 related to fuel pressure.

Taking it to a shop with a dyno next week for testing. Am thinking all will be good.

 

Makes sense. I think I’d be inclined to leave it off and use shorter bolts…

I had some high rpm misfiring on my last track day. No CEL, but I was also showing the P1023 code when I checked it later. I cleared it and it hasn’t come back. Yet….

Have fun at the dyno. Inquiring minds will want to know!

 

Awesome video. How do you like that car lift. That is one i am considering. Did you have to cut the floor and pour deeper footers for the lift?

 

The lift is good. Makes everything a lot easier. We built the garage with the lift in mind, I had a couple of custom anchors made and buried them in the concrete. They were pretty simple - bought 2' bar of 2" diameter stainless steel. Cut it in half and had a 1-inch thread tapped on one end and two holes drilled in the other end through which I inserted two stainless rods to act like rebar and keep the bar planted. The single grade 8, 1-inch diameter bolt is good enough to do the job by itself, but I also used standard anchors in the other 4 holes. Those were drilled/installed after the concrete was poured like a regular anchor. My builder did make the mounting areas thicker - not sure how much thicker but it was enough (a foot or more). Basically costs nothing to add a bit of concrete during construction.

I still have two kids in college (locally) and do a lot of maintenance on all the cars. If I had to do it again I would bury a pipe in/under the slab and run a hydraulic hose through it to get it out of the way. I basically leave it set-up 100% of the time - mounted the pump on the wall behind one of the posts and purchased a short (3') hose to go from the pump to the post near it.

 

Awesome. Yea i am tempted to do this currently where i live now. I am not sure i want to cut the floor and add footers. My long term goal is to build a custom house with a huge garage for lots of activities lol. My Townhouse and garage make due to now. I just use the quickjacks for now. Im waiting for the market to possibly cool off before doing something in the housing dept.