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YOUR RESEARCHThe 996 is a Track Car, After All...
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If there's anything actually wrong with the car, I'd suspect a faulty air/oil seperator, but my limited nderstanding of this device is that it's not a "working (ie moving) part.
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I did however fill the paddock with oil smoke every time I started up before the next session.
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I've gotten so good at swapping these 3.4l engines I can do it in the same amount of time as changing the brake pads now....
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If there's anything actually wrong with the car, I'd suspect a faulty air/oil seperator, but my limited nderstanding of this device is that it's not a "working (ie moving) part.
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I just got back from a track day at Carolinas Motorsport Park and was reminded how much fun the 996 is on track. I had almost forgotten with all the negative posts we've seen in the past couple of weeks regarding this topic.
And, believe it or not, my engine didn't even blow up...
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A GT3 it isn't, but it's a very fun and capable car on the track nonetheless. My bone stock 996 has seen five track days at Willow Springs in the past year and it has never missed a beat, or leaked oil, or laid down a smoke screen.
Just got back from a full track day at Gateway Int. Raceway whose primary feature is a large banked
left hand
Nascar turn at one end of the road course followed by the long straight where making the shift to fifth is of negligible value. So it's the foot on the floor halfway thru the Nascar turn and all the way to redline down the straight lap after lap.
3.4 liter by the way.
This is true, I just heard from my friend who's cousin's boss' brother-in-law's step son had a 3.4 and the car exploded into a fireball. Incinerating 30 people at an ice cream stand, tragic.
I don't know what the bid deal is... I went to the track 4 times last year and my engine blew each time.......
No worry tho...... I've gotten so good at swapping these 3.4l engines I can do it in the same amount of time as changing the brake pads now.... a couple of hours.... and it's just like new
I carry 2 spare engines with me to the track just in case I experience "multiple failures" in one weekend...
Who says that the 996 isn't track worthy?
must of been when the oil leaking out of the RMS got onto the hot clutch causing a localized hot spot thus compromising the flywheel and pressure plate leading to the catostrophic failure.........
All kidding aside...took my 3.6 to the track for the first time last week and the car was entirely capable, and very fast, and didn't blow up (I passed a GT2 so there).
I did however fill the paddock with oil smoke every time I started up before the next session. I was defintely NOT overfilled with oil, not according to the dipstick anyway. The car at one point also surged a bit during a session and in my rearview I could see a massive cloud of blue smoke. I wasn't pulling any g's at the time either - just top revs and a small kink.
I'm not all that worried, but it was kind of embarrasing. The car acquited itself though. Great track car in every other respect.
SO - I've read there is a TSB on this issue - where can I get a copy? If there's anything actually wrong with the car, I'd suspect a faulty air/oil seperator, but my limited nderstanding of this device is that it's not a "working (ie moving) part.
anyone?
