He recently blew Apollo 911 up on the track so... it renders this video sort of moot...I wonder if he'll sell it as a roller
That was great! Very entertaining....well done!
Great video. Cool story, I love the car shows. Bummer if he did blow it up but not surprising at that mileage I guess.
Back in the day when I was working as a mechanic at an indy shop we had a customer with a late-80's turbo look Carrera (not that old of a car at the time) with over 250K. He had used the car to commute 2 hours each way for work daily since the car was new. The engine had never been out of the car, most everything was original.
Article in this months Excellence , published before he blew it up.
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He posted a new video yesterday where he mentioned an update on the apollo 911 was coming. He is choosing to sell the mustang instead, so my guess he either an upgraded engine or LS swap. Either or, I cannot believe how much money this guy spends on cars.
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He seems to be doing fairly well with his vblog/YouTube videos etc. You'd be surprised how much $ can be made doing that stuff... I'm sure he can buy many, many 996's 😉
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Very true...crazy, isn't it?
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Yes, I said in another thread what he makes in a month from his channel would pay for an LS swap or Raby rebuild.
SeaBass8 stated in his "I Pulled the Trigger on a 996" thread that he paid $9500 for his 1999 C2 Tip with 145k. Looks like a tie for the "cheapest Porsche 911".
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I'd never be convinced to sell him one, anyway.
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Considering it seemed like he deliberately killed the engine...I can't blame you.
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I find it difficult to say "he killed the engine". Maybe there were some things he could have done in preparation, but I put most of the blame on Porsche. When I first started looking for my 996, I planned on buying a coupe so I could take it out on track days. I had visions of driving around Road Atlanta at a fast, but responsible pace. Now, after reading some of the track preparation threads, I have come to find that the M96/M97 engines have cost cutting compromises that doom the engines to eventual failure. I wonder if Porsche ever raced a 911 with the M96/M97 engine case. Probably not. I could have taken my prior daily driver, a 1997 Mustang GT, changed the oil and driven it as hard as possible on the track and then driven it home at the end of the day.
The critical modification I feel my 1999 C2 needs is a dry sump system. The deep sump mods may not be enough. A third (center) radiator would be my number two modification. The IMS Bearing Solution, to get rid of the bearing entirely, would be number three. As far as bore scoring, cylinder cracks, and D chunks, there is not much you can do about those, although the third radiator mod and a lower temperature thermostat would help with overall cooling. Oh yeah, the heads can crack, but while that is an expensive an laborious failure, it is not a catastrophic ($20k) failure.
Don't get me wrong, I paid far less for my 911 than a new Toyota Corolla. The shortcomings of the 996 are reflected in the current asking prices. It's one of those "you get what you pay for" scenarios. I still love the car and have no regrets buying it. I love it enough that I will spend the money to make these mods to my car in the future to make the engine reliable.
Forgot to include connecting rod bolts as a weak link.
