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Doing my first oil change within the next couple of weeks.

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Fairly new owner noob question. Besides the turbo, is the M96 engine basically the same in the 911 vs. the 911 Turbo? Material makeup/bore coatings etc.? I've just hit 5.5K miles of ownership on my 03 Targa. Loving the car more everyday, and trying to learn as much about these cars as I can. Doing my first oil change within the next couple of weeks. Kyle

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Other than both being six-cylinders, horizontally opposed, water cooled, and made by Porsche, the engines are completely different. I don't think they share a single part, other than maybe some trivial external parts like an oil filler cap. The M96 genesis was driven by financial considerations, part of a larger effort to save Porsche from going bankrupt. It helped do just that. Reputation as one of the "worst" 911 engines made. In reality far better than it's reputation. The Mezger turbo in the 996 Turbo is a dry-sump engine whose genesis was the GT1 Lemans engine. Reputation as one of the "best" 911 engines made. In reality not perfect, just very, very good.

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