Just got a '99 996. Great condition but i do not have the history of the car for the past few years. The previous owner added a GT3 spoiler kit and some pretty expensive racing seats so an LWF would have made sense. I'm finding the clutch to be very stiff and there is also a lot of rattle. I know that Porsche's in general are not supposed to sound like sewing machines but I want to make sure it is normal and not the sign of impending clutch failure. I've also stalled a few times going over speed bumps and starting off and this is extremely rare for me but it sounds like this is a possible problem with a LWF. Other than dropping the transmission is there any way to tell? If it turns out the car does have a LWF would it make sense, as a daily driver only, to replace it with the stock clutch kit. I live in the Cayman Islands and so spend a lot of time in traffic and even when I have a nice open road most trips are less than 10 miles. Thanks
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YOUR RESEARCHLWF - How can i tell if I have one?
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drop the tranny and look.
From your description yes it seems that you do. If you do, I would not want that to deal with in traffic at all.
yup... should sound like a cement mixer underneath ya...... Yes the LWFW will take more throttle to get going as the revs drop quickly..... The performance is worth the "adjustment"... IMHO
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