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Got new Tires this Season, ran Pirille 240 Snowsport for 4 Seasons...
Run smoother and revved "easier" without sounding stressed
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I haven't tried it on my Porsche yet but on previous cars, they ran smoother and revved "easier" without sounding stressed.
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Not a C4S but on my 99 C2, I use RP 10w40 and add 2q's of 20w50 on top of the 10w40's in the summer.
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I had a ton of help from my friends at Protec motorsports in Greenville South Carolina, engine to trans, no problem, spec stage 2 + clutch, exhaust, bolted right up, Bill at Protec started on the electrical side, BUT i wanted to be able to run different tunes etc.
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Not a C4S but on my 99 C2, I use RP 10w40 and add 2q's of 20w50 on top of the 10w40's in the summer. I "feels" smoother than M1 but I'm sure it's in my head. To be honest, I've felt more difference using RP's in other cars than in the Pcar.
I was probably one of the biggest skeptics of Royal Purple as there are many of those gimmicks out there.
As I found out with my previous cars, RP definitely seems to be a great oil alternative. I haven't tried it on my Porsche yet but on previous cars, they ran smoother and revved "easier" without sounding stressed. As previous poster noticed not too much difference with Porsches and I venture to guess that RP is more beneficial to high revving engines or track cars(example, 8-9k redline motors)
Now that's a beautiful Porsche! Keeping to its original design, without the makeup, makes it one of the most beautiful Porsches. I never tire of looking at its lines. You show extreme patience from being tempted into making external changes that are not original in design.
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looks just like my C4S except I have the dual oval tips and painted crests on the hubs...
still holding off on many mods.... Burks twin turbo is on top of the list.... well, after painting the bottom trim to match the rest of the car.. and turbo-P Alaruds still pending.
oil would have to be Red Line... 15-40 for mild temps
and last I checked, T= Tau. so would that be SDT.? sigma delta Tau? never heard of that one. so maybe what you have really transposed is an STD?
Hahahahahaha Jon...... STD..... hysterical my man.
Definitely get IMA's twin turbo kit. I truly love it and it keeps getting better every day. I took the GT2 wing off and went back to the stock retractable to be even more unassuming.....hahahahaha.....
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Last week finished my paintjob.Painted all the black spoilers seal grey and Rims in dark grey colour with silver lip and porsche crest. This is the best stock porsche wheels.....
Jon,
Turbo P's look great....but they are too heavy. Caused traction control to freak out when pushed. Not just my car, guy I sold them to wound up re-selling them cause they did the same to his TT.
I going to take them off and paint all my bottom trim as a DIY this winter. I ordered the spray plastic flex primer, paint and clear coat from automotivetouchup.com. As so little of it shows, I'm sure I can do it where it looks great. Key is in the prep work.
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Heres afew of my 03 C4S with a X51 3.8 swap, full fabspeed exhuast, K&N cold air kit, programable Fabspeed ECU
Sorry bout the crappy pics, took em with my Blackberry!!
Not exactly plug-n-play, I am one of the sickest chassis, rollcage, suspension geometry mechanics you will find BUT electricials!!??!? i suck!! I had a ton of help from my friends at Protec motorsports in Greenville South Carolina, engine to trans, no problem, spec stage 2 + clutch, exhaust, bolted right up, Bill at Protec started on the electrical side, BUT i wanted to be able to run different tunes etc. so we shipped her up to Fabspeed, a couple grand later, POW animal C4S im sorry i wish i could tell you more, ill look at my files on the car this week and give you more
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If it only took a couple grand to sort out the tuning based on your mods, I say you did very well.
Did you port anything over from the older motor(sensors, manifold, etc)?
Ok, I'll cave and post pics of my "new" baby. It's a 2003 w/ ~55k. Bought it about 2 months ago from Dallas and drove home to the Washington DC area. Not a hint of trouble on the way and managed 27+ mpg to boot.
Mods can be seen in the sig, but some of them are still unidentified
Unlisted mods include turbo chin spoiler thingy, repainted flaking shift boot horseshoe, aluminum pedal covers, and aftermarket headunit, amp and subwoofer behind back seats. And of course the ashtray delete. Oh, and recently deleted clutch pedal helper spring.
Anyway, here are a few pics. I didn't take them myself; they were taken by the dealer. They're the best I have at the moment!
Glad to be in the Porsche family!
Greg
Greg - Congrats buddy!!! Welcome to not only the Porsche Family, but also the C4S Family. I'm also in Northern VA (work in Reston). I used to live in Kingstowne Alexandria. Let me know when you want to get together. BTW - this is just the start of your modding. I ended up Twin Turbo'ing my C4S and absolutely love it. IMA Motorsport in Chantilly did it for me. Come by to some of the Cars & Coffee we have in the area. Go to the Mid-Atlantic Section on 6speed to see when the events are held.
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Picked her up with 39K miles ... love it! First Porsche for me, looking forward to lots of miles and smiles!
Coffee break in Blackhawk...
Going over Loveland Pass (A-Basin ski runs in the background) ...
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Tons of P. owner which prefer to keep it stock, that said, I'm not one of them
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There's a lot of options out there and choosing which to go with is half the fun.
The frustrations of the actual work and paying for it not so much
... but as long as your happy with the end result it's all worth it!
I ended up going with Techart headlight masks, a 997 GT2 front bumper made to go on a 996 from Wicked Motor Works, Precision Porsche GT Street side skirts and a turbo decklid with an over-sized carbon fiber wing from Maxspeed Motorsports.
Only thing left to do is the GT Street rear bumper.
I know, it's stupid to spend copious amounts of money that you'll never get back...
But what a ride!!!
Good luck!
Sid.
03 bought last september with 39k
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53693931@N07/5197158889/http://www.flickr.com/photos/53693931@N07/5197158889/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/53693931@N07/, on Flickr
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beautiful, clean look inside and out. Did I see you driving in London in September? Suggestion: think about painting the "s" red to match the calipers. I haven't done this with mine because its silver. But against that beautiful grey a red "s" just might be very cool. Cheers, jl
Meh - some oldies but some goodies....vids of my twin turbo'd 4S
This one was last year - you can hear the turbo spool at the end of the video....love that sound....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYHt7bk3rSQ
Another fun video at a private airport....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Ci96pOm40
Just want to keep this thread going for the LOVE of the 996 4S!!!!
Haven't tried one yet but will based on your reco Jon. Was thinking of picking up a Wilson Combat Urban Tactical Rifle next as my next C4S accessory. You think Suncoast or Tequipment makes a rack for that? Hehehe.
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lol yes thats my Winter Set... Got new Tires this Season, ran Pirille 240 Snowsport for 4 Seasons... I got Falken EuroWinter this time around, should last me another 4 Season
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Looks Hawt. BBS tends to play it safe and stick to factory offsets alot. I'm sure this plays into the liablility aspect since they have a high reputation and don't want to risk it in any way.
I had to do the same with spacers for my BBS RS-GT's.
BTW, if you want new bolts for 2 or 3 piece BBS wheels, they won't even sell it to you directly because of the liability factor. Ask me how I know...
I got rear 50et 19x11 and front 55et 19x8.5
Had to run 15mm spacer on all corners to get it decent looking.
I was disappointed with the offsets from BBS they looked really weak out of the box.
How do I get the BBS lug nuts is it true you have to convert to studs
and order from Japan?
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how did you get the 265/35/18 onto the 11x18 rims? i had my dealer try and they couldn't. cost me a bunch.
we concluded that only 285 or 295 tires would fit
jb
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lol it fits fine with an Awesome Strech, You need a Experianced and Competent Tire Shop to do it...
The Term for this Fitment is called "Strech & Poke" :P
