A bit of S&M

Guest · Aug 22, 2004

Bad news: Just spent 2 grand on a top-end rebuild and new rings at a genuine 72,000m.
Good news: the bores were perfect on this 18-yr old. There was evidence of regular oil changes, too.
The old cliche is true - they don't build them like this anymore.

I'm cheesed off! Not just because the £2,000 but because it is obvious that the previous owner never gave her what she wanted and needed, which is to be revved hard and long and to be generally thrashed within an inch of her life.

Any neophyte 911 owners take heed: If you don't rev her in the upper ranges, and constantly do short journeys in her, she'll start complaining sooner or later.
And it'll be because you never gave her what she wanted.

So, drive hard and drive long cos that's what keeps her happy.
Molly-coddle her and suffer the consequences.

Anyway, I'm off now to drop down a gear or two unnecessarily, just to enjoy the noise and acceleration and renew my acquaintance.

Guest · Aug 22, 2004

Great stuff Dude,
Fourth and fifth gear should be hardly ever used - its that simple.
Rock on..[

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Guest · Aug 22, 2004

Fourth and fifth gear should be hardly ever used - its that simple.

Planet Earth calling Peter - I assume that your answer was tongue in cheek. Not even Porshe would be daft enough to build a car that strange.

ClubSport 911 · Aug 23, 2004

Bad news: Just spent 2 grand on a top-end rebuild and new rings at a genuine 72,000m.

You got off lightly methinks.

There is much evidence that low mileage 911's (on the Carrera 3.2 anyhow) wear poorly - mixture enrichment etc....

Newer 911's won't suffer this so much, as the water cooled environment is perhaps kinder to short journeys - as is the more sophisticated engine management controls.

Also, one of the 911 Club Sports has just completed 370,000 miles - one clutch, and a precuationary engine re-build.

This car is used - daily and seems to like it.

STEVE

Guest · Aug 23, 2004

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It amazes me how many people just slug along in fourth or even fifth gear.
Of course there is the group who see 5 gears and go through them all, just so they can change back down through them all...
When to use say 3rd gear around towns and small C class roads enables the motor to stay in around prefered torque band and gives the driver rapid response/power to avoid any danger, etc.
I remember years ago, when I only dreamt of owning a Porka, a guy telling me then how important it was to keep the revs up in a 911. That has always stayed with me.
I don't understand why/how a motor needs a top end after 70K or so??[>:]
Even the humble VW aircooled motor was good for more than this; and then they only need new exhaust valves.
This topic has been discussed before, and the author then found that giving his porka a damn good flogging fixed it !![

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Its for part of this reason I looked into the water injection ( as discussed previous thread) - the water removes carbon build up. Since then, I have tried the water injection on our Volvo, over some 50 or 60 miles. The result after dissconnecting the water was quite amazing - the motor felt so much soother and more power.
Its a bit like people here on the forum who get their gearbox rebuilt at 80K ?????
Gearboxes should be good for 200+K!
I'm certain there are mechanics out there who are laughing all the way to the bank.
End of rant.

Guest · Aug 24, 2004

I tend to use the higher gears as I find the noise that the engine/supercharger makes a bit wearing after a while. It will happily pootle around in 5th at 40mph all day - no acceleration to speak of, but I live in London.

Also, to be fair, most of the time my car (my only car) is just that - a car.

And I would rather listen to the radio/CD than the engine, most of the time; after approx. 18 years of 911s, the engine noise has lost most of it's excitement value.

I think we do get a bit precious about them, sometimes.