Promax Servicing

[Copperman05]

Ok, had my S2 serviced by Andy and his team up at Promax Motorsport yesterday, car had 12,000 service and new clutch master cylinder. Just thought I would post how impressed I was with their professionalism, knowledge and service, top notch, going to take it back for 968 costor mounts and full geo before the end of the year.

A bit far from me but seems worth it for the value for money they offer, £35 for 968 castor mounts cant be bad...

Edd

 

[FistsOfHam]

I keep hearing about these 968 castor mounts. What are the differences between these and the standard ones and what are the advantages of changing to the 968 items?

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I keep hearing about these 968 castor mounts. What are the differences between these and the standard ones and what are the advantages of changing to the 968 items?

Less rubber, so less play as I understand it.

Promax have just launched their new website, as well. []

 

[Copperman05]

ORIGINAL: madrob6

I keep hearing about these 968 castor mounts. What are the differences between these and the standard ones and what are the advantages of changing to the 968 items?

Apparetly the less rubber in them gives a more direct and responsive turn in, I'm sure someone who's had them fitted will be along soon to give their opinion too..

Edd

 

[Copperman05]

I think your referring to RPM in Cheddington, used them before too, Oli certainly knows his stuff..

Edd

 

[Suffolk944]

ORIGINAL: Copperman05

ORIGINAL: madrob6

I keep hearing about these 968 castor mounts. What are the differences between these and the standard ones and what are the advantages of changing to the 968 items?

Apparetly the less rubber in them gives a more direct and responsive turn in, I'm sure someone who's had them fitted will be along soon to give their opinion too..

Edd

Yes exactly so, I got some fitted a couple of months ago and was amazed at the difference they made. I think its especially noticeable for those of us who have fitted larger than standard diameter wheels. Were 968's fitted with 17" wheels as standard ?

 

[ukmastiff]

The 968 coupe had 16" cup one wheels early on , and 17" were an option.
I only know this as many 16" sets that end up for sale on e-bay ( like the ones I bought) were off of 968's that had been " upgraded " to 17. When I was hunting for cups I looked in to it plus i have viewed quite a lot of 968's for sale []

 

[pauljmcnulty]

You're driving past Porsche trained techs to get there as well.

I understand your point, but I've kind of changed my mind over the years a bit. Not wishing to open a Pistonheads-style argument here....[&o]

I know of plenty of Porsche-trained mechanics who've gone out on their own over the years. Many of them now offer servicing on newer models such as the water-cooled 911s and Boxsters, the Cayenne etc. These cars weren't even conceived when they were Porsche-training, and I doubt that they've all gone back to school for full Porsche training on these models, yet they still offer themselves as "specialists" on cars they are plainly not Porsche trained on. It's not a problem, they work on them all day long, have the equipment, and do a perfectly good job.

A good mechanic can work on any car, a Porsche specialist will have the expertise and experience that speeds things up and diagnoses known faults quicker so makes more sense. They are only cars, after all.

 

[ukmastiff]

I know I have mentioned before but I've been to one dreadful Porsche specialist and one diabolical ' tuner' , so if you have found a good one then I say stick to them who ever they are []

 

[AndrewS]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

You're driving past Porsche trained techs to get there as well.

I understand your point, but I've kind of changed my mind over the years a bit. Not wishing to open a Pistonheads-style argument here....[&o]

I know of plenty of Porsche-trained mechanics who've gone out on their own over the years. Many of them now offer servicing on newer models such as the water-cooled 911s and Boxsters, the Cayenne etc. These cars weren't even conceived when they were Porsche-training, and I doubt that they've all gone back to school for full Porsche training on these models, yet they still offer themselves as "specialists" on cars they are plainly not Porsche trained on. It's not a problem, they work on them all day long, have the equipment, and do a perfectly good job.

A good mechanic can work on any car, a Porsche specialist will have the expertise and experience that speeds things up and diagnoses known faults quicker so makes more sense. They are only cars, after all.

Hi All,

Paul makes a very good point. What really matters (for me anyway), is the natural competence, aptitude and logical fault finding skills of the individual(s) concerned.

Paul, thanks also for mentioning the new website. We have a couple of RSS news feeds for the Blog (written by myself and Andy E) and News Items; hence you can stay up to date if you want to subscribe to these feeds. The website name is the same - just change the domain suffix to .co.uk (old website will remain, but will be gracefully retired later next year).

Regards,
Andrew

 

[edh]

new website? - why didn't anyone email me? [] (I think I got 5 or 6...)

Promax did some work on my car just before I sold it - and diagnosed / fixed a problem that my local "specialist" had failed to fix over several months and many hundreds of pounds.

 

[AndrewS]

ORIGINAL: edh

new website? - why didn't anyone email me?  []  (I think I got 5 or 6...)

Sorry, you may have got a few that found their way onto mailing lists (like Titanic). Hope it wasn't too intrusive.

Hope to see on Jul 19th. I'll be in the big Aussie couch (has Monkfish graphics on, hence you can't miss it). That LS1 5.7 motor is very addictive. []

Regards,
Andrew