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THIS MONTH
911&PW APRIL 2015

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YOU AND YOURS

Brian Glover and his 996 Turbo 32

FULL FRONTAL
924 Carrera GTS v 968 Club Sport in
battle of the lightweight specials. With
added snow! 38

EARLY 997 GROUP TEST

The Gen1 997 is becoming the 911
bargain of the moment. We pitch C2
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against C2S and Turbo 50

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

Keith Seume takes a 991 GTS around the
locations of historical Porsche
significance in the UK 62

PORSCHE ON THE MONTE

Three 911 GT3s competed on this year’s
Monte Carlo Rally, and we were there to
follow them 74

ARCHIVE: PORSCHE’S WAR

No matter what Ferdinand Porsche’s
politics were, he made a significant
contribution to Germany’s war effort, as
Karl Ludvigsen’s new book explains 82

HOW TO: TIPTRONIC LEAKS

Fixing Tiptronic oil leaks 90

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PORSCHE NEWS
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PORSCHE PRODUCTS
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set up for the GT3 and the Cayenne pulls
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BUYERS’ GUIDE: 991

The 991 is getting affordable 118

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ALL THE PORSCHE NEWS

CAYMAN GT4 HIGHLIGHTS:
First Cayman with more power than a 911
Engine up from 3.4 to 3.8 litres
380bhp, 310lb ft torque
Six-speed manual gearbox only
0-60mph 4.4sec, 183mph max, out-paces a 911 Carrera
£64,451, delivering this summer
£2670 interior Clubsport package available

At last the Cayman gets the power it deserves. Plus:

GT3 RS on the way, 911 to go all turbo, new JAZ
premises open, Le Mans camping crisis

TRACK STAR
New Cayman GT4 is mid-engined equivalent of the 911 GT3
Porsche’s new Cayman GT4 is not simply that for the first time a Cayman has a with other aero tweaks reduces lift and Cayman GT4
the hottest ever version of its mid-engined higher output than a basic 911 – increases downforce. As with the Cayman certainly looks
aggressive with front
coupe, but a clear statement that as a 35bhp/22lb ft more – thereby upsetting GTS, it wears 20-inch alloy wheels. air scoops to the
company it is determined to retain its Porsche’s carefully orchestrated Inside, there are sports seats with radiators and more
image as the maker of the world’s best horsepower hierarchy among models. leather/Alcantara trim and a high level of flared intakes on the
sports cars, rather than being seen as a Equally telling of its status is that it will equipment, and with four out of five owners rear wings. Power is a
supplier of premium SUVs and Mercedes- not be available with a PDK semi- of GT-badged Porsches participating in meaty 380bhp. Seats
are lifted straight
chasing luxury saloons, which was automatic transmission, every car track days or club motorsport, factory
from the 918 Hybrid
possibly beginning to happen. equipped with a six-speed manual gearbox options include a £2670 Clubsport supercar and it will
‘Porsche will continue to promote radical with dynamic gearbox mounts. The package comprising a rear roll cage, be available as a
two-door sports cars now and in the future suspension is lowered 30mm over the battery disconnect system, and six-point manual only
– sports cars that are developed at the base Cayman and many 911 GT3 chassis harness. Additionally, ceramic brakes,
company’s Motorsport department in components have been used, while the carbon seats and a special Sport Chrono
Weissach,’ the company says. It speaks of braking has a special set up. Package with the Track Precision app
a car ‘sharing components and genetic As well as surpassing the 911 Carrera are available.
spirit with the iconic 911 GT3’, and on engine power, the GT4 is also the first There is no lightweight option that sees
reports a 7min 40sec Nürburgring lap that Cayman that out-performs it. While the more basic cabin trim and the junking of
‘places the Cayman GT4 emphatically as Cayman GTS is fractionally behind on items such as air conditioning and sound
the new benchmark at the top of its acceleration and top speed, the newcomer deadening, thereby paring mass from the
market segment.’ edges ahead of a 911 Carrera not fitted GT4’s 1415kg kerb weight (quoted at 5kg
The GT4, priced at £64,451 and which with the optional Sport Chrono Plus by a less than the GTS). Perhaps that is being
will begin reaching UK customers in the tiny but immensely symbolic two-tenths of reserved for an RS model.
summer, is far more than a tickled up a second to 62mph, at 4.4sec, and tops Customers are being asked to pay an
Cayman S or GTS. Engine capacity rises out at 183mph, 5mph higher. additional £9054 over the GTS for the
from these cars’ 3.4 litres to 3.8, the flat-six The GT4 has the looks to match its Cayman GT4 – in this price category such
producing 380bhp and 310lb ft torque, mechanicals, boasting three aggressively a supplement does not look high, hence
increases of 13 and 11 per cent big air intakes in the lower nose section Porsche might well find selling them an
respectively over the GTS. This means and a hard-to-miss rear wing, which along easy business.

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NEWS

TECHART’S
SOUND SENSE
TechArt has revealed its enhancements for the
911 GTS, the most powerful normally aspirated
version of the rear-engined sports car. There
are two sports exhaust systems, both of which
have valve-controlled sound adjustment, one
with twin tail pipes at each side, and the other
motorsport-style twin central tailpipes.
TechArt’s sports springs lower the body,
while the Noselift system, operated from a
button on the fascia, provides 45mm of ground
clearance, its purpose to avoid obstacles such
as garage ramps and extreme speed bumps. If
not disengaged, Noselift automatic lowers at
60km/h (38mph). The rims shown are the 20-
inch diameter Formula IV Race centre lock
rims. The bodykit comprises front, roof and
tail spoilers and side skirts.

FIND A KEEPER
Want a classic Porsche but don’t have the time
or knowledge to track down a good one? A
new service promises to do that for you, if a
1964-’73 pre-impact bumper Porsche is what
you seek, and supply it with a warranty and
other benefits.
Oxfordshire-based Bicester Sports and
Classic has launched a new arm to its
business, BSC Porsche, concentrating on early
911s and operating with the help of a network
of specialist Porsche inspectors in the UK,
Europe and the US, who will recommend
purchase where appropriate.
‘We have found that the most original
cars are found in warm, dry climates such as
the west coast of America,’ the firm says,
perhaps stating the obvious. ‘Sourcing these
cars takes time and patience but we believe
that they are worth the wait. We prefer
original examples over restored cars, which we
believe aren’t as desirable or as satisfying to
drive as an original car.’
After the car is located and acquired, it
spends a week at BSC Porsche’s workshop
near Bicester. ‘Everything is cleaned, oiled and
checked,’ says BSC. ‘If a rubber grommet is
missing, we replace it.’
Once prepped, the Porsche is delivered to
the customer with a Comfort Pack, comprising
a 12-month unlimited warranty, a full
inspection report including engine
compression test results, a year’s international
breakdown cover, and even 12 months’ storage
at nearby Historit if required. For more
details, call 01296 770966 or visit
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NEWS

ZERO TO 60 TIME
Porsche needs little encouragement to celebrate
anniversaries linked to its heritage, often turning out a
limited edition model to mark them, and the latest is the
911 GTS Club Coupe, introduced to coincide with the 60th
birthday of the world’s biggest Porsche club, the Porsche
Club of America. Unveiled at Porsche’s brand new US
headquarters – at the quite desirable address of One
Porsche Drive, Atlanta – it’s based on the 424bhp Carrera
GTS, and is all about paint and equipment.
The 911 GTS Club Coupe is finished in a striking

NEW GT3 RS LAUNCHES

colour specially created for this model, “Club Blau”, and
wears 20-inch Sport Classic wheels in semi-gloss black
and an RS-style ducktail rear wing. The interior is
correspondingly fancy, with the trim stitching, seat belts As 911 & Porsche World went to press, Porsche was poised to
and rev counter in contrasting Carmine Red, and the trim unveil the next generation 911 GT3 RS at the Geneva motor show,
for the fascia, door cards and centre console in carbon- a model that is believed to have slipped some nine months behind
fibre. The glovebox has ‘60’ embossed on it and the fascia schedule following the two engine fires that prompted the March
trim above it bears the lettering, ‘GTS Club Coupe 60 2014 recall of all GT3s delivered, and their engines replaced. The
Years Porsche Club of America.’ wide-bodied car continues the tradition of past GT3 RS models, its
Both the six-speed manual and PDK automatic predecessor being the 997-based GT3 RS 4.0 of 2011, with
gearboxes are being offered, while standard equipment downforce-friendly aerodynamic enhancements, and a normally
includes a Sport exhaust, PASM active suspension and aspirated engine, despite regular 911s soon to switch over to turbo
a 10mm lowered ride, Sport Chrono Package and dynamic power.
engine mounts. Unsurprisingly, 60 of the GTS Club It is highly likely that the latest RS will sell out very quickly.
Coupe are being built, and 59 of them made available The 600 911 GT3 RS 4.0s built were all but accounted for even
to PCA members in June 2015, priced from $137,055 before the official sale date in July 2011. Offered with white
(about £89,200). The remaining car will be offered in a paintwork only, it was priced at £128,466, over £18,000 more than
members’ competition. a 911 Turbo of the time.
Something over 15,000 GT3s have been sold since the model
was first introduced, in 996-series form in 1999, with RS versions
an undisclosed but small proportion. The new model is the fourth
GT3 RS; 2003 saw the first, with the same power as a standard
GT3, but with ultra-firm suspension, a roll cage and stripped out Below left to right:
interior. Also white only, it weighed 50kg less than standard GT3. 996 GT3 RS made do
It was succeeded in 2006 by the 997 GT3 RS, with the same with same 380bhp as
the Gen 2 996 GT3.
3.6-litre engine as before, but with power up 34bhp to 415bhp. It The 997 GT3 RS,
used the 44mm wider body from the Carrera 4, and was 20kg launched in 2006,
lighter than the GT3. got a more
In 2009 the second generation 997 GT3 RS arrived, its 3.8-litre substantial 415bhp,
engine producing 444bhp and matched to lowered gear ratios, while 3.8-litre Gen 2
JAZ MOVE TO NEW HOME while the PASM had a special set up, and the front track was grew to 444bhp and
finally the strictly
Independent Porsche specialists, Jaz, have moved to widened. In the final week of 997 production the GT3 RS 4.0 was limited GT3 RS 4.0
new bigger workshops at St Albans in Hertfordshire. released, its 493bhp 4.0-litre engine the biggest ever in a road 911. run out model with a
The 6000sq ft premises is just minutes from J21A Full details of the 991 GT3 RS will appear in our next issue. mighty 493bhp
of the M1 or J22 of the M25, with train links direct to
London from nearby St Albans station. The new facility is
more lavishly equipped than the old, incorporating more
ramps and more specialist equipment. On Saturday 3
January, Jaz held an open day to celebrate the move,
which proved very popular.
The new address is Unit 18 North Orbital Commercial
Park, Napsbury Lane, St Albans, Herts AL1 1XB
Find out more at jazweb.co.uk

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NEWS

OUR
TAKE

SEARCH PARTY
As classic Porsche prices rise,
there seems to be a growing
business in sourcing the best of
these cars. It’s a service that can
prove invaluable, David
Sutherland believes

In these news pages we give some

details of a classic Porsche 911 finding
service launched by an Oxfordshire
firm, BSC Porsche, which will choose
the car, prepare it and deliver it with a
warranty. The immediate reaction by
some might be that this can only add to
the cost of these Porsches, which are

IT’S OFFICIAL: 911 TO GO ALL TURBO

shooting up in value as it is.

It would be quite hard to ascertain how

much extra a BSC Porsche would cost,
compared to one sourced privately. But
The future of the 911 is turbocharged, as pressure turbo’ tuned for mid range torque,
then would it really matter if was more,
indeed a lot more? Sometimes you can’t confirmed by no lesser senior Porsche figure making for a much less peaky engine than
afford to buy the cheapest, and this than Wolfgang Hatz. Hatz revealed that later previously.
must be particularly so with pre-1973 this year all 911s, with the arrival of the Gen2 Porsche sports car fans will have to get The rise of the
turbo. Porsche, like
911s, which BSC is specialising in. 991, apart from the GT3 and forthcoming used to engines that sound very different to most manufacturers,
GT3 RS, will switch to turbo engines so that the present units, and whose sweet spot is is relying on
There can be few cars trickier to buy
than early 911s. Putting aside the issues CO2 emissions can be reduced. This will far lower in the rev range, but on the plus turbocharging to
of over four decades of corrosion and a amount to the biggest shake up in the 911 side, mid range thrust will be greatly reduce engine size
less than straightforward air-cooled range since the mid 1990s, when water- enhanced. The same turbo philosophy will and capacity and
therefore emissions,
engine with equally fiddly items such as cooled engines took over from the air-cooled no doubt be applied to a forthcoming new while still
the heating system, there is the flat-sixes that had been essentially family of four-cylinder engines for the maintaining power
unchanged for three decades prior to that. Boxster and Cayman.
question of authenticity, which the
inexpert eye can rarely detect.
levels
Matching engine and chassis numbers, ‘Emissions are important for us, so yes,
and the current trend for ‘re-imagining’ we’re thinking turbos for standard 911s,’
later cars as something earlier are just Porsche’s R&D chief Wolfgang Hatz said in a
two aspects that can complicate a recent interview. ‘You can’t afford to keep an
purchase.
engine for 10 years any more.’
The best way to lose money on a classic, The engineering approach has been based
even in a rising market, is to buy an on the gains in efficiency that turbocharging
inferior example and have to spend a (inset photo) brings, hence the cars’ outputs
lot of money on it, after which it will will almost certainly be far lower than
still not be as desirable as one that was Porsche’s two ‘proper’ blown cars, the Turbo
clean in the first place. So with plenty
of true classic Porsche experts out
and Turbo S. And to minimise confusion
there, many of which specialise in between the new 911s and the full house
sourcing Porsches, to call on, why not Turbo, the word ‘turbo’ will not appear in the
benefit from their knowledge? Or at badging. There is likely to be two capacites of
least have one inspect the car you the flat-six, for the Carrera (which may be
under three litres) and for the Carrera S.
yourself have found, just in case it’s a
highly polished basket case? Calling on
other people’s expertise will cost a bit Turbocharging for efficiency rather than to
in the short term. But in the long term achieve maximum horsepower was first used
it could save a packet. by the Swedish manufacturer Saab back in
the late 1980s, the 900 model’s ‘light

NEWS IN
 Porsche LMP1 driver
BRIEF  2014 was another
Mark Webber is back in record year for Porsche,
 Classic Porsche ‘his usual great shape’ with 189,850 cars
specialist Roger Bray following his massive  The Porsche Museu- delivered, 17 per cent more
Restoration is hosting shunt in a 919 Hybrid at  Porsche Cars GB has m in Stuttgart has for the than in 2013. In December
another open day, on the 2014 World a new Motorsport first time acquired a 901 a further milestone was
Saturday 25 April. It will Endurance Championship  The V8 Cayenne Manager, James for restoration. The first reached when, for the first
run from 10am to 5pm, and finale in São Paulo in diesel is likely to be MacNaughton. Based at 82 of the rear-engined time, sales exceeded
include various Brazil, according to history soon. Given its Reading, he will manage coupe launched in 1963 20,000 in a single month,
demonstrations, and tours Porsche Technical modest sales compared to the Carrera Cup Great used this badge, but with the success continuing into
of the workshop, which is at Director, Alexander the 3.0-litre base diesel, Britain, and also the link Peugeot having the 2015, deliveries rising a
Whimple, near Exeter in Hitzinger. Webber took Porsche does not consider between this series and rights to this number the third to over 16,000 in
Devon. For more details call part in a 5,118km test at it economic to upgrade its the Mobil1 Porsche name changed to 911. January. Porsche Cars GB
01404 822005 or visit Bahrain International 380bhp 4.1-litre engine to Supercup and the factory The Museum’s car is increased sales 11 per cent
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CATCHING NEW
UP WITH CAMPING
EXPERIENCE
For years they urged
Porsche to return to
prototype racing at Le
Mans, and were there
cheering when the German
carmaker finally did so for
the 2014 season after a 16-
year absence – but now
many of these same loyal
fans are feeling aggrieved at
Porsche, claiming it will
deprive them of their
favoured campsite at the
illustrious French circuit.
Camping is a long
standing tradition at Le
Mans, but a Porsche
PETER Experience Centre similar to
DUMBRECK that at Silverstone is

AERO UPGRADE FOR 911 TURBO

currently being constructed
New front and rear on the outer edge of the
A professional racer wings for the 991 track, swallowing up almost
currently driving for Falken Turbo give it a
Porsche is offering a new two-part setting, and by 18kg to 150kg in the
all of the area that contains
Motorsports in its 997 GT3- more purposeful the Maison Blanche camp
R says he isn’t a petrolhead aerodynamic kit for the latest, 991- ‘Performance’ setting – while not look. We rather like site, one favoured by many
– who’s he trying to kid? series 911 Turbo and Turbo S, and affecting the standard car’s drag the side winglets. British fans, and the scene
Porsche claim
which is available through Porsche factor. Subtle in appearance, it can be significant
of much merriment and
How old are you, where do
you live and work? Centres for retrofitting. Extensively ordered in the 911’s body colour or in increases in
strong nocturnal
I'm 41, and live in Shenington, tested on the track at the Porsche gloss black, and if ordered in the downforce
refreshment during the
annual 24 hour race.
Oxfordshire. Development Centre in Weissach, it latter the air intake fins on the engine Announced last summer,
consists of a front spoiler panel and a lid are also finished in black. building work on the project
What was your big break?
redesigned engine lid with a wing It’s a kit supplied by the carmaker’s – a joint venture between
Being chosen to drive for
Mercedes in their 1999 Le Mans featuring side winglets, but which customising division, Porsche Porsche France and Le
campaign. remains retractable and with an Exclusive, hence the price is given in Mans owner, Automobile
Club de l’Ouest – began in
adjustable angle. euros. It is €5355 (about £4000) and January, hence the full
Summarise your career The Aerokit Turbo is claimed to retro fitting is offered by Porsche extent of the facility has only
I started karting in 1986. In 1996, increase downforce – by 17kg to 26kg Tequipment at a cost of €4879 recently begun to emerge.
I won the British Vauxhall Lotus
Series before moving to F3 and
at 300km/h (188mph, very close to (£3660). It can also be ordered as an Some reckon camping space
winning the Macau Grand Prix. maximum speed) in the ‘Speed’ extra on a new car. will be reduced by at least 75
per cent.
Most recently I have been racing
‘The Porsche Centre has
GT3 race cars including the
impacted on the site, and a
Falken Porsche 997 GT3-R.
significant area has been
cut, and we’ve got a lot less
Are you a petrolhead?
camping space to sell,’ said
No, I couldn't compete with most
the owner of one UK-based
petrolheads.
company specialising in
motorsport accommodation
What was your first car?
packages. However, he
Ford Capri.
added that the circuit has
offered new camping sites

RENNSPORT REUNION EARLY

What was the first Porsche
by way of compensation.
you ever drove?
Another travel company
A 996 Turbo road car. The first
said, ‘our understanding is
race Porsche was the Alzen 996
that the space is drastically
Turbo. Porsche Cars North America has America’s best Porsche classics. reduced, and only when we
Which Porsche past or
brought forward the dates of the next ‘By moving Rennsport Reunion V see what the camping looks
present do you like best? Porsche Rennsport Reunion by two ahead two weeks, we ensure that our like in June will we realise
I'm a big fan of new technology. weeks to 25-27 September 2015. The current 919 Hybrid LMP1 and 911 the true reality.’
The Le Mans blogosphere
The later 911s are great. reason is to allow Porsche motorsport RSR race teams can join our racing has erupted over the issue,
fans to cheer on the two 919 Hybrids legends and be part of the festivities,’ but with views from
What car do you drive every
racing in the World Endurance said Detlev von Platen, President and different perspectives. ‘I
day?
BMW X5 Championship at the 6 Hours of CEO of Porsche Cars North America. would prefer they left the
Fuji in Japan, on the weekend of 10- camping alone – another
corporate area for the sort of
What gets you out of bed in 11 October, by which time it’s hoped people who are slowly
the morning? that Porsche’s driver squad will have ruining everything I liked
The children! My second job is
piled up the points at a much faster about Le Mans’, said one
looking after my two, and getting
them to school on time. rate than in 2014, thanks to an blogger, while another
improved car. commented, ‘I'd sooner see
the new Porsche Experience
What has been the biggest Porsche Rennsport Reunion V Centre at Le Mans than a
challenge of your career? takes place at the Mazda Raceway field full of sweaty Brits
In 2013 I was part of Aston Laguna Seca in California, and was in tents!’
last held in 2011, at the same venue.
Martin's Le Mans 24 Hours
programme. One of my team
mates, Allan Simonsen died in a The organisers describe the event as We can confirm that the
Wildside/911 & Porsche
crash early in the race. At the ‘the world’s greatest gathering of
World Le Mans Tour –
request of his family, we fought Porsche race cars and the drivers see page 125 for full
on and my car finished third. who drove them to victory,’ and that details – is unaffected by
Laguna Seca is the
‘it is nirvana for not only Porsche setting for the fifth these developments and
enthusiasts, but everyone interested Porsche Rennsport camping will be in our
in motorsports and automobile Reunion, which usual spot.
history.’ Cars that can be seen runs from 25-27
include the 550 Spyder from the September. As
ever there will be a
mid 1950s, 917 and 956/962 from the stunning array of
1970s and ’80s, and from more Porsche race cars
recent times the RS Spyder. A from all over
concours for road cars attracts the world

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Terrific though standard Porsche seats are, they’re a compromise between
comfort, location and ease of entry/exit. Race seats that hold you in securely and
can take a multi-point racing harness are required if you are going to race your
car at any level, and are a good idea if you participate in track days.
By virtue of their design and purpose, proper race seats are not very practical
for the times in between races, which is why seat supplier Cobra Seats in Telford
(not to be confused with East Sussex-based Corbeau Seats) has introduced a
more road friendly seat, the new Nogaro Circuit.
It’s made from GRP, or you can have it in carbon-fibre, only half the weight of
the GRP seat, at 5.3kg, and consideration has been given to ease of entry/exit,
the seat having relatively low profile side bolsters. If you don’t envisage using a
full harness, the Nogaro is also available in Street form, minus the belt
slots. Both styles work well with manufacturers’ seatbelts and side
curtain airbags, Cobra says.
The standard finish is a combination of vinyl and Dinamica
(a lightweight, flame-proof fabric), but it can also be ordered
in Signature form, with leather/Dinamica trim and the option
of a paint-coded, or matte lacquered shell. Prices start at
£729 per seat, including VAT, though allow around £150 for
each seat mounting. More details at cobraseats.com

THE CN36 RETURNS!

The Cinturato CN36 is so evocative of the 1970s because, among other
things, this tyre in the size 185/70VR15 was original equipment on many
early Porsche 911s. The great news is that it has just been remanufactured
by Pirelli for the first time in many years.
The Cinturato CN36 is available from stock at Longstone Tyres, who are
offering the tyre at £179 +VAT each, with free carriage within Europe.
Contact: longstone.com or call 01302 711123
MAKING AN IMPACT
A well established method of increasing
the power from an impact bumper Porsche
911 – in other words a 1974 to 1989 model –
is to fit the pre-impact bumper exhaust
manifold, either an original part, or more likely one
of the independently made items available for the flat-six engine. Having equal
length downpipes instead of the later unequal length type (part of a re-engineering
Porsche carried out to help reduce emissions) gives a freer flow of emissions and
more performance, tuners reckon.
But once a pre-smog spec manifold is in place, a new exhaust silencer is
required, because the early manifolds had a twin outlet at the end of the
downpipes instead of the later single type. That is what Worcester-based exhaust
specialist Turbo Thomas is offering, priced at either £699 for the “standard” spec,
or £700 for one with upgraded internals for faster gas flow, and for a louder
sound. Proprietor Richard Thomas isn’t making any specific power gain claims for
this new silencer, both of which are made from stainless steel, but he does point
out that previous ones he’s made have raised an extra 10-15bhp. Call Turbo
Thomas (whose 964 system was featured in last month’s Buying Power) on
07817 602239 or visit: turbothomas.com

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An obvious aspect that marks out a good website is how easy it is to
access information, and this is something the all-makes performance
parts specialist Revolution Performance Motorstore has concentrated on
in its revised suspension and chassis on-line catalogue. You simply type
in your car, and everything item relevant to that car is listed.
That in itself is nothing new, but according to the Gateshead-based
firm, no other supplier can provide information (which includes full
specifications) and prices of such a wide range of equipment. The site,
which has taken a year to update, has over 42,000 images available to
view, all coming with a price matching pledge should you find it cheaper
elsewhere. Brands stocked include Eibach, Bilstein, KW, Whiteline, Tein,
Powerflex, H&R and ST. Searches can be narrowed down to specific
categories, for example anti-roll bars, bushes, coilover dampers, strut
THE TYRE BAY
braces or wheel spacers. There is a click and collect facility, and
Revolution can also fit all the equipment it sells, so customers within PORSCHE HAS
convenient reach can arrange this on line at the time of purchase. Visit LAUNCHED THE
the site at revolution247.com CAYMAN GT4 ON
MICHELIN’S PILOT
FAST FILTER SPORT CUP 2
Classic Porsche racing parts specialist, EB Motorsport in
Barnsley, has introduced what it claims to be its most complex Porsche’s keenly anticipated Cayman GT4
reproduction item yet, the Racing Oil Filter Assembly for has now been shown, and the hope is that
Porsche’s air-cooled race engines from the late 1960s until the the reins are now off the mid engined
mid 1980s. Like the original, the main filter sports car which has always been under
housing and cap are chromate-coated suspicion of being held back against the
cast magnesium, and it faithfully 911. So the GT4 is hopefully the car that at
reproduces the Porsche component, last exploits the Cayman’s brilliant mid
from the cork gaskets to the spring rates engined chassis to its full potential.
of the pressure relief valves, while each One of the signs that Porsche has freed up
assembly is pressure tested. the Cayman is the fitting of Michelin’s Pilot
Priced at £2495 plus VAT, it was designed Sport Cup 2, the track-biased tyre which is
and tested at EB’s premises, and is also also original equipment on the GT3, and
manufactured there. ‘The only items that we which uses technology developed in Le Mans
haven’t had to reproduce are the nuts and and Formula 1 to offer better lap time
washers, one ball bearing and the “grenade consistency. With two different compounds,
filter” assemblies,’ explained EB Motorsport the exterior of the tyre offers exceptional
boss, Mark Bates, who sees the precision grip in tight bends, while the interior is more
nature of the product as a showcase for the firm. rigid for precise steering and control. The
‘These were manufactured by the original supplier and took over rear 295/30 ZR20 tyres are bespoke, the
three months to reproduce.’ For further details call EB Motorsport on front 245/35 ZR20s borrowed from the 911
01226 730037 or visit eb-motorsport.co.uk GT3, as they were ‘a perfect match’,
according to Porsche.
Underpinning the range-topping Cayman
ADD LIGHTNESS model is a unique chassis that uses the
A lightweight flywheel is a means of making an engine rev more freely, due to the lesser mass the engine has same front axle assembly and suspension
to spin. It also means that revs drop off much more quickly on deceleration, making it very much something as the 911 GT3, and a heavily reworked
for tuned engines (certain 911 RS/GT3 models have them). The effect will be felt most on engines that forged aluminium double wishbone rear
already thrive on revs, including all Porsche engines past and present, and besides making them feel even suspension. The GT4 also uses the electric
more lively, a lightweight flywheel – theoretically, at least – delivers faster acceleration, better braking and steering system from the 911 GT3, but with
clutch efficiency. new software.
With that in mind, a leading specialist in engine flywheels and clutches, Ohio-based Fidanza Performance, There's no need for the GT3's rear-wheel
has released a wide range of lightweight aluminium flywheels for older Porsches, including 911s from 1970 to steering on the Cayman GT4, because as a
1988 (the last of the Carrera 3.2s), 1980-88 911 Turbos, the 924, 944 and 944 Turbo, and even the 914 in mid-engined car, Porsche says it simply
six-cylinder form. doesn't need it. The end result is a car
They’re constructed of 6061 T6 aluminium for optimum weight reduction and strength, and have a capable of lapping the notoriously demanding
replaceable friction surface. Prices are around $440 (about £290), not including shipping or UK duties. Nürburgring circuit in just 7min 40sec.
Fidanza also supplies normal “dual mass” replacement flywheels. Two UK dealers are listed, Cambridge
Motorsport Parts in Letchworth, Hertfordshire and Fensport near Peterborough. For more information,
visit fidanza.com

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PORSCHE CAYENNE 911 993

25555VR18 PIRELLI SCORPION ZERO N0 £141.95 20550ZR17 BRIDGESTONE S02 N4 £116.95
27540ZR20 MICHELIN DIAMARIS N1 £214.95 25540ZR17 BRIDGESTONE S02 N4 £135.95

PORSCHE CAYMAN BOXSTER 911 996

23540Z18 BRIDGESTONE RE050A N1 £123.95 22540ZR18 CONTINENTAL SPORT CONTACT 2 N2 £135.95
26540Z18 BRIDGESTONE RE050A XL N1 £168.95 26535ZR18 CONTINENTAL SPORT CONTACT 2 N2 £191.95

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VALUED CUSTOM
Besides engine tuning and aerodynamic packages, dedicated Porsche tuner TechArt prides itself in
the trimming work it offers, and the firm, located in Leonberg, close to Stuttgart has now extended
this to the Macan. The hard interior trim can be customised in exotic wood or carbon, while seats
A GOOD GRILLING can be recovered in a wide choice of leathers, indeed any colour you like.
After nearly half a century of being opened and closed, Also seen here is the restyled, flat-bottomed Multifunction Sport Steering Wheel with TechArt’s
sometimes carelessly, the engine lid of an early own paddle shifters, while the Aluminium Sport Pedals and Aluminium Footrest ‘provide ideal grip
Porsche 911 has an excuse to look shabby, which is for precise control of throttle and brake’. Floor and load bay mats are available, as are door entry
why classic Porsche parts specialist Karmann guards.
Konnection has added three engine lid grilles to its All of TechArt’s Macan enhancements can be arranged through its long standing UK importer,
extensive range of early 911 parts. For authenticity, Tech 9 (0151 425 5911, tech9.ms). ‘We can do anything you like as long as you can afford it,’ the
the firm, based in Southend-on-Sea in Essex, is Liverpool-based firm said, quoting from £1050 plus VAT for steering wheels and £400 for paddle
offering three different types, for cars made after early shifters. If a customer wants, for example, a seat retrim, Tech9 will take the Macan in, strip the
1968, when a key modification was made to the grille. relevant items and send them to TechArt in Germany to be worked on, and then re-assemble them
They are the three-bar grille for 1968-69 models on their return. Customers can obviously go direct to TechArt Germany (techart.de) as well.
(pictured here), priced at £320 including VAT, and the
two five-bar items for 1971-72 and 1972-73 cars
costing £295 and £285 respectively. They also fit
912s from those years.
The grilles, made from aluminium, are said to be
faithful reproductions of the originals. UK delivery is by
courier, costing £12. For more details, call Karmann
Konnection on 01702 340613 or visit
karmannkonnection.com

IN THE DARK
Wheel maker AEZ, based in Siegburg, near Bonn in Germany
describes its new Cliff Dark alloy rim as a ‘striking eye catcher, and
few would disagree with that. It definitely brings a new meaning to
“cross spoke”, with five pairs of double spokes that stretch to the
outer edge of the rim, maximising the perceived size of the wheel.
AEZ says it was specially designed for prestige SUVs, like the
BMW X5 and X6, and of course the Porsche Macan. It has a high
polish finish on the spokes, while the inside section is in black. The
Cliff Dark is made from 16- to 21-inch diameters, though it is the 19-
and 20-inch rims, priced around £300 each, that will be relevant to
Porsche’s latest 4x4.
Under EU regulations, since November 2014 all new vehicles have
had to be equipped with tyre pressure monitoring systems, and since
2012 all AEZ’s rims have been fitted with the necessary holders for
the wireless sensors. For further details, extrovert owners should visit
aez-wheels.com where a UK dealer list will be found.

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SUSPECTS
A belated Happy New Year to everybody. This is my first Usual Suspects column of
2015, having returned to contributing to 911 & Porsche World at the start of this
ADAM TOWLER
THE PORSCHEPHILE

year. I’m looking forward to discussing various Porsches, Porsche nostalgia,

nonsense and ephemera in this slot as the year goes on All feedback welcome!
“Less is more” is the
mantra of the
motoring scribe, but
very rarely the
customer agrees,
particularly when it
comes to cars, and
expensive cars at
that. A diesel
Cayenne on 18s is all
you need, but don’t
expect to see too
many on the road,
well not on 18s
at least

CAYENNES AND THE THEORY OF LESS-IS-MORE

One of things that keeps writing about with larger rims. You know the sort of thing. It takes just 500 yards to recognise the
cars really interesting is, simply, that they Alongside its white, silver and black bling- inherent rightness of the Cayenne Diesel.
aren’t always the sum of their parts, and it tastic stable mates, dripping in options and It’s always the same with a decent car,
doesn’t automatically follow that the shiniest firepower, it looked unprepossessing to say whether modern supermini, hot hatch, MPV
and most heavily tech-laden model in the the very least. or an SUV. There is more than enough
range is the most desirable. The Opening the door reveals a sea of olive grunt here for such a vehicle, and that’s the
manufacturers might not want you to think green plastic and leather. Olive green! For key: in the UK at least, who needs to go
that, but it’s true. some weird reason I find myself drastically faster in an SUV than 0-62mph in 7.3
A prime example of this recently was the attracted by odd colour combinations with seconds and just shy of 140mph? The
Cayenne launch, featured in last month’s cars, and they don’t come much weirder performance, price and fuel consumption
issue. Having sampled the formidable new than a Cayenne with an olive green interior. matrix of the Cayenne diesel feels like a
Turbo, felt the full force of its acceleration Then again, you could argue that Porsche real sweet spot. After all, a Turbo is a giggle
out of corners, and wiled away an hour or has form with Can Can red, surprisingly for an hour when someone else is paying
two on the road in the new S E-Hybrid, frequently chosen on a 930 Turbo purchase for the fuel, and the V8 diesel always raises
which was more memorable for chatting in the ’80s. Who knows what individualism a smile, but a Cayenne to live with, and to
about old motorbike racing with my – or horror – Porsche Exclusive has cooked buy with my own money? The V6 Diesel is
esteemed co-driver than for the drive, it up over the years? I’ve seen Speed Yellow a shrewd choice. And as for small wheels –
seemed prudent to sample the new V6 air vents before now. if you’re owning this car for years not hours,
Diesel – a car I’ve always rated highly. Sadly, the Cayenne isn’t olive green the ability to lap the ’Ring in 8 minutes-
The new derv-fed Cayenne press car is inside, it’s brown: you’ll have to forgive my something-or-other surely fades from view
brown. Brown! It has no window tints and colour blindness for raising your when compared with the smooth, jiggle-free
the smallest wheels you can get on the expectations unnecessarily. Still, brown ride of the Gen2 car on 18s. Well, it would
Gen2 Cayenne: 18” designs that look as with brown! What a brilliant, below-the-radar for me – I’ll get my jiggle from my 997 GT3
though they’ve been drawn deliberately naff combo that, for me, is how a car like RS that shares garage space with it, thank
to inspire punters to up-spec their orders this should be. you very much…

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THE IMPORTANCE OF clearly had a ‘deep’ concept, and the stunning forms, and cohesive details. They
LOOKING GOOD ‘Intelligent Performance’ theme, the looked ‘fast’ even before they were plunging
As I write, Porsche’s press department has whiteout of cars (both LMP1 and GTR) and into Paddock Hill Bend, or slipstreaming on
just released the first pictures of the new team personnel clothing, and the unusual the Hunaudieres straight.
919 Hybrid having a brief shakedown at half-and-half logo split over the two team Modern racing cars don’t have ‘that’
Weissach ahead of the forthcoming WEC cars, connectable when viewed from above, about them. From F1 to WEC, the shapes
season. Although the car looks very similar, showed considerable thought. More are ruthlessly sculpted by the wind tunnel
and even shares the same name, we are perhaps than the overwrought corporate and prescriptive rules, so cars tend to look
told that it is considerably different under schemes of Toyota, and Audi, but it’s not similar, and frankly, often a mess. As I
the skin. But what about that skin? exactly Rothmans Porsche levels of eye looked at the 919 pounding around a wet
Now I don’t want this column to become candy, is it. Weissach circuit in its green test livery, I
an old duffers’ soap box: there’s few things The British designer Peter Stevens is an didn’t really feel anything – not like the old
more grating to me than an ‘everything new absolute master of such things. Parmalat 911 GT1 in its black/carbon test livery, now
is rubbish’ standpoint, and most people of Brabham F1 car: that was him. Canon that was gorgeous...
that persuasion fall silent once they’ve had Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 956 – him Still, to see a 919 take a fast curve, say,
some seat time in a 991 GT3, but even also, among others. If you’re into racing, like standing on the outside of the new
so… I think people in the industry, those designs are instantly imprinted onto Abbey corner at Silverstone, is to witness
particularly those on the graphics and your mind for all the right reasons. It helps freakish cornering ability. Maybe this will be
sponsorship side, are missing something. too, that in the work of Gordon Murray and the year Porsche returns to the top step of
Of course, the prime motivator for any Norbert Singer, those BT52s and 956s had the podium at Le Mans?
racing car is to finish first on the track.
However, these hugely expensive programs
are funded in the belief they will sell more
cars, whichever way that happens. It can be
a direct thing, or it can be a long-term brand
exercise, but the end target is the same
thing. So shouldn’t these racing cars look,
well, properly tasty? Shouldn’t they make
you go ooh, and ahhh, and want to plaster
your gaff with models of them, and
paintings, and all the other stuff we’re all
drawn inevitably too? I’m not sure whether Sculpted by computer
a lot of modern racers really hit that mark. and honed in a wind
To give every credit to Porsche, they tried tunnel, it’s no wonder
really hard with their works livery for 2014. that modern racing
cars tend to look
The DMG Mori logo and graphic is hardly broadly similar. A
the most visually exciting of brand decent livery would
communication, but someone, somewhere, help though

BUY RIGHT. PLEASE those that are covered in foliage and but that wear out over time and miles –
I need a new Porsche. This is both an haven’t moved for years – been there, those things I need to be right. Otherwise Why does Adam
exciting realisation and a fraught one, won’t be trying that again – or there are tired, once-great old cars, to me, just feel want a 944? Well
because I have a truly miserable track those that look quite nice from a distance, like tired old cars, full stop. here’s why, and
even attract compliments, but that drive like So it’s possibly a mint 2.5 944 Lux then, that’s Adam at the
record of buying cars. I am rather feebly
wheel! That’s
going to draw parallels now with plumbers a soggy old mess of a car – been there, and absolutely not a 944 Turbo ‘project’, proper, old school,
whose own bathrooms lay unfinished, and won’t be trying that again, either. honest (so that will be a 944 Turbo project rear drive fun for
electricians with dodgy wiring in their own If there’s one thing I knew, forgot, re- then, Adam? Ed). not a lot of money
homes, but it’s just a cover for always learnt, forgot and then have had
getting too excited over the car in question, repeatedly and painfully
and this innate belief in the ‘project’. Ah, demonstrated to me, it’s that a
the project car, the great bastion of male shed is not fun to drive, at least
automotive and financial optimism. I do not not in my opinion. Maybe for
need another ‘project’. some people it is, if you just
But the problem is, for a set budget, it’s want to cruise around, bask in
always so tempting to go for a bigger, the attention and park it up
better, faster, more glamorous car that’s somewhere to admire, but that’s
just about achievable financially, rather not what I want from a car. So
than buy a really nice version of a ‘lesser’ those tired dampers, rotten anti-
model. Nevertheless, even I am beginning roll bar bushes, decayed
to realise that the ‘project’ is really just cylinder heads, wobbly gear
another term for a shed. linkages, creaking steering
Sheds are interesting because they can racks, basically all those often
come in wildly different forms: there are little things that you can’t see

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LETTERS
LETTERS

YOU WRITE, WE READ

Got something to say? Need to express an opinion on

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HEAVYWEIGHT
M96 MOJO RISING
BOXSTER

Eric Kwiatkowski is
986

BOXSTERS
not convinced by our Congratulations on your 996 shootout
arguments in favour
of the Boxster over a article! You may recall ‘Caveat emptor’, my
Mazda MX-5… letter to you back in December – well I can
give you an update, the 996 has its mojo
With 986-series Boxsters now available for little more than used
hot-hatch money, it would be easy to dismiss them as nothing
more than cheap runabouts with a Porsche badge. But think again.

back and so do I!
We get behind the wheel of a Boxster 2.7 and a first-generation
Boxster S to champion the cause for two cars which deliver a
knock-out punch in today’s used car market

Not unlike your latest 996 shootout

Words: Keith Seume Photography: Antony Fraser

issue, I too have followed a long term

strategy with a full engine rebuild and
sensible mods by those good fellows at
Hartech, all put back together with a new
clutch, oil cooler and separator, Milltek
exhaust box, new set of Michelins on
refurbished wheels, with a geometry set
A up, and a full service by my new chum
Clearly it was a layout in which Porsche could share some of its vital DNA with a
little more than 18 years ago,

Max at Lakeside Engineering. A big thanks

saw many advantages, but the concept was new 911, then all the better.
the Porsche world was alive
never really exploited to the full for a variety The result was, of course, the Boxster, a
with talk of the new kid on the
of reasons. A big problem with mid-engined car that created so much interest in the
block. A new mid-engined kid,
cars is that they can be difficult to marque that the motoring media almost ran
with a water-cooled engine at

goes out to those guys.

‘package’, placing the engine behind the out of column inches in its collective efforts
that. One which heralded a new era in to tell the world about what Porsche was up
Porsche history: the Boxster. driver pretty much rendering any thoughts
of a 2+2 irrelevant. It also means that to. And while (almost) everybody enthused
It wasn’t the first time Porsche had built a about the new mid-engined roadster, it was
mid-engined car for the road. After all, the cockpit space is cramped for taller drivers

Your article is spot-on in identifying the

as there is only so far you can move the clear that it was no 911 in terms of
very first Porsche – the VW-based 1949 performance or charisma. It was a great all-
roadster with the beguiling name ‘Number seat back to accommodate long legs.
Porsche had already made it clear that rounder but it somehow lacked sparkle.
1’ – featured a drivetrain that placed the Porsche, though, was already one step
the 911 was not going to disappear – the

potential mojo in modified form for these

engine behind the driver, but ahead of ahead of the game, for just two years into
the rear axle. ‘plot’ to replace it with the front-engined 928
famously came to nought – and all 911s are its life, the 2.5-litre 204bhp Boxster got a
The 550 Spyder – technically a race car much-deserved kick up the backside in the
but one which saw plenty of road use (ask rear-engined. So it is and so it always shall
be, OK? Porsche, though, needed a boost form of a more capable 2.7-litre 220bhp

cars, although I still believe the M96

James Dean all about that. Hmm, on heart transplant. That was great news – but
second thoughts, maybe not…) – was mid- in sales to help bolster its finances.
There had been a lot of talk about a new even that was overshadowed at the time by
engined, as was the ultimate road-racer of the release of a third model, the Boxster S,
its time, the Porsche 904GTS. Then, of entry-level model which could stand alone –
not a down-spec’d 911 but something which powered by a new 3.2-litre engine pumping

engine is fundamentally flawed in design

course, there was the 914 which, in both out a far healthier 252bhp. The 2.5-litre
four- and six-cylinder versions, stayed true would create a new avenue for Porsche.
And if, in an effort to reduce costs, that car engine was consigned to some dusty corner
to the mid-motored ethos.

terms. But with the expertise, knowledge

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BOXSTER OR MX-5? these known issues can be overcome and

‘Why buy a Mazda MX-5 when you could The MX-5 has a twin-cam and very the car’s potential realised.
have a Porsche Boxster?’ you ask (March ‘revvy’ engine, and feels light and lively in a My C2 already sits on the M030 sports
2015 issue of 911&PW). Here’s why… way that the Boxster doesn’t. It draws its suspension upgrade so I haven’t chosen to
I’ve owned a Porsche 924 Le Mans, a inspiration from the British sports cars of go down this route, but I can see a future
911SC, and driven quite a few other models the 1950s and 1960s, but is in no way a article for you in ‘sensible’ value for money
in the last fourteen years. These include a copy of such cars as you suggest. ‘mojo’ mods to the 996, and maybe a few
924 Carrera, 944S2 Cabriolet, an example Technically it’s been brought up to date not so sensible!
of the limited edition 266bhp Boxster ‘S’ you with, for example, a twin-cam four-valve All it needs now is the super-shiny full
refer to, and a 356B. I’ve also driven a few engine, twin wishbone suspension, and disc detailing renovation offer that I now put my
‘classic’ British sports cars – the Triumph brakes all round. These give superior on- car forward for as a candidate.
TR6, MGA coupé, and from Austin Healey the-road performance. Keep up the good, positive and realistic
the 100/4, and Mk2 Sprite. For those seeking more power, Mazda journalism work.
Yes, the Boxster is a fabulous car, no engines are amenable to performance Stuart Martin, via E-mail
question or any argument about that. But in modification. Among the more recent
my view, based on the cars I’ve driven, the variants, the BBR GTI Turbo packs 285bhp Keith Seume replies: Hi Stuart. Thanks for
early Mazda MX-5 is closer in spirit to the and 249lb ft of torque from its 2-litre engine. keeping us all up to speed about your car. It
Porsche 356. For that reason, there’s an For me, the Mazda is a true traditional sounds to us like you’ve headed down the
MX-5 in my garage – at a fraction of the sports car. It’s small, simple, nimble and right route, and you’ve ended up with
cost of the Porsche. quick – with ‘lightness added’ in the words something that will be fast, reliable and fun!
When the time came for a change of Lotus founder Colin Chapman when It is only a matter of time before more
from my 911, I hunted down an early 1.6 referring to his own engineering people come to realise the huge potential
MX-5. It’s as simple as it gets. There are no philosophy. offered by these cars, their frequently low
fancy electronics to monitor my prowess (or Modern volume-produced machines resale value making them ideal candidates
lack of it!), and no electric anything – no have become heavy and ever-more for projects such as yours. Be sure to let us
motorised rear view mirrors, window complex. It appears that the MX-5 is the know how you get on, OK?
winders, no electrically-operated boot lid last of the affordable volume-manufactured
catch, no motor to pull the roof up, no small sports cars. Perhaps the advent of NOW IN OUR 25TH YEAR! THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING MONTHLY
PORSCHE MAGAZINE

power steering – and not even any gas Porsche’s new four-cylinder engine may
struts to raise or hold either the bonnet change this!
or boot open. Eric Kwiatkowski, via E-mail
996 SHOOTOUT
A MATTER OF TASTE
Why the 996 C2 makes the perfect
tuned Porsche as RPM CSR and
reader-modded machines take
on 911&PW’s Project GT3

I just wanted to say how much I love the I blame your magazine in part. Every
magazine; I have only started reading it time I pick it up I can’t help but dream of
this past year. I’ve always loved Porsches the next ‘must have’. I even found myself
but just one year ago I was driving a contemplating a 944 which I saw for sale
Skoda Superb 1.6 Diesel Estate! I jumped locally yesterday just because I thought,
from this to a 2009 Cayenne GTS and I at £2k, it would be rude not to. Keep up
was hooked. I have since bought a 1980 the good work and I’ll try and keep the
March 2015 No.252 £4.60
US$9.99 CANADA $12.99
www.911porscheworld.com

911SC Coupe and I’m just about to buy a hoarding under control! Stuart Martin
996 Turbo, having sold my Cayenne. I’ve Eddie Skillington, via E-mail enjoyed our 996 Boxster
for MX-5
gone from a guy who’s never had a shoot-out, applying money
many similar ideas to
Porsche to three in a year – things are Keith Seume replies: Don’t blame us for
PLUS:
986 Boxster is the

his own Porsche. His

Porsche bargain of all time.

getting to an obsessive state! you inability to say ‘No!’…

Why drive any other roadster?
’74 Carrera 2.7 backdate

996 now has its

Carrera 3.2 becomes an
impact bumper legend
Porsche powered buses

‘mojo’ once more…

Factory built Porsche
powered VW bus, plus
other VW/Porsche oddities

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COMPLETELY
YOU AND YOURS: BRIAN GLOVER

BLOWN AWAY
Brian Glover loves his 996 Turbo, but isn’t quite so keen on the
way it arrived on his drive, at the expense of his beloved 964,

E
which was rear-ended by a lorry. The 964 was written off, but its
strength saved Brian and his wife, Rosemary
Words and pictures: Brett Fraser
very cloud has a silver lining, Bay and stopped. Using our binoculars I damaged. And as you can imagine, it
or so the old saying goes. But spotted a small boat moving along slowly, wasn’t good news for me and Rosemary,
while for many of us the and there were the dolphins swimming either…
prospect of a silver 996 Turbo alongside.’ ‘I cut my head, broke my nose and
with just 44,000 miles on the According to Brian it was an impressive suffered serious bruising caused by the
clock sitting on the driveway might seem sight and in other circumstances might have seat belts – that turned out to be a bit of a
shining recompense for all manner of woes, been the defining moment of his and concern as comparatively recently I’d had a
for Brian Glover even this bright beacon Rosemary’s holiday. And yet fate – and an major operation to remove a hernia. But it
can’t fully illuminate the inside of his cloud. 18-tonne truck – were about to create a was worse for Rosemary: she had a brain
Make no mistake, he adores the car, but very different and extremely unwanted bleed and liver damage that again was
retelling the tale that led to its arrival in his batch of memories. caused by the seat-belts. I spent a couple
life clearly still packs an emotional punch. ‘We were parked up by the side of the of days in hospital, Rosemary a week.
‘My wife Rosemary and I were on a road when suddenly there was this almighty ‘Still, the ambulance guys said we were
driving holiday up in Scotland last bang,’ continues Brian. ‘The driver of the lucky to be alive, and the police attributed
September,’ Brian begins. ‘We’d gone up in truck claims not to have even seen us our survival to the inherent strength of the
my 964 Celebration, a car that I’d bought and ploughed into the back of the 964 at 964’s construction – it might have been a
about 12 years ago, and had been having about 35mph. In isolation on the printed different story in a different car. Some
a lovely time. We’d thought about heading page that figure might not seem so bad, but people say that the angels must have
all the way up to John O’Groats, but when the police calculated that the effect of been smiling down on us: my response is
we asked a local if it was worth the bother something that heavy hitting the 964 that I think it could have been the devil
of trekking the last 40 miles or so to get equated to a force of about 40G. grinning up…’
there, he suggested we’d be better off ‘The impact caused catastrophic damage. With their injuries on the mend, Brian set
saving our fuel… The bodyshell was completely wrecked; about sorting insurance monies, to discover
‘Instead, Rosemary had heard about the even the space-saver tyre in the nose was that the crash had a final insult to offer. ‘My
pods of dolphins you can sometimes see at crushed as the pressure wave rippled the advice to other Porsche owners, especially
Spey Bay, so we headed off to the coast whole shell. The engine split apart and so if you have an air-cooled car, is not to go
there. Unfortunately there was nothing to did the gearbox, while inside the cabin my down the agreed value route when insuring
see that day, so we moved east to Cullen iPhone was smashed and my Rolex it. Mine was an agreed value policy and in

Brian Glover and his

996 Turbo, the silver
lining that emerged
from the cloud of
having his 964
Celebration model
written off, thanks to
the close attention
of a lorry

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YOURS

the intervening months between paying my Brian’s 996 Turbo

annual premium and the accident, prices for has just 44,000 miles
on the clock, but as
964 Celebrations in good condition had someone who’s not
risen about £30,000… Given the accident afraid to use a car,
wasn’t my fault I argued the case quite he’s likely to be
forcibly and even went to the Financial adding to that figure,
Ombudsman; unfortunately not even they although at time of
publication, he’s only
can help.’ had the car for a
Brian’s bitterness over the outcome of the month or so, having
insurance claim is tempered slightly by the bought it from JZ
warmth of his memories of owning the 964 Machtech
and the path to its acquisition. ‘I’ve been a
motorbike man – in particular, fast, exotic
Italian motorbikes – for all my life,’
confesses Brian. ‘But on the morning of my
40th birthday the doorbell rang, and there
was a driver from Guy Salmon handing over
the keys to a 911, a 3.2 with the Turbo
body. Mine for 24 hours. And that’s when I
thought that one day I’d own a Porsche.
‘Along the way I’ve owned a variety of
MGBs – GTs and convertibles – as well as
a BMW 3-series, but one day, after we’d
moved up to Norfolk, I was looking through
a copy of 911 & Porsche World and thought
I’d treat myself. I spoke to John at Specialist
Cars of Malton – we get on well; he calls a
spade a spade – and looked at a 3.0-litre
911. When I explained I wanted to use it
daily John suggested it was the wrong
Porsche for me: I eventually settled on a
944 Turbo and that was a fantastic car.

“
‘Somewhat ironically with hindsight, it
was hit up the arse when I was stopped in
traffic – the insurance claim was £8K,
mainly because the accident buggered the
exhaust and it proved to be an expensive

”
item. Specialist Cars did the repairs but a
while later it was shunted from behind
again! So about 12 years ago I started
looking around for a 964 Celebration.
‘I saw one advertised in Motor Sport and
nipped up to Derbyshire to get it: I spent
many, many happy miles driving that car.
When I first retired Rosemary and I toured
all round France in it, ending up across the
border in Switzerland to have a look at the

I concluded that the

Schlumpf Collection. On another occasion,
when Rosemary was off on holiday on her

Turbo seemed to be
own, I drove across to Monza for the grand
prix and camped alongside loads of crazy

less troublesome than

Dutch and Belgians and Germans. And I
took a detour on the way home to check

other 996s
out Monte Carlo.
‘The only major work I had done to the
Celebration was a new clutch, which was
fitted at JZ Machtech. I can’t praise those
guys highly enough. When I had a boost
problem with my 944 Turbo and the main
dealer proposed a whole new turbo, Steve
McHale at JZ tracked down the real
problem, which was a switch, and only
charged me £120. When the 996 Turbo
needs servicing or repairing, I’ll be going
back there.’
And it was to JZ Machtech that Brian
ended up going to buy the 996. ‘I’d ummed
and ahhhed about finding a replacement
964,’ Brian reveals, ‘and then thought about
a 993, only to discover that they’re now out
of reach. I was initially put off the 996 by all
the tales of mechanical woe, but eventually
concluded that the Turbo seemed to be less
troublesome than other models. So I drove
a handful and they weren’t quite right.
‘Then I was driving my brother-in-law
home just after Christmas and decided to
stop in at JZ Machtech. And there was the
996 Turbo which drove really well and had a

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HISTORY
Launched in 2000,
the 996 Turbo took
the 911 Turbo’s
reputation of
‘everyday supercar’
to a new level. Just
as the standard 996
appealed to a much
wider audience,
then so did the 996
Turbo, which mixed
massive
performance with
both ease of driving
and ownership.
Power was
measured at
420bhp, which was
a lot in 2000. Not
only that, but four-
wheel drive added
to its indestructible
demeanour and, if
you ordered a
darkish colour, then
no one seemed to
notice as you
slipped by cloaked

“
at nearly 200mph.
A masterpiece of
discretion.

”
service history that comprised the official bought it for, to drive it.’ lots of local events, too, and a regular club
network and then JZ. JZ isn’t cheap to buy Further clues that the Turbo is unlikely to meeting at The Bird in Hand, a pub a few
cars from, but just like with Specialist Cars, become a permanent garage dweller miles down the road from Lotus.’ Hmm, we
you get what you pay for. emerge when Brian reveals his active role wonder how Lotus feel about that!
‘To be honest with you, I picked up the in the Norfolk and Suffolk region of Brian’s nasty incident with the 964
Turbo about three weeks ago, but because

People criticised me for

of all the snow and ice around, I’ve only
driven it a couple of times. So to date I’m

using the 964, but that’s

still in the learning curve, but what I can tell
you is that you really need to concentrate –

what I bloody well

fail to do so using full throttle in the first
three gears and you’re likely to kill yourself!

bought it for
It’s not as quick as my Laverda, but it’s
plenty fast enough.’
The Turbo’s low mileage – just 44,000
miles – has left Brian musing about what
he’ll do with the Porsche: some Porsche- Porsche Club Great Britain. ‘I’ve been a Celebration may mean that he’s now a
owning friends have decided to tuck their member for a dozen years,’ he tells us, ‘and keener observer of the rear view mirror than
minters away. But then he rather answers sometimes help out organising events. most, but his eagerness to ‘show us the
his own question. ‘People criticised me for About six years ago I arranged from scratch way back to the main road’ shows that he’ll
using the 964 Celebration the way that I a trip out to Lyon, which was really still use any excuse to nip out in his
did,’ he booms, ‘but that’s what I bloody well enjoyable and a really good laugh. We have Porsche. PW

Far left: This is what

happens when a truck
hits a stationary 964
at 35mph. Not pretty
at all

CONTACT
Specialist Cars of
Malton
Supplied Brian his
first Porsche – a 944
Turbo
01653 697722;
specialistcarsltd.
co.uk

JZ Machtech:
The guys at JZ know
their 911 Turbos.
Buy with confidence
01923 269788;
jzmachtech.com

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LIGHTWEIGHT
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924 Carrera GTS v 968 Club Sport: Two front-engined,
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924 GTS

T
V 968 CS

he 911 being what it is, it has a perceptions when the marque was at an all- Porsche’s Paul Hensler, with the objective of
towering presence over time financial low. Without its contribution, creating an affordable, front-engined sports
everything Porsche, and never where might Porsche be now? car, benefiting from a transaxle layout but
more so than in the arena of When the 911 and its new 3.2-litre flat six utilising as many VW components as
overtly driver-focused cars and adopted the Carrera nameplate for 1984, the possible to keep costs down. When VW’s
motorsport. It’s an institution: after all, the badge went mainstream: up until that point management changed in 1975 the project
primary element in this magazine’s title, for Carrera had stood for something special, was abruptly cancelled – just one more
a start. But it’s important to not have the reserved for Porsches with hardened steel example of the tempestuous relationship
blinkers on. Today we have two of the running through their soul. So if you’ve never between the two companies – and Porsche
sharpest, greatest hits from a different heard of a 924 Carrera GTS before, as well stepped in and bought the rights for 1M DM.
strand of Porsche back-catalogue. They’re you might not have, you might be pondering The deal included the continued use of the 2-
sometimes overlooked, but both can lay how the cheapest Porsche on the market litre Audi engine, which, with the inclusion of
claim to a unique place in the company’s today could have once earned the right to fuel injection, Porsche had massaged up to
history: the 924 Carrera GTS as pure a wear such a prestigious name? 125bhp, and an agreement to build 924s at
driving machine as any produced, with solid It all started with Project EA425, a sports Audi’s Neckarsulm factory. The car went on
gold factory motorsport credentials; and the car project Porsche was developing for sale in 1977 soon paired with the new 928: a
968 Club Sport, the saviour of the type, and Volkswagen in the early 1970s. Work first step in boss Ernst Fuhrmann’s front-
a model that did so much to change buyer continued apace under the guidance of engined, water-cooled, pincer offensive. Its

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“
reception was guardedly positive: there were buyers. But there was more: a trio of racers June, three immaculate ‘System Porsche’
criticisms of the performance and based on the concept would be at Le Mans ‘prototypes’ took the start, with 320bhp

”
refinement, and a bout of snobbery which the following year, Porsche claimed. Was engines and weighing only 920kg ‘dry’, they
would dog all four-cylinder Porsches for the the company really going to compete at the ran as high as fifth before finishing sixth,
next near-on 30 years, but the car soon great 24-hour race with… with a 924? 12th and 13th. Porsche had proved the
began to build a loyal following, crucially There was some hesitancy within the concept, and kept the brand name in the
attracting new buyers to the Porsche brand. company, even at the very top, as Roy limelight until the Group C 956 would come
Given the restraints placed upon the car Smith records in his fascinating new book on stream in 1982.
during its development, Porsche’s engineers on these cars: ‘The Porsche 924 Carrera, Meanwhile, the road cars were entering
were proud of the finished project, but Evolution to Excellence’ (for full details see production. Just 75 RHD examples officially
couldn’t wait to inject some more power into the end of this story). Mike Cotton, then came to the UK, and they were all pre-sold.
the overall recipe. That soon arrived with the Porsche GB’s press officer, remembers The press were in raptures. 210bhp was a
advent of the 924 Turbo in November 1978, Porsche’s head of R&D Helmuth Bott saying big deal, pulling along only 1,180kg with a
its M31/01 engine – a blown version of the about the challenge: “If I wanted to make a full tank of fuel, the increased power derived
Audi lump – producing 170bhp and

Was Porsche really

providing sparkling performance for the time.
However, the 924 really came of age at

going to compete at Le
the 1979 Frankfurt motor show, where on
the Porsche stand sat a striking pearl white

Mans with a 924?

924, with unashamedly aggressive, swollen
wheelarch flares, an elongated bonnet
scoop much like the snout of an anteater
and an interior so red it was as if a tin of
tomato soup had just exploded inside. This Black Forest Gateau, I wouldn’t start with a from an intercooler, higher compression ratio
concept for the forthcoming 924 Carrera GT bucket of sand and a bucket of water”. and a digital ignition system – a first on a
caused a sensation; with 210bhp it promised Nevertheless, with Norbert Singer in Porsche. The blistered front and rear wings,
serious performance, and Porsche’s talk of charge of the car’s development, the project and the sills, were made from GRP
back to basics fun and amateur motorsport was in the safest possible hands. In just composite, and the suspension lowered
competition pressed all the right seven months a racer, known as the 924 10mm at the front and 15mm at the rear.
Not ideal conditions
buttons amongst GTP, took shape. The GTP name was GTs only came in silver, red or black, but did for a lightweight,
enthusiastic arrived at because there was no way feature a comfortable interior specification rear-drive shootout.
Porsche could build the 400 Carrera GT derived from the standard Turbo. Fortunately
road cars required to gain Which brings us neatly to the Carrera conditions were
homologation in the GT class. GTS, the car that awaits us on this bright but rather better off the
Come freezing cold morning at Specialist Cars of moors. Hats off to
Specialist Cars,
Malton. After a typical warm welcome and a though, for letting
gawp at the indecently well-stocked us take these
showroom, my eyes fall machines out

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924 CARRERA GT
Model tested: Porsche 924 C GTS
Engine: Four-cylinder inline
Transmission: Rear-drive, six-speed
manual
Body style: Coupe
Suspension: MacPherson strut (f),
coil spring rear
Top speed: 155mph
0-62mph 6.0secs
Power: 245bhp at 6250rpm
Torque: 247lb ft at 3000rpm

“ ”
They don’t make ‘em on a blazingly red 924 at the other end of the evocative bucket seats I’ve ever seen, with accepted a stamped time card at the end of
like this anymore. room. To see the GTS is to love it their lollipop integral headrests, deep sides a special stage.
You can thank the
immediately. In a junior, chirpy form, it and base hole for a six-point belt. They The steering wheel is very low, like all 924s
days of motorsport
homologation for manages to exude from every screw and bolt appear to be the same as those that Ickx and pre-facelift 944s, and the interior sparse
exotic machines like head the same kind of naked mentalist may have parked his posterior on in a and noisy, with its familiar vertical dashboard
this 924 Carrera GTS aggression epitomised by the 993 GT2. It’s a 935/78. Wow. and basic, chunky switchgear. Mounted high
featherweight terror – a Barry McGuigan in his This stunning example has travelled just on the central tunnel, the five-speed gearbox
prime, just itching for a fight – quite different to 10,000 miles since leaving the factory in with first on a dog-leg is easy enough to
the slick ’80s charm of a 944 Turbo. 1981, and has been in long-term ownership operate and pleasingly tactile. Racer-raw it
The GTS was specifically intended for fast for much of its life. Today, our Macan S may be, but the GTS is happy to trundle
road and privateer competition use. All were support car registered the ambient around Malton’s urban areas while car and
red, all were left-hand drive and only 59 were temperature as 1 degree Celsius, and the driver warm up.
made. Thanks to 1 bar of boost peak power North Yorkshire countryside is hidden under a With the white snout of the 968 jousting in
now stood at 245bhp, and with glassfibre continuous blanket of snow. I can’t work out if the rear view mirror, we judder over the cattle
doors and bonnet plus the use of Plexiglas

The GTS was intended

for all the windows bar the windscreen, the
kerb weight dropped to only 1,121kg. A

for privateer use

battery located to the boot and part-
aluminium, adjustable suspension were just
some of the additional features.
15 GTSs were built to Club Sport
specification by hand at Weissach, and most I’m shuddering in the driver’s seat due to the grid onto the moors. It’s time to up the rev
featured a roll cage and even more lightening lack of any in-car heating at the moment, or limit a bit. You’re probably imagining plenty of
measures to take weight to just 1,060kg – as the thought of too much boost on icy turbo lag, and you’d be right below 3,000rpm.
well as more boost yielding 270bhp. Rally, moorland roads in someone else’s £200,000 But then again, being so light it’s easy to get
Race, Touring, Comfort and ‘Group B’ ‘packs’ car. Yes, I did say £200,000… through that transient phase. From 3,000rpm
were available to tailor a specific car to an The little Audi lump churns into life and to 4,000rpm there is suddenly a significant
intended use. Beyond this was the GTR, the idles contentedly enough in the freezing increase in the rate of acceleration and noise.
customer-spec pure racing car for 1981, but morning air with an industrial chatter. It is not Its arrival is sudden, and makes the GTS
that’s another story. melodious or exotic but it is rather loud and, effortlessly fast in traffic and between corners
The driver’s door opens rapidly in my as with the visual impression, it suggests a – you can drive it like this for miles and make
hand; more rapidly than I had imagined car where all frippery has been consigned to excellent progress. You can even tell yourself
because it has all the mass of an empty crisp the skip. I tug shut the sliding element of the that it feels like a surprisingly quick little car,
packet. Inside are without doubt the most fixed side window and feel as though I’ve just but that thought is made a mockery of when

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V 968 CS

you hold your right foot down and let the revs accompanied, so says photographer Fraser I love every second of my time with this Top: The 924 Carrera
surge past 4,000rpm. This is the point at following, by an occasional stab of flames. I ballsy but unpretentious, quasi-factory road GTS looks properly
aggressive with
which the GTS attempts to reach another am slightly overwhelmed, and now racer, and as you can imagine, I’m most
scoops and ducts,
orbit and goes, frankly, ballistic. So amusingly completely in love with this little car. reluctant to relinquish my custody of the keys. plus those flush-
brusque is the arrival of the boost at this point To drive it’s everything you would But do that I must, as another Porsche fitting lights. Wide
that the nose of the GTS helplessly pops imagine. It’s a terrible cliché to say you think classic awaits. And yet I never thought I’d call arches point to later
skyward and the rear squats down like a a car into a corner, but in the GTS that’s a 968 Club Sport ordinary, but for the first two 944. It’s a proper
cartoon car. Meanwhile, I’m laughing out loud exactly how it feels, a whir of the cogs miles, having jumped straight out of the GTS, road racer
as the rev counter needle positively rips upstairs and a faint pressure on the slender it feels as though I’m wearing ear defenders
around the dial towards 7,000rpm, where rim of the wheel suffices for fast curves, and woollen mittens. This just can’t be right.
upon there’s no red paint to deter you. Once which the GTS scythes into and then The 968 was a troubled car arriving at a
experienced, the sensation is addictive, but seemingly floats around like a bee riding difficult time for Porsche. Under attack from Left: Audi derived
on these roads, with clearly visible patches of along on the current of a breeze. Feedback, all sides and losing money hand over fist, turbo engine puts out
ice, it’s also slightly concerning: the GTS will from the road and everywhere else, is Porsche started going through company 245bhp from its two-
spin its rears in second, third and even fourth. absolute. Simply, this is the act of driving as management like sacrificial front splitters. litres. Interior is
properly stripped.
Back off, and it fires a rolling salvo of bangs an activity, not as a means of getting from A- The ageing 944 line needed an update to Fuchs wheels really
from the functional looking tailpipe, B – it is an all-engrossing joy. maintain sales, so in typically thorough suit the 924

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968 CLUB SPORT

Model tested: Porsche 968 CS
Engine: Four-cylinder inline
Transmission: Rear-drive, six-speed
manual
Body style: Coupe
Suspension: MacPherson strut (f),
torsion bar rear
Top speed: 157mph
0-62mph 6.5secs
Power: 240bhp at 6200rpm
Torque: 225lb ft at 4100rpm

“
Unlike the 924 fashion all areas of the car received attention. decision had been taken by new boss earlier mentioned. It’s not here to compete
Carrera GTS, the 968 The big, 3-litre ‘four’ received a new Porsche Wendelin Wiedeking to put the car out of its with the GTS at all: it’s here because it’s the

”
Club Sport was no misery, and production was planned to cease final iteration of the 924-944-968 lineage,
advancement in VarioCam adjustable timing
homologation special,
but it was a for the inlet camshaft, plus a new inlet in 1995. But a great car was to get the and in its lighter Club Sport guise, could be
lightweight and a manifold, forged connecting rods and a ending it deserved, and the answer was to seen as a spiritual successor of sorts to the
proper, old school stronger crankshaft too. It now made 240bhp remove a good proportion of the comfort GTS. It costs a tenth of the Carrera at
rear-drive special and 225lb ft of toque, formidable outputs for a items to lose 80kg, tune the chassis, and current values, only partly because it has
naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine. paint it in simple, primary colours. Out went travelled nearly 150,000 miles further in its
There was a new six-speed manual gearbox, the rear seats, the electric front seats, mirrors lifetime, although an in-house re-spray and
and the option of a four-speed Tiptronic too, and windows, and some of the sound TLC means it looks – and feels – fit for its
THANKS while most obvious of all an exterior restyle deadening, and in came bucket seats, lower age. It’s nothing like as bespoke as the GTS;
Specialist Cars of smoothed off the 944’s ’80s edges and suspension, and the additional option of even in many ways a similar relationship ties them
Malton for allowing brought in 928-syle retractable round firmer M030 suspension and a limited slip together that also exists between the parts
us to drive both of headlamps. As a 944S3 it looked like a differential. The icing on the cake was a price bin special 987 Cayman R and the
these fantastic considerably more developed (so it would

Suddenly no one had a

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of the GTS, but despite the junking of all that

the 968
924 Carrera GTS is
still available. equipment it still weighs a fair chunk more at
‘The Porsche 924 1,320kg. The engine couldn’t be more
Carreras – different: it’s still not a particularly tuneful
Evolution to device, but it’s vastly more linear in its
Excellence’ gives a decent job, except suddenly it wasn’t an S3: tag in the UK considerably cheaper than the delivery, and quick too, especially if you use
really detailed and boss Ulrich Bez wanted to portray it as a new normal 968 (£28,975 – £33,547). all the revs available.
enjoyable history on
model, so 968 it was. The media and the It worked. Suddenly no one had a bad Having said that, the Club Sport has never
everything to do
with these cars. market were not convinced about that. word to say about the 968, and while sales been about the straight sections of road – the
Written by Roy Sales were disastrously below continued at a snail’s pace for the standard engine feels like a device to do the job but to
Smith, it’s published expectations and a cloud of gloom hung over car, the Club Sport sold keenly. In the UK, me not much more – rather it’s the corners
by Veloce Publishing Stuttgart. Sophisticated Japanese rivals such Porsche offered a ‘Sport’ model – effectively that provide truly fabulous entertainment. By
Limited as the Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo and the part-Club Sport specification but with the the third mile I’m grinning like an idiot,
(veloce.co.uk) ISBN
978-1-845846-45-9 Mazda RX-7 (Mk3) exposed the (marketing) rear seats and a few items put back in. exasperated at myself for even having
and costs £75. weakness of only having four cylinders. Of course, the 986 Club Sport most doubted the car for a second. The Club Sport
Within 18 months of going on sale the definitely isn’t an ‘ordinary’ sort of car as still feels like a serious device in the way it

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V 968 CS

can devour a good road, there’s so much S. With a stonking 305bhp it even shared a GT3 911 in the hardcore branch of the range, Top: 968 Club Sport
confidence to be derived from the beautifully GTS-style tougher twin brother in the form of it has the air of the pugnacious underdog, is the spiritual
balanced transaxle layout, and the limits are the race-ready, 335bhp 968 Turbo RS, and with just four cars per UK dealer this successor to the 924
Carrera, in a way that
undoubtedly high; the brakes resilient. The envisaged for the German ADAC Cup series: year, so the rumour goes, it might also be as no 944 ever got close
Club Sport has really aged well. It’s Porsche planned to build as many as 100, infuriatingly elusive as the 924 Carrera GT to being
undeniably easier to live with than something but in the end just 17 were constructed (and was when new. Just maybe, as in 1979, the
like a Carrera GT, let alone the Carrera GTS, only four RS models within that figure) before climate is right for a different Porsche to
as you might expect from a car built a 968 production ended. After humble assume the role of enthusiasts’ favourite of
decade later, but the rapport you quickly build beginnings as EA425 all those years the moment.
with the car is as applicable on these previously, the type’s time had finally run out, As for the 924 Carrera GTS, I still break
unforgiving icy roads as it is a summertime its legacy some of the best drivers’ cars into a smile every time I think about driving it. Left: Body coloured,
trackday. It remains an essential purchase for Porsche has ever conceived. Authentic, immediate, raucous, loveable – it’s fixed back buckets
any comprehensive Porsche stable. As I write this story we’re just two weeks one of the most enjoyable and memorable were a defining
Ironically, the 968 could have had its away from seeing the new Cayman GT4 at cars I’ve ever had the privilege to drive. feature of the Club
Sport. It was a track-
Carrera GT moment, race history and all, the Geneva motor show. It’s a proper GT Given how Derek Bell has treasured his day special, before
when Porsche enlarged the 944 Turbo Department car, and a GT4-class racing ‘company’ Carrera GTS from new, I suppose trackdays had really
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The Gen1 997 is now firmly on the ‘value for money’ radar and the
997, whether Gen1 or 2, could be the last of the truly great drivers’
heaven
911s. We take a Carrera, Carrera S and a mighty Turbo for a drive
Words: Adam Towler Photography: Max Earey

997 CARRERA 997 CARRERA S 997 TURBO

Model tested: Porsche 997 Carrera Model tested: Porsche 997 Carrera Model tested: Porsche 997 Turbo
Engine: 3600cc, flat six DOHC, Engine: 3800cc, flat six DOHC, Engine: 3600cc, flat six twin
24-valve 24-valve turbo
Transmission: Rear-wheel drive, Transmission: Rear-wheel drive, Transmission: Four-wheel drive,
six-speed manual Tiptronic six-speed manual
Body style: Coupe Body style: Cabriolet Body style: Coupe
Suspension: MacPherson struts (f), Suspension: MacPherson struts (f), Suspension: MacPherson struts (f),
multi-link rear multi-link rear multi-link rear
Top speed: 177mph Top speed: 182mph Top speed: 193mph
0-62mph 5.0 secs 0-62mph 4.8 secs 0-62mph 3.9 secs
Power: 321bhp at 6800rpm Power: 350bhp at 6800rpm Power: 472bhp at 6000rpm

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W
997 heaven: Carrera hat a sensation the you’ve even a passing interest in the 997. were bonded and welded simultaneously.
leads Turbo and
Carrera Cabriolet. 997 was when it first Of course, we will nevertheless touch on The ’shell is significantly more rigid, and
Colours are typically appeared back in 2004. those issues, because to ignore them would safety performance in the advent of a crash
customer In an instant it made be naive, but overall at 911 & Porsche took a good step forward.
conservative, but no the majority of 996s World we just love the 997, and the It doesn’t matter how much of the above
bad thing for resale seem a bit meek, slightly bland on the following is some of the reasons why. technical information you read, nor how
outside and definitely low rent on the inside. Let’s start with the Carrera, sold recently long you spend gazing at the 997’s shape,
The 996 was – and most definitely still is – by RPM Technik near Tring to its current it’s what you feel when you open the door
a great car, and a crucial one for Porsche owner (that alone is of significance, that makes the biggest impression.
as a company, but it was the 997 that although more on why that should be later Improving the perception of quality inside
emphatically put the sexiness back into on). It’s an archetypal noughties-era silver the 997 was a key aim, and the cool,
the 911 – that gave it those sponge-friendly 911, like so many, with the grey leather Teutonic facia, slim and upright in the style
curves so missed since the last days of interior and specced up as many 3.6s were of an original 911 in some ways, is
the 993. with bigger wheels and other options. Silver noticeably more upmarket in feel than that
It may have been developed from the may be predictable, but it’s a great hue for of the 996. In a good example like this car,
996, shared the same soul and much more understanding the contours of the 997’s it still feels nearly contemporary. To be
besides, but it was wider, stronger, safer shape. The wider frontage, with a return to honest I actually prefer its simplicity and
and more aerodynamic. But this is not a the traditional round, or ovoid in fact, overt Porsche-ness to the current, button-
feature about the history of the 997. In fact, headlamps, evokes the spirit of the original strewn effort.
having just read the opening lines above 911 more than the more complex Another, perhaps less well known
you may be surprised to hear that it’s more arrangements favoured on the 996. The improvement was in accommodating taller
like a rallying cry for a car that’s attracting doors are actually thinner, but in conjunction drivers. Given I’m over six foot in stature,
an unenviable reputation in some circles for with wider rear arches over a broader track, I’m glad the pedals were moved slightly
trouble. The 996 may well be cheaper, but and sill covers that splay outwards at the further forward and the depth of seat
there’s already talk of depreciation on the rear, the hips of the car have a much adjustment increased. It’s a great driving
best of those having flattened out, and as greater emphasis than the 996. Crisp lines position: low to the ground but with enough
their number decline, the 997 is next in line integrated into the overall form, such as the adjustability to get really comfortable for
The 997 featured for the ‘value’ era and the inevitable cull creases in the front and rear PUs, add a long journeys.
many styling tweaks those years will bring. feeling of strength to the 996-generation’s The Carrera has always been
over the 996, not overshadowed in the UK market by its big
Neither is this feature an in-depth look at soft, arguably slightly too amorphous
least a return to
rather more the issues surrounding the M97 engine: this shape. That impression of solidity is more brother the S, not so much for the
conventionally publication has delved deeply into that than just skin deep too: the 997 was built by performance, but more one suspects
shaped headlights before, and that piece is well worth a read if a new process where high stress areas because of the way cars are sold in this

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The 997 was more country and the belief, propagated by many sort of car to drive that can be placed never ignore the Carrera S. However much
sculpted than its 996 in the industry and particularly at sale time, unerringly precisely, and the shift quality of you might try and convince yourself that the

“
predecessor. The
arches bulge in all that a car needs to have a certain spec to the delightful six-speed manual gearbox is regular car may be somehow the purer,
the right places and be desirable. This often has only scant much the same. You don’t need to muscle driving ‘high ground’ if you like, the S has

”
the wheels really fill connection with what makes for a good it, and neither does it fight back, and this way of wielding its way into your
the arches drive, and so it is with the 997 Carrera: perhaps some interpret that demure affections and staying firmly put.
these are always better as simple as proficiency as lacking ‘character’ or as For the first time since the loss of the
possible, not least if you can find one with somehow signifying a dearth of commitment Carrera 3.0 for the 1978 model year, the
the standard spec of 18” wheels and from the driver. For me it’s just how this 911 regular 911 range had a faster, brawnier,
passive suspension. Sure, most buyers goes about tackling a road, full stop. It second tier in the shape of the Gen1 997
were desperate to fit 19” rims and keep up really is a 911 you could use every day, but Carrera S, and right from launch too. This
with the Joneses, but a Carrera on 18s is a that will also offer tremendous rewards offered both more power from a larger
beautiful thing to steer. In my view the same when you really want to drive as well, all engine, and a higher level of standard
goes for Sport Chrono, the PASM dampers, wrapped up in a modern package that has equipment. At its core was a new M97/01
electric seats and all the rest. timeless visual appeal. That the Gen1 engine (M97/02 when connected to a
The M96/05 engine was carried over Carrera has, anecdotally, a better reliability Tiptronic ’box) that added a couple of
largely unchanged from the outgoing Gen2

Most fit 19s, but a

996, as the engine code would suggest.
That means 321bhp in a coupe that at

Carrera on 18s is a
1,395kg holds a slight weight advantage
over the S; in reality, it’s a subtly but

beautiful thing to steer

importantly different car to drive.
It’s a pleasingly sonorous engine, mellow
even in standard form, but with a delicious,
warm howl when fitted with a sports
exhaust like this car has (a standard 3.6 record than the Carrera S, is surely hundred cubic centimetres to the
has two oblong tail pipes, not the quad just icing on this particular Stuttgart displacement to reach 3,824cc. The
pipes of the S model). Actually, this Carrera baked creation. expansion was due to a larger bore
sounds better even than I remember it, and Then again, I appreciate there’s always (possibly an Achilles heel as we’ll come to
given the sun is shining today despite the an alternate view. A friend helping out on in a minute) rather than a change in stroke,
chilly temperatures, I spend a good deal of the day commented afterwards that the car and the result was a fulsome 350bhp, 295lb
the day driving with the windows dropped. feels too normal, and that he prefers the ft of torque; a top speed of over 180mph
It’s an engine that’s perfectly in tune with ‘full fat 911 experience’, in his words. He’s and a 0-60mph of around 4.5 seconds.
the overall package. It pulls well from low an enthusiastic 964 owner, and while I S models also received xenon headlamps,
revs without complaint when shunting don’t share his view on the 997, I think it’s 19” wheels and PASM suspension
around in heavy traffic, but one that also valid to include it here, particularly within an as standard.
likes to be exercised right through the rev air-cooled frame of reference. To people Some of the best drives I’ve ever had
range, whereupon it feels as quick as you’d who have this viewpoint on the 997 I have been in Gen1 997 Carrera Ss. In
ever need to go on the public road. Not always say ‘you should try a 991 then’, particular, I love the Sport pack cars with
once on our drive did I feel short-changed because compared to the current 911 the their lower, firmer, non-PASM suspension
by the performance on offer. 997 already feels like a classic 911 and slippy diff – they can be a pain in the
Steered via the now sadly unfashionable in the making! proverbial on bumpy, urban roads, and
slim rimmed steering wheel, it’s a delicate Although the 3.6 is a corker, you can they’re not quite a GT3-lite to be fair, but

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997 Carrera S I love their character all the same. Which is is it to expect a high performance car that’s, year of manufacture. But the M97’s big
Tiptronic Cabriolet. why I’m quite glad, in an odd sort of way, say, 10 years on and with 100,000 miles on problem is bore scoring, often attributed to
OK, it may not be our
that our representative example for this test it, to not require some level of deep poor heat management within the block in
tipple, but the best
selling 997 globally is a Tip-Cab. I know, not perhaps a fair maintenance? Because these 911s are so certain situations and conditions. Thanks to
was exactly that spec, comparison with the other two cars here, modern in so many ways, there’s a sense that bigger bore size, there’s simply less
and more than likely but in spite of reading plenty of negative here that a) they can be treated like any metal around each cylinder in the M97 than
in silver too! press about the Carrera S recently, I know contemporary supermini and b) that as a there is with its little brothers.
I’d harbour hopelessly optimistic plans of Porsche, it’ll just run and run for all time. But by the same token, if these cars really
buying one if this was a drive in a sorted Clearly, that’s not the case, and who knows were such a disaster, surely other
coupe today. And anyway, not only is it how much Gen1 Ss have suffered for lives businesses wouldn’t continue to sell them in
appropriate to have a genuine mix of car spent in the city – near the financial wealth large numbers. Firms like 911 Virgin, and
types in this type of feature, it’s worth that allowed them to be purchased in the Finlay Gorham, for example.
remembering that the best selling 997 first place of course – thrashed from cold on Charlie at Finlay Gorham has some
globally was the Tiptronic Cabriolet short, stop-start journeys by often less than interesting thoughts: “Gen1 997s are great
Carrera S.

The M97’s big problem

This particular Cab is rather special, with
a very high spec and just 16,000 miles on

is bore scoring
the odometer. RPM Technik are selling it on
an agency basis, for as a rule they just won’t
sell from stock a Gen1 997 Carrera S. By
contrast, if it has the right (read ‘high’ spec)
and good history/condition, they will market sympathetic owners who won’t have cars, but they need keeping an eye on.
a 997 Carrera (hence the 3.6 earlier in this matched the largely ‘enthusiast’ profile these Because of their additional performance
story), although they don’t come along too cars have today? Interestingly, another over previous 911s, 997s – particularly the S
often. I can think of at least a couple of piece of anecdotal wisdom suggests it’s – tend to get driven harder, and with 2-year
traders who operate a similarly informal rule often the low mileage Tiptronic cars that are servicing intervals (unlike the 996) you can
of thumb, so what’s going on here? Why subject to the most problems – evidence, have an S that only has five stamps in the
are some people giving S models such perhaps, of an engine subjected to book after 10 years of use. If there’s limited
a wide berth? inappropriate use in some way? paperwork as well you tend to get a bit
The answer is the perceived fragility of So what are these issues we’re alluding worried!” He’s pragmatic about what the
the M97: the great elephant in the room of to? To a certain degree there’s the IMS cars offer: “The 997 was a genuine
997 Gen1 ownership. So let’s pause for a bearing and RMS problems, affecting advancement in all the key areas, but there
minute to try and gain some perspective: various iterations of the M96 engine to a are certain things where the quality wasn’t
firstly, on a practical level, just how realistic lesser or greater extent, depending on the good enough – exhaust systems for

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example, and although the interior looks really any different to top end rebuilds and over its predecessor, in the process clawing Top right: That
nicer it doesn’t wear in some places as good oil leaks on the air cooled cars? At £20- back a little more of the rigidity lost in classic 911 shape in
profile loses nothing
as the 996. Carreras definitely tend to have 25,000 the S is good value at the moment, chopping off the roof of a perfectly good 911
in 997 guise. Turbo is
fewer problems, whereas a Carrera S with particularly so compared with certain other (and adding another 85kg). Sorry, that mighty. Below: 997
Tiptronic is the most likely to cause trouble modern-era 911s out there. Carreras tend to sounded really cynical, but personal interior features
in our experience, perhaps because the only be a few grand cheaper”. preference dictates I’d never choose a 911 upright dash and is
’box will allow the engine to labour on With all of the above chewing around in in cabriolet form. And yet… and yet on what clearly 911 derived
steep hills”. my brain I twist the key in the Cab’s ignition must be the first decent day of weather in
Ok, and what about getting to the crux of and recall instantly that unique starter motor 2015, it’s warm enough – with the
the matter on the S: “We have a specific churn. When the 3.8-litre lump fires it assistance of the heater – to have the roof
warranty just for the Gen1 Carrera S”, says immediately sounds different to the 3.6: it’s dropped at every opportunity, something
Charlie, “due to the nature of that engine a raspier tone, with a real crackle and snort that’s so easy to do with the fully electric
design, and a fair proportion of work on site when blipped at idle, and a much angrier operation of the (lighter) roof in the 997. So
is in rebuilding them”. Make of that what you sounding shriek at higher rpm. There’s the configured, I love every minute of the drive
will. “But people are still buying them like hot devil in this engine that simply isn’t there around the beautiful Herts/Beds downs, for
cakes – we can’t really get enough of them with the Carrera. all the reasons that people traditionally love
to sell. They’re aware of the issues, and is it The 997 Cabriolet was also improved cabriolets, and I suppose, all the same

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Dark star. Is there a reasons I secretly like them too. It doesn’t is ponderous. Gen2 997 switched to the A91-based turbo
better colour for the matter that we’re not going overtly quickly, The Cab has been fun, but right now motor. As such, it’ll always hold a special

”
911 Turbo? Sinister, that’s almost immaterial, given the presence place in the hearts of Porsche enthusiasts,
or that the steering lacks the precision of the
but subtle at the
same time, only the coupe and the structure still likes a wobble of a brooding, dark, supernatural force chiefly for its racing pedigree and its
diamond cut alloys over a tricky road surface or bump in the parked nearby. When you’re caught in the inherent strength, the latter something that
bring a bit of ‘bling’ road, it’s just a joy to savour the sound of tractor beam of a Gen1 Turbo’s xenons, makes it ripe for tuning.
to the party the engine, the fresh air and the scenery resistance is futile. This particular Turbo is just coming into
that surrounds the car. You feel part of the We did ponder at length on whether stock at RPM Technik, and hence hasn’t yet
action in a way you never quite can in a anything with a Mezger motor should be had the attention to stone chips and the like
car with a fixed roof. involved in this test; in some ways it would that the company likes to sort before
Nevertheless, it would be a lot better if be cleaner just to look at the Carrera range, marketing their cars. Never mind – we’re not
there was a manual gearbox to operate. So for they really are the bargains at the going to be obsessing over such details
many cars in this era were ordered with the moment in the modern-classic Porsche today, instead it’s the 502lb ft of torque on
automatic Tiptronic ’box, and while they’re world. But whereas a Gen1 997 GT3 is overboost that will be catching the attention.
You need the Sport Chrono pack to get the

The Gen1 was the last

full hit, and obviously to then have pressed
the little ‘Sport’ button, but once you’ve felt

911 Turbo to use the

the way the Turbo leaps forward between 2-
4000rpm you are, quite frankly, hooked. It’s

Mezger engine
an outrageous narcotic and I can only admit
THANKS I’m a totally hopeless addict; have always
RPM Technik for been so, right from when the car was
providing the three launched and that first mind-scrambling
stunning cars in this fine for ambling around a city centre or already a finely performing investment drive in ‘911 HUL’.
feature, and to the hacking along a busy motorway, they’re so (damn – another one missed) and a car with So it doesn’t matter to me if the PASM
owner of the Carrera
as well. far off the pace of modern automatic an invisible halo of prestige surrounding it, suspension set up isn’t optimal – the car
rpmtechnik.co.uk gearbox technology it’s laughable. Naturally, the Gen1 Turbo is, as is a Turbo’s wont, still surprisingly soft in normal mode, pitching
01296 663824 time marches on, and it’s unfair to compare not the poster boy it’s naturally aspirated and rolling markedly at times under the
then and now, but whether it’s the terrific brother has become. Consequently, with forces at work, but all but unusable in the
And also to Finlay ZF 8-speed torque converter or the seven- prices tending to sit in the £40-50,000 stiffer setting. It doesn’t bother me either
Gorham for their
speed PDK, these days an ‘automatic’ bracket, it offers spellbinding performance that even for a die-hard fan of the manual
input to the story:
finlaygorham.com option is the choice for outright performance for comparatively good value for money. transmission, I can see the limitations of the
01284 827427 and fuel economy, as well as just for ease The Gen1 was the last ‘911 Turbo’ to use six-speed manual ’box when coupled with
of use. On a B-road the Tiptronic option the Mezger engine, remember, before the this engine, whose frantic boost-rich delivery

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and limited rev range mean you end up But the Turbo isn’t a 100% golden ticket everywhere a good deal faster than Classically clean
driving all but one handed in the lower here. Over £40,000 is a significantly larger anyone else, with the corresponding risk shape of the 997 still
gears, so rapidly does the car demand the investment than a Carrera, obviously. And to your licence. looks great today.
Basic Carrera works
next cog. And, to be honest, I’ve always running a Turbo has expenses in line with Having said that, one of the most for us. This one has
hated the diamond cut wheels, too. No any other prestige marque supercar – that is remarkable things about the Turbo is how it sports exhaust
matter. This is one of the great Porsches in to say considerable. Turbos are tough cars, can cover so many bases effortlessly. Stay
my view. There had been astounding Turbos but if and when things do need replacing the off boost, and use just odd or even gears,
before, but the combination of the Mezger bills will be steep, and problems with the and it’ll pad around urban roads with
engine and the variable vane turbochargers four-wheel drive transmission aren’t unheard aplomb; the next minute it’ll be frying your
(a first on a petrol production car) is of. It’s the sort of car where you might have brain. It’s a future classic. But then again, so
something else: all rattly and familiar at idle, a few good years on the trot, but sooner or are the Carreras in their own way. Both
and bass-heavy in exhaust note, but then later there’s going to be a very big bill. naturally aspirated cars offer so much, and if
capable of delivering a brutally immediate Neither are they as frugal as more recent you can look past or contend with the
punch with so little lag. It really is as if a Carreras: getting into the 20s on a cruise is potential pitfalls – and what performance car
Biplane rear wing is a
giant invisible hand has just scooped you up good going, and use all the performance doesn’t have the potential to empty our
defining Turbo
in its palm and carried you a hundred yards and it’s more like mid teens. And talking of wallets? – then they’re a truly fabulous 911 feature. Exhausts sit
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MAGICAL
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Way back in 1937, the first Porsche-designed racing cars took to the track in the UK, while
in 1951, there was every possibility that Connaught Engineering might have become the

T
official importer of Porsche cars into the UK. Keith Seume takes to the road in search of
history at the wheel of a 991 Carrera GTS
Words: Keith Seume Photos: Antony Fraser, Delwyn Mallett and archives

he trip didn’t start particularly historical significance to Porsche. And Reading, while selecting one of seven ratios lacked
auspiciously, grey skies being the location of Porsche Cars Great appeal. PDK, on the other hand, would allow
threatening rain, snapper Fraser Britain, was an obvious starting point (all the the luxury of letting the (drive)train take the
threatening to fill the GTS with more so because that happens to be where we strain while we concentrated on fending off
enough gear to equip a studio. collected the Guards Red Carrera GTS). school-run mums and wayward white van men.
It was cold, we were in Reading and all that Our transport for the duration was a two- The planned route retraced Porsche history
lay immediately ahead was a short trip on wheel drive version with PDK transmission – to in the UK: importers, club meets, dealers. But
the M4 towards London. me, the perfect weapon for a speedy blast from first we had to tackle the great British motorway
It doesn’t sound a glamorous way to start a A to B (and then on to C, D, E, etc). Much system. The M4 is no longer a nice place to be
two-day tour of the country, but our objective though I normally prefer manual gearboxes, the – what were once open stretches allowing you
was to visit as many places in the UK of thought of struggling with stop-go city traffic to relax now have more cameras pointed at

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GTS ON
TOUR

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The GTS inspired
confidence in this
cut and thrust
environment…

Modern Skoda and you than the car park at GCHQ, while the glass-fronted dealership on the old London and a flat above.
Jeep dealership marks closer you get to London itself, the more Road. Traffic whizzed by, bus passengers The AFN business ‘empire’ grew throughout
the site of AFN, the frantic traffic becomes, everyone anxious to throwing what we took to be admiring glances the 1930s, the pinnacle of its success being
original UK Porsche
importer. The address
keep ahead of everyone else. A red Porsche, at the Porsche as it sat ticking away on the the signing of a deal in November 1934 which
remains the same: is, of course, fair game in these surroundings: pavement outside Marlborough Skoda’s saw AFN Ltd take on the exclusive rights for
400 London Road, nobody will give you any space, every BMW glossy showrooms, possibly wondering what BMW in the United Kingdom, as well as non-
Isleworth… and Audi driver wants to tailgate you. the owner of a £100K car was doing checking exclusive rights for the rest of the British
But as for the car itself, the GTS inspired out Yetis and Fabias. But the point of the Empire. The cars were to be marketed under
confidence in this cut and thrust environment. photo-opp was the dealership’s former the name ‘Frazer Nash BMW’.
Below, left to right:
Dickie Stoop collects
Even with its uprated and lowered suspension, persona, that of AFN Ltd. Despite the understandable anti-German
his 904GTS from and lightweight sports seats, it was a pleasant It was back in 1929 that Harold John ‘Aldy’ feeling after the war, AFN continued to sell
AFN. The 904 was the place to be on these battle-scarred roads. But Aldington made the decision to build a new used BMWs – notably the sporting 328 model
first Porsche to use it was still good to head off into suburbia and a factory for the purpose of building (and – with some success. It was while on a visit to
the GTS tag; Lydden rather more leisurely game of threading the selling) Frazer Nash sports cars. The property, the 1950 Geneva motor show that Aldy’s
Hill was site of first wide-body 991 between badly-parked 4x4s as Falcon Works, 400 London Road, Isleworth, brother Bill saw the new Porsche sports cars
rallycross meeting,
won by Vic Elford in a we ventured towards Isleworth. consisted of a two-storey brick building with on display. He was impressed and felt that the
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its appearance in 1963 ready for the

the wheel of a 917…

1964 racing season.
This little mid-engined sports car
was the first glassfibre-bodied Porsche,
and was powered by the legendary
four-cylinder four-cam ‘Fuhrmann’
engine. Some variants also featured the
six-cylinder 911 engine. The 904GTS
was road-legal and was used in all
forms of competition, from rallying to
endurance events, such as Le Mans.
The GTS moniker has been
resurrected by Porsche at various
points in the past, and was most
recently used on the last of the line
997s, essentially a run-out model with
two-wheel drive and the wide-body
styling of the Carrera 4. However, the
new GTS is far from being a run-out
model and now has a permanent place
in the current 991 line-up.
Seen by Porsche as a midway point
between the 400bhp Carrera S and the
475bhp GT3, the 430bhp 991 GTS was
launched as a coupé or convertible –
now recently joined by a Targa – in
either two- or four-wheel drive. All
models, regardless of drivetrain, come
with the wide-arched bodywork and
36mm-wider track of the Carrera 4,
while they also feature the 20in centre-
lock wheels previously seen only on
the Turbo S.
The 3.8-litre engine gained an extra
30bhp over stock due to changes to the
inner workings of the inlet manifold,
modifications to the cylinder head
ports and different camshafts, all of
which combine to make the GTS
package one of the most impressive in
the Porsche line-up. Silky-smooth
tourer, or loud and muscular animal –
the choice is yours according to
throttle position or whether you’ve
pushed the ‘super sport’ button on
the console…
You have a choice of seven-speed
manual gearbox, or similarly-ratio’d
PDK, rear- or all-wheel drive – ‘our’
car was a two-wheel drive with PDK,
which, I have to say, would be my
choice. PASM (Porsche Active Stability
Management) is fitted as standard, the bodyshell and low overall weight would Leaving the hustle and bustle of Isleworth Pause for reflection at
ride height being 20mm lower than appeal to the typical AFN customer. behind, the GTS threaded its way through Brands Hatch.
stock, while PDCC (Porsche Dynamic Although the Aldingtons had hoped to west London traffic out towards the M3 and Looking across the
track, you could
Chassis Control) is an active roll rekindle their pre-war relationship with BMW, then the infamous M25. The 430bhp 991 almost hear the
compensation system that helps keep the Munich-based company was showing little seemed perfectly happy in the inevitable
the GTS on the straight and level scream of the
through the bends. An improved aero sign of recommencing car manufacturing, crawl, the only problem for yours truly being Ferraris as they tried
package reduces front end lift and concentrating instead on the sale of the low (and non-height adjustable) seating to keep up with
increases rear downforce. motorcycles. Porsche seemed, then, a natural position which meant that the passenger-side Rodriguez’s Gulf 917.
The 1970 BOAC
Does it all work in real-world way ahead for AFN. But Aldy himself didn’t front corner remained invisible. That’s just one 1000km was the race
situations? Most launch ‘road’ tests are share his brother’s enthusiasm, preferring the of the things I like about old 911s: the fact that of the century…
carried out on tracks, or track-like you have such a great view forward, the
thought of continuing to promote the Frazer
roads – rarely do greasy bumpy lanes
in rural Gloucestershire get a look in. Nash brand. Only when Porsches were bonnet sloping down between the wings,
To be honest, I was left impressed by exhibited at the 1951 Earls Court Motor Show, each serving as effective corner markers!
the way the GTS handled the potholes, as we shall see, did Aldy relent. Once off the M25, the chance to give the
mud and errant tractors that conspired The Aldingtons were not the only people to car free(er) rein finally presented itself. Our
to ruin any cross-country drive. The consider importing Porsches into the UK. But destination, via the M2 and A2, was Lydden
GTS may be at its happiest on billiard-
table-smooth surfaces, but it certainly as history has proved, they were the ones Hill in Kent, a rather lonely area of the county
didn’t feel unhappy blasting along who eventually took the plunge and were able that life seems to have passed by – it seems
between the fields and hedgerows of to sign a deal with Stuttgart to become the nearby motorways now whisk traffic off to
rural England. official distributor of the German marque in Dover to leave local villages quiet and looking
The £100,000 question is, of course, this country. The fact that Aldy’s old friend slightly down at heel.
would I buy one (assuming I had such
a sum available)? I guess in an ideal from the pre-war BMW days, Baron Huschke Lydden Hill circuit dates back to 1955 when
world, I’d have a GTS (exactly as tested von Hanstein, was now Porsche’s racing and Bill Chesson promoted stock-car and grass-
– Guards Red and all) and a classic 911 PR manager certainly helped oil the wheels. track racing on the site. It wasn’t until 1965
in my garage. But what if I had to This assistance was most useful, for it that a Tarmac track surface first appeared,
choose between one or the other? All I turned out that somebody else already held creating what is currently, at just one mile in
can say is, please don’t put me in that the licence to import Porsche cars into Great length, Britain’s shortest racing circuit.
situation, OK? Some of my friends may
never speak to me again… Britain: Charles Meisl. His name will crop up But what is the Porsche connection? On 4
again further along our journey. February 1967, the very first rallycross

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Above, left to right: most demand some creature comforts. almost seven hours racing, he finished five
Pedro Rodriguez As for the technology with which the GTS laps ahead of second-placed man, Vic Elford.
drove the race of his and its siblings abound, does anyone honestly Sitting in the GTS looking across the track
life to win the 1970
BOAC 1000km at think that back in 1973, had this technology beneath threatening grey skies, it was hard
Brands Hatch; been available, Porsche wouldn’t have not to dream what it must have been like to sit
Connaught GP cars incorporated it in the 2.7 Carrera RS, which behind the wheel of a 917 on that day…
remembered on a everyone holds aloft as the ‘ultimate’ 911? Of The next leg of the tour took us back onto
plaque; original course they would. As a die-hard lover of the M20 and thence onto the M25 once again.
Connaught factory
buildings remained classic Porsches, I am always preparing And for the first time, the GTS felt less than
until the 1990s… myself to dislike ‘moderns’ but I always come happy. The reason was the road surface. The
away impressed and wanting more. southern section of the M25 consists largely
And here’s one for you: for roughly the of great swathes of concrete, the effect of
same money (say, £100,000 and some which, when combined with the low and fat
change for the GTS), you could probably buy 245/35 and 305/30ZR20 tyres, is to create a
a 1973 2.4 911S. Certainly you’d find a nice loud and quite irritating thrum that succeeded
2.2S for that. Which would you rather have in in drowning out both radio and conversation.
your garage? A 1970s 911 or the 2015 GTS? Only when we swung off onto the A3 towards
Well, the answer’s obvious, isn’t it? You’d Guildford, did the noise finally desist.
immediately say… Oh, hang on. Do I have to The A3 was another example of open
drive it every day? Do I really have to use it in warfare, with trucks and light commercials
rain and snow? Am I expected to cross refusing to give an inch as we attempted to
continents at the drop of a hat? Makes you join the main carriageway. Here the GTS’s
think, doesn’t it? searing acceleration in sport mode came into
The next stop on our Magical History Tour its own, enabling us to spot a gap and go for
was Brands Hatch where, in 1970, what will it. But the sense of freedom was short lived,
go down in history as one of the greatest for it was time to swing off at the first exit,
motor races ever took place. The event was ignore the temptation to go and check out the
the BOAC 1000km race, held on a very wet old Tyrrell workshops at Ockley and instead
day in April. The crowds gathered to watch head down to the former site of Connaught
what promised to be a battle royal between Engineering at Send.
the Gulf Porsche 917s and the works Ferrari This may seem like another unlikely
512s. The former were driven by Pedro ‘Porsche site’, but bear with us… The
Rodriguez/Kinnunen and Siffert/Redman, Connaught name was a play on ‘Continental
aided and abetted by Elford/Hulme and Autos’, a garage which specialised in foreign
Herrmann/Attwood in the works cars. The cars. Located adjacent to the original A3 a few
factory-entered Ferraris were driven by miles to the north of Guildford, Connaught
Amon/Merzario and Ickx/Oliver. gained notoriety in 1955 as the first British
Amon was on pole, with Siffert, Ickx and team to win a Grand Prix since 1923, when
Elford behind. In atrocious conditions, Elford Tony Brooks won at Syracuse. Back in 1951,
took off like a bat out of hell and grabbed the though, as members of the SMMT (Society of
lead. But by lap 17, Amon was back in front, Motor Manufacturers and Traders),
cars spinning off left, right and centre in the Connaught exhibited at the Earls Court Motor
meeting was held at Lydden Hill – rallycross Below, left and right: torrential rain. Rodriguez was black-flagged Show in London.
Charles Meisl wrote
being a half-and-half Tarmac/dirt circuit race of his days with for passing under a yellow flag and spent a Czech émigré Charles Meisl, who worked
series aimed squarely at Saturday afternoon Connaught and the number of laps in the pits receiving a tongue- at Connaught as a salesman, had already
TV audiences. That first meeting was a far cry first Porsches he lashing by the clerk of the course. spoken to Porsche about the possibility of
from today’s rallycross events, with their brought into the UK; Rodriguez eventually restarted five laps importing its cars into the UK. He arranged for
purpose-built four-wheel drive turbocharged Connaught turned down and then proceeded to drive the race of three 356s to be brought into the country, a
down the chance to
monsters, for most competing cars were road- be the UK importer, his career, overtaking everybody in the Cabriolet and a pair of coupés. The Cabriolet
legal sports cars and rally-prepped saloons. to concentrate on biggest show of cajones anyone had ever and one coupé were exhibited on
The winner of that inaugural race was none racing. A mistake… seen – or has seen since. Incredibly, after Connaught’s stand (the second coupé was
other than one Vic Elford, driving an AFN-
supplied Porsche 911, GVB 911D, ahead of
Brian Melia in a Ford Lotus Cortina and Tony
Fall in a BMC Mini Cooper S. (Actually, there is
an on-going debate about whether this really
was the first rallycross, for a similar style of
race was held at Brands Hatch in 1963.
Whatever your view, the fact remains that the
very first event to be advertised as ‘rallycross’
was won fairly and squarely by a little red 911
driven by one of the all-time greats.)
By now, the love affair with the GTS was
beginning to bud. I’m tiring of people telling
me that modern 911s are too big, too bloated
and too far removed from what ‘they were
really all about’. The fact remains that all
modern cars are ‘too big’ – blame that on
crash tests and, in many cases, customer
pressure. Not everyone wants to drive a
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AFN looked into
relocating the entire
operation to this
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kept back as a demonstrator), where they admit, did drive me nuts for being slow in enthusiasts to enable motor racing to continue It’s hard to imagine
drew considerable interest. giving directions – telling you to ‘Turn left’ at a at Castle Combe. The new company, Castle now that Castle
junction after you’ve already started to do so Combe Circuit Ltd, took over the facility in Combe could have
It was as a result of this that Bill Aldington
become the home of
of AFN once again suggested to his brother is annoying) took the GTS back towards the 1976, while Porsche made the decision to Porsche Cars GB had
Harold (‘Aldy’) that they seriously reconsider M25, then onto the M3, and then to the A322 build new premises at Richfield Road in local opposition not
the idea of becoming the official importers. through Bracknell, and back onto the M4 once Reading, little more than a stone’s throw from scuppered the plans.
Connaught, on the other hand, showed less again. Destination? Castle Combe circuit. the current HQ. Wiltshire track was
interest, preferring to concentrate on its By 1972, it was clear that the original So, after more than 300 miles at the wheel once owned by AFN
(Castle Combe) Ltd
racing operation. In hindsight, it was not the Falcon Works building was woefully of the rear-drive 991, it was time to reflect on
best of decisions for, in 1957, the racing inadequate, especially considering that the car and the day’s events over a pint or
team’s money finally ran out. Had they Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd now shared two. By now, what had started as a budding
shared Meisl’s enthusiasm, who knows what space with AFN Ltd, the former being the love affair was beginning to grow into a full-
the future might have held? official importing operation, the latter handling blown lust. The GTS, to me personally,
Meisl gave his Porsche dreams one last sales and service. As a temporary fix, represented everything a modern 911 should
chance, heading up the A3 a couple of miles premises at Worton Hall in Isleworth were be. Two-wheel drive? Check! Relatively light (I
to Ripley, home of Colborne Garages. Its chosen to house the ever-expanding did say ‘relatively’…)? Check! Fabulous
founder, John Colborne-Baber, is credited as operation (VW enthusiasts among our readers brakes? Check – those big PCCB composite
being the first person to import a Volkswagen might recognise this name as the former brakes are breathtaking in their efficiency.
into the UK and had connections in Germany home of GP Buggies!). This gave everyone a Chassis feedback? Check! Sound? Oh yes –
that allowed him to track down spare parts little breathing space while other options were the sound!
before there was any official British operation. considered, among them Castle Combe Floor the throttle and prompt the exhaust to
Colborne-Baber showed considerable interest racing circuit in Wiltshire. go into ‘sport’ mode, and you’ll be blessed with
in Meisl’s plans and the two began to discuss Through its offshoot AFN (Castle Combe) an aural treat such as only a Porsche can
how best to go about it. Ltd, AFN owned the lease for this track, which deliver. If you want, you can manually select
In the meantime, HJ Aldington had been had opened in 1950, having been the ‘open’ exhaust setting, too. One moan: the
across to Stuttgart to meet with Huschke von decommissioned as an RAF airfield two years ancillary gauges for fuel, oil and water are
Hanstein and Albert Prinzig, the ‘money man’ earlier. AFN looked into relocating the entire illegible, concealed behind the rim of the
at Porsche. The end result was the agreement Porsche operation to this windswept location, leather-clad steering wheel. If you really need
for AFN to become UK importer, putting with another possible site being at Port to know what’s going on then it’s easier to call
Colborne-Baber and Meisl’s dreams on hold. Richborough in Kent. Local opposition to up the digital display in the right-hand ‘dial’.
While Colborne-Baber went on to head one of further expansion of Castle Combe effectively The only other minor negative is this: as the
the first – and most successful – VW scuppered the plans, while a fall in sales due GTS is equipped with the figure-hugging (well,
dealerships in the country, Meisl went to work to the first oil crisis put paid to plans for a most people’s figure, that is – not some
for AFN. After all, it was he who had signed glossy new HQ at the alternative site in Kent. scrawny journo who weighs in at well under
that original licensing deal with Porsche. AFN (Castle Combe) Ltd was eventually 10 stone…) seats, it was difficult to achieve
From Ripley, the sat-nav (which, I have to sold to a group of local motor racing the perfect driving position. I like to have my

Left to right:
Colborne Garages in
Ripley, Surrey, was
another possible UK
importer, but AFN
tied up a deal with
Porsche first; pause
for hearty repast and
much needed sleep in
Wiltshire; back on
the motorway again…

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Above, left to right: arms reasonably straight, but even with the their W125 GP cars to England, while Auto The trip across country to Donington had
Donington Park electrically-adjusted steering wheel at its Union sent three of their Porsche-designed finally given us chance to explore the GTS’s
circuit doesn’t even forward-most setting, I couldn’t get entirely mid-engined C-Type racers. Among the stars handling on more rural roads, some narrow,
get a mention on comfortable. Blame my short legs on that… racing that day were Rudolph Carraciola, von twisty and bumpy, others wide and sweeping.
road signs these days;
Look, it’s an Auto The problem is you can’t adjust the angle of Brauchitsch and Seaman for Mercedes, and The GTS handled each with aplomb, but is

”
Union!; memorial the backrest. If the car was mine, I’d be Bernd Rosemeyer for Auto Union. The clearly – and unsurprisingly – happier on the
commemorates the inclined to make some modifications to the remainder of the grid comprised homegrown latter. On the greasy back roads, lovers of
passing of Bernd mountings to allow the seat to be tilted back a hereos, such as Earl Howe and Raymond classic 911s would recognise the tendency of
Rosemeyer, just little. A small point, maybe, but enough to Mayes, driving technologically outdated the rear-wheel drive 991’s front end to wash
months after his
victory at Donington make things a little uncomfortable after two ERAs, and such like. out on tight corners.
or three hours’ driving. After a close-fought battle, it was The light application of the throttle will
OK, onward and upward – north, that is. Rosemeyer who took the chequered flag, readily cause the tail to step out briefly before
The next stop was the famous Donington ahead of von Brauchitsch and Carraciola. all the electronics kick in to slap your wrists
Park circuit in Leicestershire. The reason for Sadly, it was to be Rosemeyer’s last ever race and pull the car back in line. It’s all good and
the trek across country was to visit the home

After a close-fought
of the first ever visit by Porsche-designed
racing cars to the UK.

battle, it was Rosemeyer

The famous circuit was built on land which

who took the flag, ahead

formed part of Donington Park estate, owned
by John Gillies Shields. In 1933, the President

of von Brauchitsch
of the Derby & District Motor Club, Fred
Craner, had convinced Shields to open up

and Carraciola…
part of the estate for use as a racing circuit
and, after putting on a few successful smaller
events, in 1935 he took the bold move to
promote the first Donington Grand Prix.
That inaugural event was won by Jack victory for, in January 1938, he was killed relatively safe fun – but you’re left in no real
Shuttleworth, driving an Alfa Romeo, the while attempting to set new speed records on doubt who’s the boss… It’s just how a great
second, a year later, by 24-year-old up and the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn. sports car should feel.
coming British driver Dick Seaman, who Under the ownership of Tom Wheatcroft, From Donington Park circuit, our route then
shared an Alfa Romeo 8C with Hans Ruesch. the museum at Donington used to contain an took us down the A42 and onto the M42
In 1937, interest in European motor racing Auto Union but, sadly, that has now been motorway where the GTS settled down to a
Donington Grand peaked following the signing of Seaman by sold. However, there is a Rothmans- steady 70-75mph cruise with the rest of the
Prix Collection the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team. The sponsored Prodrive 911SCRS and a number afternoon traffic. Onwards then to the M5
contains a lot more level of public interest in this move led Craner of Porsche-designed WWII military vehicles, south, junction 5, Droitwich – or more
than just GP cars – to invite the two big German teams – including three Schwimmwagen and a similar accurately for our purposes, Droitwich Spa,
it’s a great day out. Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union – to race at number of Kübelwagen, plus a military Beetle home of Chateau Impney.
Whether a 991 GTS
will ever find its way Donington. It would be the first time the famed and a pre-war chassis. Also of interest is a This unlikely-looking building in the style of
into the collection Silver Arrows appeared on British soil. huge Porsche-designed Steyr a typical French chateau was built in the 19th
remains to be seen… Mercedes-Benz sent no fewer than five of Kommandeurwagen. century and was once the home of
industrialist John Corbett, who made his
fortune through salt mining. Since 1925, it has
been a hotel, its 106 bedrooms
accommodating visitors to the many
conferences held there. More importantly,
though, this is the location of the first official
meeting place of the Porsche Club Great
Britain (PCGB).
The story of how PCGB came to be has
been told in this magazine in the past, but to
summarise, it came about following separate
discussions between Porsche’s overseas PR
manager, Roger Halliday, and two UK
enthusiasts, Jeff May and Arthur Sheffield.
Halliday suggested that May and Sheffield put
their heads together and start a UK-based
club for Porsche owners.
They placed an advert in Autosport
magazine to publicise a meeting at the Grand
Hotel in Birmingham in an attempt to bring
together other Porsche owners. Unfortunately,
the magazine wasn’t published until the same
day as the proposed meeting, so the impact
of any advertising was lost.
Just nine people turned up, and it was
decided to give it a go by organising another
gathering, which is recorded as being the first
official meeting of what was to become PCGB

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GTS ON
TOUR

– at Chateau Impney on Sunday 22nd Haig eventually turned to Porsche, with the Centre Reading, also home of Porsche Cars Chateau Impney at
October 1961. Today, just inside the main purchase of a 1951 ‘Pre-A’ coupé, registration Great Britain. The end of the road for us, and Droitwich Spa was
entrance, a small engraved plaque records number UUW 14, which was later to be joined the return to a warm, dry garage for the GTS. the setting for the
first official meeting
this momentous occasion. by a 1958 356A Super, about which she was After 780 or so miles over the two days, of Porsche Club Great
Many of the club’s meetings were informal, quoted as saying ‘(it’s) the best they built; we’d managed to average just under 29mpg, Britain, which was
with local groups meeting at various pubs, later ones are rather spoilt’. Her interest in at an average speed of, well, let’s not bother held in October 1961
including the Coach & Horses in Kew Green, Porsches led to the offer of Shellingford about that. It was, how shall we say, not very – a plaque in
west London, and the nearby Pope’s Grotto in House as a meeting place, with many of the high. But you can’t argue with the mileage – reception celebrates
luminaries of PCGB regularly attending that’s about double what you might expect to the occasion
Twickenham (now the Alexander Pope Hotel).
But one of the most memorable meeting gatherings in the courtyard of this wonderful get out of a ’73 911S if driven in a spirited
places was Shellingford House near Cotswold house. manner. Fuel-injection technology sure has
Faringdon, Oxfordshire. This was the home of From Shellingford, our route took us back changed, as have chassis dynamics, brakes,
famous racing and rally driver Betty Haig and to the current HQ of PCGB, Cornbury House trim quality and – dare we say it? – levels of
her partner Barbara Marshall. in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. By the performance and overall sophistication.
Betty Haig was the grand niece of Field early 1980s, membership had reached such a Try as we might, it is practically impossible
Marshall, the Earl of Haig, and part of the level that it was deemed necessary to buy a to make a direct comparison between the old
famous whisky distilling family. She had an property from which the club could be run in and the new. The difference is chalk and
amazing career, riding horses and an efficient manner. Ayton House in cheese. Neither car (a 1970s 911 or the 991)
motorcycles from her early teenage, before Northleach, Glos, was the chosen location but is ‘better’ – they are different tools to do a
venturing onto four-wheels with a worn-out barely a decade on, it was becoming clear different job. Back in the day, though, the 2.4
1922 ABC saloon. Numerous other cars that the club had outgrown even this property. 911S was, in many ways, the equivalent of
passed through her hands, including MGs, In 1996, PCGB moved to its current the new GTS, and as such was superior to its
Morgans, Singers and an Aston Martin. She location at Moreton-in-Marsh, more lesser siblings – just as, to my way of
drove these cars in rallies before the war and specifically a modern three-storey building on thinking, the two-wheel-drive GTS is a cut
then, after, purchased a BMW 328, which she a small business park on the outskirts of this above the average 991. If such a word can
drove with measurable success. picturesque town. By 2001, the building – be used to describe a modern Porsche… Below, left to right:
Many other cars came and went, including Cornbury House – was fully up and running To make a better future, you have to look Shellingford House
was venue for Porsche
a V12 Ferrari in which she won the Coupe and continues to this day as the nerve centre back to the past. Looking at the GTS, one Club gatherings. Eric
des Dames at the 1951 Le Mans 24 hour of the largest officially recognised Porsche can’t help but think Porsche’s engineers might Studer’s Carrera
race. Incidentally, Haig’s future partner, club in Europe. have gained some inspiration from the Speedster joined the
Barbara Marshall, acted as a mechanic for From the Cotswolds, we headed back on ‘classics’ of old. Put the driver first, but resist fun; Prodrive-
the Ferrari team at this event – this was the A44 across towards Oxford, then down taking things to the extreme. After all, not prepped 911SCRS is
on display at
almost certainly the first (only?) time Enzo the A34 to once again join the M4, this time at everyone wants to drive something as Donington; Seume
Ferrari employed a female mechanic to look Chievely, after which it was but a short blast uncompromising as a GT3 – or, come to that, clearly feeling the
after his precious cars. to Junction 12 and the turn-off for Porsche a race-ready 2.8 RSR. PW cold on the M42

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2007 - 997 TURBO COUPE TIPTRONIC (BASALT BLACK) 47,000 Miles Full Grey Leather Interior, Carrera 2S (Widebody Specification), Manual (6 Speed) 'VARIORAM',
Black Leather int, Sports Chrono, PASM/PSM/PCM-Sat Nav, Telephone, Sports & Heated Sport Seats, Electric Mirrors, Original Porsche Stereo and CD player, Sunroof, Air Conditioning, 1998 – FERRARI 550 MARANELLO COUPE MANUAL (SILVER) 53,000 Miles.
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Black Lther Intr, PSM/PASM/PCM-Sat Nav/Telephone, Chrono Pack, Sports Exhausts, 18" Turbo Alloys, Turbo Spoiler, Fully Documented Service History Tonnau Cover, AC, R/Parking Sensors, Electric Windows & Mirrors, 18' Ferrari 355 Alloys,
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2008 - 997 C4S COUPE TIPTRONIC (SPEED YELLOW) 26,000 Miles 1994 - 993 C2 COUPE TIPTRONIC (BLACK) 99,000 MILES 1991 - AC COBRA LIGHTWEIGHT (BLACK METALLIC) 5,000 Miles.
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Three 911 GT3s turned out for this year’s Monte Carlo
Rally in the FIA’s new R-GT class. We followed the winning
Tuthill entry, driven by rally legend Francois Delecour
and the second and third placed GT3s of Romain
Dumas and Marc Duez
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M
onte Carlo: the glittering
Mediterranean enclave
famous for many reasons.
Of course, the fabled Man
Who Broke the Bank at
the Casino never did so, but clever types
have wiped-out a few croupiers’ chips in
their time. Then there’s the super-yachts in
the harbour and all the glitzy bits, but
although this tax haven for the mega-rich
may have been founded on piracy, its name
is etched into the annals of motor sport.
Take the challengingly compact Monaco
Grand Prix. Grid position, start
performance, absolute driving precision –
and grandes cojones – are crucial to a win.
All demanding massive talent and
commitment.
Similar attributes – plus much more – are
needed for success on the equally famous
Monte Carlo Rally.
Monaco might be on the shores of the
Med but the [Monte Carlo Rally] rally is
battled-out in the French Alps to the north.
In January, when the cols – mountain
passes – are subject to meteorological
changes within minutes.
A dry Tarmac surface on a stage running
up the southern side of a col can become
full snow at the top, becoming serious ice
cover on the north side down. Thus,
succeeding on ‘the Monte’ demands high-
level weather intelligence and clever tyre
choice tactics. Which can only come from
years of experience of the event. And
supreme driving talent.
One driver who holds a full complement
of these attributes is affable Frenchman,
François Delecour. His Monte career tally is
impressive: it was his first-ever WRC rally in
1984, his first WRC DNF in 1986; he scored
his first WRC point on the event in 1990,
won his first WRC stage on the 1991
Monte, on which he also first led a WRC
rally – oh, and he won the Monte outright in
1994, driving a Ford Escort RS Cosworth.
Of the 17 Monte Carlo Rallies he’s
contested so far, Delecour has stood on the
– outright winner’s – podium five times and
placed fourth overall twice. He reckons the
Monte is the most difficult WRC event for a
driver. He should know.
François is a big-time Porsche fan who
rates the marque as a creator of racing and
rally cars holding muster above most
manufacturers. Not least because of his
earliest rallying impressions as a lad
watching Björn Waldegård and Jean-Pierre
Nicolas blast the Alpine stages to Monte
victories in 911s.
He didn’t witness ‘Quick Vic’ Elford’s
famous first Monte Carlo win for the 911 in
1968 though: François was five-years-old at
the time. Now 52, the Frenchman secured
his dream deal for 2015 last January, just in
time for the Monte Carlo Rally. This year the
FIA is running its first R-GT Cup over five
rallies: Monte Carlo, Ypres, Valais and
Corsica, and Delecour is contesting the Cup
in Tuthill Porsche’s Visit Romania-backed
Gen 2 997 GT3.
Before this year’s Monte François was
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incredible opportunity to do this are met. To keep the playing field level each
championship. All of the rallies are great, car is taken on its own merit and various
but the Monte will be the most difficult. It’s levels of individual performance restrictions
very important that we win this one. It is are applied to that specific car.
fantastic to be driving this car again, this is
my rally, the Monte, and to be here in a MASTERING MONTE
Porsche 911 is the dream for me. This will
be a very, very difficult rally for this car. The While each is a gentleman in his own right,
Porsche is quite wide and some of these the three R-GT drivers lined-up for the 2015
stages are narrow and tricky and, of course, Monte were most definitely not amateurs.
we won’t have the same grip as the four- There was Monte winner Delecour; Le
wheel drive cars.” Mans winner and current works World
All true of course. But none of it stopped Endurance Championship works Porsche
M. Delecour storming to victory on this first driver Romain Dumas, and then Marc Duez,
rally of the inaugural 2015 R-GT Cup. a fun-loving Belgian with massive
The background to R-GT was explained experience in rallying and at Le Mans as a
in the December 2014 issue of 911&PW professional driver. All three were entered in
which detailed Delecour’s first outing in the 911 GT3s – of differing varieties.
Tuthill car on the 2014 Rallye de France in Delecour’s Tuthill Porsche car was the
Alsace. The FIA created the category in 3.8-litre 997 GT3 he pedalled in Alsace,
2011 to enable ‘grand touring’ sports cars to wrapped in Romanian national flag-inspired
go rallying at up to World Rally livery, while Dumas – befitting a works
Championship level. While historic rallying Porsche racer – was driving his rare (600-
still sees sports cars such as the 911 and off) 4.0-litre 997 GT3 RS 4.0, prepared and
Lancia Stratos, until R-GT appeared current run by Romain’s own private company, RD
GT cars, such as Porsches, Aston Martins Limited. Respectfully, Romain decided that
and Nissan 350Zs have rallied only on for the first round of the R-GT Cup his
national category events in Europe. Porsche would carry the same colours as
The FIA’s R-GT initiative aims to attract Björn Waldegård’s 1970 Monte-winning
‘gentlemen’ drivers to an ‘affordable’ level of 911S, explaining: “He passed away last
having fun in rallying and, as such the summer and it’s a humble homage that we
technical regulations are written to ensure wanted to do for a great champion.”
these two-wheel drive cars, with a strong Duez was the first driver of an R-GT
performance potential, particularly on dry car on the Monte-Carlo Rally when he
Tarmac, are not a threat to cars in the entered Carlo Mylle’s 996 GT3 in 2014.
existing top rallying groups, such as the Sadly that event ended with mechanical
four-wheel drive turbocharged World Rally woes at the 11th time control, but Marc
Cars. The Lotus Exige was the first R-GT to was back this year in the same car,
be homologated in July 2012. Other GT determined to deploy his flamboyant driving
manufacturers showed little interest in the style again; fully entertain spectators once
category however, although there was more and get to the finish this time. Which
much interest in R-GT from private motor he did, third in R-GT.
sport preparation firms. To account for this The Monte Carlo Rally is unique, in many
and enable R-GT to take-off the eligibility ways; not least for its administration. The
criteria were revised. Tuthill car’s due scrutineering time was
Today’s R-GT cars are each homologated 17:30. The team made sure the car was
individually. This is achieved through an FIA there early, looking forward to carrying-on
Technical Passport, applied for by a with the necessary preparation jobs back
particular car’s preparation firm or owner in service before dinner. There was nothing
and awarded when the FIA is satisfied the wrong with the car: five hours later it
car’s safety and performance requirements passed scrutineering... the team just

Left: Porsche Works made it to the hotel before the restaurant

driver, Romain shut. “Yeah, it was a late one on Thursday
Dumas, in 4-litre night,” said Tuthill’s R-GT technical boss
GT3 RS. This was Graham Moore.
Dumas’s first time on
the Monte Carlo rally Both Tuthill Porsche and Dumas’s RD
and he arrived Limited had equipped their cars for the
straight from the event with removable rear windows to
Dakar Rally enable a spare wheel and tyre to be
installed in the back; hence the possibility of
carrying two spares (one in the front).
During the, night-time, run up from Monaco
after the rally’s ceremonial start there was a
tyre-fitting zone at Puget Théniers before
two stages en route to Gap.
In concert with the unique nature of the
Monte and some of its administration, it was
forbidden for team personnel to be present
within a one-kilometre radius of Puget. This
meant it was up to the drivers and co-
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It’s very important that

we win this one. It’s
fantastic to be driving
this car again. This is
my rally: Francois
Delecour

choose five or six tyres from three piles of extremely late, official FIA approval to use it guys, yeah; no problem.’ So we got the Above: The snow
wheel/tyre assemblies transported up there on the event. Before flying directly to verbal agreement – obviously following it up held no fear for
Tuthill driver,
by Michelin (all the R-GT runners opted for Monaco for the start, team boss Richard with a written one – so, bang, she went in: Francois Delecour.
the French rubber), ‘whip off’ the old ones Tuthill was in the UK; in almost constant the gearbox went in. Great to see a
and fit the new ones – in the dark. Then the contact with the FIA on this issue. “I don’t know the exact time the ’box went Porsche mixing it on
tyres were inspected by officials before Then, during the pre-rally shakedown, in, but it was the wrong side of midnight. It the ‘modern’ Monte
heading off to the first of the two night came the message; ‘If you can get was a late one for us – which we didn’t
stages. During this process someone forgot permission from the other Porsche drivers need: it was one of those things: it would
to secure the rear window clips on on the rally then we have no objection to have been [earlier] but then we had to
Delecour’s car; that’s how François lost his you running the gearbox.’ François had just load the car to take it down to Monte-Carlo,
rear window. The replacement the next day completed 180km of testing with the Tuthill so it was quite late. So, all good; it’s in:
was secured with bonnet pins... car and, as Graham Moore half-joked: “He François is happy.”
To better suit asphalt rallying and the wore the car out; we’ve got to rebuild it It was tight timing for Dumas too, but for
unique nature of the Monte, Graham Moore now!” So Delecour didn’t do the different reasons. Retiring his buggy from
came up with a shorter set of gearbox shakedown, but the other two Porsches did the Dakar Rally earlier in January with a
ratios, selected from the parts bin of a and Moore had to wait for them to return: broken gearbox was his first experience of
manufacturer of the racing GT3 Cup gears. “So it’s nine o-clock at night and the a rally-raid. He tested the 4-litre 997 GT3
On the eve of the event this ’box was ready, gearbox has been sat on the floor for five RS in December because he just had time
built, tested – and sitting on the floor at the hours – great! Eventually we saw Marc to travel straight from the Dakar dunes to a
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first-ever drive on this event; the most twin-plate unit, which the FIA had approved. problem getting the clutch out – whether it's It may look easy in
difficult rally for drivers. For safety the team decided to change this stuck on the splines or if there’s some these here pics, but
the Monte Carlo Rally
Ending the shakedown at the end of a during the 45m service on Friday night problem we haven’t had getting the gearbox is one of the toughest
tow rope wasn’t an ideal beginning, but the before SS9 and 10. out then we are doomed.” on the calendar. A
Dumas GT3 RS’s engine electrical glitch The clutch had not failed, but Delecour For SS9 and SS10 the team had mid event clutch
was fixed before the proper Monte start, has a reputation of being ‘a bit of an animal’ gambled on using 11in wide tyres on the change could have
and Romain played himself-in carefully. on clutches; as Tuthill Porsche’s Principal rear instead of 9in. Each tyre had a super- altered the outcome,
while a smart tyre
Delecour, however, simply blitzed him by explained: “We did have an issue with the soft compound, with the usual 9in wide choice put Deleclour
1m 23s on the 21.31km of the first stage clutch so we had to check it half way tyres for the front. No worries for François – out of the reach of
from Entrevaux to Rouaine. through the rally and, credit to the boys; he took nearly 42s out of Dumas on SS10: second-placed Dumas
Richard Tuthill explains that from then on: 45m is not much time for this car – we “He absolutely nailed him,” explains Richard
“It was all about tyre choice and managing know it can be changed on World Rally Tuthill: “It was a huge time to have off him –
a lead.” Although the Tuthill boss makes Cars in 10m; on our historic rally cars [911s] he just caught everybody napping and did
something of an understatement when he I think 17m is our record. But these things perhaps what you would expect; he was
says: “From our point of view it was pretty [GT3s] are not easy and you’re always used to the conditions and just nailed it.”
plain sailing,” all things are relative! But, worried about it, so they did a brilliant job During the rally Romain Dumas was
indeed the team’s one worry came on the and we sent the car back into parc fermé plagued with a mysterious problem: stalling
Saturday. Spectator congestion had caused on the Friday night and we had to fit the the engine on handbrake actuation when
SS9 to be cancelled and, at 51.70km, SS10 guards and do a few tidy-up jobs in the negotiating hairpins. While the mechanical
was the longest stage of the rally; also morning. But we got in on our time and it sequential gearbox-equipped Tuthill car had
featuring an extremely tricky icy uphill was a hell of an effort; a good effort really.” no such difficulties, Romain posited it’s
section. On the rally, just before that service, likely the advanced electronics in his RS
There was another worry too. After Graham Moore added perspective: “All we gear shift system was the cause of his
multiple failures of the Tuthill GT3’s triple- can do is fit a new one, but again... if you problems. Indeed, the stalling wasn’t really
plate clutch in Alsace, Graham Moore came don’t have a problem getting the clutch off the problem; getting the engine re-started
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Sometimes I question
the wheel; I take my
hands off the wheel and
say: ‘Now tell me where
to go’

knowing the specific root cause Graham Above: Marc Duez

Moore had his technical theories on this; might not have been
and some pragmatic ones: “I think François able to keep pace
with Delecour and
is more like an acrobat; more like a rally Dumas in his older
driver. Yesterday it was fantastic the way he 996 GT3, but he won
explained: he said; ‘Sometimes I question over the crowds with
the wheel; I take my hands off the wheel his exuberant
and say; ‘Now, tell me where to go’”! sideways style.
Right: French rally
Before SS10 the contest between
legend, Francois
Delecour and Dumas had been pretty close, Delecour, is a five
but that 42s made a big difference: “That time winner of the
was brilliant. We kept trying to say to him Monte Carlo Rally
[Delecour]; ‘Just slow down’ – but he
wouldn’t really,” says Tuthill Porsche’s
principal, adding: “And even on the last day
it was much the same. We left Monte-Carlo
for the three stages and on narrow tyres all-
round with soft rears and super-soft on the
front and a super-soft spare; we only went
with five tyres.”
Tuthill: “And then Dumas went out
with one spare, but he went out with wide
tyres [9in front, 11in rear]. So then we were
like, ‘Oh Bloody Hell, he could have the
upper hand.’
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Left: A winning team:

Francois Delecour
and co-driver,
Dominique
Savignoni, posing by
car and on the
winners’
ramp/rostrum

worked out that he had to take a massive cars which most often require a rebuild progress all the way to the end of the
chunk out of us on every stage, which was between events. event, thrilling rally fans every time his car

“ ”
pretty much impossible. On the first stage And it won R-GT on the Monte; which all came into view.
he took seven seconds off us, so we the team thoroughly enjoyed doing. Not After SS12, Sisteron Marc noted: “I drift
relaxed then; we thought there was no way least its driver: “It was a dream just to come more than I pilot, the spectators must be
he’ll come back from there. And then in the here and to drive this car – but to win is delighted. It is a typical Monte Carlo and as
next stage, [the famous] Turini François even better. It’s the real dream! The car usual we have to make compromises for
beat him by four seconds.” was fantastic. OK, it was sometimes a the tyre choice.” Richard Tuthill is full of
After the event Richard Tuthill was full of challenge with the tyres in the ice, but we praise for the Belgian’s talents: “It’s
thankful praise for the permission from the won,” said a massively happy François. beautiful some of the stuff he does – but no
other Porsche teams: “We were running Richard Tuthill: “An overall Porsche win is disrespect to Marc, it’s clearly not quick. But
with the blessing of Duez and Dumas with no longer possible in the modern World I tell you what, it takes a lot of
the gear ratios. It’s very very reassuring to Rally Championship, but we treasure this understanding to drive a Porsche like that
see that sport still exists, and it fills me with win just as much. Fighting equally and I take my hat off to him.”
pleasure that I can ring up these guys and committed competitors in capable cars And, even though Romain Dumas is a
can say; ‘Look, we’re in a bit of trouble.’ right to the finish was incredible. This works Porsche racing driver, 15 years

I drift more than I pilot, the spectators

must be delighted: Marc Duez
And they do the right thing. year’s Monte Carlo Rally showed just how younger than Monte-man Delecour; to have No doubt about it,
“We just wish that some others in the exciting R-GT rallying can be with more finished his first-ever Monte, never mind Tuthill’s R-GT season
sport would take a more sensible attitude.” cars taking part.” just under three minutes behind François, is has got off to a dream
start. The whole R-
So far Tuthill Porsche’s Gen 2 GT3 Incurring a 50s penalty for being late into an accolade indeed. And he scored 18 R- GT class could do
Cup R-GT rally car has finished three the time control before SS10 after smacking GT points to Delecour’s 25, while the feisty with some more
WRC rallies – Germany, France and the rear of his 996 during a spin on SS8, Belgian netted 15 points. competition though.
Monte Carlo... and was just cleaned-up Marc Duez consistently complained of R-GT; a breath of fantastically Imagine Porsche v
and inspected between rallies, requiring losing most of his tyre studs. Which was not spectacular fresh air for rallying – and for Ferrari v Audi,
Lamborghini etc on
no major new parts or assemblies. surprising as he maintained his Porsches. So come on Porsche – how rallies? It would
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The early WW2 years found controversy over the responsibilities of the giant factory almost

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completed for Adolf Hitler’s pet ‘Volkswagen’ project. Soon however it geared up to
contribute to equipping the Third Reich’s military. In this extract from Karl Ludvigsen’s new
book, we look at Ferdinand Porsche’s war years
n a typically lurid swastika-
bedecked Nazi ceremony Adolf Above: Among the
Hitler laid the foundation stone for hand-built prototypes
the Volkswagen factory on 26 May of the 1938-model
1938. A vast works was to be KdF-Wagen – as it
constructed at Fallersleben, near Hanover, was officially named
– on hand at the
on the east-west Mittelland Canal. To show cornerstone laying,
his appreciation for what Porsche was well was a cabriolet. Adolf
on the way to achieving, the Führer Hitler tried it for size,
authorised a bonus payment to him from his with Porsche’s
‘Disposition’ fund under the administration encouragement.
Right: Repair and
of the chief of staff of his chancellery, Hans
production of the
Lammers. Porsche’s 1938 bonus was the Junkers Ju 88
not-inconsiderable sum of RM600,000, the became the KdF-
equivalent of $240,000. Werke’s staple
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months after the laying of its foundation

stone, the mammoth new KdF-Werke at
Fallersleben came to life. Ferdinand
Porsche personally turned the huge valve,
the size of a massive steering wheel, that
initiated power and heat generation by one
of its coal-fed Borsig turbines. It seemed
that completion of the plant and its workers’
city could continue unabated in spite of the
outbreak of war. Italian labourers borrowed
from Mussolini were building them; they
would not be called up by Germany.
But higher priorities intruded.
Construction was being accelerated on
Germany’s West Wall, on Hitler’s
transformation of Berlin into a capital city
for the new Greater Germany and on
facilities dedicated to war material. The
allocation of raw materials came under the
control of the General Construction
Inspectorate (GBI) headed by Albert Speer,
the Reich’s fast-rising technocrat. Although
close to Hitler, Speer did not possess the
easy intimacy with the dictator that
Ferdinand Porsche enjoyed.
The huge plant’s priority would
rise if it were a designated war-production
site. Opinions differed sharply over the
merits of this. Some in the government’s
Economics Ministry thought such a colossal
factory could hardly be overlooked in time
of war. This was the view of Colonel
Thomas who, said Reinhard Osteroth, at a
January 1938 meeting stated his view ‘that
in any case the factory’s size and
significance make it important to the war
effort and must be exploited.’ Others,
viewing it from the military-ordnance
standpoint, saw Fallersleben as a plant
dedicated and equipped for civilian
production that was and would remain
unsuitable for wartime use.
Recognising the risk that the latter view
posed to the near-term future of their
factory, Porsche and his colleagues
suggested as early as November 1938 that
parts of it – preferably parts yet to be built –
should be used to produce aircraft engines,
propellers, vehicle engines of 200 to 300
horsepower and electrical equipment for the
Army and Luftwaffe. This view was
supported by Erhard Milch, deputy of
Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering for
production. Discussions to this end went so
well late in 1938 that on 4 January 1939
Goering named Porsche a
Wehrwirtschaftsführer, a Leader of the
Defence Economy.
In its ambitions Fallersleben’s managers
were supported by the Luftwaffe’s technical by the Reich. In 1935-36 the Kronenstrasse ends, the supercharged and fuel-injected The latest book from
procurement office, which was headed by produced two impressive studies for water- Type 70 X-32 was forecast to produce renowned Porsche
historian, Karl
World War I ace and Porsche ally Ernst cooled aero engines that betrayed a close 1,040bhp at 4,100rpm – fast for an aero Ludvigsen,
Udet. Udet was already co-operating with relationship to the Auto Union Grand Prix engine – geared down to drive the propeller concentrates on
Porsche by approving his use of the car’s successful V16. at 1,700rpm. Ferdinand Porsche’s
advanced and ultra-secret twelve-cylinder One concept, the Type 70, disposed of No less ambitious in its way was engineering work for
Mercedes DB 603 aero engine in a World 17.9-litres in 32 cylinders deployed X- Porsche’s Type 72, another 1935 design. the German war
effort from the turn
Land Speed Record car that Porsche was fashion from a central crankshaft running in Although having half the number of of the 20th Century
designing for Daimler-Benz. nine plain main bearings. Top and bottom cylinders of the Type 70 it had more swept to the post WW2
A few years earlier the Porsche office pairs of eight-cylinder banks were at a 45- volume at 19.7-litres and was expected to years. It’s fascinating
had already knocked on Udet’s door with degree vee, above each of which was a produce 900bhp at 3,700rpm. Its roller- stuff, as we’re sure
aero-engine design ideas. Having already single shaft-driven camshaft operating bearing bottom end required the use of a you’ll agree from this
Hirth demountable crankshaft. Mounted excerpt. Available
pioneered important advances in aero- overhead valves through pushrods and
from pen-and-
engine design, Ferdinand Porsche rockers exactly as in the Auto Union. inverted, the V16 was to have the unusual sword.co.uk
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In Sept 1939 Hermann Goering decreed
Viewed from its

that the VW works be placed at disposal

powerhouse at
completion in 1940,

of the Luftwaffe
the KdF-Werke was
an awesome sight. In
this, the first of three
projected stages, the
plant would have 2.2
million square feet of
production area

Far left: From left to

right: Ernst Heinkel,
Willy Messerschmitt,
Ferdinand Porsche –
getting a Hitler
handshake – and
Fritz Todt were
congratulated on
their receipt of the
German National
Prize at Nuremberg.
Above left: August
1939, Ferdinand
Porsche watches
relevant gauge as he
opens the valve that
feeds steam to one
KdF Werke’s power-
generating turbines.
Left: Laying the
cornerstone for
the VW factory in
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pushrods again drove inclined overhead

valves from a single shaft-driven camshaft.
Its reduction gear would give propeller
speeds of 1,500 to 1,700rpm.
Porsche recommended building twin- and
four-cylinder test engines, its Types 73 and
71, to validate these designs for the
German Aviation Experimental
Establishment (DVL) that commissioned
these studies. His hopes that the DVL
would carry them through to fruition were
reflected by that entity’s explicit permission
to work with Porsche as granted by his
consulting contract with Daimler-Benz.
However the DBAG, BMW and Junkers
had the inside track in the supply of aero
engines of their own designs to the
Third Reich.
In spite of positive noises from the
Luftwaffe in 1938 and ’39 Porsche’s engine-
design initiatives were not progressed, in
part because the Reich Ministry of Labour
was not prepared to allocate the workforce
needed for their manufacture. However the
KdF-Werke could easily be making the
engines of others. In fact this was the view
of Junkers chief Heinrich Koppenberg,
whose Junkers Flugzeug-und
Motorenwerke AG was based in Dessau, at
the southern apex of a triangle whose
northern tips are Berlin and Fallersleben.
At first Koppenberg made an outright
grab for the Volkswagen factory-in-embryo.
Hitler asked him for a monthly production of
300 twin-engined Ju 88 fighter-bombers;
Koppenberg would seize production
capacity where he could find it. But with a
little help from their friends, including Georg
Thomas and Ernst Udet, the Porsches and
Anton Piëch managed to ward off this
thrust. Instead they inveigled to be identified Top: An X
as a valid supplier to the aviation industry, configuration was
a much more advantageous business chosen for the four
eight-cylinder banks
position that preserved the economic
of Porsche’s 1935
integrity of the factory. Type 70 proposal to
On 18 September 1939 Hermann the Luftwaffe. Its 17.9
Goering decreed that ‘for the carrying supercharged litres
through of the Ju 88 program, including the were forecast to
bomb production associated with it, the VW deliver more than
1000bhp. Middle: As
works is to be placed at the disposal of the their Type 147 the
Luftwaffe.’ By March of 1940, however, Porsche team laid out
Porsche and Lafferentz were complaining to this robust four-
Albert Speer that almost half a year had wheel driven chassis
passed since they had made their factory for Steyr in 1941
‘comprehensively available’ to the Luftwaffe
which, frustratingly, had failed to place any
firm orders with them.
These were practical problems for the
plant’s managers. Although Robert Ley’s
DAF and its BdA bank were cheerfully
carrying the cost of building and maintaining
the works, the factory’s need to start
generating compensating cash flow by
booking production orders was intensifying
by the week. The KdF-Werke partners Left: Designed to run
wanted to take every step possible to inverted, Porsche’s
ensure that their plant would be completed Type 72 V16 of 1935
and equipped so that car production could resembled the Auto
begin as soon as peace was declared. Union engine in
In the summer of 1940 the general sense operating all its
valves by pushrods
in Germany was that the war would soon be and rocker arms from
over. Surely the British and French would a single camshaft.
see the logic of reaching accommodations 900bhp was expected
with Hitler, who had already signed a from its 19.7-litres

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In charge of technical surprising non-aggression pact with the
procurement for the Soviet Union. Austria’s Steyr, in fact, was
Luftwaffe, Great War already preparing new cars for its post-war
super-ace, with 62 market with the help of Ferdinand Porsche
confirmed kills, Ernst
Udet supported and his designers. Although the new Steyr
Porsche’s initiatives, 70’s water-cooled V8 engine was the work
but could not force of the company’s Oscar Hacker, Porsche’s
approval of the team designed its platform frame and all-
engineer’s proposals independent suspension.
for aero-engine
designs
Also folded into the projects assigned to
Porsche on 12 July 1940 was the design of
two truck chassis for Steyr, the Model 170
with rear-wheel drive and 270 with four-
wheel drive for military use. Both laid out by
early 1941, the first was Porsche’s Type

“ ”
146 and the second its Type 147. Porsche
also tackled the conversion of Steyr’s V8 to
air cooling, using a pair of blowers above
the central vee. Pushrod-operated inclined
overhead valves gave the 3.5-litre engine
peak power of 85bhp at 3,000rpm. A 2.0-
litre, four-cylinder version of the engine
was also created.
A rectangular-section tubular frame was
at the heart of the Steyr 270. While rear
suspension was conventional, with a leaf-
sprung live axle, springing at the front was
independent, using the enclosed drive half-
shafts as the lower wishbone arms. Long

Such was Porsche’s

reputation by now,
that speculation was
rife abroad about his
next contribution
torsion bars extended back from the upper
suspension arms in an innovative layout.
Behind its transmission a transfer box with
centre differential distributed the drive to
all four wheels.
The result, a versatile machine with 1.5-
ton capacity uprated to 2.0 tons in 1944,
was ranked by the HWA as its Standard
Chassis II for heavy vehicles. Bodied to
take on many tasks, it served as a
maintenance truck, searchlight carrier,
telephone truck, personnel car, ambulance,
reconnaissance car and support for flak
Middle far left:
Austria’s Steyr, by units. More than 21,000 left the Steyr
1940 part of factories to serve with the Wehrmacht.
Hermann Goering’s As for the Steyr 70 passenger car,
industrial empire, it was stillborn because peace had not
commissioned broken out after all. Instead, production for
Porsche to design
both cars and trucks. the war was accelerated during 1940. Some
Middle left: Porsche of that commerce came to Porsche’s
in civvies joined his Fallersleben factory. By February output
Führer for the was under way of wooden 300-litre drop
ceremonies upon the tanks for aircraft, ironic in view of the plant’s
May 1938
cornerstone-laying at
first-class sheet-metal-working facilities. In
Fallersleben. Bottom March Fallersleben started making 550-
left: The mood was pound bombs.
jovial at the laying of September 1940 saw generous
the VW factory’s recognition of the amazing career of
cornerstone, as Hitler Ferdinand Porsche on the occasion of
tried the Beetle’s rear
seating. Robert Ley his 65th birthday. Readers of leading
and Porsche were the journals were reminded that, three days
most prominent of after his 63rd birthday, on 6 September
those behind him 1938, Porsche was a guest at the Nazis’

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annual Nuremberg celebrations, together The Porsche-

with Willy Messerschmitt, Fritz Todt and engineered Steyr 270
Ernst Heinkel. All received from the hand was designated a
standard Chassis II
of Adolf Hitler the German National Prize, by the army and by
recognition of the highest order in the Third 1944 was rated at a
Reich. 1940 brought another honour, the two-ton capacity. The
title of professor at Stuttgart’s Technical Austrian-built vehicle
University. was a purposeful
machine of great
In mid-1940 Junkers finally placed some versatility. Middle: At
bigger orders with Fallersleben. The factory the Nazi party’s
became a key site for the repair of Nuremberg
damaged Junkers Ju 88 aircraft; throughout celebrations on Sept
the war this remained its largest single task. 6 1938, Germany’s
A special workshop was opened in a hangar highest civil honour,
its National Prize,
at the nearby Braunschweig Airport, where was awarded to
the plant’s auto-production experts set up a Ferdinand Porsche
dismantling/assembly line to speed Ju 88
refurbishment.
Phased in as well was the manufacture
of new wings, tail assemblies and stabilisers
for the Ju 88 and most of the components
for the new Junkers Ju 188, whose fuselage
was made by Opel. This was a substantial
and ongoing contract to mid-1944, when the
plant began producing the major parts of
the Ju 388 as well. Other KdF-Werke
products were torpedo hulls and portable
furnaces – of these one and a half million
went to warm Germany’s troops in the
Russian winter.
A burst of business came in the autumn
of 1940 from the production of ‘swimmer’
kits for tanks that allowed them to float and
power themselves across rivers and
estuaries. Of obvious value for an invasion
of Britain, these also loomed large in the
program for 1941. From May this would be
overseen by Anton Piëch, who took over
from Otto Dyckhoff as the works manager.
The ambitious Piëch accelerated efforts to
bring more business to the plant, with the
result that engine parts began to be
machined for the Junkers Dessau works.
Teller mines were produced in high volume
in Hall 1, which had originally been set up
as the tool and die shop.
Such was Porsche’s reputation by now
that speculation was rife abroad about his
next contribution to Germany’s war effort.
His relationship with Junkers led to Britain’s
Sunday Post of 4 January 1942 revealing
‘the silent bomber which Dr. Ferdinand
Porsche claims to have invented at the
Junkers branch factory near Leipzig.’
Porsche’s public profile was proving to be
as much a war-winning weapon for Josef
Goebbels, and his pantheon of wonder
weapons, as it was for the expansionist
ambitions of Adolf Hitler.
In December of 1941 Porsche received
the news from Fallersleben that all
construction work on his vast factory had
stopped. The same applied to the adjoining
company town, the KdF-Stadt, on the south
side of the Mittelland Canal. That month
also witnessed the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor after which Hitler Every bit as awesome
unaccountably declared war on the United as a set for the movie
States. December 1941 saw him arrogate Metropolis, this was
the function of Commander-in-Chief of the the vast heavy-press
Army. His new role found the Führer taking hall at Fallersleben. It
was put to work on
a more direct personal interest in the the fashioning of
technical development of armaments. stampings for the
Here Porsche would have an important production of a wide
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This month we look at how to fix a Tiptronic
gearbox leak, without resorting to buying a
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Winter doesn’t hold back the 911&PW fleet.
Brett’s Boxster gets new Michelins, while
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set up and new Yokos. John Glynn’s
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Technically, and certainly morally, your 996’s or 997’s Tiptronic automatic transmission should leak
not even a hint of oil. Chances are, though, that either it does already or else it pretty soon will. Live
with it or fix it? If the latter, when and how? Can you do the relevant work yourself? And how much
to have a professional tackle it for you? These and other vital questions answered by Chris Horton
Photographs by the author
Our thanks to
Sid Malik (pictured)
at Porsche-Torque
in Uxbridge for his
assistance during the
preparation of this
story. Call Sid on
01895 814446 or
go to www.porsche-
torque.co.uk if you
would like him to do
this or any other
work on your own
vehicle. Another
company well versed
in the idiosyncrasies
of this repair – and
also another 911&PW
how-to regular – is
Cavendish Porsche
in Long Eaton,
Nottingham, which
has tackled the gasket
issue (see panel on
opposite page) by
having a batch
specially made.
Call Simon Petty on
0115 972 2001, or go
to www.cavendish
porsche.co.uk

W
Job can be done with
e make no comment knowledge and thus expectations of any a gasket between them – there will be a
the transmission still
about whether it can be such device. (Although it inevitably calls to tendency for it to find its way out again. in the car, but it’s
considered acceptable mind the old saw about 1950s British That’s just how it is. Although you might naturally far easier if
for certain modern motorcycles. As long as they were leaking have hoped that things had moved on a you first remove it.
Porsche Tiptronic oil like some recently torpedoed tanker, little in the last 60-odd years. And the fact is Beware, though: it is
automatic gearboxes – which are actually suggested the gallows humour of the that, anecdotally at least, neither the massively heavy.
Crux of the problem
subtly modified Mercedes-Benz units, and period, at least you knew there was still equivalent Mercedes nor Toyotas, Hondas, (if, indeed, it is a
themselves derived from a Japanese some vital lubricant inside them.) And the Subarus and the like are known for problem) is the
design – to suffer from oil leaks. Or ATF inescapable truth is that the moment you comparable leaks. Go figure, as they say. Porsche-specific end-
leaks, if you want to be more accurate. place any fluid inside any machine – the Be that as it may, what we can do here is housing that has been
It probably depends upon both your latter built up from individual sections, with explain precisely where this particular added to what is
actually a Mercedes-
Benz unit, and itself
of Japanese origin:
witness the black
staining that comes
from a slight but
none the less
persistent oil leak
(far left, top). Cars
affected are 996 and
997 with Tiptronic
’boxes; both two- and
four-wheel drive.
Equivalent Boxsters
seem unaffected.
The 4WD gearbox is
much the same as the
2WD, apart from this
additional drive
flange (top row,
middle). First step in
removing covers is to
detach gearbox’s
main mounting
bracket, then cooler
pipework (left)

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PORSCHE

Start by draining off

transmission fluid.
There is a threaded
plug on the underside
of the unit; replace it
immediately with a
new sealing washer.
Undo large through-
bolt (near right), then
take off additional
light-alloy bracket to
allow access to
hidden Torx screws
securing casing (far
right, top). Work
your way round all of
the remaining fixings
and then, with a pan
in place to catch any
remaining fluid,
gently ease off the
end-housing to reveal
the transfer gears
that between them
take the drive, via
that short external
shaft, back to the
differential

THE KNOWLEDGE – 1 manufactured by the German Victor Reinz

company – and which we know for a fact
them for you, even in the modest quantities likely to
be required. (And surely this is something that
The overall feasibility of this repair job depends routinely supplies Porsche with many other such some enterprising Porsche specialist could pick up
almost entirely on whether you – or probably your items. As elsewhere in this story, go figure. and run with?) A cursory Google search brings up
chosen independent specialist – are able to source In earlier, simpler times we might have at least half a dozen UK-based companies who look
the two gaskets required. Ideally you would buy suggested making your own gaskets (a technique like they would be able to tackle the task with ease,
them from Porsche, like any other spare part, but familiar to many of us who have owned the using as patterns either the remains of the original
the official view seems to be that any leak in this aforementioned classic British bikes), and of course gaskets or tracings of the relevant castings, and this
area can be rectified only by the replacement of the that remains an option. As such items go these are is an avenue we shall certainly be exploring later.
transmission in its entirety. And how much might about as straightforward as they come in any Again, though – and certainly if you live near
that cost? If your old unit is deemed ‘serviceable’ modern car, although it is quite a demanding and Porsche-Torque, or any other independent who
(ie no damaged casings), £9067.18; for an outright time-consuming process to cut them out with the sees this situation as a commercial opportunity –
purchase (ie you have no old unit to surrender), required degree of accuracy, and naturally offers no you might well question the cost-effectiveness of
£13,680. And both of those figures exclude VAT. cast-iron guarantee of success. You will also need to that approach. Sid Malik prices out this job at a
To that end, Sid Malik at Porsche-Torque in be sure that you use the correct kind of material, total of just £600 plus VAT (and that’s leaving the
Uxbridge has tracked down a supply of the original- and not least that it is the correct thickness. Even a gearbox in situ, by the way), and on that basis alone
equipment gaskets, but is understandably reluctant slight deviation could cause clearance problems. he cannot be charging more than just a few pounds
to share his source, and naturally we respect that. Such is the sophistication of today’s Internet- apiece for his (OE) gaskets. Frankly, once we had
We won’t be giving too much away, however, if we driven prototyping and small-scale manufacturing decided that our Porsche’s transmission leak really
reveal that the markings imprinted on the two new industry, however, that it shouldn’t be too difficult was a leak, and not just a weep, we would give him
gaskets pictured here show them to have been to find a specialist gasket manufacturer to make the gig without a second thought.

This is the scariest-

looking part of the
entire operation, but
is actually pretty
straightforward. Start
by pushing the shift
lever (top, near right)
into the ‘Park’
position – to prevent
the shafts turning –
and then undo the
hex-head screws
securing two of the
gear assemblies. You
might need an
assistant to stabilise
the transmission on
its support as you do
so; they will be tight,
not least because of
the thread-locking
compound used.
Remove the plastic oil
deflector (middle row,
near right), and
obviously take great
care not to drop
anything. Precisely
note the position of
any shims, and make
sure that you don’t
simply overlook any of
them; magnetic probe
is useful. All three
gears and their
bearings should pull
off cleanly and
smoothly. Take great
care not to damage
anything if you have
to use any kind of
lever to ‘help’ them

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Undo this fluid-pipe
union (far left), and
then the five Torx
screws securing the
inner part of the
end-housing to the
transmission proper.
Gently tap the casting
free with a soft-faced
mallet, naturally
taking great care not
to damage the seal
round the output
shaft to the final
drive. Don’t overlook
and potentially lose
this small union
(below, near left),
which will either be
left in one or other of
the castings, or
perhaps simply drop
to the floor

problem lies, what causes it (or so we your garage floor and, in time, a style gaskets which, although in themselves
believe, anyway), and what you can do dangerously low level inside the unit. nothing special, are apparently unavailable
about it so that it is unlikely ever to recur. (Indeed, the same can be said of many from Porsche. (Something else we shall
We can also attempt to bring a sense of M96/M97 engines’ so-called RMS ‘leaks’, leave you to draw your own conclusions
perspective to the situation. Is it even a but let’s not go there again. Or not in this about.) It’s your call, then. Do you want to
minor problem? We are, after all, talking particular context, anyway.) spend typically around £600 plus VAT in an Tell-tale mark on this
about nothing more than very gradual Because although the work required is arguably misguided quest for a bone-dry joint face (top row,
seepage here, rather than a full-blown, neither particularly difficult nor expensive – gearbox casing, or wait until the work far left) shows where
the gasket has been
torrential leak. Indeed, it is the kind of and for the determined and the dexterous it becomes genuinely necessary. And in the weeping for some
modest but steady fluid loss that by and can even be done with the transmission still meantime, spend the money on something time. Why it should
large leaves nothing more catastrophic than in the vehicle – it does demand both a far more interesting? Petrol, for instance. do so is another
a tell-tale damp patch on the transmission reasonable level of mechanical empathy Or even a couple of trackdays. Read on question. Gasket
casing, rather than great lakes of ATF on and aptitude and, crucially, two new paper- and decide for yourself. PW broke in just one spot
as Sid removed it
(top row, middle),
but that apart it
seemed to be in good
condition; maybe the
screws were never
quite tight enough.
No scraping was
needed to remove the
gaskets; both simply
lifted away from the
castings. Next task is
to clean all the
components –
housing pieces came
up a treat in Sid’s
parts washer – and
then to make sure all
joint faces are clean
and smooth. For that
Sid uses a piece of
very fine wet-and-dry
paper. Don’t scratch
the surfaces, though
– and don’t rub them
so much that you risk
bowing or otherwise
distorting them.
Double-ended union
gets two new ‘O’-
rings and, just to be
sure, a thin smear of
sealing compound.
Possible that some of
‘our’ gearbox’s
leaking oil was
coming from here, as
well as that suspect
paper gasket.
(Breather, too, on the
top of the casing, is
always going to, well,
breathe. Little you
can do about that)

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PORSCHE

New gaskets – here

from Victor Reinz,
almost certainly the
same as the originals
– are fitted with the
very lightest smear of
jointing compound
on all four faces. Any
surplus that squeezes
out can be wiped off
to leave an effectively
invisible repair. Offer
up inner housing, and
secure with its five
Torx screws. It’s
uncertain what this
plastic moulding does
(far right), but it’s
probably some sort of
breather pipe. Make
sure you refit it,
anyway

THE KNOWLEDGE – 2 gear, and also the thinnest possible smear of Würth
jointing compound during reassembly. ‘The parts
torqued to 100Nm, and the smaller Torx items
holding the cases together to no more than 25Nm.
Surprisingly, perhaps, beyond the appropriate Torx were originally put together dry,’ says Sid, ‘and In all cases he replicates the original ‘micro-
drivers and hexagonal keys this job can be done using too much sealant will immediately create as encapsulation’, designed to prevent them loosening
with nothing in the way of special tools. You might many problems as it is ever likely to solve. It will off, with again just a tiny dab of Würth thread-
need a suitable sharp scraper to remove all traces of also look a mess. But at the same time it makes locking compound. (And it’s worth noting that he
old gasket from the total of four joint faces (without sense to give your new gaskets every chance of has tackled oil leaks in at least half a dozen of these
marking them, of course), and perhaps a fine-grade doing their job 100 per cent properly, or clearly you transmissions, with 100 per cent success.)
‘stone’ very lightly to polish them flat (or even just a risk having to do the job all over again.’ Finally, ensure that all components are perfectly
piece of ultra-fine wet-and-dry paper), but that’s You will need a torque wrench, too. Again clean before reassembly, and don’t forget to refill
about it. Anything else required by Sid Malik when Porsche provides no official figures for the various the transmission with the required quantity of fluid
he did the job for us is by definition shown in the fixings, but thanks to his long experience and – Dexron lll or Pentosin ATF1. Final filling and
accompanying photographs. observation (and his clearly excellent knowledge of level-checking requires a little ingenuity, but can be
Note, though, Sid’s use of a magnetic probe to general engineering principles) Sid is confident that done without too much in the way of specialised
extract the shim(s) from behind the primary output the two large screws through the gears should be equipment. More on this in next month’s Q&A.

The apparent absence

of published torque
figures is no excuse
for not tightening the
housing screws to a
specific figure – Sid
Malik reckons on
25Nm for these
smaller items, and
100Nm for those
securing the gears to
their shafts (and the
single larger item
shown in the bottom
row of photos). No
less crucially for the
longevity of the new
gaskets, using a
torque wrench also
allows the two sets of
end-housing screws
to be tightened
consistently. Make
sure you replace
gears, bearings and
shims exactly as they
were removed, and
don’t forget that
plastic oil deflector.
All screws are given a
tiny dab of thread-
locking compound –
as they would have
been at the factory –
partly to seal them,
but primarily to
prevent them coming
undone in service

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LN ENGINEERING +
BILT RACING SERVICES
Like so many businesses, LN Engineering was born out of a go-faster hobby.
Then LN identified the need to solve 996 engine issues with uprated IMS
bearing and cylinder liners. The rest is history, as they say
Words and photography: Matt Stone

L
N Engineering was born as taking on small Porsche modification jobs variety of shops and car builders around the Front row, left to
many businesses are; in this on the side. The company we now know world, yet is happy to sell a single right: Nicole, Ben,
case it was two college guys as LN was officially born in 2002, and magnetised drain plug to a retail customer. Marc, Pawel, Charles.
Back row, left to right:
and a Porsche 914, their running full swing a few years later. LN’s half-a-dozen employees do their magic Stephen, John,
heads full of ideas about Why the tiny Chicago farm suburb of in a handsome, low lying 17,000 square George (Tammy and
how to make their car faster. When they Momence, Illinois, you may ask? Turns out foot building that used to serve as Phil not shown)
were done, their now souped up 914 was that it’s long been home to Navarro’s wife, Momence’s Chevrolet dealer; the property
faster, and others with similar cars and LN’s co-owner, Tammy Helling. is so low key you won’t see a single sign to
wanted to get their hands on the pieces LN’s staple is a comprehensive line-up of indicate the building’s occupants or what
to make their own machines faster too. high quality Nikasil lined cylinders primarily they do there. The dealership moved onto a
That was 2000-2001ish; they put on for air cooled models, although it produces new facility, then the city took the property
racier fuel injection, and fabbed up some and carries a wide variety of other over as a municipal activity centre, but
serious Nikasil lined cylinders, amping up components and engine kits. It’s not a couldn’t afford the upkeep or modernisation
the H-4’s displacement along the way. highly retail customer faced business with a that was required. Navarro and Helling
Word got around via the chatroom big fancy showroom; most of its business is bought the property (not surprisingly just a
forums and amongst the clubbies, so derived through advertising and online few blocks from their home; that’s how
Charles Navarro and his pal began contact. It wholesales its products to a small this town is) lock stock and barrel a

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PORSCHE

LN Engineering’s
best known product
lines are probably
the upgraded cylinder
liners for 996 and
997 engines, plus,
of course, upgraded
IMS bearings. They
also produce a range
of cylinder liners for
air-cooled engines

“ ”
few years ago, and completely remodelled it cars where Navarro feels the aftermarket big capacity cars around the property. The
to their needs. The former showroom area provides the best solution, yet in other yellow Cayman (opposite page) in the
up front is now the company’s offices, with cases he maintains that the best piece may reception area is Tammy’s 4.2-litre
parts department and fabrication and well be a factory Porsche part. For Cayman; the blue Boxster in the shop area
assembly shop behind that… plus a example, he’s absolutely sold on JE is Navarro’s first Porsche, a now 3.8-litre
compact yet perfectly formed race shop in pistons, uses and recommends them when Boxster based on an early gen, Tiptronic
back (more about that in a moment). LN the job at hand calls for new pistons equipped machine. Navarro mentions that
has just formed an arrangement with SSF (especially in the case of a build including a the big engine shredded the standard auto

LN supplies the cylinders

Auto Parts to support a Porsche engine
program of providing complete engines

for use by Singer in its

using its LN cylinders and some other
components. Navarro is proud that LN

Cosworth built engines

supplies the cylinders for use by Singer
Vehicle Design in the Cosworth built
engines that power its fabulous line of re-
imagined and optimised air cooled 911s.
Popular hardware for late model cars bore and stroke increase). LN doesn’t build ’box a couple times until it was beefed up
includes sleeved water cooled Porsche heads for much the same reason; they are upon rebuild. 3.6 and 3.8-litre Cayman
engine blocks, and it does considerable very expensive to develop and produce – engine swaps are no biggie for this group.
trade in IMS retrofit kits that cure all the factory heads are already very effective, Pass through LN’s office/reception area,
problems associated with that notorious and the few aftermarket heads out there are through its parts store and through the main
failure. LN is primarily about engine pretty good. Navarro’s development mantra shop, and you’ll come to a door that
upgrades, particularly for high performance is simple: “There’s no reason to remake a proclaims “BILT Racing Services, your Full
and racing use; again you won’t see a part unless you can improve on it.” Which Service Race Shop” which occupies the
showroom filled with racks of superwide keeps the company from investing in rearmost area of what at one time was the
wheels, nor shiny exhaust systems, wings rainbows that it doesn’t need to chase. Chevy dealer’s body shop. During our visit
or spoilers. There are some areas of the Worthy of mention are the collection of there were a few Pirelli Challenge cars in

Right: Neat racking

hints at serious
organisation. Far
right: Blue Boxster is
Navarro’s and
features a 3.8-litre
LN modded motor.
The Tiptronic ’box
had to be beefed
up to cope

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CONTACT
LN Engineering
and BILT Racing
Services
125 Gladiolus St,
PO Box 401,
Momence, IL
60954
Phone (815) 472-
2939
Fax (413) 280-
9041
lnengineering.com

BILT Racing Services

handles the race car

“
build side of the
business. Caymans are

”
a speciality, with a
number in build
during our visit. The
NACA duct side
windows are a BILT
signature product

for work or rework. Three highly talented produce carbon fibre, fibreglass or other button puts the car up in the air on its own
team members and Navarro came up with component body parts as needed. built-in jacks; naturally a big time saver for
the idea and raised the money and A white Cayman racer in for a major post- pitstops, and also handy to have while the
designed and built the compact but well accident rebuild shows off a variety of BILT’s car’s in the garage or shop. The BILT team
equipped shop. They have an area which tricks of the trade, including suspension designs and fabricates its own roll cages,
houses a water jet cutting table capable of modifications, fire system installs, the fitting and is also proud of its in-house designed
digitising and reproducing a variety of of an electric power steering system, and rear quarter window replacements featuring
built in NACA ducts. A fibreglass and carbon

You’ve got to love a family

fibre rear deck lid saves many pounds over

owned and run business

the stock piece. And their fibreglass door
shells weigh a scant few pounds.

like this
You’ve got to love a family owned and
run business like this; built out of nothing
more than ideas, lots of hard work and
sweat, innovation, talented craftspeople,
components, plus the variety of welding the comprehensive re-wiring of the car based in a community not exactly known for
equipment needed to properly construct a primarily to save weight and increase the production of high performance Porsche
racecar. Neither LN nor BILT does paint or serviceability. One factory harness removed products. Need an IMS retrofit kit or some
body work on site, working with a local shop from the car weighed nearly 50lb, yet was high performance cylinders or pistons? Or
that produces high quality work and is replaced with a smaller group of wiring fancy building a new Porsche race car from
capable of entire clip replacement and weighing only a fraction of that amount. scratch? If so, LN Engineering and BILT
highly accurate frame straightening, and Another popular component addition is an Racing Services have got you covered in a
another local outside contractor can onboard jack system that at the punch of a variety of ways. PW

Far left: Lightweight

fibreglass panels save
weight. Left: Cayman
in build. Cage
fabrication and
installation are a
BILD speciality

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PROJECTS TYRED AND EMOTIONAL
We don’t just write about Porsches, Brett gets his money’s worth from old tyres, but has finally raided his
we drive and live with them, too piggy bank for a set of lovely, new Michelins
THE TEAM
STEVE BENNETT
944 LUX
No news is, er, no news. Engine rebuild
continues. Cylinder head is refurbed with
three angle valve seats
and vacuum checked.
Lindsey Racing piston
rings are being
fitted too.

KEITH SEUME
912/6
We’re getting there! Today the car has gone off to
have the suspension alignment done, and then
it’s back to the workshop
for the last bits of wiring.
Can we really be that
close to getting El
Chucho on the road?

CHRIS HORTON
924S, 944

A
The snow needed to test my new Pirelli winter
tyres was only a dusting, and within a day or
so had mostly melted,
but just about served
its purpose. Verdict:
every car should have
s the bloke who frequently use until the tyre situation was resolved.
BRETT
them, every winter!
berates family, friends and This all happened at the beginning of winter
PETER SIMPSON complete strangers on the so it dawned on me that it might be FRASER
CARRERA 3.4 TARGA perils of badly worn tyres instructive, not to mention safer, to try a set BOXSTER
(quite apart from the safety of winter tyres on the Boxster. Earlier in the
I have been working on Project Backdate, I aspect, you could be fined up to £1000 per year I’d interviewed Guy Heywood, a 911-
986 S
promise, and as soon as we have some space in
the Projects section I’ll
dodgy tyre, etc, etc…), I was wracked with owning tyre engineer and sales manager Occupation:
show you the progress. shame when the Boxster went up on the from Michelin, who’d told me that the winter Freelance writer,
hoist at Parr and the grim truth of my rear tyres he’d fitted to his BMW 5-series Dep Ed 911&PW
The inner rear arches
Previous
are painted and ready Falkens was revealed. They weren’t just company car had enabled him to get home Porsches: None
for the fit-up. beyond a joke, they were nearly beyond one snowy week when all his neighbours Current
the wear indicators. Disgraceful pretty had abandoned their cars at the bottom of Porsche:
BRETT FRASER much sums it up. the hill. Guy reckoned the traction winter Boxster S
The fact that the fronts still had a bit of tyres give rear-drive cars is very impressive, Mods/options:
BOXSTER 3.2S life in them was scant consolation, but he also reminded me that the tyres’
Standard, save for
Eibach anti-roll
Well, I certainly got my money’s worth from especially as the new Eibach anti-roll bars rubber compound is designed to work better bars
the old Falken tyres fitted to my Boxster. They I’d just had fitted now couldn’t be put to full than that of ‘summer’ tyres when Contact:
were on the car when I
[email protected]
bought it three years
ago, but have finally
.uk
been replaced.
This month:
It’s all about tyres.
Michelin tyres to be
precise
JOHNNY TIPLER
964 C2, BOXSTER 986
The Peppermint Pig has gone to a new home.
A last adventure on the Monte Carlo Historic
Rally, and then a near
instant sale. A sad day,
but look out for a PP
retrospective.

ANTONY FRASER
996 GT3, SC, TRACTOR
As you will read, the GT3 is now fully set up in
the suspension department, thanks to the
chaps at RPM, and I’m
very happy with the
results. Just need to get
on track now.

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PORSCHE

Honda and Fast Ford

enthusiast, Nathan,
gets on with winding
tyres on to rims

SCHOOLBOY
ERROR…
My history
teacher was fond
of telling us all
that we should
never assume.
And
unfortunately I
did just that a few
issues ago when I
reported on
having my Eibach
anti-roll bars
fitted. I stated
that the Eibach
items were
thicker and
lighter than the
OEM units, but
Eibach’s Ben
Thompson got in
touch to put me
straight.
The Eibach
temperatures fall below 7ºC – you don’t hold of winter tyres, I wasn’t that bothered. His uncle had once owned a model like bars are thicker
need snow to enjoy their benefits. (Or was it something to do with also owning mine and he’d had a brief chance to but not lighter –
they are hollow
Inspired by Guy’s wisdom on the subject an old Land Rover Discovery?) A set of drive it. He’d really enjoyed the Boxster but then so are
I took a quick trawl through Michelin’s regular tyres was still required, though, and but he doesn’t think he’ll be swapping out the OEM bars,
winter tyre ranges and found a cold season as I was already leafing through the of his snorty Fiesta just yet. Nathan made meaning the
variety of the highly acclaimed Pilot series. Michelin brochure I figured I may as well pretty swift work of getting the new tyres on skinnier Porsche
In some European countries winter tyres stay there. Besides, I’d seen Porsches and didn’t encounter any problems along units win the
weight contest.
are compulsory, and as a consequence racing on Michelins at Le Mans in 2014, the way – one of his colleagues recalled However, Ben
many drivers keep a spare set of wheels to and many sports cars and supercars seem when I’d previously brought in a Subaru continued, the
fit them to – come the spring they simply to be fitted with some version or other of Impreza WRX to have some tyres fitted for Eibachs are up to
swap wheels, rather than having to change the Pilot Sport range, so the Boxster would a photo shoot, and they were so tight that 47 per cent
the tyres over. I don’t have the space or the be in good company. the Treadfirst boys were on the brink lighter than some
other (solid)
budget to be so sensibly organised, so the The Pilot Sport seems a good all- of giving up.
aftermarket
tyres were going to have to go on the rounder, an opinion backed up by Andy and So, what are the Pilot Sports like? Can’t items and have
Boxster’s existing alloys. Simon Beevers, who each have a set fitted really tell yet. The moment I drove out of the added
Except as it turned out, they weren’t to their 996 C2 and 986 Boxster S Treadfirst the local area was overwhelmed advantage of
going to go on. My car rolls on 17in respectively, and who I interviewed a couple by sub-zero temperatures that caused black being adjustable.
diameter wheels and they’re not a size that of issues ago. So I ordered up a set – ice late into the day, so everyone was Ben also
pointed out that
Michelin currently produces winter tyres for, 205/50 ZR17s for the front, 255/40 ZR17 for tiptoeing around the place. You could spot the bushes
at least not in the widths and speed ratings the rear – and had them fitted by my those who hadn’t been so cautious – theirs included in the
required for the Boxster. Have a check friendly local tyre centre, Treadfirst in Diss. were the cars sticking out of hedges and kit are not from
again next winter was the advice, as I’ve dealt with Treadfirst for years and decorated in white and blue Police tape… Powerflex, but
the range is evolving and expanding, they’ve always been enthusiastic and good A couple of immediate benefits that I have from Superpro. I
did know this –
but there needs to be a demand before value – they charge £160 each for the detected, though, are a notable reduction in hell, I could see
there’s a supply. front tyres fitted and VATted, and £184 road noise and an improvement in ride the name on the
Perhaps I had a sixth sense premonition each for the backs. quality: warmer weather and drier roads box – but for
that winter on the Suffolk/Norfolk border Nathan, the young fast Ford and Honda can’t come soon enough, as what I’m really some reason my
wasn’t going to be so severe after all, enthusiast who administered to my Boxster, interested in are the way the Pilot Sports fingers typed out
grip and handle. the name they
because once I learnt that I couldn’t get expressed his admiration for the Porsche.
always type out
when referring to
aftermarket
bushes, rather
than the right
one. My
apologies for
being so stupid.

Far left: Loveley new

Michelin Pilot Sports
replace the very worn
Falkens (left). When
the weather warms
up a bit, we’ll know
what they’re like

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SUSPENSE (SET UP) IS OVER
It’s all very well having multi-adjustable suspension, but if it’s not set up
properly, then it’s not worth a spherical ball joint. Fortunately Projects GT3
has been set up properly, and here’s how…
ANTONY
FRASER
996 GT3,
911 SC,
JUNIOR
TRACTOR
Occupation:
Freelance
photographer
Previous
Porsches: 911SC
Current
Porsches:
996 GT3, 911SC,
Junior tractor
Mods/options:
GT3 modified with
Cargraphic exhaust
and DMS remap,
plus numerous
suspension mods
Contact:
[email protected]
om
This month:
Making all those
suspension bits

Y
work together,
which we’ve
achieved

ou will have read (won't take your car to an outfit that you’re sure enough to affect it.
you...) that our Project GT3 is won’t let you down, because a poorly set up The set-up starts, as it must, with a
in receipt of shiny new car – and especially a GT3 – is a liability that discussion about what I expect to achieve
underpinnings. Just to recap, will give you no pleasure at all, and may well from it, and how best to go about turning that
in case you weren't taking treat you very harshly indeed. No worries on expectation into reality. What I want is a
adequate notes, we have springs and that score with RPM; they have carved out a slightly more modern-feeling GT3 – a car with
dampers by Eibach and Bilstein reputation as handling gurus, and certainly a little more positive turn-in, communicative
respectively. Holding these to the car are their CSR 996 & 997 are ample proof of steering, less understeer, and a slightly more
factory coffin arms, with Rennline inner that pudding. planted ride. Doesn’t seem much to ask if you
bearings, a selection of Rennline rose- Project GT3 is treated to the dedicated set- say it quickly…
jointed control arms and tie rods, plus some up ramp, away from the main workshop. In The good news, says Dan, is that the
strategically placed Powerflex Black Series charge of the tweaking is Dan Francis, who Rennline spherical bearing control arms will Above: GT3 on
motorsport bushes. All this has been bolted was given the unenviable task of removing hold onto a setting much better than a bushed suspension set up rig.
onto the car by our friends at RPM Technik, the truculent original suspension, and arrangement, which can give a slightly Below: Dan at RPM is
in Hertfordshire. installing the shiny new gizmology. The set-up different reading every time you look, and will, the man with the
plan. Laser alignment
Now, obviously, no amount of fancy kit is equipment is accurate to fractions of a of course, flex under load. There are equipment
worth a dime if it isn’t set up with skill and degree, and sensitive to the extent that the downsides, of course – which we’ll go into communicates with
care. And this is where it becomes crucial to breeze from an open workshop door is later – but for now, let’s stick to the geometry. screen

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For an initial set-up, from which to progress, it’s nothing like as bad as I’d imagined it might Bennett, seemed satisfied with them at last Subtle adjustments
we stick to the standard factory settings for be, having at times been obliged to punt month’s Bruntingthorpe extravaganza. More gradually home in on
the rear, including the ride height (the car was various ex race cars about in town centres, to come on these, after we’ve put some perfect set up. Well,
perfect for us at least
stupidly low before). For the front, we opt for usually in deafening agony. And, as always proper track time under them.
much the same set-up as RPM’s CSR model, seems to be the case with 911s, the faster Back to the suspension, out on Her
with 1 degree of camber, and no toe-in. We you go, the better it all gets. But it’s not Majesty’s highways and, by Jove, I think
click up the dampers to a mid-range setting, perfect. Turn-in is nearly there, but I’d like just we’ve cracked it! The steering is sharpened
and get out onto the road for a test drive. a little more. So it’s back to the ramp for a up, turn-in is more willing, and the whole thing CONTACT
Hmmm, nearly, but not quite. The most touch of tweakery. just feels as I’d like it. I’m not about to pretend RPM Technik:
rpmtechnik.co.uk
obvious issue is that the firm springs are Set-up for a road car with track leanings is that I spent hours on the ragged edge of the
overwhelming the dampers, producing a high always going to be a game of compromises. I Yokohama grip envelope, on public roads in Bilstein:
frequency bounce that sees my moobs hear that Carrera Cup cars run with around 4 the middle of winter, but we’ve certainly bilstein.com
jiggling about so much that I’m glad of the degrees of camber at the front, for example, achieved a car that feels like it’s going to
drug dealer dark glass, for reasons of public but that kind of extremism would murder a be a fine track-day tool. Yes, we’ve sacrificed Eibach Springs:
eibach.com
decency. No problem: the rears are a quick fix road car. We opt for 2 degrees of camber, and a little of the easy-going straight-line nature,
from inside the car, by simply peeling back the just a little toe-in; any more would see the but not by any means to an unacceptable Rennline:
rear carpet to reveal the turret tops, and front tyres going bald faster than Jacques level. In fact, the communication through the rennline.com
clicking up the adjusters. The fronts are Villeneuve. We also drop the front just a little wheel is one of life’s great driving joys, and all
adjustable from under the car, which isn’t – and I’m ashamed to say that’s largely the more pleasing considering it’s power- Powerflex:
really possible without a jack or a hoist, because I felt it just looked a bit too high. assisted. No, the car’s not a great deal of fun powerflex.co.uk
but they’re less of an issue anyway, for Shallow? That’s me. in town, on the pock-marked, broken surfaces Yokohama:
the time being. I should mention tyres at this point. The that typify our urban experience, but then, it yokohama.co.uk
Once the springs are tamed, it becomes Pirelli P Zeros on the car were getting to the never really was.
clear that, straight out of the box, we’ve got point where they should be pensioned off, so If nothing else, this exercise shows the
pretty close to what I asked for. The car is – after previous high jinks with Yokohama value of good set-up, even if you don’t replace
extremely benign in a straight line, even in Advan A048s – our GT3 now rides on anything. The difference that one degree can
Bumpy B-road Britain. The primary ride isn’t Yokohama Advan Neova AD08Rs. They’re not make is impressive indeed. I think we’ve Left: New Yokohama
as unforgiving as we might have feared, even as hard-core track-orientated as the A048s, straddled the road/track fence with Neova AD08Rs are a
with the dampers set very close to their but they’re quieter on the road, and offer a considerable success, and I’m very pleased. great compromise
firmest adjustment. Secondary ride, which is better ride. With our suspension ethos, they The service offered by RPM Technik can’t be between all out track
day tyre and road.
to say bump-thump, is inevitably seemed like a shoo-in. It’s early days, but grip faulted, and their patience with your faithful Below: Measuring
compromised by the rose-jointed control levels seem impressively high, even on cold, correspondent is worthy of Job himself. I’m ride height on spring
arms, especially at low speeds in town, but wet roads. And The Dear Leader, Mr Editor giving it a big tick with a thick black pen. platforms

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CAYENNE PULLS ITS WEIGHT
John Glynn’s Cayenne is no pampered Chelsea tractor. It works for a living,
whether towing a trailer of bricks, or Francois Delecour’s GT3 rally car to
Monte Carlo and back
JOHN
GLYNN
CAYENNE S
Occupation:
Porsche
journalist/PR
consultant/blogger
Previous
Porsches: Lots
Current
Porsches:
Cayenne S, 944 Lux,
911 Carrera 3.0, 924
Turbo
Mods/options:
Mostly standard.
Cayenne on LPG
Contact:
john@mightymotor
media.com
This month:
New centre
propshaft bearing,
tyres, and a whole
lot of towing for the
Cayenne, including
to Monte Carlo
and back!

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s I approach 30,000 miles not break the bank. Aside from a barely go to cold weather tyres and found another
covered in my 2004 Cayenne perceptible reduction in initial bite, the part-worn set of the same Pirelli Scorpions
S, good times continue with brakes have been great, logging more than on eBay, this time mounted on 19” wheels
the affectionately named ‘Big 15,000 miles so far. with a wider 8” rim. They’ve been on the car
Pig’. The transmission rebuild I’ve found theCayenne to be good on for five months and I like the way they ride.
of early 2014 continues to perform tyres, once the wheel alignment has been With a manufacturing date inside the last five
faultlessly, and the car has been faultless in checked and adjusted, which I think is best years, they grip better on the frosty back
the last twelve months. That said, done at least once a year. Last year’s roads of Northamptonshire than the older
maintenance on the 2,200-kilogram winter tyre choice was a set of part-worn winter rubber, but I’m still not convinced that
machine is a never-ending cycle. 18” Pirelli Scorpion snow and ice tyres that their outright performance comes anywhere
Cayennes have a name for chewing were slightly past their best: great tread but near my favourite Goodyear Ultragrip winter Left middle:
brakes and tyres, but that has not been my manufactured more than five years tyres. I like the 19” wheels, though: they Cayenne’s main
experience. When the Brembo discs and previously. Nevertheless, I wore them down will be staying. propshaft does a lot
pads began to wear thin last year, I to the minimum tread before swapping to a Driveshafts were a slight bone of of work. Rubber
mounted centre
shopped around and found a decent set of Continental Cross Contacts, which contention last year. The Cayenne’s main
bearing eventually
Brembo alternative in the Mintex offering. At worked really well on the car. I will definitely propshaft does a lot of hard work, and wears out. Glynn
just over £200 for a full car set from be sticking with Contis next summer. eventually wears out the rubber-mounted replaced with an
Premier Car Factors on eBay, the cost did With winter 2014 approaching, I needed to centre bearing. When mine went last year, I O/E part

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first bought a reconditioned propshaft from at the Nürburgring or similar. vinyl problems, forcing the race truck to JG’s Cayenne played
a private seller on eBay, which turned out to While some readers might be under the leave without the car or arrive late for a crucial part in
be faulty: a seized centre CV soon impression that I spend all my weekends testing. Most other team transport was in Tuthill’s Monte Carlo
rally victory, towing
destroyed the new centre bearing. It’s a under this car, the Basalt Black Cayenne is Sweden with Tuthill’s Below Zero Ice Driving the team’s GT3 first
reasonable effort to change the complete no pampered pooch. Nor is the usual camp, so a capable 4x4 towcar was to be liveried and
shaft, so I was fairly ticked off. occupant of its boot space: Ted the Jack required at short notice. The Cayenne was then all the way to
I sent that back for a refund and ordered Russell Terrier. I managed to find a ready to go so I handed lead mechanic Monte Carlo and
a brand new one from GKN, who supplied bespoke-fit steel dog guard on eBay to Adam the keys and wished them good luck. back. Now that’s
a proper
the OEM part. That has been almost contain young Ted while the Cayenne is on “What’s this yellow light on the dash?” workhorse/service
perfect: just a hint of vibration at high the move, but he soon found a way around was the first text from the travelling party: wagon
speed. I plan to realign the front end of the the sides of the steel grid – whoever turned out the tailgate was slightly ajar.
propshaft and spin it a bit when it’s next on designs these dog guards has clearly never From then on, the Cayenne ate up 3000
the service ramp, which should sort it out. owned a wriggly JRT. I sorted the security faultless miles, towing the rally car down
I’ve sent the original propshaft to a leak with some Perspex filler pieces cut through France to a two-day test session,
specialist in Nottingham for reconditioning. from an old number plate, mounted using on to service at Gap, and then into the final
The nearside front CV joint has also terrier-proof tie wraps. rally hub on the quayside in Monaco, before
started making unhappy noises since its Also housed in the boot is the detachable bringing it safely home again.
latest escapade (read on), so that wants towball, which came in handy last month When the car was not being towed, the
changing sometime soon. It’s not a difficult when the V8 Cayenne was commandeered Cayenne fulfilled team transport duties:
job and unsurprising at 144,000 miles. Parts by team Tuthill Porsche to take its 997 R- taking personnel into stages over the usual
suppliers say they’re on a two-month GT rally car and four mechanics to Monaco Monte mix of snow, ice and dry Tarmac
backorder, but being identical to Touareg for the Monte Carlo Rally. I had previously bathed in south of France sunshine.
parts from 2002-2010, I will likely buy towed the R-GT to JZM Porsche for a Everyone who rode in the car was
Below left: More
genuine VW parts. I’ll just replace both front PCGB GT3 Register open day, so there impressed, as they should be: there are towing duties. Below:
driveshafts for new if that is affordable, as I were no worries on the car’s towing ability. many good reasons why the Cayenne has Acting as service
have no plans to change the Cayenne and I Work on the R-GT’s all new Visit been Porsche’s best-selling car for more wagon on the Monte
don’t want to be stranded in a muddy field Romania! livery over-ran by a day due to than ten years. PW Carlo Rally

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Q
PUMP ACTION AT BS MOTORSPORT
My 1972 911S engine Bosch test-rig for all of these Porsche It is possible to have the lines Never a man to do anything by halves,
is currently with a MFI (mechanical fuel injection) chemically stripped and then replated Neil Bainbridge (pictured) has bought,
specialist in the UK pumps, as well as a full set of the to deal satisfactorily with the visual brand-new, this Bosch-built test-rig for
for a complete rebuild. similarly highly specialised tools aspect, but this process requires the the MFI pumps fitted to many classic
Porsches (and Mercs and BMWs). With it
Whatever else France needed to strip, overhaul and rebuild threaded unions to be removed and he can unlock the secrets of the main fuel
has to offer in the way of culture, them – and then, no less crucially, then refitted – which is both time- cam (second from right); specially made
scenery, wine and food, sadly there to set the pump up for the engine. consuming and can lead to jigs (above) allow full overhauls
are few, if any, Porsche independents Those few tools and jigs that were subsequent leaks, and won’t
of the high calibre routinely found unavailable he has designed and necessarily sort out the internal G Unsurprisingly, in light of all that’s
back home in England. made himself. Needless to say, corrosion. And by definition you may happening at BS Motorsport these
I am struggling, though, to find he also has access to – and not know about that until it is too late. days (see also last month’s Products
someone who might be able to offer understands – all the necessary data. (Again see last month’s Q&A pages.) story about its new storage facility),
the same level of expertise for the Neil additionally has an Asnu But BS Motorsport has had these the company is looking for a third
fuel system. While by no means injector-testing machine, and not pipes remanufactured, as well, and is technician, to join Rob Hayers and
completely derelict when I found it, least an industrial-grade ultrasonic currently offering them at £348 plus Rob Nugent, and reporting to Neil
and subsequently bought it, the car cleaning tank that by the sound of it VAT per set of six. They are suitable Bainbridge himself. Ideally the
had been standing in a cowshed in will be needed safely – and non- for all engines, whether fitted with successful applicant will have some
the Massif Central area for many destructively – to dislodge all of the so-called low or high induction experience of the Porsche marque,
years, and the mechanical injection dirt and corrosion there may be inside stacks, and as I hope you can see and specifically air-cooled engines
pump looks as though it, too, will your pump, even before he sets to from the photograph below, not only and their relevant transmissions, but
need a complete overhaul. work on stripping it. (This device, fit perfectly, but look great, too. That training will be given if necessary.
Luckily it is not seized – although I which is large enough to take entire is exactly the finish they would have Salary according to age and
resisted the temptation to turn either crankcases, operates on exactly the had from new, back in the 1970s. experience and, as we can testify, a
the engine or thus the pump on the same principle as the smaller BS Motorsport is at Westcott great working environment, among
starter motor; I know from experience machines jewellers use. The results Venture Park, a few miles north of some of the most exquisite classic
what kind of damage that can do to a are, frankly, amazing.) Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. 911s to be found anywhere in the UK.
mechanical unit that has been idle for Can I also strongly suggest that Call 01296 658422, or go to For more details call the number on
so long – but it is quite badly you – or anyone else who might be www.bsmotorsport.co.uk. the left and ask for Ian Bainbridge.
corroded externally, and I can’t recommissioning the fuel system of
imagine that the engine is going to one of these now increasingly
run as well as its own expensive desirable and valuable machines –
overhaul would warrant without at consider spending another few
least some attention to the pump. hundred pounds on new shaped, rigid
And probably to the remainder of the fuel lines between the pump and the
fuel system, come to that. individual injectors?
Do you have any suggestions as to These, too, are likely to be

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who might be able to tackle this work corroded both internally and
for me? Great magazine, by the way! externally, with an obvious effect not
Nat Harrison, only on the fuel delivery, and quite
Clermont-Ferrand, France possibly the longevity of the injectors
(see last month’s Q&A), but also on
Chris Horton, the finished overall appearance of
911 & Porsche World: what is obviously going to represent a
I suggest you try pretty sizeable investment.
Neil Bainbridge at BS
Motorsport in Westcott, Don’t spoil the ship – or in this instance
Buckinghamshire. (Actually, I say ‘try’, your valuable classic Porsche’s fuel
system – by skimping on injector pipes.
but if he can’t help, then I seriously The old ones might well be OK, and can
doubt if anybody can.) be replated, but how will you know what
I know that last autumn he bought, they are like inside? BS Motorsport offers
brand-new, a highly sophisticated a set of six, like these, for £348 plus VAT

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Q
911SC WON’T GO THE DISTANCE

Q
PLANNING
I have been a subscriber to 911 & Porsche
FOR THE
World from the almost the very first issue,
way back in 1990. My current Porsche is a FUTURE
left-hand drive 1980-model 911SC Sport.
The problem I have is that while sitting in my About three
car recently, giving the mechanic a hand while it was being years ago
MOT-tested, I pushed in the trip button on the speedometer to I bought
zero the odometer. Now neither the trip nor the total distance myself a
counter moves when I am driving. The trip button returned to 2003 996-
its normal position after zeroing. model 911 Carrera 4S
Can I have the speedometer repaired, or will I need to from independent dealer

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source a new one? The speedometer itself works fine; it just Maundrell & Co in
doesn’t count the distance travelled. Oxfordshire, after reading Ex-Maundrell & Co C4S has been a joy, says Alun Morris,
Please keep up the good work with a great and ever- one of your Tried & Tested and he hopes some preventive upgrades will keep it that way
improving magazine. reports on it in the June
Dave Crawley 2012 issue of 911 & from the Porsche Centre. main seal, or RMS – and
Porsche World. Anyway, my Porsche certainly if the car is
Robin McKenzie, Auto Umbau: There are two It is a beautiful car, and has been wonderful, and I undergoing a clutch
possible causes for the odometer not recording has the added bonus of want to keep it for as long change that will require

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the distance travelled. Both relate to the plastic the so-called X51 as possible, and use it separating engine and the
gears inside the unit. Either one or other has Powerkit, which I think whenever possible; hence gearbox. (This job will
moved out of position over a long period of time, gives a sharper edge to why I am taking these bring the chance to inspect
and needs pushing back into position (and your car is 35 years the already considerable precautionary measures. the clutch; it might be
old, after all), or else – far more likely – the plastic cog has performance. In my three Alun Morris worth replacing that, too,

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cracked and/or lost a tooth, and can no longer transmit the years of ownership I have if it is more than about 50
required drive. Either way, the speedometer needs to come done over 20,000 miles, Chris per cent worn.)
apart, and that means sending it to a specialist, because they serviced it three times, and Horton, 911 What you then replace
will have the tooling to take the gauge to pieces properly, installed Evans Waterless & Porsche the IMS bearing with is a
without damaging the external trim ring. Engine Coolant – this after World: slightly more difficult choice.
reading several other Thanks for Unsurprisingly your Porsche
Julian Reap, Reap Automotive Design: stories in the magazine. your enquiry and kind Centre is going to use only
As Robin McKenzie says, to replace the gear(s) All maintenance has comments about 911 & genuine Porsche parts, and
inside your speedometer requires removing the been carried out by my Porsche World. I well in context I would have no
instrument’s decorative outer bezel. There are local Porsche Centre, remember how impressed problem at all with that.
specialist tools and equipment for doing this partly because of logistics I was by what is now your Original is best, and all that
successfully. Using even a blunt screwdriver will most likely for me, but also because Carrera 4S when I tested it – and I assume that you will
damage the bezel beyond repair (new bezels are available, but of their competitive price for the June 2012 issue, get some sort of warranty.
very expensive, and obviously require the same specialist tools structure. (Previously I and naturally I am Go to the ‘right’ kind of
to roll them on, or else you are back to square one). owned a 911SC and used delighted to hear that you independent, though, and
Not surprisingly, the internal mechanisms of these independent specialists, are enjoying it so much. they will possibly be
speedometers and odometers are very delicate, and so easily because they seemed I’m glad to hear that it has prepared to buy and fit an
damaged by the uninitiated. We get occasional calls from better at solving any been so reliable, too! equivalent proprietary item
owners who have attempted this work and managed to break issues with that obviously With reference to your from an after-market
their speedometers, resulting in the need for an expensive much older car.) question, I would say that it supplier such as Bearing
repair. Here at Reap Automotive Design we stock only the Now my Porsche Centre depends to some extent on Traders Ltd. The last such
best-quality gears for most of the Porsche range of is offering – for a very what the Porsche Centre is item that I bought – a
speedometers, and usually have a few speedometers in for competitive price – to going to charge you for the precise match for one that
new gears at any given time. change my engine’s IMS work. (Although naturally it came out of a 986-model
We charge £120 plus carriage and VAT for repairing bearing to the later is interesting to hear that Boxster – cost something
odometers in 911s up to 1989, as well as those in the 964 and version, in other words the they are now even offering like £11 plus VAT.
993; also in the 944 and 968, and all 928s. Mechanical one that was used from this service. Beyond As for uprated after-
speedos, as in the 911 to 1976, as well as the 912 and 924, 2006 onwards. Do you periodically upgrading the market items, I am sure
are £140 plus carriage and VAT. Call us on 020 8863 2305. think this would be bearing fitted to new cars, they do what they claim to.
worthwhile? Or, if I am it seems to me that Porsche But they are quite costly,
Ancient speedo and/or odometer gears can crack, but it’s an easy
repair when you know how – and have the right parts and tools going to that kind of itself has never been overly and until I hear that any
expense, should I simply willing to admit there was one of them has covered,
have a larger and/or ever a problem in this area.) let’s say, 250,000 miles,
uprated after-market Personally, and I will not be convinced that
bearing installed by an notwithstanding the effort they are significantly better
independent? I must admit involved, I now think there – and certainly more cost-
that I tend toward the is a strong case for the effective – than either the
former, if only because I pre-emptive replacement Porsche part or the
would (presumably!) have of both the IMS bearing ‘standard’ after-market
some sort of guarantee and the crankshaft rear alternative.

993 PENETRATES THE GLOOM

I have finally got around to fitting the T-Light products, and the price was right, as well. I have
HID lights to my 993 – as briefly discussed in attached a couple of pictures. They are not the
Q&A last month (page 113). What a difference, best images, I’m afraid, because I shot them with
and a really straightforward job, too. It took only my iPhone for convenience, but I hope they will
about an hour and a half, and that was including give your readers at least an idea of the
the installation of the sidelight LEDs. improvement they can expect from this kit.
I am really pleased with Bergvill F/X’s Simon Hardy

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911 DOOR CHECK-STRAP: A WARNING FROM HISTORY?

Not a technical query, this each and every time the door damage to the car that one of were excised – and will later when 911s of this nature
one; more a graphically blunt is opened and closed, setting his customers acquired last be welded back – in such a weren’t quite the priceless
lesson in how not to look up a number of tiny stress year. (And this was no mere way that the finished repair automotive artworks that
after your early 911, and then fractures in the relatively thin restoration project, by the will be effectively invisible. everyone now seems to
how not to ‘fix’ it. A classic metalwork. And, as surely as way; let’s just say that it cost And I will, of course, take believe they have become,
bodge, basically. Hang your night follows day, tiny stress about the same to buy as a further photographs, as and this was the most practicable
head in shame, then, if you fractures have a habit of good late-model 997.) when, to prove the truth of option – and certainly the
were the owner or perhaps becoming very big ones. First – having already that suggestion. cheapest. You might, though,
even the Porsche specialist Ask any aircraft engineer. removed and stripped the Interestingly, it is plainly want to check whether your
who was responsible. Leave it long enough – as door for access to its internal not the first time that this £100K 2.7 RS ‘tribute’ has
One of the almost in this 1973 911 2.7, below – structure – Robin needed to problem has reared its head been subjected to similar
universally overlooked tasks and eventually the cut away that small part of in this car. Rattling around indignities. And, given that
in servicing the earlier cars is mechanism can literally tear the structure through which inside the door shell, after this repair is going to cost
to check the security of the itself free, leaving not only an passes the check-strap’s Robin had unscrewed the around £600 all told,
two cap-headed screws unsightly, jagged mess that is curved arm (just visible in the check-strap mechanism, including paintwork and
retaining each check-strap impossible to repair foreground in the middle were the two shaped plates refitting the door, that the car
mechanism to the inner front satisfactorily without major photograph). This section, shown in the photo on the you might be about to buy
end of the door shell – and if (competent) surgery, but also too, had been badly right. Our first thought was isn’t in need of similar
necessary to tighten them. the very real danger of the damaged by the hammering that some previous owner or attention here. Forewarned
(The normal figure for an M6 door opening too far, and action, and would need to be repairer had fabricated these is forearmed, and all that.
screw is 10Nm, but due to further damaging both its own painstakingly repaired. in order to beef up the
the difficulty of getting even a leading edge and the trailing This process revealed the surrounding metalwork,
low-scale torque wrench in edge of the front wing. damage to the inner part of presumably after it had
there you will probably just The photos below, taken the structure, but such was begun to split (calling to mind Torn metal inside 911 door was
have to set them as tight as during one of my many its previously unknowable the old aphorism about caused by check-strap screws
you can with an Allen key.) recent visits to Auto Umbau extent that, in order to be horses and stable doors), but remaining loose for years, but
Over a period of time these in Bedfordshire, show the able to deal with it closer inspection suggests damaged area was accessible
only by cutting open outer skin.
screws can work loose, the lengths to which proprietor satisfactorily, Robin then had that they may well have been Shaped plates (below) appear to
resulting movement between Robin McKenzie is having to to cut a further section from mass-produced. be an earlier improvised attempt
the various components, go in order to make good the the outer shell. Both pieces Maybe, back in the day, to solve the problem

Q A
NO ‘GIVE’ IN 993 SUSPENSION REVEALS ITS AGE
It’s me problem you come back to the car’s ride is terrible. Paul Stacey, which are height-adjustable,
again: Phil me with an answer, and I It bumps, crashes and Northway with H&R springs which will
Wright in order the necessary parts rattles over poor road Porsche: The lower the car slightly and
Lanzarote, from the Porscheshop, and surfaces like never before – suspension in improve the ride no end.
with the thanks to your experts’ although is still fine on 993s can Or for about £150 less you
1995-model 993 Carrera 2! advice my mechanic here smooth Tarmac. At first I become very hard and past can have a set of Koni FSD
Sorry to bother you, but can carry out the necessary came to the fairly obvious its best over time as well as dampers which have a
you have become my work. He is learning about conclusion that the mileage. The dampers don’t softer feel and perform very
lifesaver, after all. Each time the 911 quite fast now. suspension struts were worn normally develop leaks or well, but are only height-
I come to you with a The latest problem is that out, after 20 years and excessive play in the struts, adjustable at the front.
160,000km (that’s around though, and so will always If you are more in tune
100,000 miles), but when I pass the MOT test, but can with the way the car drives
push down by hand very become very harsh and and handles, and you are
hard on each wing there crashy over rough ground. thinking of doing a few
appears to be no ‘give’. Replacement dampers trackdays, then the Bilstein
I had always thought that and springs are the way PSS10 kit or a KW kit may
if suspension units had forward, and there is a be more suitable, although
failed they were weak and multitude to choose from they are double the price.
sloppy? Please could you depending on your budget. Both will be height- and
tell me what the problem Genuine Porsche dampers rebound-adjustable. Once
might be, and what parts I are more expensive than any of the dampers have
am likely to need. As ever, most after-market items, and been replaced I would
thanks in advance! don’t perform as well. For advise a four-wheel
Phil Wright’s 993 (not this one) still rides well on smooth Tarmac,
Phil Wright, Lanzarote, around £1000 you can get a alignment to get the most
but Lanzarote’s rougher surfaces are little short of purgatory.
Our suggestion: new (and ideally uprated) after-market dampers Canary Islands set of Bilstein HD/B6 units from your investment.

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996 STEERING PIPE department to query this, but was told that this is,
TAKES THE WRONG
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indeed, the correct item for the car, and that they

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DIRECTION
have never had anyone else raise this with them.
I ordered the pipes against the car’s VIN, and the
Story and photography by Chris Horton

THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

part number on the paper label attached to the
It may not be quite as awkward – or as potentially dangerous – a problem as rusty brake pipes,

I own a ‘T’-registration 996-model pipe reads 996 347 452 09.

but both the 996 Carrera and the 986 Boxster are now routinely failing their annual MOT tests
because of corroded hydraulic unions in their power-steering supply and return lines. Here’s how

911 Carrera 4. Like many of its John Barker

the professionals tackle it – and how you might even avoid the need for the work

type these days it has failed the

annual MOT test on corroded Simon Petty, Cavendish Porsche:
power-steering pipes, and having The reference number of the pipe
read your very helpful how-to story in the you have apparently been supplied
November 2014 issue I am in the middle of doing with is correct for this vehicle – as
the repair work myself. I have many years’ far as we can tell, anyway. The only
experience at what you might call the sharp end of explanation I can think of is that it has somehow
the motor trade, albeit not often on Porsches. been labelled incorrectly at the factory, or else
Rather annoyingly, though – not least because further down the supply chain.
the car is now immobile on axle-stands in my I suspect that your best approach will now be to
garage, with the old pipes effectively destroyed take the two pipes to your Porsche Centre’s parts
during the removal process – one of the new department, and there actually show them the
pipes I bought from Porsche doesn’t fit. The differences. Maybe that will persuade them to
I problem is in the high-pressure line, where it order another pipe, and see if that shows the
f last month’s 911 & Porsche number of 996 Carreras and 986- maintenance could easily consist of the steering rack’s pinion
World how-to, detailing the model Boxsters – if not all of of nothing more complicated – or housing (and please note that
replacement of a 997 them, in time. Knowing how costly – than periodically taking all of what follows is aimed

bends round to run across the front of the car. same discrepancy.
Carrera’s brake-servo pump, difficult – and thus how relatively off the car’s right-hand front specifically at right-hand-drive
was positioned toward the expensive – it can be to rectify wheel, and spraying a short cars) are four pipes. Two high-
edge of what might be termed might well encourage you to length of pipework with some pressure lines, secured with

It is only a relatively small discrepancy, but it’s Please let us know how you get on, though.
the DIY feasibility ‘envelope’, inspect your own car and, unless suitable wax-based preservative. conventional hexagonal unions,
then this story will surely be way it is already too late, to carry out We reckon, then, that it’s well and the two lower-pressure lines
outside it for all but the most the appropriate preventive worth passing on the required via which the system’s special

plainly not right, and will never look right. Because if you still have problems then this is
determined and well equipped – maintenance. It might even knowledge – even if you cannot hydraulic fluid (more on this a
or the just plain desperate. soften the blow of having to pay necessarily use it directly. little bit later) is brought from
Why, then, devote four pages someone else to do the job for At the centre of the problem, and subsequently returned to

The lower-pressure return line seems OK. something that all of us likely to have to deal with
of words and photographs to it? you. Forewarned is forearmed, in the proverbial nutshell, is the engine-driven pump.
Because it is yet another and all that – and you will know nothing more complicated or Both of the latter lines exit the
seemingly ordinary but actually what they have to deal with. sinister than good, old-fashioned rack as rigid metal pipes, secured

Naturally I rang my local Centre’s parts a similar situation ought to be aware of!
quite awkward technical issue What’s more, that corrosion. Sound familiar? to the housing by a special steel
that will surely afflict a growing aforementioned preventive Connected to the right-hand side plate and a single M10 screw, but

Q
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PAYING THE PRICE – AND THEN SOME

I have been a precisely how the figures were have a place servicing new cars, and
subscriber to 911 & arrived at, of course, but that would I believe they now offer a reduced
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Porsche World for suggest two hours’ labour at £57 per hourly rate of £75 (plus VAT) for
many editions, and hour. I looked again at the invoice older ones such as mine, but I
Story and photographs by Chris Horton

TIGHTROPE TRICKS
have always enjoyed I was given by the Porsche Centre. always prefer to let independents
Chances are that sooner or later one or other side of your 996 or 997 Cabrio’s folding
roof will start to look as though it’s falling apart. But the cure will almost certainly be

Their labour charge was £840! look after my older cars, not least
a great deal quicker and easier – and less expensive – than you might dare to hope

your technical ‘how-to’ stories,

THE KNOWLEDGE
There is really not a lot of peripheral

A
stuff you need to know on this one –
not least because if you have the

although my advancing years mean The grand total for the job – in because you have the opportunity to
tools and the expertise to tackle
the job yourself then you probably
have all the necessary information
already. Suffice it to say that the
task was on this occasion done for
us by technician Ben Lett (left) at
Elite Motor Tune Ltd. The company

that now I leave all bar the most September 2010 – was no less than discuss the problem directly with the
works on other prestige marques as
well as Porsche – hence the classic
Alpina BMW E30 on the lift in the
accompanying photograph – and a
Cayman ‘S’ it then had for sale was
featured in one of last month’s

technician doing the repair. Thanks

Tried & Tested stories. It’s based at

basic jobs to the experts. £1041.20 including VAT.

55 St James Mill Road, Northampton
NN5 5JP; tel: 01604 757510;
www.elitemotortune.co.uk. Total
cost, if you would like your car
similarly repaired there, would be
£179.52 including VAT. That’s for just

Looking through some back issues If we assume the Porsche for an excellent magazine.
one of each car’s two roof
tensioning cables, but naturally
there would be a slight but useful
saving in terms of labour if you had
both replaced at the same time.
The cable alone comes as a kit from
Porsche at £62.52 including VAT.

recently, I came across your article Centre’s labour rate to be £120 per Michael Mobbs
The vehicle shown here was a

F
irst things first. strand cable – much like part of the roof sidestep the Porsche ‘kit’ customer’s 996, but not surprisingly
What follows is those that operate your mechanism to install it – completely. The only other the 997 is in this respect more or
less identical – hence the 997-prefix
not a repair job pushbike’s brakes. Porsche which is always going to be items you will need are part number for the kit that serves
that we would rather quaintly calls it a a slightly worrying process some heat-shrink tube of both. The 986/987 Boxster roof, for

from July 2013, detailing the repairs hour, then it seems that they took
the record, is not entirely dissimilar,
necessarily tension rope. Its purpose, – but also a special tool the required diameter but the repair procedure is rather
different, so we’ll tackle that in a
expect the average as you have probably securely to crimp on at (easily available from the similar story some other time.
Porsche owner to tackle realised, is essentially to least one of the two end- likes of electronics and
in his (or her) garage pull the side of the roof fittings per side. Even our hobby supplier Maplin; go

to a 996 Cabriolet’s hood-tensioning seven hours to do a job that an Chris Horton, 911 &
some balmy Sunday into the correct shape expert technician for the to www.maplin.co.uk), and
morning, before when closed, and like any day, Ben Lett at Elite Motor a really pretty basic
adjourning to the pub for such device the constant Tune in Northampton, has selection of hand tools.
lunch and a well-earned flexing at a specific point to borrow the powerful Armed with that little lot

cable. This was of special interest to independent specialist might have

pint or gin and tonic. during the structure’s (and costly) device shown you might reasonably

Porsche World:
So why, then, are we opening and closing here, from an obliging choose to do both of the
covering it in a 911 & sequence can cause it to specialist wiring-harness two cables at the
Porsche World how-to? fray and then break – with manufacturer in a nearby same time (if one
Because even if you can’t the result shown in the building, whenever he has broken, surely

me because I have owned a 996 done in two. I know that there has I am naturally cautious
do it yourself, it is beyond photo on the right. And needs to do the job. the other one can’t
doubt very useful to that not only looks very That single step apart, be too far behind?),
know why it may be unsightly, but will almost it’s a fairly straightforward thereby saving cash
required, and also how a certainly allow harmful and certainly very on the well-known

Turbo Cabriolet since 2010, and been a lot of discussion about about drawing too
professional might do it rainwater into the cabin. satisfying repair, too – as While You are In There
for you – and not least The good news is that we naturally hope the principle – or even,
how much they might Porsche offers a repair kit – accompanying photos dare we suggest, to
justifiably charge, of bearing the part number demonstrate. We would invest in a crimping
Before: what a mess...

shortly after buying it I experienced Porsche Centres versus many conclusions

course. Knowledge is 997.561.921.00, and even go as far as to tool of your own, and
power, and all that. And if currently priced at £52.10 suggest that if you can start offering a
nothing else, well, it’s plus VAT per side (so you persuade someone to lend bespoke repair service
simply Quite Interesting. might need a total of two you (or perhaps hire out) to your Cabrio-owning

this same problem. Because the roof independents, but it does make me from your experience, Michael,
It’s actually a pretty per car). The ‘bad’ news that crimping tool, and also friends and/or fellow
straightforward, (beyond the self-evident find an after-market Porsche club members.
uncomplicated failure – for fact that that seems quite source of both cable and Because, as surely as
a modern Porsche, anyway. a lot of money for what is end-fittings (we’re working winter follows summer,
Running down each side of little more than a high-tech on that; watch this space), one day they will need

is an extremely complicated unit, wonder what they did for the other if only because no two repair jobs
the folding roof in either a piece of string) is that it then you – or else your it. I am quite tempted
996 or a 997 Cabriolet is a requires not only a certain chosen specialist, of by that idea myself, After: as good as new
small-diameter, multi- amount of dismantling of course – could feasibly actually! PW

and I live only a few miles away five hours – or were they using can ever be exactly the same. It
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Read and save: Michael Mobbs says he

from a Porsche Centre, I took it someone who was less dexterous does tend to suggest, though, that was charged £1041 by a Porsche
there and they duly investigated than the technician at Elite? independents have what can best be Centre for a repair to his 996 Cabrio’s
and arranged a repair. Previously with my 993 Turbo termed a more realistic approach, hood-tensioning cable(s). Much the
What astonished me is that your I used Ray Northway and Peter especially when it comes to older same task featured as a how-to in our
chosen specialist for that how-to Tognola, and after this experience cars. And, dare I say it without July 2013 edition (above), with
article, Elite Motor Tune in I went back to Ray and Paul and the sounding too smug, that an annual independent specialist Elite Motor
Tune charging it out to the customer
Northampton, charged a total of only rest of the team at Beenham, who subscription to 911 & Porsche World at £179. So, whether you do the job
£179.52 including VAT, with the have looked after me faultlessly can potentially save many times the yourself or not, there is plainly much
cable shown at £65.52. I don’t know since then. I think Porsche Centres very modest cost! to be gained by doing your homework

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991: 911 REVOLUTION
With the Gen2 991 on its way, and the 991 generation of 911 now over three years old, the
time seems right to have a look from a secondhand perspective at what was only the third
‘clean sheet design’ 911 in its 52-year reign

R
WHAT emarkably, the 991 generation Makes sense really: longer track equals and resaleable specification, required about
another £20,000 worth of option box ticking.
TO PAY: of 911 is only the third all new
design that Porsche has
better stability.
More controversial, perhaps, was the Typically the C2 and C2S came with two
While secondhand
991s might still look considered necessary for the addition of electronic power steering, which, different engines. Unususally, perhaps, the
pricey, it’s all 911 in its 52-year history, and needless to say, had the 911 purists aghast. C2 arrived with an engine capacity smaller
relative. The 991, only the second since the 911 went water- Blame the need for marginal gains in fuel than that of the outgoing 997 C2: 3.4-litres
you see, is an cooled, with the arrival of the 996 in 1997. Of economy that such a system delivers, not to as opposed to 3.6-litres, but, as Porsche
expensive car. course, this being Porsche, we’re talking mention ease of packaging, with no need to pointed out, more power at 350bhp over the
Stealthily, Porsche
upped the ante and evolutionary here, but even so the 991 was worry about hydraulic lines etc. 997 C2’s 345bhp. Torque was down though
it’s very, very easy bordering on revolution when compared to Porsche didn’t give up on the manual for the 991 at 287lb ft at 5600rpm,
to spec a 991 C2S to what had gone before. Yes, the basic 911 gearbox for the 991. No, instead it developed compared to 288lb ft at 4400rpm for the
over £100,000, and shape and layout was familiar, as were the a manual version of the seven-speed PDK, 997 C2. The difference may be slight, but
Targas etc to well rear-mounted flat-six engines, but the 991 with seventh a massive overdrive gear for it’s where the power is delivered that
beyond that figure.
The earliest cars came loaded with ever more technology and, economy. Wow! a seven-speed manual – that counts, or in the case of the 991, over
out there are 2012 most significantly, was dimensionally bigger, in should keep the hardcore manualists happy. 1000rpm up the rev range, which is
models and there’s keeping with buyers’ expectations for a You would have thought, but the result was not something that you really notice on the
a lot of low mileage contemporary car. one of Porsche’s finest manual ’boxes. road. The 991 is very peaky compared with
stuff around too. The big number to remember here is that of the 997 C2.
PRODUCTION AND
Prices typically are
100. OK, that’s a big number in isolation, but Not so the 3.8-litre 991 C2S engine,
in the £75,000 to
£80,000 bracket, when ending with mm, 100mm doesn’t sound MODELS which features a much more fulsome
400bhp and 325lb ft of torque at 5600rpm.
mostly with Porsche like much at all, but that’s what Porsche
Centres, but some extended the wheelbase of the 991 by to At its launch in early 2012, the 991 range Normally, being the purists that we are, we
are filtering into create the most stable 911 yet. Allied to a consisted of just the base Carrera and the would recommend the base model, but the
high end dealers wider track front and rear, and Porsche all but Carrera 2S in both Coupe and Cabriolet styles. reality is that you have to work it just too
too. Best price that
we could find was banished the 911’s more inappropriate More models would of course follow. Prices hard on the public road, and it becomes
£59,995 for a C2S. handling traits, while retaining its massive grip started at £71,000 for the base C2 model, but rather tiresome.
levels, thanks to the rearward weight bias. the reality is, to get the 991 up to a habitable As you would expect, the 991 settled into

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SPECIFICATION
991 interior is top
notch in terms of
quality. Most will be Porsche 991 C2S
well spec’d. Leather Engine: 3800cc flat-six
seats are, of course, a Transmission: 7-speed manual/PDK
given. If it hasn’t got Max power: 400bhp at 7400rpm
the PCM unit, then Max torque: 369lb ft at 5600rpm
walk away. Leather Brakes: Vented discs. 340mm/330mm front
door cards and dash and rear
top are desirable too Wheels & Tyres: 8.5x20in (f), 11x20in (r).
245/35xZR20 (f), 295/30xZR20 (r)
Weight: 1415kg
0-60mph: 4.1 secs
Top speed: 193mph

WHAT THE
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“On the face of it, the new Porsche 911 may
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better handling, more usable, more refined –
and at the end of the day, just as wonderful
as ever”
Autocar, January 2012

“With the 991 you have two distinct cars in

one. Leave it in normal mode, and with PDK
especially, you have a relaxed GT car.
Anyone could drive this car. But hit the
Porsche’s established launch pattern, with STYLING/BODYWORK/ relevant buttons and the 991 morphs into a
pseudo-GT3 challenger”
the Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S arriving in
2013. Both featured identical power
INTERIOR 911 & Porsche World, April 2012
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wider bodyshell, that would be seen on the little sarcastic are we not, but c’mon, it’s a
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Completing the model line up (991 Turbo materials, all dominated by the signature 12,000-mile service: £240.00
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and GT3 aside) is the GTS, which was Porsche style centre console. Most will be It’s a 911! Most
launched in Autumn 2014. This more driver well spec’d, with leather dash and door recognisable sports
focussed 991 is available in two- and four- cards, plus the essential PCM car silhouette of all
wheel drive, with wide body styling and nav/radio/iPod system. Put simply, buyers time was further
refined with the 991.
425bhp. A Cabrio version is also available. couldn’t afford not to spec up a 991 interior Wheelbase is longer
The Gen2 991 is now on its way, and if they ever expected to sell it, so by 100mm than
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that is the most popular, and on this been spec’d), and features a coasting £69,991
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while the C2 will almost make it, and both is out of sight and so out of mind, compared £73,590
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- so no rust, been in the UK a number of years now. Large history file of works including a
CD, car also has a Tracker fitted, no road tax is required now. Car has also an original
electric sunroof! It drives superbly and has the original cookie cutter alloy wheels, very tidy
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With 911 & Porsche World’s consultant editor, Chris Horton

911S 2.4 1973/‘L’ 106,845KM (RECORDED) £192,000

like Ludovic Parayre. I arrived
to drive his 1973 911S in my own
1987 BMW 525e, and he was
immediately far more enthusiastic
about seeing once again what he
calls one of Munich’s most iconic cars –
despite its work-in-progress appearance –
than I was, at that precise moment, about
the prospect of assessing another of
Stuttgart’s finest. ‘I love these “etas”,’
said the personable Parisian, who spent a
number of years working for BMW here in
the UK, before setting up on his own in
2010 to sell high-end classic cars and
bikes. ‘They are so stylish and so
comfortable – and so economical, too.’
Well, yes, they are. But thank you, anyway!
Don’t get me wrong. My ambivalence
toward M Parayre’s Porsche was derived
in part from the ever-increasing ‘value’ (see
above) such models seem to command
these days (and that’s not because I shall
never be able to afford one; more because Later on in the rebuild, both Mikey and
CHECKLIST
Fully restored
almost no-one else will ever be able to, Ludovic resisted the temptation – all the 1973 911S has iconic
either). But in larger measure because I greater when you start with something so Blood Orange paint,
had been suffering a bout of weapons- sound – to over-restore the car. Hence the
and a black interior BACKGROUND
with ‘houndstooth’ An originally Italian-market 2.4-litre
grade flu for a fortnight. The way I felt just doors’ window frames retain one or two fabric for the centres 911S; spent the bulk of its life in sunny
then you could quite literally have given me scratches, perhaps from an owner’s of the front seats – all Sicily, before being brought to the UK for
a car like this, and all you would have got wedding ring; the interior door releases are as it would have been restoration during 2012. That process,
was a mumbled ‘OK, thanks. Just leave it slightly ‘patinated’; and the right-hand side 40-plus years ago. begun in January 2013, and culminating
The headlining, too, in November 2014 (the finished car was
somewhere over there, please’. of the fascia top has a couple of hairline
is in the original one of the star exhibits at the inaugural
Soon, though, we are deep inside the splits from exposure to Sicilian sunshine. off-white colour. London Classic Car Show at the ExCel
breathtakingly large and plainly maximum- The seats, complete with their distinctive Fuchs wheels have venue in January), included a repaint,
security storage facility at Bicester Heritage houndstooth centre panels, have been been refurbished to a and a complete engine and transmission
– itself a Grade ll-listed aircraft hangar, retrimmed, and by the look of it the similarly high rebuild, all in the immensely capable
built during the mid-1920s – where Parayre headlining replaced, but even the carpets standard, and fitted hands of Autofarm, but crucially the
with period-correct retention of certain items that contribute
and many other collectors and dealers now were good enough to be used again. Michelin XVX tyres: immeasurably to the car’s patina; its
keep their treasures. And I start to perk up. If the paint is the expected flawless those are rather tall ‘soul’, if you like (see main text)
It would take a heart of stone to suggest Autofarm job, then mechanically the car is by today’s standards,
that the ‘S’ looks anything other than better still. Again Mikey and Co kept most but also pliant and WHERE IS IT?
stunning. I am struggling to tell if it is a of the original suspension, steering and comfortable, and still Ludovic Parayre is based in west London,
more than grippy
beautifully kept low-mileage original, or a brake components – checking, of course, enough. There is no
but the car is stored at the burgeoning –
for wear or other damage that might have and itself fascinating – Bicester Heritage
nut-and-bolt restoration, and when I am sunroof – very much site in Oxfordshire, not far from Junction
then told that the latter process was carried compromised their performance – but both a plus as far as this 9 of the M40. Viewing is by appointment
out by Mikey Wastie and his team at engine and transmission have been writer is concerned – only, although you can in the meantime
nearby Autofarm I get the picture in an through the Autofarm mill, and so are as and currently no see some truly stunning extra images at
good as new; probably better. The flat-six radio, either. Again a
instant. This must be something special. Lap 63’s website: www.lap63.co.uk
plus: lower a window
I say nut-and-bolt restoration, but that starts easily, hot or cold, and quickly and listen to the
might paint a somewhat misleading picture. settles down to a steady idle, and even I, silky-smooth
FOR
How long have you got? Specification,
Certainly the car has been completely a long-time 915-sceptic, am immediately Autofarm-built
colour, condition, history and
stripped and rebuilt – with a large number enchanted by the silky-smooth and flat-six if you want
provenance – and, even at this already
of brand-new original Porsche parts – and accurate gear shift. The car rides so some genuine in-car
rarefied price, investment potential.
entertainment.
quite plainly repainted. It spent the bulk of extraordinarily well, too, even on the rather (There are a couple of
And this is very clearly a thinking man’s
its previous life in Sicily, though, and as a rough surface of the adjacent taxiway. sound clips on the
restoration: if Mikey Wastie is happy
result was entirely rust-free; unsurprisingly I think I am beginning to ‘get’ these with its ‘ethos’ – and he is – then I defy
relevant section of
anyone else not to be equally impressed.
it was just the cosmetics that really let it iconic Porsches. I just hope that whoever Lap 63’s website.)
Oh, and the car drives BEAUTIFULLY
down. There was also some old and very is lucky enough to buy this one is also You might want to
consider rear-view
minor accident damage at the front, reports perceptive enough to realise that they have mirrors, though, and AGAINST
Mikey when I talk to him later, but with the one of the world’s truly great driver’s cars, certainly if you intend I know what you are probably thinking,
wings off that was merely a formality to fix. not just an investment opportunity. PW to drive the car here because I certainly am. Is a 2.4-litre 911S
in the UK. There is at really worth nearly a fifth of a million
present only one pounds? Well, yes, or thereabouts.
exterior device, For those of you with the wherewithal,
on the left-hand the vision and perhaps even the courage,
(ie driver’s) side, however, that will not be an issue
which leaves you
potentially rather VERDICT
vulnerable to traffic I surprised myself, and fell in love with
coming up on the this exquisite 911S in an instant. I think
right-hand side. you will be hard-pressed to find better
Hardly a deal
breaker, though, in a
vehicle which in every
VALUE AT A GLANCE
Condition GGGGGGGGGG
other respect is so Price GGGGGGGGGG
extraordinarily Performance GGGGGGGGGG
appealing Overall GGGGGGGGGG

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Reg no ‘911 US’. Tel: 07973 597738 or This is a must for your new Porsche, the
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£6000 ono P0415/016 Tel: 07966 527610. Email:
[email protected].
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2001 Boxster with passenger side Porsche 964, 993 rev counter face dial
Reg ‘MY11GTS’ for sale damage, 65,000 miles, good engine, rotated scale
Offers. Tel: 07771 686462. Email: smart suede/leather interior, good hood, 911, 964 and 993 rev counter face plate
[email protected]. all bits available. Tel: 07967 884809. dial with rotated scale, replacing the
£2500 P0415/046 Email: [email protected] (Worcs). original face, made from polycarbonate,
P0415/035 price includes shipping. Tel: 0630
100000. Email: [email protected]
Nasty number plate (Netherlands).
D9II CKS A real fun number, Nasty but Nice. A
terrific fun number plate for your nasty
Porsche 914 parts
Valance, $100; doors right, $25, left, $25;
£90 P0415/042

911 registration plate car, a real headturner, held on retention brakes, shocks with spring, rear light
‘D911 CKS’, please call for more details. certificate, this number can be yours very misc, brains, harnesses, rear glass,
Tel: 07795 566211. Email: easily, emigrating and unable to use it wheels, all 5 large boxes of good parts
[email protected]. overseas, for sale at a bargain price, for $300. Tel: 802-349-7375. Email:
£1950 P0415/047 please send a message or call for details [email protected] (USA).
(do not send texts please as they will not $300 P0415/023
be received). Tel: 07040 902029.
POA P0415/036
JJI 9II5
Registration for sale Great stereo for 911
‘JJI 9115’, number on retention. Tel: 07810
058297. Email: [email protected].
P4WKE Stereo taken from my 911 Carrera, 6 disc
radio cassette with remote control,
£2000 P0415/018 Porsche reg ‘P4WKE’ special speakers for parcel tray which are
On retention ready to go, looks great on £300 to buy, brilliant sound. Tel: 07872
any Porsche. Tel: Alan, 07791 747980. 490760. Email: jimmydawson20032001@
Email: yahoo.com (Hamilton).
F6 BHP [email protected].
£800 P0415/001
£200 P0415/038

‘F6 BHP’
The perfect plate for any flat-six engine Winter wheels and tyres
Porsche. Tel: 07918 195820. Email: For Carrera 997 Gen 1&2, in excellent
[email protected].
£550 ono P0415/045
P9II SAB Porsche 911 space saver spare wheel
Space saver spare wheel from 911
condition, less than a season old with no
marks and deep tread. Set of four, best
‘P911 SAB’ Carrera, never used. Tel: 07872 490760. offer secures. Cost well over £2000.Tel:
Cherished registration. Tel: +44 1628 Email: 07825 117821. Email: julianwynter@
633745. Email: [email protected]. [email protected] btinternet.com (West Sussex).
KEL IB £9950 P0415/043 (Hamilton).
£60 P0415/039
£1250 P0415/024

Cherished number plate ‘KEL 1B’

Super name plate that easily reads KELI Two 235/35 ZR 19
B, great present for Kelli, Kelly or Kellie,
or your initials KEL. Tel: 01560 0480862.
HI BXT Continental ContiSportContact 3s (91Y
XL FR), brand new, £180 the pair (collect
Email: [email protected]. ‘H1 BXT’, Hi Boxster! only). Tel: 07850 654911 (Surrey, close
£3995 P0415/048 Great friendly non-dating plate for any M25).
age Boxster, no illegal spacing required, £180 P0415/025
on retention cert for quick transfer,
bargain at £725 ono. Tel: Ian, 01463
K5 00 GTS 831668. Email: [email protected].
£725 ono P0215/032
Registration number ‘K5 00 GTS’

PARTS
Ideal plate for your GTS Porsche, on
retention and ready to go, best price over
£999. Tel: Graham, 07814 464735. Email:
[email protected]. Porsche 968 Coupe timing belt
£999 P0415/049 deflector/guide pulley idler bearing
Bought for 968 but not used, make sure
of vehicle compatibility before
purchasing, postage £2.27 2nd class or 4 Carrera S wheels
free collection. Information on box reads: 8Jx19 H2 ET 57 on 235/35 ZR Michelin
996 wind deflector 300 33 0390. Bin: CU58H *C 225962. Pilot 3-4mm remaining; 9.5Jx19 H2 ET 46
Genuine Porsche wind deflector to fit a 532 0048 10. T.Roller 944s/944s2/968. on 265/35 ZR Michelin Pilot worn; good
‘A911 TEW’ 996, in excellent condition. Tel: 07920 INA Spannroller Tensioners. Tel: 01582 condition, no kerb or scuff marks. Tel:
On retention. Email: 423337. Email: [email protected] 609131. Email: 01629 814572. Email:
[email protected]. (Bucks). [email protected] (Beds). [email protected] (Derbyshire).
£1100 ovno P0415/037 £175 P0415/040 £20 P0415/041 £1000 P0415/010

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