Can a Porsche Carrera engine bearing be replaced?
Porsche Club of America tech advisor Scott Slauson from Softronic (see Pelican Technical Article: Updating Your DME with Performance Software for the Porsche 911 Carrera) pioneered a procedure that allows you to replace the bearing with the engine still in the car.
When to change clutch on Porsche 911 Carrera?
The kit is designed so that the bearing replacement can be performed during a routine clutch replacement (see Pelican Technical Article: Clutch Replacement on the Porsche 911 Carrera ). Changing out the bearing during each clutch job will ensure that the bearing is fresh and not wearing prematurely.
How much does a 1999 Porsche Carrera 2 cost?
The market’s opinion on these cars, however, is written in the resale values. If you had purchased two Porsches in a row — a 1998 Carrera 2S for $75,000 and a 1999 Carrera 2 for $75,000 — and put 50,000 miles on each, you would find that the 1998 car would command an easy $50K in PCA classifieds, but the 1999 would struggle to fetch $20K.
Is there a Porsche 911 that looks like a 1998 Carrera?
It is possible to “update” a 1971 911T to look just like a 1998 Carrera 2S, and it’s also possible to “backdate” a 1994 911 Carrera to look like a classic 1973 Carrera RS. Both of these offenses against human decency have occurred many times, incidentally.
What was the price of a 1999 Porsche 911 Carrera?
Even before these spanking-new ’99 models hit the dealerships, we had our order in. Only coupes, with a base price of $67,463, were available in this generation’s first year. We ordered ours with the optional Zenith Blue Metallic paint ($805) and full leather interior in Graphite Grey ($3215).
Is there a problem with my Porsche 911 Carrera?
This “D-chunk” problem seems ironically to occur mostly in gently driven cars. 911 Carreras that are driven hard at the track or on the street do not tend to see this type of damage. At least with respect to the track cars, one theory is that these cars tend to have their oil changed much more often.
Porsche Club of America tech advisor Scott Slauson from Softronic (see Pelican Technical Article: Updating Your DME with Performance Software for the Porsche 911 Carrera) pioneered a procedure that allows you to replace the bearing with the engine still in the car.
How much does it cost to maintain a Porsche Carrera?
During the Porsche’s 40,000 miles with us, we spent $1025 on scheduled maintenance, $960 on snow tires, and $842 on replacement summer tires. That’s easily two to three times what most long-termers have cost us. On the other hand, this latest-generation 911 cost about $250 less to maintain than our last long-term air-cooled 911 Carrera (July 1996).