Day in a life of a 996TT motor build
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Originally posted by rockitman
Those ceramic coated headers are kuel !! I want to retire and become a Porsche mechanic...Really!!!
Those ceramic coated headers are kuel !! I want to retire and become a Porsche mechanic...Really!!!
Mike
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Originally posted by Zippy
It's always been my dream to retire and open a Hot Rod shop. I would definately require some highly mechanical partners though!
Mike
It's always been my dream to retire and open a Hot Rod shop. I would definately require some highly mechanical partners though!
Mike
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Originally posted by PorschePhD
Lots of experience. I have owned over 30 Porsches and modified every one of them. I have a back ground not related to the mechanical field, in fact my education is an MBA. I had done well in my early 20s yet was so burned out from business I up and walked out of my regional sales management job and went to turn a wrench. I was informally trained by a master Porsche/Audi mechanic. I made a choice to walk away from income and do something I wanted to do at any cost. I grew up with Porsches and wanted to be one of the guys that could build the crazy stuff. Look at a 930 and go "oh 600Hp, no problem" So that is what I did. There are schools out there that teach the basics and they are questionable in my book. I have hired a few and they have never lasted more than 3 weeks. They make grease monkeys not engine builders/Tuners. I love what I do and look for a reason to try or create something new. This has driven me along with my desire to have the most detail possible and be the one place that I have never seen or worked with. I think I have established that and continuously try to improve what we think is not broken. What education....buy a motor or a car and tear it apart. Don't be afraid and when in doubt ask questions. When you are done do something new. Make it look like you were never there, try to make it better and you got it. Smile in the mirror when you get up every day because YOU get to make Porsches fast. Just never make them quite as fast as yours
Lots of experience. I have owned over 30 Porsches and modified every one of them. I have a back ground not related to the mechanical field, in fact my education is an MBA. I had done well in my early 20s yet was so burned out from business I up and walked out of my regional sales management job and went to turn a wrench. I was informally trained by a master Porsche/Audi mechanic. I made a choice to walk away from income and do something I wanted to do at any cost. I grew up with Porsches and wanted to be one of the guys that could build the crazy stuff. Look at a 930 and go "oh 600Hp, no problem" So that is what I did. There are schools out there that teach the basics and they are questionable in my book. I have hired a few and they have never lasted more than 3 weeks. They make grease monkeys not engine builders/Tuners. I love what I do and look for a reason to try or create something new. This has driven me along with my desire to have the most detail possible and be the one place that I have never seen or worked with. I think I have established that and continuously try to improve what we think is not broken. What education....buy a motor or a car and tear it apart. Don't be afraid and when in doubt ask questions. When you are done do something new. Make it look like you were never there, try to make it better and you got it. Smile in the mirror when you get up every day because YOU get to make Porsches fast. Just never make them quite as fast as yours
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Stephen has a great shop it is cleaner and more organized then half the restaurants that we all eat in. His “operating room†is top notch I have been to his shop a few times and it astonishes me with how well kept it always is.
I live in St. Louis and allthough their office is in Kansas City (300 miles from home) and I have chosen Imagine Auto as my local performance shop. Stephen and his crew are a great bunch of very knowledgeable people who are not the run of the mill pretentious and pompous Porsche service dept.
Oh yea how is that mule S/C Boxster S coming along, I need more HP. Well as much as you can get out of the 3.2.
Thanks for the help with the Evo intake.
I live in St. Louis and allthough their office is in Kansas City (300 miles from home) and I have chosen Imagine Auto as my local performance shop. Stephen and his crew are a great bunch of very knowledgeable people who are not the run of the mill pretentious and pompous Porsche service dept.
Oh yea how is that mule S/C Boxster S coming along, I need more HP. Well as much as you can get out of the 3.2.
Thanks for the help with the Evo intake.
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I am trying to contact PorschePHd to ask him permission to distribute the file. I got it in PDF (7 megs) from his previous shop (ImagineAuto inc) and don't know if I can redistribute them. Anyway he should reply soon.
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jpflip,
Since I have <15 postings I can not send PM's. My email address is herman.andersson@irf.se
Since I have <15 postings I can not send PM's. My email address is herman.andersson@irf.se