Has anyone changed out a 6 speed for a tip?

When clutch replacement comes around, if it can be done cost efficiently, I'd consider doing it.

I didn't plan on using the car as a daily driver but it's just too much fun not to. It gets a little old rowing it around.............it would also let some of the other family members enjoy the car..........

Thanks.

J.D.

 

If you do decide to do the conversion, I have a spare Tip Trans from a low mileage car on the East coast that I bought as a spare and I have yet to ship it to Los Angeles. I would sell it for $2,250 no core; the rebuilts are about $3K + 1,500 core.

 

What?!?...hu??....you can't be..well...I can't...uh....let me start by...forget it.

 

I thought the same as you when I bought my first pcar. 2002 996 tip. Yes it was good fun to drive- any pcar is good fun! BUT, and let me reiterate "BUT".. you end up missing some performance by not having the 6speed. A Porsche with a tip is like having sex with a condom. It's really good, but you know it could feel much better.... lol
Granted, a tip is the best for daily putting around in traffic and sipping a latte while driving, so it's really a tradeoff of performance vs. convenience.

You'll need to get the Tiptronic computer and probably make changes to the ECU programming. There are also different mounting brackets involved. Seems like way too much work / $ to do a swap.
My 2c if you really need to make this change, I'd sell the car and buy another one with a tip. - Or wait for the '09 and get one with the 7-speed PDK.

 

^^^^^^agreed

 

I am mixed. I've had an 911 SC, 968 C2 and now a 996 C2. The 2 former cars were stick and the latter a Tip S. I've owned them in LA and San Francisco as data points. The performance difference is not that dramatic either at the low or high end unless you're racing from light to light; about .5 second in the Cab from 0-60 and the top ends are about even. the Tip S is a good box and you have the clutchless manual option if desired. Between the hills, traffic and aging knees I'll opt for the Tipto for now

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/porsche-911-history37.htm

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Drivi..._at_track_days

Most of the high end cars like Lambo with the E-GEAR and Ferrari with the F-1 cars use a paddle variation of the Tipto design and usually more valuable the manuals. They are also easier to drive than their notchy or gated counterparts.

 

Lambo and Fcar (and even Audi) use an entirely different type of transmission, and they are not a variant of the tiptronic. Thy use a true manual gearbox that is electronically acutated, so there is really no comparison or relation to a tip. The Porsche tiptronic (and BMW Steptronic) are a computer logic controlled type of automatic tramsmission (to put it summarily).

Once the '09 7speed PDK comes out, now that is something I'll be interested in

Don't get me wrong, the tip is still fun and makes DD a breeze, but for all-out cornering fun IMO the 6speed is a better choice. Just depends on personal needs, really.