So I'm getting ready to purchase a 2008 997.1 Turbo. It has these following mods. I'm coming from a Supercharged c6 Z06 and do not know much about Porsche and the mods they have. Do these mods look like it is safe for the car and will keep it reliable? Currently the car has 17000 miles / 2008.

-H&R Porsche PASM springs
-H&R adjustable sway bar
-RSC lightweight exhaust
-RSC tuning 200 cell cats
-RSC twin exhuast tips
-AWE headers
-EVOMS boost recirculation valves
-AWE tuning throttle body
-an AWE 650hp tune on new Porsche DME
-Turbo aerokit

It is also an automatic / tiptronic... currently the car has 575whp... will this hurt the tranny in the future and what is the max whp this tranny can handle if I was to modify and change the turbos?


Please provide me some advice. Thank you!

 

Would your Z06 happen to be black? Maybe seen with couple white M6s?

The modifications are definitely great ones. A good amount of searches on here will show you many people using the same stuff on their Porsches. A good answer to your last question, there are always limits to every car. It's all about how deep you're willing to go in your pocket. I have owned my 997.1tt for about 3 months now and i have paid more in general maintenance and a few upgrades then i did for my AMS built EVO IX MR. GL!!

 

Yes, I'm part of team ELITE. Do I know you from somewhere?

I seem to get different ideas about maintence... some say maintenance is simple and not costly compared to what you just said. My E60 M5 was stupid on maintenance costs.... as long as it is not that extreme, I'll be happy.

 

It's not to extreme. Having the car and driving it is completely worth whatever gets thrown at you. What you are going to pay for the car and maintenance is completely worth it. Unless you are going to do the work yourself the cost of things will differ greatly. Having Porsche work on the car is a plus to me..minus the 130 hr labor rate. However you can't beat having the Porsche receipts for resale and the solid peace of mind.

Does the car have PCCB(Carbon Ceramic Brakes)? You would be lucky to have them and at the same time unlucky. They are costly to replace when it comes time (if and when it happens while you own it) about 16k+ for brake job. Oil changes are about 200-300 bucks, and i tried once to do it myself. I will never try that again. Like i said it is all worth it after seating in that driver seat.

I have seen you around a good amount. Always in the group of cars, sweet rides btw. I am a good friend of a blonde you know very well.

 

Brake description says "Carbon fiber brakes" so I'm guessing they are so. Our mechanic at elite can do the oil changes.

I've been looking for the exhaust tone on youtube... says RSC exhaust / twin tips but can't find anything. All I see is RSC tuning.

Thats koo, maybe we'll see each other in a car meet soon. I'm not with the blonde anymore.

 

I'm going to assume the exhaust is much louder then stock. I can promise you whatever sound clip you listen to will give no justice to the actual sound of the car in person. And you will enjoy those brakes. I have them on mine, they are amazing. I thought my straight pipe EVO was loud.....and then i picked up my Porsche(with cats and muffler); whoa. The best way to describe the sound of a 997.1tt with exhaust is probably the same as hearing Jesus sing a christmas carol.

 

I like that

I just wish I knew what the hell a RSC exhaust and twin pipe sounds like with the 200 cell cats.....