Earlier this summer I had my eyes on manual gen 2 Macadamia Brown Carrera S in Belgium but the seller was slow with communication but after almost three years of searching I finally managed to track down my own grail car!
A black on black manual gen 2 Carrera S with 42,000 miles on the odometer, loaded with the right options and unbroken service history at Porsche Center it passed PPI almost with flying colours. 78KEUR…
Here’s a 997.1 Carrera S engine project we recently wrapped up at Slakker.
This one started as a 3.8L M97.01 that came in after a track day failure. When this engine arrived, we knew something had gone wrong, but we did not know how bad it was going to be.
From the outside, we could see the case had damage and inside was no different.
Windowed case, spun bearings, carrier damage, and the oil pan had plenty of metal in it. Definitely one of the gnarliest disassembles we have seen in a while.
From here, we save what could be saved, replace what could not be reused, and built it back better.
The engine was rebuilt as a 4.1L setup. Some of the parts and upgrades included:
The owner wanted something that would feel great on the street, handle a few track days, and still chase that 400 HP mark.
From the engine assembly, off it went to the dyno.
The cool part was that the owner flew in from Houston to be here for the dyno session. He got to see and hear the engine come to life in person, watch the tuning process, and be there when the final number came in.
Final result:
406.6 HP / 347.6 TQ
After everything this engine went through, seeing it come back together and hit the goal was a pretty satisfying way to close the loop.
From track day failure, to teardown carnage, to case work, to 4.1L rebuild, to dyno day, this one is now boxed up and heading back home to Houston.
Houston, we did not have a problem.
Hi all,
In 2 days I’ll be picking up my 997.2 C4S. I was wondering what you’d recommend as must haves/upgrades? I prefer to keep the 997.2 as stock as possible.
I was thinking about:
- aero wiper blades
- new battery
- ctek charger
- new wheel nuts
- PCM 3.0 car play upgrade (upgrade the stock unit)
Any stuff you would recommend?
Thanks!
Just about to do my first maintenance on my recently-purchased 997.1. Had the car for about 4 months, have all the service history and know it's due for an oil change next month. Had a PPI done and there were no issues then. It drives beautifully.
What else would you do besides an oil change? Has about 51k miles.
