Clay Bar

it goes, yes but not as fast as the ducati 0-60 and thats whats important in UK, the 911 will have it top end but 0-100 the duc will win on power to weight ratio, the duc "might" have a few mods too :) but not gass flowed head and titanium valves like the 911.
 
Nice Duke.
Modern Porsches never really gave me much of a stiffy though - but I'd love a '76 911. I went off the design when it started smoothing out in the mid 90's.

I'm not sure about using clay myself. It seems like it turn out to be more trouble than its worth.
 
older 911's, id love one tbh but i need a everyday driver to do around 30-40k miles per year so the newer is the only answer.

clay, I agree and thats why I started the post, I see no benifit so far and I only bought it after reading the forum users here rate it so much and application seems to be the key.. .. .. ..
 
I'm sure if I tried it on my 1989 205 GTI I'd **** it up somehow. I'll stick to Farécla G3 polishing compound, Autoglym Super Resin Polish and good old Simoniz GT Wax.
The difference between us being, if I damage the paint on my £300 shed it isn't as big a deal as you scuffing up the Porker.
 
Cassius, I've been meaning to ask you all day but have been rather busy at work..

What is the spec of your car? I've had a quick google but couldn't find much info. Is it a Bi-Turbo?
 
right you obviously put gemballa GT 500 in google, well done, mine is not the 997, thats the newer car, very different to mine, mine is the 996 older car and has no driver aids, some say this is better but i think its down to personal taste.

the original GT 500 based on the 996 911 has no turbo, it is norminally aspirated the newer is 520bhp but with turbo so drive very differently as torque and power are delivered in very different ways.
 
ooops, i fear i may have been one of the ones ranting about the clay bar's greatness and i apologies if its lead to damaging your paint work :(

I didn't have any problems when i did mine, just washed it down, dried it off and then followed the instructions. Lots of lube and a warmed up bar with little to medium pressure and a lot of movement lifted the bits off a treat.
 
Cassius Clarke said:
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Jesus wept. :cool:

If you are ever in the North Wales area, drop me a line. Just got a new set of pads for the porter cable, I'll detail the porker for a pint and a blat over the moors.

Hell, we could even go see Brokeback Mountain together.
 
hehehe brokeback mountain, err no thanks, my parents live in cheshire, I visit regular, ill let u know when im next up there, those back roads to wrexham and deemon tweeks are ace :P
 
neil, Im not 100% sure tbh, I know it is 3.8 where as standard 996 is 3.2, the head has been gassflowed and had titanium valves with different cams and larger lightweight pistons/conrods and all that, sounds like a bag of spanners on tickover thats about to stall but this is normal (apparently) ive never had it dyno'd either so the claim from gemballa of 500bhp might not even be near for all I know, just being honest all the same. . . . .
 
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