101 Projects For Your Porsche 911, 996 And 997 1998-2008 (Motorbooks Workshop) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)

                
              
101 Projects For Your Porsche 911, 996 And 997 1998-2008 (Motorbooks Workshop) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Since its introduction in 1998, the water-cooled Porsche 911 has earned a reputation as one of the world's greatest sports cars - equal to, if not better than, the legendary air-cooled 911 it replaced. The 911 is a true driver's car, and it offers its greatest driving rewards when properly maintained, tuned, and modified. One of the principal drawbacks to owning a Porsche is the relatively high cost of maintaining it. You can literally save thousands of dollars in mechanic's costs simply by performing some of the work yourself. With 101 Projects for Your Porsche 911 996 and 997 1998-2008, written by renowned Porsche author Wayne Dempsey, you'll be able to get into the garage and work on your 911 with confidence. Created with the weekend mechanic in mind, this highly illustrated Motorbooks Workshop title offers 101 step-by-step projects designed to help you maintain, modify, and improve your late-model 911. Focusing on the water-cooled 996 and 997 models, this book presents all the necessary knowledge, associated costs, and pitfalls to avoid when performing an expansive array of projects. And besides the savings, when you personally complete a job on your Porsche, you get the added satisfaction of having done it yourself.
Series: Motorbooks Workshop
Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks; First Edition, First edition (February 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760344035
ISBN-13: 978-0760344033
Product Dimensions:  8.5 x 1 x 10.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:  4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
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Outstanding resource, don't know why I didn't buy this before. You can get all kinds of DIY info on the 996/997 all over the web and YouTube, but this book compresses a great deal of detail into one place. You might think it's silly (I did too, at first) to devote a "Project" about how to jack the car up. Who doesn't know how to jack it up? Well, all the points including two along the center line, and which jack, stands, and why is not something I knew right off. Almost every "Project" has those little pointers that make the work much easier. Having done a few of the projects and figured them out myself before getting this book, I could quibble with a few details and photo quality, but not many. And each project has a URL to get larger photos.With this book as a guide I feel much more confident starting a significant project, and even a simple one for the first time, because I'll avoid the mistakes that are usually learned the first time. Example: if replacing wheel bearings, put the bearings in the freezer before installing. Another positive is specific recommendations for tools, including a number of unusual ones that the author's experience has shown are valuable to have (not expensive ones, just unusual). I think this will become my go-to first reference for 996 DIY.Other reviews mention disappointment in the book that you need a full tool set. I think if you want to go past the super basic projects, yes you will need a significant tool set but you don't have to invest a great deal. Many bundled sets from Home Depot for example (mine) are plenty good enough, with a few specific other items as mentioned in the book. To do anything beyond the basics (about 90% of the projects in the book), yes you need a good tool set.
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