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1999 3.4L 996 motor: I need to replace what I think might be the crank-case breather hose... basically it is a ~0.5" Diameter plastic hose that attaches air distributor next to the throttle-body. The ends of the formed hose have o-rings and circular retaining clips. It starts over near the fuel-rail, is ~12" long, and has a 180° bend as it snakes around. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! -DS
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Sorry, I don't know what year muffler it was.. it was >'99 and before Porsche went to the removable tips; Hanging it on my '99 required a Porsche kit meant to hang the sport exhaust. Also, I didn't take pictures... whenever I do a project like that, I have every intention of taking lots of before and after pictures, but it is only rarely that I end up actually taking the pictures. Mostly, I get to excited about the project, and too impatient to stop and get the camera, so I end up w/o pics :( I'm learning... future projects will have more photos :) The two pipes I removed (each about 12") were the ones coming in from either side. The exhaust gas coming into the muffler goes through one of these tubes, and then either reaches the end of the tube (which is open) and enters the 1st chamber,or gets out of the tube through the perforations (into the same 1st chamber). When I was doing my searches to decide how I wanted to mod the muffler, I found a before pic of a cut-open muffler... it was useful for me to have to know where I needed to cut the shell. I would guess that the picture is still floating around the web somewhere. -DS
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I can't help you locate the guy your looking for, but I can share my experience with muffler modification... I took an "s" muffler (I liked the look of the twin tips, thougth I doubt there is any difference inside), cut the top upen, removed the two perforated inlet pipes (one on either side, and welded the thing back together (the shell is actually two layers; only the outer layer is stainless). The result was improved sound and zero resonance issues. All-in-all, kind of a pain to do, but well worth it :)
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I don't have any resonance issues, but then again, I only removed the two perforated inlet pipes and left the rest of the internals in place. I do have a better sould (at all RPMs). My wife agrees... the difference wasn't drastic, but was noticable. ... I do have a different engine, but don't think that has any effect of the type of sound change the modification would result in, or the presence/lack of a resonance. -DS
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I am in Alexandria, VA and have a apare '99 muffler I could pass along for a song; I took it off at ~22,000 miles, and replaced it w/an 's' exhaust which I had opened, removed the two baffled inlet pipes, and welded shut. message me if you are interested -DS
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I have almost the same issue... My car is a '99 as well; The front hood has always popped up nicely, that is until recently. A few months back, it stopped popping up (it was a sudden change rather than a gradual decrease in it's popping ability). I have not taken it apart, but from a visual inspection, the helical spring is in place and appears to be in fine shape. I also tried the judicous application of lubricant and the loosining of the latch mechanism (to achieve better alignment), both to no avail. Currently, when I pop the front hood, the hood does not raise at all. I then have to squeeze my fingers carefully under the edge, at which point I am able to raise the hood. I really don't have a problem getting the hood up, but would be reluctant to let someone else open it for me.