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I emailed Navteq about getting an updated map set for my 2004 Cayenne with CD nav system, and I got the response

"There are no map updates"

So, I'm assuming I'm screwed for new maps. Talk about regressing to the stone age; I'm half tempted to rip the system out and just put something functional in. I heard the m0bridge unit will allow for video feed from a carpc :)

My question is: are there any known solutions for updating the Navteq mapset?

I have imaged my CD, and looked at the base fileset; I'll run a bit more deeper shortly. So far, there's a propriatary setup but I was able to alter the files listed in order, and even managed to change which mapfiles existed. However, I think Navteq moved to DVD format the next model year, and those files are likely too big to be on a CD.

Check ebay. I have bought several Porsche nav disks there. I only had to make sure that they were compatible with my PCM version.

Hello room!

I just joined the forum anh it's great to be here. I just bought a new toy, it's a 2005 Carrera S with composite ceramic breaks and AWE Exhaust, headers and cat system was installed plus Evolution Motorsport Supercharger. It has 17k miles on it and I paid $64k plus tax. I would like to know if I over paid for this toy? Thanks for all your reply! :)

I think the price was fair, but why worry about it now?? It's a done deal..enjoy it in good health :)

Dave

Hello Giahan. I'm am in the Los Angeles area. I'm not sure the dealer provided a smog certificate when I first bought the car, but I do know that here in Kalifornia that you will at some point have to smog check your car as I will mine. I think both cars will pass the emission part, but not the visual check part - so we'll figure that out somehow..??

Also, although an SC may void part of the warranty (extended or original), I think it has to be proved the the SC caused something to fail that you are making a claim on.. We'll see it that happens - hopefully though we won't need to worry about that.

On another note have you dyno'd your car to see what the RWHP and RWTQ are? I will do mine shortly.

I bought the Porsche retrofit kit and find it works very well. It does not adjust wipe speed - it only wipes at the slower speed. I found it easy to install - took about 45 minutes. I ran the wire across the top of the screen, down behind the A pillar trim and straight down to the relay board.

The kit that I got from Porsche is not the same as the one they describe in the TSB. The TSB says that the wiper delay control becomes a sensitivity control - that isn't the case, the control becomes redundant. It also says that if you leave the sensor in the 'on' position when you switch off the ignition, you have to reactivate it by switching the stalk to off/delay - that also isn't the case, it's active all the time with the ignition on and the stalk in the delay position.

The kit is made by Xanonex in Germany (www.xanonex.de) and it would have been considerably cheaper to buy it direct from them.

I think it works well, and am very pleased I got it.

I have one in my car. It was an option I believe. It works wells and was self adjusting the speed based upon the amount of rain - it was pretty amazing.

Hello room!

I just joined the forum anh it's great to be here. I just bought a new toy, it's a 2005 Carrera S with composite ceramic breaks and AWE Exhaust, headers and cat system was installed plus Evolution Motorsport Supercharger. It has 17k miles on it and I paid $64k plus tax. I would like to know if I over paid for this toy? Thanks for all your reply! :)

Nice find and congrats. Price seems pretty good. What state are you in and did you have to pass a smog testing upon registration? How do you like the EVO SC so far?

Looks mean and hot. I also did something similar from misha.com. A GT3 front and rear bumper, and a GT2 wing like yours. It does improve the looks. Although I did end up taking the splitter off for now, as my car was lowered and I was scraping everything.

Whats going on with the Zebra striped 997 with TT wheels in the background?

LOL x2 . That was a custom paint job for some car that ran in a recent gumball rally or something. It was parked next to mine at Speed gallery... FWIW - I asked the same question because I saw being drive arounf the SF Valley - LA, CA.

This weekend I went to a speed shop as they were having a "Dyno Day". Three pulls for $35. A group of friends went which consisted of 3 -60's vintage Mustangs, a 95 993 and my '00 C2 Tiptronic. None of the Mustangs were really hopped up so I figured I would end up with the best horsepower number for the day. However, when they started my run the manual shift mode shut down as the ABS warning light came on. He shut the car down but manual shift control was not restored. The horsepower only showed 220. The '95 993 came up with 233 (his was a stick). I was kind of embarrased. The car would not shift with manual mode until I had driven the car ~4 times (I guess it cleared the "limp mode"). When I got home I hooked up my Durametric scanner and there were several codes for the engine and a couple for the Tiptronic. Essentially, these were all ABS sensor malfunctions.

My question is, has anyone dynoed a Tiptronic?

Yes, I had my Tip dyno'd. Are you asking to find out if it is possible? Or are you asking to find out if anyone else has had any error lights pop up? Or are you wanting to know what RWHP tips put out?

My car was dyno'd (dynamics dyno) and no CELs came on at all. It was held in 3rd gear in manual mode. The number was 260 RWHP. Seemed low to me, but TIPS have more loss in HP than sticks. It is a fact we live with, which is why I SC'd my car. I have not done another dyno yet though..

Great looking car. Where did you get the rear wing?

Thanks

http://www.nrauto.com/

Overall, I was satisfied although my body shop had to resurface the top. Since my car was black, any imperfection on the surface would show.

Let me know with any questions.

good luck!

Looks mean and hot. I also did something similar from misha.com. A GT3 front and rear bumper, and a GT2 wing like yours. It does improve the looks. Although I did end up taking the splitter off for now, as my car was lowered and I was scraping everything.

I had my dealer update the PCM 2.1 to rev B. But they screwed up the amp software in the process, which broke the amp. They will install an new amp tomorrow and hopefully finish the process without any more problems. They are doing it all for free, so far. They tell me that there is no upgrade for a MY05 997s from PCM 2.1 to 3, nor is there a 2007 nav dvd for the car. Do i believe them??

Dealer did PCM upgrade 21.a to 2.1b for free and replaced the BOSE amp that broke for free. They are checking to see if they can upgrade the PCM to 3.x for me as well. Now, they do say there is a 2007 DVD (05/2007, #997.642.257.05) it is about $600 from them. Heading to ebay where it is $200.

Interesting that the Dealers are screwing up the amps on updating the PCM. I know of at least 3 cars spanning 2004 -2005 manufacture all with BOSE systems that have updated using the update CD's with no issues on the BOSE. Seems those using the bit torrent download or the PWIS in the delaer are experiencing more difficulties , particularly if its a 997. All the cars I know of have been 987 (boxsters) with the exception of 2 997 cars , but I don't think these had BOSE. The 997 BOSE system is different to the 987 even though they use the same base amplifier in many cases. The 997 has an extension to its outputs not used on the 987 as it has more speakers in the 997. My suspicion is that the corrupted bose amps are the result of the update software not being correctly configured for the additional outputs on the 997 units , so the software crashes during the download .

I got my car back from the dealer. They upgraded the PCM from 2.1A to 2.1B. They broke the BOSE Amp while doing it, but repaced it for free. I originally went in because I had an "Incompatible Navigation Software" message at the bottom on the screen while going from main to nav. The upgrade did not fix that!? I do have to say, I only got the message after replacing a 10/2005 DVD with a 05/2006 DVD. The system does read the newer DVD, but I still get the incompatible software message - it has stumped my dealer so far. Anyway, I may try a newer dvd 05/2007 (997.642.257.05) to see it that will work - plus I want the newer maps. Does anyone know the part number and where to get the 10/2007 navigation DVD?

I'm having my pcm 2.1 upgraded to rev b. MY05 997s. A dealer is doing it for free, so far. But, they did screw up the amp on the first try and had to order me a new one (they pay still). So when I get the amp installed tomorrow and the rest of the update, hopefully it will be AOK. You can get some software upgrades done under warranty, especially if there are TSBs about PCM issues. I figure that most dealers don't want to do it, because they risk screwing up other things while doing the upgrade - so it is risky..

I had my dealer update the PCM 2.1 to rev B. But they screwed up the amp software in the process, which broke the amp. They will install an new amp tomorrow and hopefully finish the process without any more problems. They are doing it all for free, so far. They tell me that there is no upgrade for a MY05 997s from PCM 2.1 to 3, nor is there a 2007 nav dvd for the car. Do i believe them??

Well, I checked everything that was obvious - but did not take anything apart. I took car to another shop and they said the ribbon wire coming down from the steering wheel column to the rack was broken. It was broken when the other shop did the alignment!! So the other shop fixed and all is OK. What wire or ribbon wire are they talking about??

Hi everyone,

New Porsche owner here and I'm a little worried about an issue that popped up with the car this weekend. The Cayman S is new with only 700 miles. It was parked outside in the driveway under a car cover with a battery maintainer but with 1/2 a tank of gas. Due to work, it sat for 8 days in some cold temps in NY (22 degrees over night).

So Sunday morning I went for a drive. The air was humid, 38 degrees F and there was a slight mist falling. About 10 miles into a highway run @ 60 MPH, the flashing check engine light came on. I immediately looked for a safe place to pull over and took the next exit (< 1 mile). Pulled into a gas station and noticed the engine was running very rough. By this time the light had turned solid.

I filled up the tank (7 gallons) and restarted it. Everything returned to normal at this point. The light was out and it was running smoothly. Drove around another 25 miles with no issues.

Took it to the dealer the next day and they read codes P0300 and P0301, P0302 and P0303. They pulled the spark plugs and checked around by saw nothing unusual. I'm a little concerned that everything happened on one bank.

The SA recommend I warm the car up more before moving and to keep an eye on things. I've put another 150 miles on the car since without any issues, but I still can't shake this nagging concern. Searched this site had provided more details on possible causes of these codes but most of these cars are way past the break-in stage. What can cause this to happen on a new engine? Did I shorten the life of the CATS because I had no safe area to pull over?

Any thoughts on this or should I just learn to relax?

-pete

Could be water in the gas - after sitting for awhile in very cold weather. Auto stores sell additives to fix that I believe.. An occasional misfire happens (p03's) and I don't think there is cause to worry..

I would start by looking under the dash to see if any wires are dangling down.

Did they remove the instrument cluster for the SC install? If so they might have disconnected something there.

OK, I'll look under the dash tonight. To my knowledge - they did not remove the cluster. Thanks...

Hmm... are you sure they did not unplug the harness to the steering wheel?

All of those faults relate to switches in the steering wheel except for the brake light switch fault - that would be the spoiler harness.

Thanks for replying Loren. Both shops deny messing with the steering wheel - but I am pretty sure (as you probably are) that someone messed with the harness. It is good to know that all of the codes are related to the st wheel and/or the GT2 spoiler.

Is the harness and connectors able to be gotten to withouot removing the st wheel??

2005 997C2S PASM tip. Car is having work done by a local shop, but then car had to be taken to another specialized shop. GT3 f/r bumpers put on and a GT2 like spolier. PSS9s and GT3 sway bars were also put on. Car was not finished before going to second shop for a TPC supercharger kit (way, way fast now!). Since back from the second shop and on it's way to the first shop tomorrow, car has the following codes on the Dura reader:

airbag: 8007/8008 drivers airbag stage 1 above upper limit

a/c : c203 fault steering wheel ecu (drive)

front : 8042 pas airbag stage 2 incorrect code??

rear : 8034 rear brake light. brake light does not work.

The horn, and tip gear up/down do not work. And the first shop did not install the GT3 harness for the spoiler yet - will that get rid of the third brake light code?? I'm not sure if someone tried to remove the st wheel to do an alignment??

Any help on the these codes would be appreciated, so I can be fully informed before bringing the car back to the first shop.

Here are some links to some awesome wings

for the 997.

http://www.carnewal.com/

http://www.gmgracing.com/porsche.shtml

http://www.imagineauto.com/997c.htm

http://www.mashaw.com/html/product_info.html

http://www.prestigebodykits.com/products/

http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/me...tegory_Code=PO

Have fun looking. Maybe the wing you

want is in this group.

Paul

You may also want to check out Misha in CA. I bought their GT3 bumper (OEM lip and chin spoilers), GT2M wing with GT3 harness, and GTM bumper, they also installed mesh in all bumper vent openings as well as the vents in the wing. The kit looks fantastic!

http://www.misha911.com/

That airbox is sure purdy! Nice work.

What are your impressions post install?

Louder intake, louder exhaust, I'm sure, but worth it?

Any noticeable acceleration difference?

Ditto. Any performance inrease noticed?

I get 15 around town and 25 on the highway. You have a 996 and I have a 997S, thus a larger engine.

I agree with Neil I have an S and my best mileage was 26 highway, usually 25+or so and 16+/- around town!

I have a 997C2S with tip and average an overall 18MPG.

You asked if you were crazy and often just the fact that you ask a question implies you feel that way. You have a fairly new car with 6 years of warranty on it. Usually people don't worry much about basic items, they worry about the big ones like the Engine (#1) and the Transmission (#2). And what are you hoping to gain? A half a second off the 0-60?

At least with Ruf they provide their own warranty, so that right there should make you really look into what it is they do that makes their product more expensive than the others. Perhaps 1/2 of the difference is actual labor and materials (they do quite a bit more than just slap on a SC), and perhaps the other 1/2 of the premium is in fact an internal insurance / warranty premium.

I don't know enough about SCs to be able to balance the risk vs. reward. But adding one to a basically new car under warranty doesn't feel right to me. I've been enjoying my 997S on the track and street since March and have no desire for more power -- there's plenty there. If you are looking for something more moderate, consider a set of headers, cats, and mufflers, and perhaps software. Per my research, these don't negate warranty and change the personality of the car significantly. I've seen significant gains on the track and the sound is intoxicating. My purpose was not power, but rather introducing the ability to hear the car at speed on the track, opening up the flow a bit, improving throttle response and engine revs, etc. All accomplished with a nice boost to HP and TQ.

Thanks for your perspective. I have not tracked the car, but maybe will sometime. I have done headers, mufflers, intake, and ECU modifications already. I still think, in general the NA 991 series are somewhat underpowered. And frankly, having more power available with the beauty and preciseness on the 911 series is very attractive to me. It may be crazy - but I think I'm not any crazier than a 996TT (or 997TT) owner wanting 600 or 700Hp.

However I have always been amazed how Porsche efficiently uses the HP their engines make to get them to go very fast, and quickly. I had a 1976 911S Targa (back in 1977/1978) and even though it was only 167HP (crank) it hauled butt..

I do agree than RUF does a lot more than the other companies with their SC kit, particularly on the intake side. Thanks all!

I looked at the Evo (VF-engineering, centrifugal type, $15k installed), the TPC racing (roots type, $14k installed), and the RUF SC kit (centrifugal, $27k installed) modifications. I had to eliminate the RUF kit, since it was out of my price range. But it, along with the EVO SC did not seem to produce as much torque as the TPC SC kit did.. I'm thinking I want to maximize torque, especially for a tiptronic.

So, has anyone out there had experience with any of these kits installed on a 997S? With or without tip?

Am I crazy to do a modification like this with a car still under factory warranty AND a CPO warranty from Porsche?

Lastly, the TPC kit looks difficult to install - especially for a tiptronic. Does enyone think it is worth it? I need help in deciding what to do. I want more power, but want to keep the 997S..

Does anyone have any rwhp numbers for a stock 997S? With and without tiptronic?? I have some numbers for my slightly modified tip, but don't have stock rwhp numbers to compare with. Any help would be appreciated...

This was slightly unnerving. Driving home from St. Louis, passed a couple of those fixed radar stations (you know . . . your speed is ___) and my V1 did not go off. Anyone else have experience with this?

My V1 always goes off when approaching those - it is set on Logic mode - L..

Mine lights up like a Xmas tree (both coming and going) when those "Your Speed is XXX" signs are encountered. Also running in the Logic (L) Mode.

could be where you have the V1 located. Mine is slightly right of the rear view mirror - up high between rear view mirror and passenger visor..

This was slightly unnerving. Driving home from St. Louis, passed a couple of those fixed radar stations (you know . . . your speed is ___) and my V1 did not go off. Anyone else have experience with this?

My V1 always goes off when approaching those - it is set on Logic mode - L..

What happened to the Porsche Tech Site. One used to be able to download workshop manuals, wiring diagrams and more for about $125 per section. I don't see the manuals anymore and the parts info is over a year old. Can you imagine if the dealers used parts info from 14 months ago?

Keith, would you PM me regarding the manuals CD?