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May I suggest Nag Champa and 1oz of dry sage. Encircle in a salt circle, and sacrifice a 10MM socket to the Racing Gods.

Someone needs to go through all of Tanner's videos and do a supercut of everytime every little thing goes wrong and the immediate "ahh" reaction lol

"I watched a couple videos, I got FULL confidence I can do it!" Completely relatable 😅👌

I almost bought a silver 996 just like yours a couple years ago. Pretty much 100% stock. The owner was in a Porsche club and kept it stock and reliable. Only problem is I could smell antifreeze and I knew those rat's nest of coolant pipes were starting to go. I did a bunch of research back then and I believe when you do the spark plugs it's best to do the Porsche OEM coil packs at the same time as they can short out once up to temperature. Check the factory manual. It's based off of mileage when to replace the coil packs. Good luck! I think you're getting close and your luck will turn for you 🔧🏁

EJ swap it for all the haters lol

on the video you replaced the maf I told you to check and remove any kind of oil based air filter, I said it will claim another expensive maf sensor, there is no other way if u want to keep the maf based tune, it needs a dry oem like filter. keep it up brother ! that 911 is sweet !

Geez, i thought changing the plugs on my wrx sucked. This is a whole new level of maintenance. God bless your patience

Plus side, the Porsche sure does look great in the sun 😅

Keep your head up bro you will figure it out

Should have fitted 6 new coil packs

Sell it and buy a corvette or something that if it breaks there's parts everywhere for it lol.

Maf system is for sure sensitive. Really should have changed out coils with spark plugs. Especially if they have a 996 part number instead of a 997 number. You may also have a nasty vacuum/boost leak. I've owned and maintained a 996tt for last 10 years and I still absolutely love it.

I owned a 912 some 50 years ago. Basically a 911 body with a 4-cyl Super 90 engine. It was only 5 or 6 years old, low miles (around 15k or so) and fun to whip around. That being said, it was a Porsche - finicky and always needing "something". Valve adjustments every 4k miles, synch the carbs, plugs/points/cap...always something. There was a tech at my local dealer who did the work on it named Fritz and, yes, he was from the old country with the heavy accent and all. He'd scare me when he'd put a tire iron into the rear wheel assembly with the car in gear and up on the rack to twist the engine over cylinder by cylinder to do the valve adjustments. Never have had the desire for another Porsche over all the ensuing years.

Tanner, you may have put the rotors on the wrong sides. The vanes don’t scoop the air from the outside of the rotor and feed to the center , they draw air from the center and “sling” to the outside of the rotor for better cooling.

Owning a few 996TTs.. get rid of the air intake and go back to the stock intake.

Your driving a dope ass porsche around and im stoked for the beater you pushed out to make room for it lol

So glad you got new wheels. That black/silver…ugh. Can’t go wrong with CH-Rs.

Unplug the Maf and see how it drives then. Have you done a thorough boost leak test? Look into a tune from markski tuning. He does great work and is very knowledgeable.

I’m gutted for ya dude. Hoping the new new MAF sensor fixes the misfire 🤞

Bro I’m dying to see the car on those chr’s

Thanks for mixing it up. Love the Mazda build!

I was going to say, the MAF seems to be the idle problem. Why didn't you replace the coil packs too?

Sorry about the hassle bro. I had an S13 that I had to wrench on CONSTANTLY. It was 380hp CA18DET powered and so much fun to drive but omg it was constantly breaking down. I eventually sold it for Pennies compared to what I had into it but I still miss that car.

I hope you got a Hitachi MAF Sensor. Once you modify the engine it’ll blow those sensors. I blew so many I just programmed it to drive well without it.

This video is so relatable with my STi love the videos as always!

Idk if anyone has said it, but have you checked the coil packs? I had a bad misfire on a few cylinders and changed all the coil packs (after changing the spark plugs and it doing nothing) and it immediately fixed it.

This is the first video i've seen of yours and OH MAN are we living similar lives I bought one of my dream cars, E55 AMG. The "Reliable AMG" and fuck me i've never thrown this much money at something that doesn't love me before Misfires, pulleys, brakes, sensors, wheel weights flying off, sunroof leaks, belts shreddng themselves, you name it and this thing came with FULL service history from Mercedes Benz. I am the second owner In saying all that, when it runs well it is one of the most fantasic machines i've ever driven. I've driven it 400 miles in 6 months -_-

On my 997 turbo the coil packs were toast and caused a misfire on mine.

I had exactly that problem with my version 5 sti and it was a maf sensor

I felt the part about owning a car and not driving it because of problems. Imported an evo 4 from garage defend and immediately had issues with the rear diff. Kept fixing little problems and eventually sold it. Put on 1000 km in 7 months.

Probably find the MAF sensor doesn’t like that oiled filter you got on……

I've been told by a couple of Porsche fanboy buddies that if you want to do any more than change oil, it is probably faster to just drop the engine out. Watching you, that may be true.

A solid wheel repair shop can fix out of round wheels. Most tire shops don't have the equipment and know-how. The MAF sensor you bought should have a one year warranty. Might be worth pursuing so you have an extra one on hand on when it goes out again.

Sorry to hear about the 911 problems. I agree that a PPI is recommended, especially this car with non OEM parts and looks like it was used for tracking. Ah the power of hindsight. I don't have your car skills and initially wanted to buy a 996 and now glad I stuck with my 944 Turbo - it's much easier to work on. Still a super fun underrated track car with 50/50 weight distribution, and can LS swap it with stock 951 transmission, just saying :) Good luck. You could rebuild the 996 engine at some point for additional content.

Check fuses too Last time similar issue with my subie and two o2 sensors brand new ,it was fuses lol😅

You gonna wanna have that kind of stipled heat sheilding on the RX7 for sure. Truly wild how how a rotary can get EGT, but they are in essence a 2 stroke...

You should look at the map sensor data my WRX stopped running because the dam Cobb 4 bar failed to the over boost side .

It must be nuts juggling between builds props my dude👍🏽, missed the Porsche.

Did brakes on my Carrera S yesterday. Had to hammer off the caliper….😊

i had what seemed to be a misfire one my 996, plugs were done as well and over time it had the same hot film code when using my carsoft scanner. with a new maf from FCP euro i went with BOSCHE it fixed it

the gc......!!! can't wait for that, missing mine

Reasons why I’m debating buying a used MKV Supra. People highly modifying them and then asking crazy money. I just want a decent stock example and it’s getting harder to find one 🤣

Get an OMNI or Cobb 911 map sensor 👌🏾 should be somewhat of an upgrade over the oem.

The 911 looks awesome with the new BBS and calipers! I rock the Advan APEX tires for my daily street car and sporty driving/autocross. Which tires are you going to go with? I like the APEX's more than the Pilot Sport 4S's.

I'm getting flashbacks to my first wrx with this Porsche lol. Previous owners ruin everything.

I own a 996 turbo, best thing you can do is buy a COBB and have SAM from ByDesign tune your car to a Maffless tune. Brings the car to life and feels like a proper GT car! (Get rid of the MAF, its junk)

I hope it works for you man good luck

i have been looking at your "older" VB WRX videos and i see this i cant help but laugh. i love your videos but you sold one money pit for a much larger one. much love. i do love your channel and im looking at getting into another WRX maybe. my dream car is a Caymen GT3 RS but im too poor for that lol

Sounds like a vacuum leak to me... ?

Also, lets get you into a BMW dawg, the natural progression is usually bmw to porsche, but I think you would probably like BMW life better in the end. e46 m3 if you want engine build content (rod bearings, vanos hub, valve adjustments, solid content there that needs revised and smeedia level walkthroughs) F80 if you want to be a bolt on boy and just have a reliable monster of a car. From an engineering perspective I think you would really like working on an f80, BMW did a REALLY good job at making the car serviceable, everything comes apart far easier than one would typically associate with BMW. As your subscribers, we need to guide you to the proper mix of unreliability to keep it interesting, but also content which will sustain viewership. As prices on the F8X platform are getting affordable to the masses the popularity in the platform is trending upwards, and there is starting to be a vaccum of content for the F8x platform as the traditional BMW bloggers are moving onto the G8x platforms to chase new views.

more unreliable then the golf that immediately blew up? VAG cars lol dropping a 6 speed in my 03 wagon with your guide this weekend!

Shoot never fun to keep having things come up time after time. I’d fixed it and sell it and get something later down the road you enjoy more.

Clapped out ! 😮

13:22 i can sense it... EJ swap is in the book! 😂

Absolutely bummer! But we all know you of all people will prevail ❤

2:00 aah the beauty of working with boxer engines 😂

I was a little scared when you got that car… but I think you got it. I’m not too big on European cars… I’d love to own an Aston Martin, but I don’t want to give an arm and a leg when something goes wrong… maybe they should build with better quality parts even though it’s apparently a handmade car… they should make a car with Toyota and learn something about quality. My dream car as of now is A 92-96 Caprice/Impala/Roadmaster or a 2011 Grand Marquis/Crown Vic… 96 NSX is still #1, but reality is reality…lol

Put the car back to stock before you mod it and make sure it works properly. Use oem parts when possible

You have a vacuum leak... and possibly other issues but its not that bad. Should've done ignition coils when you did plugs sovyou know. Turbo breaks are slightly different so have fun with that. Loved those new bbs's should get a set myself and have originals reconditioned. It will get better if you keep at it. Good luck.

Air idle control valve

Welcome to all German cars bro!

Did you bed the brakes? That could be why they felt like shit after you changed them.

Oh boy, I feel for ya brother. Don't give up on her just yet. Put her on the side plate and finish the 7. After that, get back to the weinerschitzle. Maybe she's worth it in the end.

Magnetic spark-plug socket. Is your best friend wile working on Porsche engines. Been working on Porsche for about 3 years here.

Lol, i couldn't relate more! I got 2002 911 turbo 60k miles Same here freking 19" wheels ride like junk all.engine mounts were shot car fights me on everything I do, working on it is just a nightmare Not to mention took me 60 hours to detail inside and correct paint GERMAN JUNK

110 here in vegas. It’s been not fun.

It’s only the start of problems. Will be a great KZfaq series

Do a boost leak test. I had a misfire on my tt and it was bc of the boost leak.

Is the filter over oiled? Those can cause problems. I run a stock box and filter even at 1.3 bar.

Hello yes question! Could you please make a video on how to e-tune? For example… I’m currently tuning my 11 sti with my Cobb AP and I got that whole recording down, but my tuner keeps saying I’m not doing it right and I can’t find a video on how to do it correctly. The instructions he sent are as follows… “When you reach a safe place, do one full throttle pull starting from 2000 rpms in 3rd gear and stop at 6800 rpms and make the shift into 4th but do not keep pulling. “ so what I’ve been doing was just going into 3rd and pressing the pedal to the floor till the engine red lines then I shift. Please help!

Is that an after market intake? Maybe MAF no like the after market intake?

You went looking for a Porsche and found a bag of hammers. And yet you still bought it.

German Cars right, I owned a 2004 BMW 545, I swear never again!

Damn I thought Subaru spark plugs were a pain.

K Swap on the way? 🙂

Bad Coil pack getting hot and causing misfire? Check the MAF? Change the upstream O2 sensors?

06 wrx limited wagon ***NO POWER TO FUEL PUMP OR FP CONTROLLER**** installed new oem shortblock, Engine cranks but no power to fuel pump controller nor fuel pump. First I checked green plug with fuel pump relay under passenger, fuse sbf no. 5 in engine bay, fuse 11 under dash; all receiving power. So why no power? Grounds in place: trans to firewall, starter to bellhousing, battery negative ground behind battery and the 2 intake manifolds. I went thru and made sure all plugs are connected too. Could it be a rear 02 sensor or coil pack? Is there anything else it could be? Please help!!

Secret hidden RS

It sounds like you need a compression/leak down test.

Did you have to put the ECU in any sort of “service mode” to do all the front brake work?

Sounds a bit clogged from the intake, maybe. Could need an ECU tune and some Italian tune

"The company who made the brakes is bankrupt" I can't imagine why...

Was that a Gc8 coupe of yours that u were pushing there sir?!?

Worth it.

You still have the GC! Are you building it to the same level as the RX7?

Not related to this video (is a great video tho. Could be a short in the maf wiring. Pretty common in german engineering) it has been a while since you did a build in x minutes and i think it would be cool to see the sti build from when you started to rn

Porsche problems are easy to fix..box of matches and some premium fuel

now I hear you've tried a maf sensor

I thought German cars were cheap and easy to fix 😂😂

you should EG33 turbo swap it

What a nightmare. I was gonna say, wouldn't it throw a code for that misfire? Guess she just didn't want to tell you until you showed it attention. Maybe you do sell it before it becomes a sunk cost, get a better example of one. I dunno, you're gonna have to weigh that dawg.

Sorry man, I was really hoping you’d have better luck than did with my Porsche. LS swap?

either it's the MAP sensor or the car doesn't like you.

K SWAP that sob!!! Make it reliable!!!! 😂 Tuning by Nick has a kit coming out soon.

14:20 i had a car once do something like that and it was a air leak

3 rotor ???

I’d say just sell it if you aren’t enjoying it I feel that pain all too well the amount of cars I’ve boughten fixed issues non stop and then bowed out is too many to list 😭

German car are almost always a pain in the ass. always hated working on them. Love them but hated them too much to own one.

I am sorry you bought a 2001 Porsche for cheap (I assume). This is the type of car you need for your car build youtube content.