My 997 Porsche 911 Turbo BLEW UP & I'm HAPPY About It!

[@antoniop1968]

Your a stand up guy. Your not hiding anything about this build. Props to the guys at AIM for allowing you shoot their master tech dig into your motor and him giving his extra knowledge. Best of luck on this build.

[@scraplifegarage]

No reason to hide anything! I Atleast want you guys to get a laugh out of my financial pain!

[@jastandiford]

I love this project so much. Great update. I'm SO glad to see you sticking with the mezger platform and not LS swapping it. It's going to be a beast!

[@Doucettedon]

Dude, everybody gives me grief for taking care of all issues "while I'm in there" to me it's cheap insurance and piece of mind.

[@scraplifegarage]

The ones that DON’T do that are the not too bright ones! They tend to learn lessons the hard way

[@johngonzalez851]

My last TA I sold I had the buyer give me a hard time for a RMS replacement I had done while i was already changing clutch and hydraulics. He couldn't wrap his head around it. It was like a $25 seal and piece of mind with no additional labor involved. I almost refused to sell him the car knowing it wouldn't be taken care of.

[@2fast2nick]

Me toooo

[@crankyoldguy2]

To me, it depends on the car - and the primary issue. I had warranty repair to my 360 Berlinetta, and was approached to replace the engine mounts 'while we're in there'... ON ME, not under warranty. They should last at least 50,000 miles before repair and the car had only 15,000 on it. RIP OFF! You gotta know whether or not the items your dealer wants to replace should need replacement.

[@cool-breeze-7440]

Great content, glad you’re sticking with the Porsche engine

[@DEHDON13]

Thanks for keeping the 997 pure Porsche and not ls swap.🤘 #save the 997 generation

[@scraplifegarage]

This just means I’ll have to find another to ruin!

[@DEHDON13]

@@scraplifegarage yeah but that one was just too clean to ruin. Lol😁

[@bernardthefourth]

Nice AIM is the best. Yep, lifted head. Some connecting rods with those stock pistons and some better head studs will be a great combo.

[@greatenigmus]

i love these heavy technical videos. you get to learn so much more than the average video. thanks for recording all of this.

[@scraplifegarage]

Whenever I get a chance to get someone who really knows their stuff on the channel I’ll definitely make it happen

[@christianomerlino7308]

Amazing I have been watching this video and your project rebuild of the 997 turbo. I went through the exact same thing that you were doing but not on a turbo just a 997 When I purchased the car the engine had been blown. I sent it to E Megatronic In Hartford Connecticut. It was a 3.6 L and we had it reboard and now there’s a 3.8 L with race pistons. I also did a complete exterior so that it has all the GT3 Front and rear spoiler‘s. It seems we are following the same path and how we shopped. I also found the same front splitter as you did for around $500. I am interested in seeing how you complete your project as I just completed my project after a two-year project. I am so happy with my car right now it has 575 hp.

[@alangil40]

Did you supercharge it? 575hp seems a lot out of a normally aspirated M97 with just race pistons. Curious where you got the power from? I have a 997.2 with the 9A1 3.8L.

[@n55Rob]

How do you not have more subscribers?? This channels production quality is top notch and better than most big channels. You definitely deserve more subs lol like more than 700k especially with all the badass builds you have/do on the channel. Keep up the good work and you’ll get there in no time!! Your channels badass!!

[@scraplifegarage]

I appreciate that! In due time 😉

[@jayholly1994]

Great vid. Loved the tear down, and you are in some of the best hands with AIM.

[@haroldwhite7464]

Broadway Performance painted my Basalt Black 997.1tt bumper and got the paint match perfect. They are in Hackensack NJ

[@nunyabusiness6400]

Nice! Thanks for the update and tour of AIM Performance. Cannot wait to see what this beast is going to be when you're done with her!

[@scraplifegarage]

I’m just as excited trust me

[@djyonnyy8662]

That is my meteor gray metallic 997. Thank you for the compliment. Combo is fire👍🏻👍🏻

[@scraplifegarage]

Insanely good looking car!

[@djyonnyy8662]

Thank you very much!

[@franktags136]

I can see your channel becoming more and more successful fellas. Great content. 👍🏼✌🏼

[@scraplifegarage]

I appreciate that my man!

[@fiily1]

My dream would be the LC500, n/a v8, and lexus reliability, nuff said. I have had my fill of eurotrash, porsce, bmw, audi, vw, and benz. Over-engineered by bean-counters using plastic under a hot engine bay, really smart.

[@tomthompson7400]

every time I get to thinking about a 911 , I see an engine video , and the idea just goes back on the shelf .

[@ajmiami9990]

I am a Porsche owner, your going to love your car.

[@frankleonard6291]

Love Porsche, glad to see a real Porsche build, thanks.

[@jordanmascarenhas7974]

Can’t go wrong with AIM. They built me a 12XXWHP man-pedal 997 turbo🙌🏼 The big question is...Why did Gio from Real Street sell his 997 turbo? That car was 🔥

[@mattcarter7275]

Worth the wait, thanks

[@scraplifegarage]

Thanks man!

[@williamwilson5125]

So glad you're not LS swapping it!

[@devdinero8686]

991 steering wheel is amazing on the red 997. Great mod. Wow.

[@JBF_100]

Fantastic stuff, and entertaining! Patiently looking forward to seeing it all come together! As always, great stuff!

[@davidstjames_]

Great channel and excellent content! However, I'm one of those Chevy guys that doesn't like VW's, I was hoping for the small block! I'll keep watching your videos waiting for the day that you throw an LS in one of these. From what I've seen here, you don't cut corners, you do things right, or not at all. I know that you'll do a phenomenal job on that Chevy swap some day. Keep up the great work!

[@scraplifegarage]

I’d venture to guess it’ll happen at some point! Zr1 build coming up shortly though!

[@2fast2nick]

This is going to be an awesome build!

[@jamess4535]

Dude, nothing wrong with a good Tiptronic car. I wish you wouldn't hate on them so much. Talk to DJ Markski. He will school you and you can get a much better car for less money.

[@lucioramos6063]

Can’t wait to see you driving this Porsche, hugs from Brazil! 🇧🇷

[@scraplifegarage]

You and me both!

[@robertdeleofitness7197]

1st video I’ve watched and im excited to see it rebuilt and shredding

[@scraplifegarage]

Welcome aboard!

[@olivervaldes4223]

Happy to see progress!!

[@gregs8685]

Great video. Sounds like you may have gotten away relatively cheaply, reassembly with the coolant pipe fixes, straighten one rod, possibly one new piston, deck one head and timing chain guides? That’s sounds good, I’m anxious to see what turbos, intercoolers, headers, exhaust and tune you go with. Personally I’d shoot for +50% over stock (700-750 hp) and keep it safe and useable, but I get the attraction of that large and round 1000 hp number. As for the Numeric shifter I would try before you buy. Many people love it but it was way too tight/short for me. I had one on my old 996 turbo and is notch and takes too much concentration. Too easy to make a mistake.

[@scraplifegarage]

Thanks for the info on the shifter! We’ll definitely be doing with aftermarket rods. All the fabspeed stuff that was on the car will be getting sold and replaced. I can say the exhaust will be custom, turbo kit and tuning by AIM. Intercoolers are TBD.

[@subsailor.9672]

Casey Putsch is a KZbinr and goes by Genius Garage. He had a wrecked Lykan that was in a body shop and they put in well over 1300 hours on the Car. The Paint job on that car is beyond words. It is spectacular. Contact Casey and see if that Body & Paint crew could help you.

[@theXbaT1]

so happy the engine is "good". Sooo ready for all of the content. :D

[@petetofani4896]

Really looking forward to this build.

[@scraplifegarage]

As am I! Thanks for watching!

[@jakbmx200]

rad dude. i’ve no doubt this will be a multi million sub channel

[@scraplifegarage]

Thanks for the kind words! I’m just going to keep putting out stuff that I think is cool and if it goes somewhere then great!

[@jason22spurs]

996 is a fantastic 911 !!!!!

[@andrewbeetz2196]

Excited to see the progress!

[@Topofthelinetommy]

I called AIM to tune my macan gts and they wanted $3,000 for a flash tune from Germany no dyno tuning. I wasn't impressed.

[@mak23997]

Yeah they're not cheap. None of these porsche shops are unfortunately. One reasons I always kept my 997 turbo stock. There's plenty of cost to maintain these cars let alone to add and modify which always (I don't care what anyone says) invariably causes issues.

[@matthewwebb1045]

Don’t be to critical of yourself your made for this stuff just hurry up and get the next video out i am addicted 😆😆😆😆👍👍👍👍

[@scraplifegarage]

Much appreciated!

[@keith_hudson]

I'm so excited. Been waiting on this episode!

[@scraplifegarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnj05]

Loving the porsche build and i love the bloopers at the end of videos 😂

[@brianalpert2383]

Just when I thought you were the ultimate petro-head, I see you pull away in a Tesla Model 3! I guess you won't be worrying about head gaskets in that car! Enjoyed this series. Looking forward to you you make out on the Porsche.

[@scraplifegarage]

I’m super intrigued by EV performance cars, I’m not one of the guys fighting change 😅

[@alangil40]

@@scraplifegarage Agreed! I have a Porsche 997.2 911 C4S, a couple of M-sport BMWs w/ tunes (E60 and E90), and a B8 Audi S4 (all manuals) and I love them all. But I also have a Tesla Model S P90D. If you love cars there is room for EVs - its just a different experience like front-engine vs rear-engine or normally aspirated vs forced induction. Just one more way to enjoy cars. And besides what else could I get that can go 0-60 in 2.6 seconds for $50k (bought pre-owned) that is also reliable and maintenance free in a car that is also super smooth and comfortable.

[@jahandarjahanbeglou3265]

He should get prize for doing this .

[@lukea3072]

This is an exciting little video series. Looking forward to the next one! I'm curious how much this ends up costing all in all in the end as the 997 is my dream Euro project car.

[@scraplifegarage]

I’ll definitely be doing a breakdown at some point down the road!

[@chrisn1355]

Awesome video!! I see a beautiful viper in the background at AIM

[@jakbmx200]

sweet news man🤘🤘

[@scraplifedalt]

Some fast cars up at AIM!

[@anasdaouk7096]

Nice content, I have an 09 997 TT almost stock except for a tune n custom exhaust, 45,000 km on clock... how much would you price such a car?

[@ducbox572]

I've had good experience with Euro Pros in Gaithersburg. They painted some single parts for me (a lot of places won't) and they came out great at really reasonable prices. Also, they paint a lot of Porsches there.

[@scraplifegarage]

I gave them a shout!

[@ultimateteacher]

outrageous that the modern porsche turbo has so many design problems and the engine has to come out for rectification

[@richardharoutunian9060]

Psyched to see what's next! Dodged a few bullets on this one.. btw I love the stock Turbo wing..I have the GT3 aero kit on my 997.1 - it looks good too:)

[@winorbin]

Loving the project so far 🔥

[@mktribbie6700]

...awesome news, happy to see the Mezger motor living up to the the legend...same motor that won 98'LeMans, #1 & #2...(with the 'crappy headlights...!)

[@scraplifegarage]

I’m one of the few who likes those lights!

[@mak23997]

Mezger and his engines are legendary. But they are fraught with issues. I have a 997 turbo and have had every known major failure. Trust me, drive them long enough and you'll have all the issues. The newer turbos are not race bred and don't have true dry sumps, but they are much more reliable.

[@Patrick-jc9pb]

@@mak23997 also my experience, but people like stories, and to be honest the Mezger story is a nice story to tell and to believe in.

[@mak23997]

@@Patrick-jc9pb They also lay down power and the rods and pistons (as shown here) are superior. But if you're like me and all you've done is a Europipe exhaust, no tune, no big turbos etc., the constant fear of more breakdowns is annoying. But I agree, still cool to say my engine was essentially ported from a race car that actually won races vs designed on a computer.

[@tacusi542]

Jersey represent! AIM is right by my house.

[@olivervaldes4223]

Good stff we hav e the same exact car, going to buy some of this. I am SO jelly, you have the gt2 seats?? do you know how expensive those seats are? cant wait to see this done!!!

[@scraplifegarage]

I don’t have the gt2 seats, that was a shot from another car at AIM!

[@evanwheeler7687]

Love the project and videos. Please don't go with a boring grayscale color. Go with something bold and fun! Best of luck with the rest of the build.

[@scraplifegarage]

Typically I love greyscale. But in this case, it won’t be 😉

[@evanwheeler7687]

@@scraplifegarage Awesome! Really looking forward to it.

[@christophebuisson7536]

cool video, can you tell me which Recaro;s were seen in the beginning of the video at AIM ? btw its pronounced Porsha. great video

[@samfinkelstein5841]

Big timers doing big things...what an impressive shop

[@scraplifegarage]

Yes sir!

[@alexmerritt660]

Love your videos man! Always understand what you say/mean

[@stephanealaoui8432]

Le paradis des mécaniciens 😢

[@KORNCARS]

LEDS on 997.1 are just so wrong...

[@scraplifegarage]

😢

[@jimmyjamal2392]

Always good videos and what a car bro !!!!

[@grantjennings162]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@adcampo7601]

Fun project to watch. what's the engine build costs with pinned cam and welded coolant pipes?

[@scraplifegarage]

I’ll be sending a different engine up there for just those mods shortly, this build was packaged with a bunch of other stuff and ended up around 40k

[@sonerbozkurt9822]

i was wondering about the porsche engine, this video was good. the repair room is like an operating room.

[@scraplifegarage]

That’s a good way to put it!

[@anthonysmall8087]

Can't wait for the next episode but what color are you going with for the 911?

[@scraplifegarage]

That’s classified 😉

[@bartmix8994]

South Jersey is awesome!

[@pattiboychannel311]

Wow that guy knows he's stuff, great content

[@scraplifegarage]

He knows way more than I ever will about these!

[@pattiboychannel311]

@@scraplifegarage lol

[@dh7277]

yeah Porsche Power !

[@axelalbertjensen6465]

Great content, really like your channel! Hello from Iceland! 👍

[@patrickyoung3503]

Me to ,greetings from Ireland

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!! (BABBVEN LAWS AND TEBBVEN ORDERS)!!

[@KCMedia33]

Are you swapping in some better rods? Lastly was the head being slightly warped the definite cause of the coolant mixing?

[@scraplifegarage]

Absolutely!

[@jeffafa_70]

My color choice would be Atlas Grey.

[@scraplifegarage]

Great factory color, but not the color of this project!

[@hectorfuji]

Unrelated question, do you train like a power lifter or body builder?

[@scraplifegarage]

I train like a guy who goes to the gym only so I can eat 6 meals a day and not be morbidly obese.

[@hectorfuji]

@@scraplifegarage best reason to train! 😂

[@blitzedpeacockbassfishing984]

Loving this channel, had a C5 back in the day and now have a C6 grand sport. You guys don’t by any chance have any black and red grand sport emblems for sale do you?

[@scraplifegarage]

Unfortunately one at the moment!

[@blitzedpeacockbassfishing984]

@@scraplifegarage all good I’ll order new just figured I would try and support a smaller company. Glad I found your channel really love the corvette and Porsche content

[@MrKenn93]

Love the parts you've picked out. Design 911 are a great company from my experience too. Strongly considering the cheaper eBay alternative front splitter/lip for my 997. Looks decent value for money! Can't wait to see the finished build!

[@christophercolumbus8944]

where do i find a tail spoiler for 911 carrera 2005?

[@atomicmozart]

Great news! 👍

[@scraplifegarage]

Ain’t it!

[@atomicmozart]

Lol ... Personally I don't think you'll sell it after you get it done! But I could be wrong... Going to be great to watch you get there. Can't wait! It's a bitchin car already!

[@scraplifegarage]

@@atomicmozart I don’t plan to sell this one, I’m gonna be so underwater on it by the time I’m done that I won’t be able to stomach selling it!

[@atomicmozart]

@@scraplifegarage I can't wait to hear what you have to say after it's done and you drive it... Great motor! Engineering marvel! What's the ETA on you getting it (engine) back? Thanks for responding and if you don't respond I understand. You are a busy guy! Going to be great! 👍

[@miks2005]

great channel man, I wanna get a Porsche 997 now lol

[@davidmoore1892]

So what was actually wrong with the engine in the end? There didn't seem to be an obvious reason for the water in the oil even after the full strip down.

[@scraplifegarage]

That’s a good observation, I agree. There wasn’t a smoking gun “OH, THAT’S IT” but it was a lifted/overheated and warped head, or internal head gasket failure. Being that we were able to narrow it to a sealing issue with #5, we can address all of the possible causes during the rebuild with decked surfaces, new head gasket (obviously) and better head studs.

[@doughirsch9930]

Too much boost from a bad tune?

[@fwhiteification]

Aim builds sick porsche’s 🤙

[@scraplifegarage]

That’s what I hear!

[@omeromer1509]

Why I fell in love with porsches cuz they have boxer engines and flat engines

[@elcentinela3434]

Great video 😯👏👏🙌

[@jimhatfield5381]

Well I tried to leave a comment for the 997 that had 3 different colors but there........was.............no..........place..for....it So now I will leave my comment for that. I am interested in how things are, why they are, how much$$$ Not until this video did I get to see your tat ice cream cone. Nice looking and with the creature (chicken on steroids can't see it clear enough) Not the flavors I will pick ;-) but it works well for the tat. -Now onto this video. - I love Porsche's and have one, I only have one as one great best is better than several o.k's. - Past 993 I don't care so much but I do like looking and hearing about every single aspect of them, technical details and this build -but I wouldn't want one. - You have a great voice, excellent content, full of interesting things, to see, great production quality and no stupid music to INTERFER with content and flowt and of course Porsches. - I won't be looking at the Corvettes you have worked on; not interested at all. - I was supposed to be in bed 40 minutes ago but I wanted to see the end of this video. Am I a child or what? My car is a 1986 911 Carrera RestoMod-Outlaw. I know there are words describing this but here are my words. Resto short for restore, Mod as in modern, together is means restoring to modern. For me that is LED headlight and side lights, 2000 Boxster brakes (these have 4 pistons my car had 2, bigger everything). Butt welded steel turbo flares just hoe they made them in Germany at the factory. Outlaw for racing and the decals on the side window like in the 50-70's showing what race parts you have. This is your channel so no more details, to much for your site but I do race hill climbs which are more dangerous than tracks. Only one more year and then I am through. I have a stack of cash in/on my car and the odds are that I will crash in one of the hillclimbs. So how good and original is my car. At the PCA 2019 Werks Reunion in Monterey CA Dr. Wolfegang Porsche, the "Grandimbasador" chose my car out of the 150+ car being Judged for the Porsche Corporate trophy best DESIGN and it wan't a classic car, it was a RestoMod-Outllaw. Sorry for "all about my car but I had to explain why I have only one car. "A garage without a Porsche is just a dark hole" - Walter Rohrl - Porsche Development

[@TainoSurfer03]

The guy seems not wanting to give any kind of info, looks like " men really? i have to many things to do around, and you was want a whole interview"

[@rjriz1758]

Awesome video!

[@scraplifegarage]

Thank you!

[@dmack346]

The owner at AIM look like you'll woke him up and he didn't look happy. lol

[@scraplifegarage]

Everyone there is great to deal with! Not everyone is used to some idiot like me coming by and sticking a camera in their face 😅

[@dmack346]

@@scraplifegarage 😂😂

[@josedavila6184]

Where are the company ?

[@ajmiami9990]

My buddies 997 was 1480 hp built by Proto Tech in Lauderdale years ago.

[@scraplifegarage]

Craziness!

[@ThatLigarage]

nice content excited to see this build and progress. If you need a good body shop for the body they did a great job on my 997.2 in black. you can see there work on my channel on the 911 turbo rebuild episodes

[@MrPeller80]

Been along time since I laughed out loud and I nearly Peed myself about the New Jersey comment at 25 seconds in

[@johnnyrotten3175]

Man look at all those Porsches with engine problems...😮

[@tombrown5508]

You should definitely LS swap a 996.

[@scraplifegarage]

996 gt3? Sounds like a plan!

[@VictoryHand]

Did I miss a video on this 911 somewhere? last time I saw you were doing the leakdown tests

[@scraplifegarage]

Nope

[@VictoryHand]

@@scraplifegarage ace! Looking forward to the next videos 🙂

[@778075]

So which wing is that on the TRC 997 Turbo?

[@scraplifegarage]

That is the OEM Aerokit wing

[@marcovandermost3449]

Love this kind of tech 👌👌👌insight!!

[@scraplifegarage]

He definitely knows his stuff!

[@nobodyshero200]

Awesome seats

[@scraplifegarage]

Can’t wait to get them in!

[@Rick2010100]

The GT3 spoiler is for downforce and reduces the top speed. The Turbo has a max. speed of ca.200mph and the 911 Turbo aero kit is designed to keep the car at this speeds stable. Porsche has ca. 7000 specialists at their development facility in Weissach and many of them have even a phd in engeering. So don´t think to be more clever than Porsche itself, the guys at Porsche exactly knew what they do. The 992 Turbo has adjustable spoiler and you get at high speed even a spoiler alert if you have them in the flase setting. You have to bee in Sport for high speed and not Sport+ as Sport + is for the race track. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ3QdmavetSMfcU

[@scraplifegarage]

More clever than Porsche itself!? I’m probably not as clever as the detailer at your local Porsche dealer if we’re being honest..

[@Rick2010100]

@@scraplifegarage The best way to improve the value of a 911 is to keep it serial and replace worn parts with original parts - may be used. Porsche is like Apple and no one buys a "improved" 2nd hand IPhone. You can only improve the performance of the engine, and this even to insane levels. But this is also difficult as Porsche uses VTG turbos who also deliver much power at low RPM. By changing the turbos with bigger ones, you loose the power at low RPM. 9ff even made new air intakes to provide the engine the needed air: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmaqpmuInb2tqc0

[@Rick2010100]

Even the 997.1 Turbo was ahead of its time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqTYcp2KipWnaQ

[@c5doob]

been dying to get an update on this and the zr1

[@c5doob]

b roll gets better every time man, killin it

[@c5doob]

perfect seat selection i want those in my c5 sooo bad

[@scraplifegarage]

Acm has you covered!

[@scraplifegarage]

Just wait… Gots me a fancy new MacBook that can edit 4k without wanting to catch on fire, so the next video will be in 4k too!

[@c5doob]

@@scraplifegarage you know i’ll be here for it

[@tombrown5508]

This is so cool

[@virginiosantiago3329]

Nico brothers