Comments by "Golden Croc" (@GoldenCroc) on "Tedward"
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I like your sentiment but true "homologation first and only" street legal versions of cars like this, are more "how cheaply and how few can we get away by making the things and still get it approved by the class regulators".... The pure racecar is what you are thinking of.
Consequently, all such street cars have way lower horsepower figures than one might expect, because they just didnt care to give them more. They could have given it 30 or 40 horsepower more, but that would cost them a small sum extra. Since the street cars in themselves were never made to appeal to a general customer (just a few collectors even at the time) it just wasnt prioritised, which is different to say the least to every normal car on sale.
Every car was sold at quite a economical loss for sure, building them was just part of the marketing expense of going racing, so they cut all the corners they could.
Of course, that doesnt mean they are bad cars in any way, in fact them might still be sensational to drive, but its a very different mindset for production compared to normal cars. In a way, these kind of cars are more like movie prop cars in how they are designed. The movie props are only made to look ok in the movie as cheaply as possible, the rest isnt interesting. And this is only made to be able to class in a racing version, also as cheaply as possible.
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@abdbach379 There may well be a common problem, but not to your extent of problems. I think I would hear more about it if that was the case, the timing chain problems of the N47 were widely reported, a disaster of an engine. Yet I owned 2 cars with that engine that ran for many miles without problems.
Its all about the failure percentage, and the widely reported N47 timing chain was likely below 20%. Since it shares a lot with the N57, one would think it might have rod bearing problems as well, but not a peep regarding that. I am not saying it doesnt happen, not at all, but as a percentage of produced engines it must not be extremely high I would think...
Here is where your N57 enters the picture. It has to have an atypical defect still present for the bearings to fail that fast/frequently. Atypical in the sense that even if the rod bearings can fail, the surely cant do so three times in 6 months without something else causing it, that isnt a common factory defect. Else it would be one of the worst engines in history and all of europe would be full of them (it isnt, not really).
If not the fuel, I can only see a few reasonable answers:
1: Something went wrong when they fixed it the first time that makes the problem come back.
2: Your car has an engined that was somehow wrongly produced already at the factory. (Not a design flaw, but a build one)
3: If you did not own it since new, A previous owner did something to it that resulted in something being "off" in the engine and causing this.
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@frozenpete788 It seems you also have a lot of experience as well then.
But we are looking at it from different angles, you are worried the clutch might give out if it is very worn or almost at the end of its service life. That is a fair point, it is more likely to happen, certainly.
I am looking at it from the view that the clutch is in good, servicable condition to start with.
If you are stuck in mud or similar or doing heavy offroading with a lot of clutch slip and high throttle levels it is more likely you will burn the clutch, indeed. But common sense goes a long way. If you can smell it, its time to back off for a while, as I am sure you know.
Anyway, believe me when I say that if the clutch isnt on its last legs, there is no reasonable on road towing a normal weight race car + trailer that will have any adverse affect on a cayenne with manual gearbox such as this one. I guarantee it. Also, the cayenne of this model also have a low range, which if used put even less strain on the clutch. So dont let that dissuade you. Cheers.
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