Category: Porsche

We have done several engine swaps over the years, putting 964, 993, 930, 3.0SC and 3.2l engines in earlier cars.  This used to make a lot of sense, but as the value of these early cars has gone up it must be considered carefully.  There have been several of these :”outlaw”  or gruppe R cars…

Fabspeed Porsche 996 turbo exhauast ready for install Factory Porsche 996 turbo exhuast New Fabspeed Porsche exhaust installed Original exhaust on the car DART auto is an authorized Fabspeed exhaust dealer.  Fabspeed makes quality exhuast and ECU enhancement products for Porsche, Audi and BMW.  We have used their products on several projects, they do nice…

Installed strut old leaking strut strut being removed New strut being replaced The new strut ready for install Our factory trained technicians using a spring compressor to take the spring from the old strut and put it on the new one This Porsche Boxster had leaking front struts at just over 100,000 miles.  We removed…

DART auto has its roots in Porsche racing.  Owner Dave Banazek left his work in commercial real estate to pursue his passion for cars and racing Porsches in particular.  While the business has evolved and we do a lot more work on cars that are used for day day commuter use, we still like to…

Parts laid out ready to assemble. Another happy customer 996 vs 997 intermediate shaft bearing. Not larger new bearing. We have now done several rebuilds on the 996 and 986 engines.  All of the engines we have rebuilt have had failed intermediate shaft bearings.  Some years ago we saw an early engine with the D…

Bad Turbo New Turbo Engine on engine stand Lowering Engine Ready for the road This Cayenne came in to us with a customer concern about smoke coming out of the tailpipes at about 100,000 miles.  An inspection of the tailpipes confirmed oily residue,  further inspection of the turbo boost pipes showed liquid oil in the…

New & Used Brake Pads New & Used Brake Pads Porsche 911 Turbo S Porsche Ceramic Brakes All laid out with new brake hardware Lets get started The Porsche 911 turbo can be optioned with awesome ceramic brakes.  Saving several pounds each and offering exceptional stopping ability they are really an engineering achievement.  They do…

This engine had the classic intermediate shaft bearing failure.  I have not seen and actual data on the failure rate of these bearings but many sources estimate it to be about 1%.  When this bearing fails there is typically a loud banging noise coming from the engine and and a large oil leak at the…

DART auto has been involved in Porsche racing since the beginning, in fact it was owner Dave Banazek’s interest in racing that was the impetus to start DART auto.  The Porsche SPEC Boxster class has been around for several years now and is growing in popularity.  The class allows racers to have a lot of fun in…

This Porsche 964 Carrera 4 owner had continuing problems with his air conditioning system.  He had been filling the system with freon every summer and was looking to have the problem finally resolved properly.  We performed a vacuum test on his system but the leak was too small to detect.  Similar results were obtained when…