Porsche

This Porsche Boxster S came in with a brake pad lining light illuminated on the instrument panel. The pads had been severely worn from a session at the race track and the sensors had melted out of the brake pad backing plates. The brake pads were worn unevenly so it was decided the [...]

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 [...]

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 work at a reasonable price.  This customer chose the Fabspeed Maxflow Performance Exhaust system.  It includes two high flow catalytic converters [...]

This Porsche Boxster had leaking front struts at just over 100,000 miles.  We removed the struts and replaced them with Bilstein heavy duty units.  Another option that costs a little more money but is a nice improvement is the Bilstein pss10 kit.  It features a 10 way adjustable strut so you can fine [...]

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 [...]

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 turbo pipes, a sure sign of failing turbos.  We have seen some [...]

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 have some drawback though.  In this case the customer had taken the car on the track with the stability management system engaged.  The stability management [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]