# Porsche 911 992 Variant Unveiled

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 29, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242 "2018-11-29T02:53:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242/41 "2018-12-03T20:21:08Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> My 911SC had a manual transmission (of course). My MGB has a manual transmission. Mrs. L.A.'s Tacoma has a manual transmission. Sure, the paddles might be better if you’re racing; but I don’t race. Standard transmissions are fun.

When you owned your SC, did it have any of the timing change issues that model was known for?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242/42 "2018-12-03T20:35:07Z")

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> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> When you owned your SC, did it have any of the timing change issues that model was known for?

You mean ‘chain’? Nope.

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242/43 "2018-12-03T20:55:08Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> You mean ‘chain’? Nope.

oops, yeah, I meant chain. Please pardon the typo.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242/44 "2018-12-03T22:28:28Z")

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> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> oops, yeah, I meant chain. Please pardon the typo.

For a minute I thought, ‘Something gets loose and the timing changes?’ Then the penny dropped and the gum ball rolled out. 😛

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242/45 "2018-12-07T23:54:35Z")

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> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> When you owned your SC, did it have any of the timing change issues that model was known for?

You’re thinking of the 1974-1977 911, not the 911SC, made from 1978-1983. It was specifically overbuilt _because_ of the issues with the mid-70s 911 models. The 1978-1989 cars are stupid reliable, especially after 1984 when they went to fuel injection and the airbox issue was eliminated. I’ve seen an SC with 500k miles on it - looked awful, was due for a rebuild, but it still ran.

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