the restoration grind continues 🏎💯

No way actual YouTube comment

Actuall YouTube 😱 you are going to be big mat

WOW 😯

Fix your platform

@Jane Chanlder you don't have a single video, sit down.

Matt is single handed carrying 2023 with This rebuild. Can’t wait for the next episode

Not even just with this build, I think everyone can agree he's carrying the whole world with automotive content on YouTube!

Same here

@JINTX Him and Koda the yoda, not really the same kind of content but my two favorite automotive content creators right now.

Agreed 👍

You for real? Mat is known in the UK for being GenZ rebuild guy who never fixes anything proper and nothing he owns works right. He's the quintessential bodge jobber. He's not even remotely close to being the rebuild guy in the UK he's tiktok grade.

your dad laughing at you is the most genuine thing i have seen in a while... he is awesome

Freddie is a great guy, very knowledgeable, and has the biggest heart. It's so awesome to see him open his door to you for you to do this.

Apparently his UNIT is MASSIVE as well.

@Itza Spicey Yeah and his garage

None of these people know anything about rebuilds they are bodge job experts. Shock a battery back to life 😂 yeah for 2 weeks

The Li-Ion battery in the Porsche (looks like it's an A123-made model) has an internal relay that opens when the battery experiences under/over-voltage and over-temp as a protection. When the relay opens due to under-voltage (as yours most likely did), the only way to get the relay to close is to apply a ~12V potential across the terminals, and then proceed to apply a charging current until the battery reaches the minimum SOC to keep the relay closed (usually anywhere from 15-30% - this can be programmed to any value by the car or battery manufacturer). This is why the voltage started reading once the other 12V battery was connected to it. Modern 12V Li-Ion batteries are very smart and have many protective features; they also last about 10 years if maintained properly!

Best not to use ~ for approx. It means AC too...

I knew there’d be something in the comments - I’m glad it’s NOT that the battery is gonna die soon anyway!

You clever man

I love how giggly mat is, really makes these feel so lighthearted and wholesome, probably one of the main reasons I keep coming back

didn't realize how genuinely good of a person tavarish is, dude really goes out of his way for people, really defines the type of character he is, glad he was able to help matt out so much 🔥🙏🏼

Freddie has been the most kind soul since he hopped on YT and started the TT gallardo project. One of the few elite car youtubers who's absolutely genuine to the bone. So cool to see him give help and literally have his shop open to Mat for the rebuild.

This is true. I may donate a t-shirt that might fit him, even!

Tav .... respect ++

Yes, for the ones that have the money. Sure. Far and beyond.

Proving that is you’re nice to people then most will be nice back … plus, his actions also demonstrate you cant buy experience … its looking good Mat, keep the updates coming!

Not only Freddie is such a nice guy and love to help out, but also a genius figure out a way how to recharge the battery

I wasn’t expecting another video so soon! 🎉 Awesome work on the GT3! My favorite rebuild series of yours to date.

A wonderful rebuild. Top marks to your cameraman, he doesn't bob all over the place. He pans back and let's the people do the movement. This is the method that the majority of professionals should learn. Give him £20 and a Mars bar.🎉

Why did you comment.

@Sean Moore why did you?

Wonderful rebuild? 😂 you do realise the reputation these guys have in the UK for being bodge jobbers and nothing more than youtubers with dad's garage?

Absolutely loving this! You may of found this out already now regarding the lithium battery but…the reason it appeared to be completely flat is because inside the battery casing is a control unit and switched contacts. When the charge rate drops to around 11.7 volts the contacts open to save the battery from being damaged. If you ever find this again most chargers won’t send voltage until it sees a circuit…which you won’t have when the contacts inside the battery are open. This is why when you connected the additional battery the contacts closed👌 I used to work in a Porsche Center and having to explain this everyday was a challenge haha! Keep up the great work😎 12:44

Please help me, I have the same battery and the same issue. I connected additional battery and contacts closed, but when I just connected charger, even without turning on power, contacts opened again. After 1 hour approximately I connected additional battery again and contacts closed again. Please help, how can I charge the battery now?

​@S don't listen to any of this bs get a new battery. Shocking it back to life lasts 2weeks or in UK winter about 5hr. The cells are damaged end of discussion

@Big duphus AJ cells on my battery are perfect, checked and tested. It’s not just shocking back to life, I’ve got bms module on the battery reprogrammed and now it’s like new from factory, everything is great. Thank you for your input; I would get a new battery if it isn’t 3000$ for one🥲

Looking great so far. On the airbag thing. I had a crash a couple months ago where 4 airbags deployed. It’s incredibly loud and I couldn’t hear out of my left ear for a few minutes. Definitely a scary experience not to mention the crash. But I walked away unharmed as did the other in the accident thankfully so they did the job.

I JUST WATCHED YOUR VIDEO BEFORE THIS ONE. YOURE FOLLOWING ME AARON

but that’s horrible to hear. glad to see that your safe. loving your content as well as Matt’s!

The only thing you ear is a whistle

I had a bag go off me once, it broke my nose... and for like 1 second, I could not breath. The gas from the bag. This is something you never forget.

U had a gt3 rs?

Mat is a cheerful lad with fantastic spirits & Jack is an awesome dude with great skills= great job on the GT3! Great job Guys!

Watching these episodes makes me wish I could be part of a rebuild. It must be such a great feeling to see these beautiful cars back in working order after all that time and effort. I love how everyone is so happy seeing one more part of the build restored.

This is my favourite channel on YouTube,I can’t wait for the next episode. I only found it a couple of weeks ago,and I’ve watched every single episode. Fantastic stuff.

Freddie is the unsung hero of this rebuild, I love this collab!

My favourite Youtube content full stop! Keep it coming Mat, just so satisfying seeing these cars coming back to life.

Very clever editing on these videos Matt! I don’t think people realise how much it contributes to the success of this channel.

Why would you think you’re the only one with brains??? Just give the lad props and stop thinking you’re the only one who knows about video editing!

@Duffy Don I don’t - he knows far more about editing than I do!

It’s the production and editing quality that sets this channel apart from others. Mat tells an engaging story in such a genuine way. I come away from every episode not only entertained, but having learned something as well.

I definitely realised that it takes too long 🥲🥲 it’s quality though. I wouldn’t mind a daily upload though 🫣

@Duffy Don play nicely

This is seriously enjoyable to watch and see how it is being fixed!

I'm hooked on this build! So cool to have your Dad involved too, making some memories for sure. And Freddie the gang are so cool. You're not that far from the LZ compound. When it's built you should wake them all up by drifting around the place 😆

What a legend! Been watching since the Bentley days, made being in lockdown that little less boring. Currently at Uni studying motorsport engineering and loving the videos keep smashing it Mat

Well done Freddy, clever with the battery situation saved you a fortune Mat. Great video as always loving this build...... I love all the builds!

I'm not even into cars that much but these videos are so positive and inspiring, I love them.

My favorite series on YouTube right now (P.S. Mat if you need any sneakers while in The US lemme know I’ll take care of you 😏)

Matt when are you gonna build a track car???????

These are my two world colliding wtf this is awesome

it would be awesome! a sneakers with the same colors of the gt3, imagine that!

@Alan de Tournemine purple lobsters 👀

GT3 Sneakers!!!!! lets goo!

great videos matt, cant wait for GT3 to come back to its former glory! also, the roar of the engine is effin amazing!

Mat love what you are doing brother excellent helping out the Gentlemen respect.

I think this car is a start to more builds in the states! Love your work Mat.

Your an absolute legend Matt. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for your content Mat, Hannah, Dad, and the rest of the team and Family. Peace and Blessings to you all

Love how your dad just laughs at you when things don’t go to plan. Proper dad 😂

Plus he is always willing to help when matt messes up top dad

​@Bentley Baart Bohemian they are known bodge jobbers tbh

Loving this already 😘😘😘 I wished this video comes out daily 😔 Thanks Matt hoping to get into rebuilding vehicles ☺️☺️

Mat super happy for you buddy, What a car you have. It's gonna be wicked when its fixed.

Jack is a life saver he does really nice work

I can't explain the joy I get when I see you've uploaded a new video. Stoked to see your GT3 back on the road!

I absolutely love seeing the bond you have with your father. Him laughing when the horn didn't work was incredible!

His old man must be so proud of him too

Matt dad us the straw that stir the drink.he is am amazing welder tig work is what makes these projects a success

Please let the first drive be the two of them!

Mat your desire and love for cars is insane ! Repairing those cars is really a master act ! Hands down bro. Greetings and wish you all the best. A master mechanic from Germany ( BMW ) :-)

Awesome job you guys are doing a great job, well done 👍🏾

Brilliant work Matt and Team! Great to see how you working with your Dad on your builds! 👏😎

It feels awesome to see while taking a small break from work and see how much work he is putting into this dream car!

i love how these videos are made with the commentary, it builds suspense. feels like i’m watching a national geographic show.

What a amazing guy Freddie is 🎉

Nice one Freddy 🎉

he is a genius

He only charged ‘26’hundred dollars babyyyy

Saved him 2900 dollars lol

Defibrillated a dead battery. Genius!

Massive thanks to you MAT for these videos - Every time I see these videos, it's like dream come true in some way for me as well! Keep it up!

Not a Porsch fan myself, but absolutely admire your enthusiasm. The love you put into this rebuild job is absolutely awe inspiring. Keep it on bud, your attitude is something to admire!

Here in germany, nobody turns their head for a modern 911.....you see it quite often as an Golf, Jetta or Audi TT 🙂. But it's okay, it is a damn picy car.... Good job, nicely done.

@TT-RSGerman people on YouTube always say shit like this but I really struggle to believe 911s are as common as Golfs

Loved this one mat you guys are having such a great time in the sun shine building the 911GT its going to be amazing when you drive it for the first time. Well done guys team work is the dream work. Stay safe michael UK 👍

Been watching your videos religiously for a while. Your story is amazing. Keep doing what you're doing, you're doing great!

I honestly love this content. You are such a positiv guy, a real lunatic in a good sense. It must be great fun working with. Keep up the great work and videos.

Everyone needs a friend like Freddie what a guy

That’s a bit racist innit? Enuf of that in the US as is

@Dean how is that racist?? Wtf??

@Dean elaborate

@Dean Please elaborate on what's racist????This should be very interesting!!

Fantastic vids Mat, definitely some of the highest quality car content on YouTube! Keep it up!

Such a huge job on this gt3🙌 Love your videos. Such a pleasure to watch🙌 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

Keep 'm coming Mat. You are keeping me on the edge of my seat each time 😉 Great fun!!!

Great series so far, you got me as a sub. Love how you bringing in the whole family and making them smuggle parts lol Also it looks like you really like rebuilding these, it looks hard and rough but you're not afraid to start tackling it and I can only admire such mindset. It works out alot and when you hit a bump in the road you also tend to show it. And how you go about it and end up fixing it to. Like nothing can stop the project. Gonna be watching more because I've got this 335i sitting in the backyard and you spark up my motivation to get it going. So thanks for putting these out there.

Nice job so far - (Mat et-al) to all of you involved in resurrecting this GT3

im actually glad when i see your new videos on my feed, your content is engaging, exciting and really unique. Its a blast to watch your videos

I've never been interested in car repair, just the classic car girl who likes nice looking cars. But Matts videos are so engaging, I enjoy every one and I've learnt so much.

@Nessa there’s something relatable and engaging about someone who isn’t filthy rich taking a risk to get one of the most sought after cars on the planet and bring it back to life! I love this series! Wish I could binge watch it right now

@Grant Hoover I was thinking the same while watching 👌🏻

Been following Mat since the S5 when he had like 10k subscribers. Amazing how far you've come mate! Totally in love with your videos, you're my favorite YouTubers of all time and my day is always brightened up when I see your notification!

This project is getting better with every video added, very addictive to watch! Fair play Matt proper mint.

Crazy to see your channel just keep growing! I remember watching when you were like 200k and thinking you deserved way more subs and now you are at 1.25million! A rare case where you deserve it and many more, I’ve never watched YouTube videos looking forward to the next video coming out! Best of luck to you I hope things just keep getting better✌️

Great job so far. Can't wait to see it back on the road. To get those parts you need in the US, or with anything else for that matter, you need to have connections. I find it hard to believe Freddy doesn't have the connections at a certified body shop to get the parts you need.

I love Freddy, he seems like such a honest friendly guy just like you

I'm going to be honest here: there is not a single video on YouTube that I actually look forward to watching, like yours, Mat. You were made to do this. It's natural. The fact that you engage your dad and people around you in the amazing project is simply outstanding. Can't wait for the next wideo!

Mad to think from the Audi to now this , nearly 1 mil in a day !!!! Massive respect for what you do 🙌🏻

Really enjoying the gt3 videos! can’t wait for the next one

Oh, a new video already? Let's go! This Porsche rebuild is sooo satisfying to watch

Quality work Mat!! Car is looking sweet

Adam was so upset about losing this car. This is one of the best series on YouTube right now

Was having a shit day and you’ve put a smile on my face dude fair play keep achieving your dreams 🤙

I hope you have a better rest of your day brother. Stay blessed 🕊🦅🗽🦅🕊

Starting to come together. Can't wait to she it finished, such a beautiful motor 🤜🤛

This man is making me smile every time he uploads. Thank you Matt for letting me have a great time ❤️

It’s great to see everything coming along!

It always feels like we're all experiencing the pain and frustrations together! You always find a way round the problems - I m sure there's a lesson in there somewhere!😄❤

Freddie is turning out to be the Guardian Angel of this Porsche build... Friend for life right there! (p.s. how can 17 mins go so fast!??)

Mat you are great at what you do love it and you got yourself a new subscriber

Freddie is a genius and a really nice guy🎉 I love to see how well you both guys work together 🙏🏽

Jack is an allstar!!! What an asset to the team.

Great build so far. The best thing is the memories your making with your Dad

For your horn, make sure the steering wheel controls are working, if not check the relay and the fuse for the horn and the for switches, and if that reads nothing, it will more than likely be the clockspring

Great work. So satisfying watching you all repair and put it all together.

Love the videos!! Makes my day so positive everytime, thanks mate!!

Freddy is a genius! It’s so impressive how he can think outside the box- saving a lot of money along the way

Use Freddy Save Money

Discharged lithium batteries often need a 'kick' to get them going, if the voltage has fallen below what the safety circuit threshold determines to be unsafe.

Nope, it’s just basic logic when you realize that Lithium batteries usually have built-in deep discharge protection and the charger refuses to output any current if the voltage is zero.

He also helped getting the car started in the first place suggesting they push it on the casters- think of the time Freddie has saved Matt on this build, after all time is money 💵😂

It's also called using an old battery charger with out the safety anti shocking/sparking circuitry. When ever my battery is dead dead, I have to pull out the old boy I've had since I was a pup in the 90's that has constant *14.4v output. edited from 15v b4 someone corrected me LOL

Can't wait for the next update. Subscribed because of this series. Keep it up! 😀

Your channel is addictive man! It’s just satisfying to watch how you’re rebuilding cars !

As a fairly new discoverer of this channel i have to say, this is some of the best content on Youtube, and not just in the car category.

Genuinely my favourite channel at the moment, HUGE props to you! 👊🏼

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for it all to come together. I want to see it move under its own power with all 4 wheels on the ground. Nice job Mat, especially the dead battery hack. I've done that a couple times myself when the dead battery voltage is too low to get the charger to light up. It does work. Can't wait for the next chapter. God speed and God bless.

The lithium ion iron phosphate (LFP) battery in the new porsches goes into a self protection mode when voltage goes too low. It just needs (as you discovered) brief application of charging voltage (12-14V) from another battery to re activate, and then should be charged to around 13.4-13.6V.

The charger is what is preventing any amps being delivered. The charger says it is unsafe to charge a dead battery, which is plausible, so essentially the donor battery is doing all the charging as it doesn't have the safety circuit and doesn't care where the power goes. The charger is then keeping the charge on the donor battery. I do it all the time with drill batteries, just link 2 wires from a donor battery to the dead battery and it will charge.

Don't buy a new battery yet, put another battery in parallel as people describe here. Charger will then work - may take a while.

@Chris Paul Yup, had lead acid batteries explode in the shop before because they got way too hot because they were too dead to safely charge again

I guess you can’t kill the cells in a Li battery like you can with a Pb battery.

@JelloTRgood quality lithium (LIFEPO4) have a circuit board inside that protects the cells, they are well worth the extra money, they are very light, cant catch fire, and last about 10 years

Man TJ fumbled the bag with a rebuild series on this amazing car. Good thing you picked it up and started it! Carrying 2023 YouTube on ya back!

Keep it up guys loving the videos ❤

The best car YouTuber on the platform hands down. I actually look forward to him dropping videos on this build and I’m usually not like that keep going bro!

just incredible Mat I have never been so addicted to such a brilliant captivating series of videos 💪

I am dying to see it on the road Matt, ! I hope so much its all going to work out for you and the team!!! Still fingers crossed!!!

So glad you and Freddie found each other. You genuinely seem to uplift one another and it shows in the content.

I always get goosebumps when I see a new video from Mat. It's crazy how it excites me seeing someone doing something they genuinely love. Keep up the good work mate!👍🏽

Loving this series. You should do more international builds. Use your content to travel the world and fix exotic cars in amazing locations.

By far the best auto channel on YT, good on ya Freddy and boys for the assist

Loved your Dads laugh when the horn didn’t work…..classic Dad behaviour 😂

On the 4:30 am bus to site in the Australian outback and can't ask for a better way to start the day than watching a new Mat Armstrong video. Keep up the great work Mat, you're an inspiration to many!!

Yawn

Mine?

G,Day

2800 for a battery, Im lost…

@Mads William me too brother

I could watch you doing videos on a wide range of things, you're very good at this Mat, but rebuilding a Porsche 911, my all time favorite cars, is just amazing. I bought myself a 1971 911T for my 21st birthday in 1996 for $7,000, which was a lot for me! I then bought dual Weber carbs and a set of Bridgestone Potenza tires (that's what came on new Porsches at the time). I loved that car so much, but it was too expensive to maintain so I got rid of it. Now my dream car is a Singer Porsche.

Freddy coming in clutch with the battery save, impressive thinking. Your dad laughing when the horn didn’t work 😂😂😂 that got me. Love this build!

Just found your channel, unbeliveable it took this long, pure mega-quality, easily one of the very best car-channels and i will watch every video (i have a lot to catch up😊) 👌🏻

Can't get enough of your videos, I keep waiting impatiently for your next videos and the GT3 series is my favourite right now!

Never been so excite to see a car being revived, I'm wishing to watch you drive one of the coolest porches out there.

Mat's dad's laugh when that horn didn't work killed me😂😂

🤣🤣🤣 me too