What Steve McQueen would have ordered in 1991. My build.

[Jjm4life]

Love everything about this build. Well done

[911SauCy]

IMHO, Love the build, stance, wheels, body, tail...color leaves James Dean out of the picture.

He had very subtle taste, that blue has a KAHPOWW!!!! factor. Which the car deserves

[turbo3six]

Very nice! Just realized this is the car of the McQueen build thread I subscribed to in 2011. Here are some pics I took at Werks

[perrew]

REALLY nice build! I like those wheels and would like to find out more about them.

[AskewRSR]

[AskewRSR]

[TurboKraft]

Love. Love . Love.
That car is so right on so many levels.
Fantastic built, Tate!

I'm digging the genuine Turbo Cup intercooler. :-)

[AskewRSR]

Thanks Chris. I am getting ready to run the car over to you in Arizona for some final fuel tuning.

[TurboKraft]

Nice -- looking forward to it.

[jsveb]

Will you be driving it yo AZ or shipping?
In other words, are you back on the west coast? I owe you dinner.

[AskewRSR]

The C2 Turbo is now at TurboKraft for some final fuel system tuning. I assume that Chis will post a few pics and possibly some video on the Dyno. The baseline numbers before tuning were somewhat staggering.......... I will let Chris elaborate. Thanks, Tate

[dos531]

Time for EFI?

[slyguy]

Great looking car. The pictures compel me to shave off the rain gutters on my car. At least wash it bare minimum

[TurboKraft]

Originally Posted by dos531

Time for EFI?

LOL, I wish! We could build a very retro-appearing EFI system that would completely blend in with the build, but it's not what he's after. Everything about the build is old-school, period-correct. Plus we respect the history of this engine. It was built to compete in the "Open" class at Pikes Peak -- from ~9,400ft to 14,100ft -- and was thus fitted with a huge turbocharger and the CIS injection "tuned" to perform at these elevations.

The combination of driver+car+engine was a winner, with a time of 11:53.480 -- and that's when the course was still unpaved!
(Side note: a few weeks ago we got to meet the driver and see the car. It has hands-down *the best* back story I've ever heard, a real overcoming-the-odds tale of qualifying and going on to win. I'll let the owner re-tell.)

The engine is now fitted with a much more drivable Garrett GT35R ball bearing turbocharger plus a streetable muffler, and the CIS needs to be re-adjusted to cope with the denser air of lower elevations.

With only the most mild initial tuning, she's still generating huge numbers, and long before a normal redline. Looking forward to see what she can do! :-)

[AskewRSR]

Well. I am flying out to Phoenix in the morning to pick the car up and attend all of the auctions. I plan to run it against the new 918 one day as a friend will have his there for the week.... Chris may have some final dyno numbers after his final fuel tuning. I will let him share them. Thanks, Tate

[Discseven]

Originally Posted by AskewRSR

Was thinking duck over rear flares would not proportion right. But... looks incredible Tate. Soft blue on black wheels... another brilliant move. BRAVO!

[Miguel Antonett]

Fantastic built... I love the car... so smooth... but there is something about the rear wheels size/offset/alignment with fronts that somehow looks off... may the camera lense/angle, may be in person is not the case. Congrats!!!

[willtel]

Originally Posted by AskewRSR

I plan to run it against the new 918 one day as a friend will have his there for the week....

Please tell me you have plans to get a video.

[jsveb]

Miguel, i see what you are saying. However, Tate stopped by my house when he was in Monterey for the car week.

There is absolutely nothing off on this car. It looks absolutely amazing.

And, it was almost able to keep up with my carrera 3.0 going over Laureles Grade

[Miguel Antonett]

^^^ Prrrrrreeeettycool!!!