930 clone restore - if you had it to do all over? - Page 4

911tracker85 · 12-02-2018, 06:27 AM

here are the heads ready to be boxed up.

sending the fan and housing to Shaun @TRU6 to refinish in Cerakote (?) those other parts will be stripped and Powder coated by a local PC shop.

going to shop to finish getting the case, heads, P&C, rods, rocker arms, etc packet for shipping.

then step back and figure out what to attack next.

but also need to get the 944 turbo track car in to fix the broken clutch before DE next spring. it will be sold once I get the 930 done.

911tracker85 · 12-17-2018, 06:00 AM

after thinking about it I realized if the box was dropped on the side using wood blocks to brace the case could allow the force to get passed to the case and cause damage.

so pulled them and repacked with foam insulation. already had 2" of foam sheets on the bottom and putting one on top.

cleaned and buffed the alum injector blocks, getting new injectors.

pulled the rings and cleaned the carbon off the tops of the pistons. sending to Steve to balance with the rods when he refurbs them and rebuilds the case/crank/rods.

after having it stripped, hit the bottom of the CIS air box with a light coat of cast alum VHT engine paint.

sending this to Shaun to replate the spring plate stuff and the fan housing strap. and creakote the hub along with the fan/housing

pkabush · 12-17-2018, 06:44 AM

Man you’re going all in. Gonna be super nice.

911tracker85 · 12-18-2018, 04:11 AM

yea... I passed the event horizon a couple years ago.

pkabush · 12-18-2018, 11:59 AM

I’m in the same boat my friend.

911tracker85 · 12-19-2018, 04:57 AM

after acquiring this project, read too many threads on this forum. the more I read what others were doing to their 930s the deeper I got pulled in.

911tracker85 · 12-21-2018, 05:49 AM

digging through and cleaning/preping more stuff.

fan/housing stripped to go to Shaun at Tru6, along with spring plate hw and some fuel lines.

the last will go to Len Cummings to rebuild the cam chain tensioner oil lines, and have him plate the hard lines in the process. Len made a full set of fuel lines for me in the past. great work.

probably be at the shop for a while again today... never know what I'll dig out next.

911tracker85 · 01-09-2019, 05:55 AM

got everything shipped but the case. I guess the box I made took the weight >150lb limit for UPS. will have it shipped by R&L.

continuing to dig stuff out, clean, etc. accumulating another box of stuff to send to Shaun for plating. and need to box up the lines to send to Len.

just pulled the 928 in to rebuild all the brake calipers. recently one of the rear was dragging a bit, never rebuilt them. and will keep at it on the 930 parts too.

cleaned/buffed the oil cooler and oil line.

cleaned the valve covers, light coat of cast alum VHT paint on the lower and buffed the upper.

this is a teaser. pic of a couple brackets I am fab'ing, these are not the final version. they are at the PC shop. you will NEVER guess what they are for. hope to post the surprise pic in a few days.

pkabush · 01-09-2019, 11:34 AM

Home brew engine tin ?

911tracker85 · 01-18-2019, 06:05 AM

my norton keeps popping up with warnings this site is not safe. says their HTTPS security cert expired yesterday. being a retired network engineer I have encountered this many times over the years. someone misses the notice to renew. in general not a real security issue, just annoying to keep bypassing.

and get errors when trying to upload pics. took a couple tries.

Ahhh... we have a player. hint: I have mentioned what they will be used for in the past on this thread.

well... have to repack the case as with my stout wooden crate it was >150lb. Steve assures me it can be packed safely at <150lb. got a double walled cardboard box at uhaul that should work. just line all sides with several layers of 1" foam insulation sheets. hopefully will get it out monday.

in the mean time, decided to rebuild all of the calipers on the 928. noticed some dragging recently. when rebuilding found the culprit, one of the rears had become pretty gummy. and found a couple of the damper sleeves on the front calipers damage, waiting for replacements from Germany.

wanted to get this buttoned up to get started fixing the clutch on the 951 track car.

also took all of the engine tins and engine mount parts for powder coat. they look OK as I had previously just hit them with a light coat of paint.

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I had all my engine tin powder coated also. It looks fantastic. However if I had thought it through I would have done something a bit different.

There a several large holes in the side tin that are no longer needed, ie holes for emissions air pump and so forth. Instead of unsightly tape to close these, I made up some aluminum blanks, painted them black and pop riveted them on. But I did this after getting the tin back.

Next time (next time?

) I'll flush rivet them on and do it before sending out for powder coating.

911tracker85 · 01-19-2019, 05:16 AM

Hmm... did not think about that, but too late for me.

911tracker85 · 01-29-2019, 10:37 AM

got that batch of stuff back from PC.

and here is the use for those mystery brackets. Beer / Coffee mug out of one of the bad cylinders!

unfortunately I need to find another kind of glue for the clear plexi-glass bottom. after a couple of freezer/beer cycles the expansion/contraction had causes it to leak. will use some kind of flexible cement to fix.

and after reboxing that case was able to ship via UPS at 135lb.

also got the 951 into the shop from the trailer to get to work on the clutch.

krasuskyp · 01-29-2019, 02:56 PM

awesome progress

cool mug - was gonna guess... trunk monkey

keep up the good werk - busy boy there on 3x cars... oy. Nothanks lol (Fightclub mantra: you do not own your possessions - YOUR POSSESSIONS OWN YOU!!!)

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Originally Posted by 911tracker85

got that batch of stuff back from PC.

and here is the use for those mystery brackets. Beer / Coffee mug out of one of the bad cylinders!

unfortunately I need to find another kind of glue for the clear plexi-glass bottom. after a couple of freezer/beer cycles the expansion/contraction had causes it to leak. will use some kind of flexible cement to fix.

and after reboxing that case was able to ship via UPS at 135lb.

also got the 951 into the shop from the trailer to get to work on the clutch.

Had one sort of like that once, I guess I left it on the roof and went on a test drive.
I found a neat little cup insert which slipped into the cylinder. I could pull it apart to wash it.

911tracker85 · 01-30-2019, 05:16 AM

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busy boy there on 3x cars... oy. Nothanks lol (Fightclub mantra: you do not own your possessions - YOUR POSSESSIONS OWN YOU!!!)

plan to sell the 951 this year. and yea they do tend to own YOU.... that is why I had to get rid of two of them and need to get rid of a third. planning to keep the 928 as a companion to the 930.

911tracker85 · 02-16-2019, 06:13 AM

continue to make progress. finally pulled the last of the wiring harness out the back. need to write up my plans and send it all to Dennis for a custom harness build.

in an exchange with blacktie motors trying to figure out if one of the RX7 headlight conversions will work.

also pulled the last of the glass out, not as much trouble as I expected. maybe because the car had a glass out repaint in the past.

and tore the headliner out and scrapped the old dash covering (not sure what to call it). I got a brushed aluminum set to replace this, think I showed it in the thread in the past. not sure yet if I will leave the exposed, painted metal dash areas or cover.

and got this pic in an email from Shaun at TRU6.

these are the headlights I am considering. they are fixed and just look SINISTER.

found these little clips at the top of the front windshield when pulling the headliner. never saw a reference to these in other headliner replacement threads, just LOTs of those little spring clips.

getting read to remove the sunroof assembly. seems straight forward but need to research posts to see if there are any gotchas.

old wiring harness to go to Dennis.

911tracker85 · 02-17-2019, 06:46 AM

yesterday I got the sunroof out. using a battery I tried testing the motor. it ran and could see the gear turning and moving the rods. seemed it would close but not open. but when I ran it to the open position I could open the roof manually.

so pulled the motor and related parts, then removed the track and pulled the whole roof panel out. broken connectors preventing it from opening but would allow it to push the roof closed.

after reading a good thread on removing the sunroof, next step is to start cutting away the supports.

so now I have a complete sunroof assembly for sale, just need to get new rods. make me an offer.

onboost · 02-17-2019, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by 911tracker85

continue to make progress.

these are the headlights I am considering. they are fixed and just look SINISTER.

found these little clips at the top of the front windshield when pulling the headliner. never saw a reference to these in other headliner replacement threads,

Those clips are factory. and sometimes also found around rear window and sunroof opening as well. Seems to vary from car to car.. Ha! I've pulled enough of them apart to notice.

Regarding the fixed headlights.. try these guys https://www.zeemax.com/Porsche.htm Back in the 90's they had a pretty nice set of fixed headlights that were available as a set or as part of their body kit. They don't show it on their site anymore.. but who knows what a call or email may turn-up?

911tracker85 · 02-20-2019, 05:34 AM

got a reply from zeemax and they do not have fixed headlight kits.

yesterday got the sunroof false ceiling cut out. will need to do some more trimming before ready to accept a panel.

just got the parts for my 951 and should have them for the 928 shortly. so will turn my attention to getting both of those cars fixed.

and I am still looking for a source for a carbon fiber roof panel insert that I plan to just bond in place and leave the CF panel exposed.