Was a tough spend for me too. A bit over $800 for the turbo cars all in. However I always had a slight fear of those 35 year old lines that have been under 50PSI+ and not ethanol rated. Always hyper-vigilant for any whiffs of gasoline, which of course there were, and of unknown origin. In a gasoline fire it’s good to remember the fire extinguisher is for your person, not the car.
The peace of mind now is palpable; I’m sure my agreed-value insurer would agree too. Do it and move on.

Nice videos. I’m too old to learn anything new from them but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying them.

I still need to climb under the car and measure some fuel fittings, I've been kind of busy prepping for winter, installing a wood burning insert, bought another project car, winterizied the boat, fixed the waterpump on my van, just.... stuff.

Anyway, small update, I did a how to on installing collapsible oil return tubes. Used some tips/tricks I read about on the interwebs using a hose clamp and a 30mm open ended wrench. Still a bit finicky, but not too bad.

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Another quick update on valve adjustments.... this was.... super easy. Am I doing this right? It was just like doing any other car except it required a funky feeler gauge.

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Dead simple with the engine out of the car.

Sent out payment to Len today for fuel lines. Really want to get this thing back together before the snow falls. I picked up another project (dumb) and I'm itching to start wrenching on it.

Today I've been up on the roof and siliconed in my chimney adaptor for the woodstove liner, and I need to finish knocking out a kindling storage box, then finish up the clutch/flywheel assembly. After that, it's time to bolt together the alternator/fan and valve covers. Thing is going to start looking pretty awesome, very soon. :)

Alright, tiny update! Clutch kit is in!

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So I'm pretty stoked about this guys, I found a CRAZY deal on a Sachs Power Clutch kit on Ebay, seller is in the UK and selling them for $350 which is the cheapest price I can find anywhere. Pelican's price is over double that. So I 'watched' the auction, and a day later he sent me an offer for $325!!!!!! INSANE! Shipping was fast, super happy with the purchase, here is dudes ebay listing if anyone else wants to scoop this deal!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-SACH...

I wound up measuring the weights of the stock pressure plate vs the aluminum sachs one in the video, and not only was that significantly lighter, even the clutch disc itself was 7-8oz lighter! I wound up keeping my stock flywheel and just getting it resurfaced, but I really feel like this is the better way to lose rotational mass if you need to buy a clutch kit anyway.

Also, I found out my throwout bearing was assembled wrong THE ENTIRE TIME IVE OWNED THIS CAR (7+ years now!?). Buttoned her up and ready to keep moving, waiting on Len's fuel lines and my intake runners.... once I have those, I should have everything I need to put the car back on the road! :D

I installed the same Sachs clutch (unfortunately not for the same cost) and installed a Patrick MS lightweight flywheel. Once I get her fired up I’m interested to see how she responds with ~8lbs of reduced rotational mass.

Did you get the crank balanced with teh flywheel or are you just going to send it?

He didn't split the case or even remove the heads so it is pretty hard to balance the crank. Also he used the original flywheel and got it machined so no need to get anything balanced.

I'm asking TXGerman what he did with his lightened flywheel. I've heard some people just run them anyway, regardless of balancing.

Since I didn't need to split my case and I really (really) didn't want to, I'm just sending it. If I notice any issues, well, I'll deal with that if it comes up [crossing my fingers].

Dennis

Things are starting to look like something. [emoji38]

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It’s going to be a race before the snow falls.


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Brake clean fumes in an enclosed area, good times.

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Quick episode; just leveling the valve covers, but you can see how the powdercoating turned out, pretty geeked about how ridiculous this looks in person, they look like gold bars.

Rennline Fan Strap Install.... super quick... and WTF Rennline the bolt you send with it is HALF the length you need...

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Nah, it's definitely seated. Triple checked it, even tried tapping it around with a piece of wood. There's a pin on the bottom that goes into a slot, so there isn't much room for error.

Made some progress today...

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Runners just sitting there because I wanted to visualize what's been in my head for 6 months now. Really starting to get stoked. I think a lot of people use the wrong colors for emphasis on this engine; if you paint the timing chain covers black, it looks badass on the stand but once you have black shrouds/engine tin it just makes the whole engine disappear in the engine bay. Purposefully keeping raw alumium next to the graphite/charcoal engine tins, with the gold for "pop".

Top view, before I started tearing into the CIS system, just cuz it's a rare view of a 911 engine, really shows off the design of the runners pretty well:
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Test fit the exhaust... yeah... I am still aware it's way too big for this engine, and my performance will suffer. I'm still going to run it. I don't know for how long before I switch it to something else, but this system is just too badass not to use for a bit. Maybe I'll eventually build a 3.6 to justify it.

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Wound up tearing the CIS system all the way down to the airbox. Fixing a split seam w plastic epoxy, and swapping the machine screws for nuts/bolts/washers for more compression. Should hold okay, also installing a pop off valve to prevent it from splitting in the future. THing was DISGUSTING. I probably spent 2 hours cleaning this so far...

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Are you able to resize the pictures? hard to get a feel for what you've got there.

Has Rennline or Pelican offered any explanation or remedy for the short bolt? Seems odd that they would sell a bolt that is too low and not have every buyer complaining about it....I realize they could have had a packaging error and that the cost of a bolt is minor, but it just doesn't live up to their high quality reputation and our expectation.

As far as I know it's a pretty common complaint about this kit. I'm calling them out on it because for the prices they charge I should not have to go to the hardware store.

Focker, resized but they might not update in your cache, so do a harder refresh in your browser, should be a lot smaller. Also... why does this forum software not resize photos....

I hope Rennline listens to you because I plan to buy one of those soon as well and would prefer if they just send the kit with correct components. Keep up the good work, I enjoy following your story. I've got mine torn apart again refreshing the fuel system, hope to have her back on the road this coming weekend!