My first car and build PMO Carburated 3.8 1971T Super Sleeper

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Lots of pictures below
Hello everyone!
It has been more than two years since I first got my first 911, a mostly complete 1971 911T Sportomatic in gold metallic paint.
I want to share with you the process of the build and the concept since it is a very personal car and one that I am very happy to own now that it is finished.
At first I was all over the place on turning it into an RS-inpired Hot Rod, then I thought about an ST Grand Tourer, but eventually I fell in love with the narrow-body shape and specially since the fact that the "T" models had always been relegated to a secondary place in Porsche history, I fell the need to reclaim their existence and turn the underdog into an alpha dog and build a maximum performance 911T Sleeper.
This is how my car began talking shape, the idea, to build a very demure and non-threatening "T" on the outside along with all it's "T" badging and full chrome dressings, but with a 933-based 3.8, RS-spec on 50mm PMO carburetors and a completely revamped transmission, suspension and brakes. I wanted something that seemed completely uneventful almost to the point of being "cute", something that would hide the monster inside. For this I finally decided on putting together what it would seem as a fully restored early "T", but including several parts older than 1971, so it would look a little more like a SWB, some of these are the vented window frames, the chrome rear-view mirror and the one-piece knee pad and the silver windshield wipers.
For the suspension I got all the goodies from Elephant Racing, Rebel Racing, Tarrett, and D-Zug, along with Carrera trailing arms and aluminum crossmember.
For brakes I found the six pot R-To-RSR rally calipers and rotors, along with new lines, fittings and master cylinder.
I bought a 1984 915 transmission that was rebuilt and reinforced by Patrick Motorsports to match the new 3.8 with custom gearing and differential together with a Wevo shifter and Stromski Racing joints.
The engine was rebuilt by Patrick Motorsports out of a very low mile 933 with new Pistons, cylinders cams etc to an RS spec 3.8 with 50mm PMO carburetors and MSD ignition and a very cool 12 plug distributor by P. Motorsports. it has a prototype B&B 3.8 headers with heater boxes as well as a modified Dansk banana 2 into 1 muffler designed for the 3.8 flow, albeit with a sleeperish subdued tone. An original 2.7 airbox was modified for fitment on the PMOs for a perfect vintage look, and dual fender oil coolers from Elephant R. handle the 3.8s temperature.
As far as the body, it was stripped to bare metal, prepared and two-stage painted by Willy Acevedo who did a fantastic job on the concourse-type finnish as well as putting the car together again.
Regarding the color change, It all came to be almost as soon once I got the car. The deal is that I was test driving the car with my wife and in a period of ten minutes three trucks almost side-swiped us from the road, it was not what you want your wife to experience just as you've told her that you bought your first Porsche, so she grabs me and tells me that being such a small car (by today's standard) she had read that some colors as greys and golds where very difficult to see and read it's speed and distance, specially in a car it's size, so she makes a deal with me, as long as it is red, orange, yellow or white, I could have as many small cars as I could afford. Let's just say I did not argue that one and just picked the first from that list, nevertheless I kept the 8888 Gold Metallic paint code on the door badge as a testament of the car's original color.
The original numbers-matching 2.2 engine was also rebuilt by P. Motorsports to original specs. and put on a crate along with the original gearbox, where it will remain as part of the car's history for the future.
I made provision for all the upgrades that would make it a safer car to drive nowadays, like an 80s third brake light on the rear window, D-Zug BiXenon H4 headlights (with 4000k bulbs so they wouldn't shine blue, but a clear white light), and LED backlights on the instruments as well as an in-cabin battery disconnect.
It was the interior that mostly took my attention regarding modifications since I needed a better seating option I first sourced an original pair of Recaro Sport seats with tilting sliders which I had restored and although they looked the part, they did not match my body so well since their seat is a bit narrow. I finally found a pair of less-known 1972-74 Recaro Sportsitz S that perfectly fit my body and the rest of the car. These seats are rare and very often overlooked since they were only an option on german 911s, and few people know that they have much better bolsters much wider and deeper seat, with no shoulder obstruction. Also they do not need tilt base since they have the tilt option built in them and they weight less than the normal sport seats (with the tilting bases included) its a shame Porsche did not use them more, since it is one of Recaro's best designs and I guess the cheaper Sport seats was a better option to include in the "S" model as well as the RS Touring version. I had these restored and they are fantastic. Also the instruments were restored by North Hollywood S.
The door panels in the car are a complete redesign and execution done by me since I did never liked the OEM solution and they are the subject of another thread that I started long ago What do you think of my take on early door panels?
For a stereo solution I found a Mcintosh head unit that has the look of the times but takes CDs bluetooth connection and hands free cell control with a heavenly sounding Mcintosh amps and speakers for those times when my wife wants the windows up.
I installed hidden reinforced mounts in the rear seats to be able to place four-point seat belts for my 5 and 3 year old children, whenever needed.
The whole car has double width Dynamat under the new carpet, behind the headliner, inside the doors, and the rear tray so to make it as soundproof as possible since it is not a lightweight car but a family grand tourer. This is after all, a driving car not a garage queen.
I did use a lot of the perforated Rennline parts as the pedals, boards and covers, but I did not want to cover them with the Cocomats so I had the mats cut and refinished to the point that the boards begin.
In the trunk I used different textures of black powder coating and tuff liner to have everything exposed without a carpet but that it looked clean, put together and be low maintenance.
It has been an incredible ride to rebuild this car with the flawless work of Willy Acevedo as well as James Patrick and his team, who put their harts into it with such passion that has made mi experience a most gratifying one. The car now is running and the final tunning is being done at Phoenix by James Patrick as I write this. I will take possession of my car in two weeks when I will drive it home finally to be my daily driver and part of my family's history.
I want to thank everyone that has helped me with their knowledge and experience in these forums, without them I would not have had such a great result for my first car. Thanks Pelicaneers for all the inspiration!
Thanks Pelican for all the support and these forums where such an incredible group of people come together.
I will let you know when I put some miles on the car how all works together.
Cheers
Mauricio Ducoing

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[LakeCleElum]

Thank you for sharing.....Very nice work ....... Looks like you started with a good no rust car also...

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[wayner]

That car is clean clean clean!

I love it!

[jpnovak]

Fun! Love the build. Lots of great details on the entire car.

[will hung]

That's a sweet ride. Sleeper for sure.

[G50911]

wow! nice job

[steenkamp]

I want that Engine, badly.

[Evans, Marv]

Mauricio, You built my dream car !!! I'm so dazzled by it, I can't think of anything I would add or change. Of course I'm sure I'd never afford it myself. I also enjoyed your thread about the door panels. Keep us posted, & maybe a video would be nice too. You're a lucky guy to have experienced the build and future driving experience.

[TR]

This post should have been called "suck it up "Magnus".

[uptheorg]

The engine is a thing of beauty!

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Can anyone tell me how to post a video? I have some of the engine running but I'm al a loss about this.
Thanks

[NY65912]

Mauricio,

Very beautiful and fantastic build!

[will hung]

Originally Posted by enzoducoing

Can anyone tell me how to post a video? I have some of the engine running but I'm al a loss about this.
Thanks

Here's a step by step guide. If you want to email me the video's, I'll upload them. I really want to see them.

How to Upload a Video to YouTube: 19 Steps - wikiHow

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Here are more pictures

[Goldmember]

Very impressive. Have you been on the Dyno? Whose chip are you running ??


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[Reiver]

Beautifully executed understated build.
This will bring great joy to the driver.....sweet, very sweet.

[Vintage Racer]

Very nice car.