My complete shortened g50 kit is on its way(thanks to a tip from a fellow pelicanite). Should arrive by thursday. Also the penske/kelly moss made coilovers and all other suspension is almost ready to be shipped. Wait till you guys see this hardware ! Even a stainless steel front crossmember. I have lots of new pictures but they are still in my camera. Will post em soon . Ive become friends with one of the guys involved over at kelly moss and its definetly been a great experiance. My coilovers are waiting for dyno testing on there shock dyno ! How cool is that ? Still looking for a lsd unit for the tranny.

Kurt Williams

G50 kit is in the house !!
 

Received the tranny today. Its a shortened unit done by patrick motorsports. It was done in 1994 and never used. The crate shown in the picture has been its home for the past 10 years. I also received all the parts needed to install in an early car except the carrera axles which I may allready have(gotta go look). As of now im just a throw out bearing away from a complete drivetrain. I will still be waiting to install the drivetrain because the upper rear crossmember has to be cut out and updated because of the coilovers that are going in. The shock tunnel holes are to small on the 72` and earlier cars. That should be lots of fun ! At least the transmission hurdle has been jumped.

Kurt Williams

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Looks like an awesome project. Can't wait to see it done.

Regarding your intercooler/tail problems. Ever consider doing a custom system to support a liquid to air intercooler? This way you could fit the intercooler within the fender on one side and the water tank in the other fender. Was my plan on my 993 till I needed bodywork and ended up going GT2 crazy. I think this would be the best way to get that stealth look since even if you put the air/air into a fender you would need some sort of ducting in the bodywork which defeats the entire idea.

How long till you get the suspension? I ready to check out all of the trick parts you picked up.

From what I was last told Jeff at kelly moss was going over the coilover setup on the shock dyno before it is shipped. My guess is at least two weeks. I will definetely be posting pictures of these items. They are (combined) by far the most expensive investment into this project . According to Fred Howard this is as good as technology gets to date as far as suspension and components goes.

Kurt Williams

Great progress Kurt. Can you tel us more about the suspension?

Heres the info as best as I can tell it.

Special pin type billet fastening monoballs on all corners (yes the rears too).
The coilovers are made to order by penske exclusively for kelly moss using their blueprints. All 4 coilovers are made from billet aluminum and titanium. They each have 5 way controllable remote resevoirs. They attach (top and bottom)with pins on heim type ball sockets which somehow get integrated with the momoballs. Springs are 400lbs(frt) and 600lbs(rear) I think?
The front control arms are racer group made and as far as I remember they are billet aluminum and have a built in adjustable caster feature.
Rear conrtrol arms are stock 1986 carrera units which will use the racer group spring plates (also adjustable caster).
The sway bars are also some type of high end units but honestely I dont even know who makes them or what size they are. I do know they are adjustable at the ends. I figure if thats what kelly moss suggests it must be good.
The front crossmember(where the rack and control arms will mount too) is a chromemoly unit that is somewhat simelar in weight to the stock aluminum type. Aside from being pretty it is desinged to be more rigid and unbreakable. I dont think that part was a nesessity but what the hell its coming with this package that im buying so who am I to say no.
Steering rack is a 2.5 to 1 new unit. Stock for my car is 3 to 1 (lock to lock)
There is also alot of special hardware and likely some other components I forgot to mention . The kelly moss website mentions very little about this setup but there is a little info.

Kurt Williams

Also just purchased a B&B fender mount oil cooler with a thermostat controlled fan . Its a kit from Windward. I will soon have to contact Chuck (elephant) for the lines that run the length of the car as well as a thermostat.

Kurt Williams

Started work today on the clutch/flywheel
 

Mounted up the lightweight flywheel and disk for trial fitting. Also swaped out the stock CIS sytem which used a frequency valve and ecm in favor of a rebuilt euro system which is non computorized and no longer requires the oxygen sensor. I removed the air pump and power steering pump asa well as both brackets . I took plenty of pictures but screwed up and had the quality setting way to high for posting here. There was a few in low quality but not exactly choice shots.

Kurt Williams

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Yes I know the engine is quite dusty. The camera flash certainly highlighted that fact. Its been wrapped in plastic for the last 3 months too.

Kurt Williams

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Kurt,

Do you have any side shots of the nogaro.

I have the same HRE wheels. My car is currently in the body shop for resto. I would like to get an idea of what they look like on the car.

Thanks

Not the best sideshots but this is what I have as of now.

Kurt Williams

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any news?

btw, pjv, what is the turbo engine setup on your '69? intercooler?

Can only say WOW that is an awesome car. I am literally green with envy.

1992 C2 turbo motor with apox 2k orig miles . Backed up with a G50 with a factory 968 torsen diff and steel syncros installed .

Kurt Williams

That is gorgeous color.

Are those BBS Magnesium Race Wheels painted or powder coated in black?

No they are HRE 540 series black anodized by them .

Kurt Williams

Look good.