930 Engine rebuild update

[diabolos88]

are you planning on giving us a teaser media clip?

[adomakin]

nice stuff david! wheres that intercooler from?

[David]

Thanks for the encouragement. When I finally get this thing running and broken in I'll post some video clips. I just hope the acceleration meets my expectations.

The intercooler and all the other plumbing was fabricated by me and some welders from work. The machined parts are by me and unfortunately they look a lot more crude in person.

[adomakin]

i think the acceleration will be fine David!

[David]

To keep me away from the political forum, I thought I post a quick update

My clutch started slipping a few (OK, several) months ago and I finally got around to changing it. I replaced the Centerforce, which I do NOT recommend, with a Kennedy stage 1. The Kennedy's a nice piece! We may get killed with the Porsche tax but at least we get nice stuff!

I thought about lowering 2nd, 3rd, & 4th gears while I was in there, but after looking at my 401K and investments, I decided not to

I did make a couple changes though. I bought a Clewett IAC stepper motor from another Pelican and installed it, thanks purplehaze! Hopefully it'll start and idle like a regular car and not require 5 minutes of warm up.

The throttle linkage never felt right presumably due to combining the Carrera intake with the 930 linkage. I clocked and rewelded the bell crank on the engine and the transmission to get the angles right so hopefully that fixed it.


PS: I keep meaning to get that video clip, but I got sidetracked when it was on the dyno. I hope to get it back on the dyno this winter for final tuning so hopefully I can get it then. It sounds really wicked though!!! Sort of like a big block V8.

[mppickett]

Hey David,

Beautiful work. So where did you get your intake aluminum tubing? I've been trying to figure out how to move my air filter from the left rear wheelwell into the engine compartment since my rebuild. Yours looks great!

Best,
Mike

[David]

Thanks Mike! I bought all the aluminum and stainless tubing at www.burnsstainless.com

[purplehaze]

Beautiful work, David!

This is a better use of your time that debating in political forums.

Very clean, and clever placement of the air filter.

Is that a Burns muffler? I may go with 2 of those over the winter - so I hope you post a sound clip when running.

Keep going!

[David]

It's a Burns 3.5 ID x 4.5 OD x 12" long muffler. I may switch to a 3.5 ID x 6.5 OD x 17" long to keep my neighbors on my good side.

[slow&rusty]

Originally Posted by 125shifter

It's a Burns 3.5 ID x 4.5 OD x 12" long muffler. I may switch to a 3.5 ID x 6.5 OD x 17" long to keep my neighbors on my good side.

LOL..I just bought that same muffler from Burns (the 17" long one).

Yasin

[purplehaze]

Originally Posted by slow&rusty

LOL..I just bought that same muffler from Burns (the 17" long one).

Uh, oh. That doesn't sound promising. Do YOUR neighbors still speak with you Yasin?

Post some sound clips when you get it going please!

Cheers -