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Woohooo!!! Parts from GT Racing arrived at Orlando... delivery to my house scheduled for this Wednesday, Oct 3rd
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10-01-2007, 11:19 AM
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Parts arrived today:
New fan, housing, alternator:  Rear qtr panels and bumper:   No brackets on the rear bumper... hummm, more fabrication required... 
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10-03-2007, 01:43 PM
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Mandatory duct-tape install photos
     It will take some serious rubber to fill those wells...  
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10-03-2007, 03:13 PM
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You are a brave man! Kudos!
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Dang you provide dangerous inspiration. Great courage.
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10-03-2007, 07:30 PM
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You barely have enough room for both those cars in there. Time to "renovate" the garage
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Thats awesome!
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10-04-2007, 04:39 AM
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I wish I could... That is one of my dreams, building a custom home with a decent 40'x60' workshop... maybe someday... For now this three-car garage will have to do... I just move them out when working on the car... and a friend is kind enough to let me store one of the cars in his garage when the space is needed for long periods of time...When we got this house I had them add 2' to the garage to allow for the closet and working bench you see in the back. What I forgot to ask for was a higher ceiling  That would have allowed me to put in a two-post lift... nothing I can do now...
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10-04-2007, 04:59 AM
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Man this is an interesting thread! Those rear flares make my 11" turbo flares look tiny...
Forgive me if you've already answered this but what are you planning on running for wheels/tires and what do you have planned for an engine? Keep up the progress updates! |
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10-04-2007, 05:04 AM
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from the initial looks of the FG panels it looks like I have to remove the rear side glass and cut into the window frame I don't think I will do that.. I rather cut the FG to where it touches the lower part of the window side and glue it there...I need to do my homework now before I make the first cut...
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10-04-2007, 05:16 AM
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RSR with vented flairs-What wheels are you using?? Looks like I will end up with something like these:  Engine: not too many changes... only plan to put some PMO 46 carbs to give it a better look... when the time comes, a rebuild but not planning on making any changes from the stock components unless is for reliability reasons...
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-increased overall wheel/tire weight that is unsprung weight. -increased overall tire diameter and it's affect on gearing. I believe the car in the pic above has a 3.6 engine which of course helps overcome the issues mentioned above! Those big meats might be a bit much for a stock 3.0 and stock 915 trans. Edit: Regardless...you've got a very cool project in the works... |
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10-04-2007, 05:34 AM
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Just a few reference photos of the fender install from other folks here...
Please free to add more from your project or photos you have come across From JohnnyB:   From Win Van den Berg RSR (he has been a great source of information for my project, what a guy!!) :  From M325ix  
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What did you need the new fan and housing for?
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10-04-2007, 07:34 AM
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Porsche no longer makes the housing so I ended up buying a replacement. These come in Aluminum now... BTW, I will be soooo happy when I remove all that CIS stuff and replace it with a beautiful set of PMO carburetors... but first I need to finish all the body work, and get the wheels/tire combo...       You can see one of the cracks it in this photo, in the lower left side...  I had to do the new fan housing, new 11 Blade Alternator Fan (also in aluminum), and new 90amp alternator (because I needed the updated alternator to work with all the other parts, housing is for an 84 and requires this alternator)... I also ordered the nice looking strap from Rennline (via Pelican Parts) to go with the changes. Now I only need to decide what color I will paint them (maybe best to powdercoat them since there are all new.... hummm...) So... I have a fine working alternator if anyone is in need for one...
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When do we move past "Part 1 - The Discovery"??
I move for starting Part 2! Careful with the oversized bodywork and flares and large wheels combining that with limited power to back it up. Don't want to be "all show and no go". Cool project.
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10-04-2007, 03:20 PM
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Done! RSR Conversion - Part 2 - The build
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10-05-2007, 05:50 AM
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Since I posted the alternator stuff on this one... all other body updates will be done in the second thread started...
Used Tractor Supply paint... very thick/strong paint... Nothing seems to be straight forward... rear bolts on the new alternator are different... so now I have to go out and get the correct size nuts...       That is it for this thread... I should start bolting the rear qtr panels tonight to then mark and start cutting the metal...
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 I think that it went to Hawaii...
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