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Matteo and I are working on wheels together.
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boba -- your speedster project looks fantastic. Keep up the good work! Do you have an end-use in mind? With that suspension and brakes looks like you'll be on the track. just WOW!
BTW what part of TX are you in? I'd luv to visit your project some time. |
Thanks for the nice comments.
Jeremy, I am in DFW, the car will get some time at Motorsports Ranch, but it will be mostly street driven (fair weather). Some hill country trips I'm sure. |
A quick update on my car.
The wheels and tires are now on the car. It still needs to get aligned and corner balance before I can drive it. I ended up going with the Goodyear f1 gs-d3 tires since the kuhmo mxs were out of stock and the 285/40/17 tire for the rear is limited in other brands. Since I'm using coil-overs, my main concern was clearance issues with the springs and the lip of the front fenders (the fender lips where shaved before paint). Together with Lindsey and fellow pelicanite Doug W. we worked out a backspacing of 6 1/4 since I'm using turbo hubs as well. At the moment, clearance all around looks good, but won't know the last configuration until the car is aligned. Here is a pic with the wheels and tires installed. http://www.readynet.com/porsche/IMG_1034.JPG |
Fernando,
Looks good! It will undoubtedly get lower, once you bring it to Jae. This is mine 10 2005. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1180976060.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1180976116.jpg |
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Great Scott.. the Porn here is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fernado.. see you are making serious progress... Boba.. your car is just sick.. I had to move to another page to slow my heart rate!!! Paul |
How's everybody doing on their projects? I'm getting closer...I'm hoping a month to 6 weeks til completion. I'm almost ready for bodywork and paint.
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I saw your car down at Dieter's this morning--absolutely stunning! You did a fabulous job on it. Bring it out to a PCA-SDR event soon and let people drool over it. :) TT |
Thanks for the compliments!!!
I'm hoping Steve Grosekemper can work his magic and gets the engine running in tip-top shape. The SD PCA has set up a Porsche corral for the upcoming Coronado Speed Festival (got my corral pass in the mail yesterday), looking forward to it and hope to see you there. |
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My car is home now and it has never ran better! Steve definitely came through. The prognosis was a bad chain tensioner and faulty injectors, even though I had them cleaned before installing them. The local machine shop that did the top end cooperated with Steve and provide him a new tensioner. I also want to thank you for putting a good word for me at Dieter's, it was my first time there. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1190759388.jpg |
LOL, of the original 285 RSR's built, only 4300 still exist ;)
one of these days I'll be adding my name to the list. I want one. |
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One more, I need to shot some more pics when I get caught up.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1190809919.jpg
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Nice car Phil..
Please post pics of motor and interior! Need the motivation for my many projects... winters coming! Paul |
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My 74 RSR bodied PRC GT-L car is just about finished. Took her out on the track (Thunderhill) last Friday for a shakedown.
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boba back in April you posted:
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Wow!! :eek: That looks awesome!! Details please!! I am building something that should look like that... Do you have details you can share???
Where did the body panels come from? Can you post photos of the build process? I would love to see how the rear parts were attached. Can you post photos of how the front fenders are attached to the car (on the side closer to the door, from inside the wheel well...)? Can you post photos of the rear under side (to see the bumper from under the car, the setup for the exhaust, etc.) What are you using for wheels? Tires specs? Spacers? What rear arms are you using? Stock, Turbo? Where, how do you fuel that puppy!!?? Please!!!!! Please!!! SmileWavy Thank you! Jaime Quote:
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Wow!! :eek: That looks awesome!! Details please!! I am building something that should look like that... Do you have details you can share???
-E-mail me at craigbacker@hotmail.com Where did the body panels come from? -Bumpers, front fenders and doors - GT Racing. Hood - Getty. R. 1/4's - A.I.R. Can you post photos of the build process? I would love to see how the rear parts were attached. - http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-autocross-track-racing/283318-prc-gt-limited-cage-pics.html?highlight=cage Can you post photos of how the front fenders are attached to the car (on the side closer to the door, from inside the wheel well...) -No pics but as standard fenders are attached Can you post photos of the rear under side (to see the bumper from under the car, the setup for the exhaust, etc.) -I'll post later when I have pics but the exhaust uses 993 h/e with tin cut off and crisscrossed phase 9's. What are you using for wheels? Tires specs? Spacers? -Wheels are Jongbloed's using Goodyear bias plys 16X11&13's (spec for GT-L) What rear arms are you using? Stock, Turbo? -Turbo Where, how do you fuel that puppy!!?? -91 pump gas. Maybe I'll use race gas in the future. Please!!!!! Please!!! SmileWavy Thank you! Jaime |
Craig,
The dash pannel looks great, very clean and fits well. Is that an available aftermarket part, or did you have it made? I am interested in smoothing out the dash of my RS and don't care about factory correctness. Thanks, Mark |
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Your car looks great Craig!
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Bump...good thread.
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Here is the latest on my project.
The car is a blast to drive. It is noisy and the suspension is stiff, but you get used to the noise and the stiff suspension on a smooth surface feels very, very good. The 993 brakes really grip when you get on them. http://www.readynet.com/porsche/Img_1346.jpg http://www.readynet.com/porsche/Img_1349.jpg I've decided to go a different route on the seats, thanks to some advice here on the board and a good friend of mine, I'm changing the sparcos for a set of vintage style seats. I was lucky to find a pair of original scheel seats. The upholstery was in bad shape but they're getting new life at the upholstery shop. Although they're bucket seats, the driver side has a built-in tilting mechanism. Here are some pics of the seats. The powdercoaters should have the bases and rails done today and the seats should be ready today or tomorrow. If everything goes well, I should have them installed this weekend. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1196957761.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1196957844.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1196957876.jpg |
Bob at Appbiz here
These are Awesome! I would sure love some interior shots from those of you that installed our Door Panels and RS carpet sets........ Both are sold by our host! Bob bob@appbiz.com |
Everything went well this weekend and the seats are now installed. As promised, here some pictures.
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Those seats are great. They look awesome in the car too...nice choice.
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Thanks emptyo
How's your project coming along? Last I checked you were finishing up the flares. Keep us posted. |
SoCal, any pics of the details of the center fill fuel tank?
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Wow!!! That is amazing.
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Thank you! :D
Jeff Here are some more pics of the center fill mod. A couple things you should consider, clean your tank to make sure you don't have any flamable fumes. Try to follow the contour of the hood, so there's quite of bit of "measure twice, cut once", you definitely need at least another pair of hands. One mod that I think really helps to keep the tank from shifting once installed is the tab on the rear of the tank that mounts to a bolt on the chasis, if you can weld the bolt to the chasis would be much better. The neck on mine goes about 12 inches into the tank itself, we figured it would cut down on the splashing when the car is in motion. The neck collar to catch water from the outside can be anything you can find in your kitchen, just make sure it's a weldable material and it's thick enough to withstand the heat from the welder. The one we used was fairly thin and a few times we thought it was going to just melt in front of us. You'll also need a "nipple" with a hose on the lowest part of the catch pan to drain the water. The hose can be routed towards the back of the tank and all the way down towards the bottom of the car by the steering rack area. Hope this helps, let me know if you need any more info. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304133.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304146.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304170.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304192.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304221.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304250.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304274.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197304292.jpg |
Fernando-
The seats look amazing! Great choice! Did you put some miles on the car? How do they feel? Who did the recovering? Doug |
Fernando, what did you do with the other seats? I'm in the market...
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The seats were posted for sale locally and sold one and have one left, weird... I was getting a lot of requests for
one seat only and not as a pair. The person that bought the one was going to install it in his game room at home :confused: I just posted the one remaining for sale in the pelican classifieds, asking $400 OBO for the seat only. I have the mounting hardware for 2 seats and will sell that separately, if interested let me know and I'll figure out a price. It includes 2 bases for early cars and rails for bottom mount sparco seats. I can send you some pics. The scheel seats feel great Doug. My suspension is fairly stiff and these seats have made it a lot more confortable. The upholstery was done locally. I've used this shop (one man shop) for 12 years to do my upholstery. I had to provide most all material such as the corduroy and elastic bands for the frames, but he took care of the padding and vinyl. For period correct upholstery the best game in town is Autobahn interiors, the only reason why I didn't use them was because I wanted to send some business to the upholstery guy I know... He bailed me out last time by coming to my house to install the headliner, he brought his tools and only charged me $150 for the installation. He appreciated the business for the seat upholstery and was very reasonable in the price as well. |
Thank you kindly for the pics! Did you weld it all while it was in place? If so you are braver than I... :)
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Nice Seats
Hi Fernando,
Wow, those seats are awesome. I cant believe that that guy could turn them around so fast. They give that car a really nice old school look. For your suspension, did you ever look into using tender springs to soften the ride? My suspension is also mucho stiffo. I plan to look into tender sprngs when I get a chance but havent had a chance yet. Your car looks great. Jamie |
Beautiful cars, color me green with envy.
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