MFI Fuel Pumps
 

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Kill Switch
 

Mounting plate made to mount the Bosch kill switch on the dash.

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While not reading every post I've finished two bourbons reviewing this thread. What a treat. I fear I'll always look at my 911 and feel slight disappointment knowing there are others built to this degree out there.

At least I'll feel comfortable driving the hell out of mine! I'll take solace in that I suppose.

Every Porsche is special and offers a unique driving experience of its own. This project has been a fun history lesson in addition to a long time build. When we started down this road I would have never dreamed this is where my old 87 911 DE car would end up. I still remember taking delivery of it back in 2003 and using as my daily driver. I look forward to having my old friend back on the road and track. I truly appreciate all of the talented people and friends I have made along the way with this car and at the end of the day thats what its all about.

Progress is still happening, we now have brake calipers/rotors/discs/hubs for all four corners! Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving.


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Ignition boxes mounted in the cabin. Last photo is a reference to the original:

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This is wild. I purchased the original engine out of this car and I’ve been driving it for almost 13 years! I admire Keith’s persistence of vision and look forward to seeing the finished car.

-E

Holy *****. Just catching up here and i am so happy to see the progress on this build. Incredible work and attention to detail.

Hi Ernie, hope you are doing well, thanks for the kind words. I hope my old 3.2 is still running well for you!

This has been a good week, teaser photo of the engine. Parts are back from the machinist and assembly has started.

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Thank you Mat, its been 13 years but finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. So many talented people have contributed to this now 13 year build.

motor
 

Looks like only 1 Ti rod so far.

Roll bar is in
 

New roll bar bolted in to replace the old cage:


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Looks like a good shell, better than most.

I see many copies mimicking the stress and wear of an old seat with the headrest tilted back, and not straight up or canted slightly inward.

Perhaps the strain of a racing helmet pressing back on it with the thin neck bending backwards took it's toll.

Great car project, inside to outside.

It’s been a great engine. It was supercharged a few years ago and chipped. Been doing 300+ hp ever since. Take care.

Where did you source your rollbar?
Did you make it in house or purchase it from some vendor?
Looks like just what I am after for an upcoming project.

Car is looking great.

Thank you! Zuffenhaus currently has these reproductions in stock, please shoot them an email if you are interested. products@zuffenhaus.us

Thank you so much, I took this from Ward's website but here are some details on the seat build process:

"After many requests and a lot of prototyping we have now created an almost exact duplicate of the amazing Lollipop racing style seat. We are lucky enough to have had an original Lollipop seat in our inventory that we carefully removed the seat material, foam, and carpet backing then made a perfect mold from the original thin layer hand laid fiberglass.

During prototyping we found we needed to strengthen the neck and lower back areas as they were cracked and showed spots of weakness. We were able to use hand laid cloth instead of blown chipped fiberglass to make the seat both very strong and still light. We also added a bit thicker metal plates for attaching to the base which again was an improvement. In the end we are just 2 pounds heavier than the original and MUCH stronger and safer.

Next we matched all the cushion pieces to templates and glued them in precisely. We then let our master upholsterers match the Recaro cloth/foam material for a perfect fit.

Lastly, we sourced very light & thin German loop carpeting to match the carpet back of the original.

And there you have it. A new, stronger, and safer Lollipop for your RSR or any race type application. The only down side to this seat is the size. It is very narrow as it was designed for the small, light, and fit race drivers of the day. It is an exact copy, but may not be functional for everyone --- but wait, we fixed that with the new Lollipop-Comfort seat which is exactly the same mold, but widened 2 inches in the back and seat bottom. Yes, now even normal people can sit in one, be comfortable, but also very stable for those track days or sporty driving.

And what’s better than a Lollipop-Comfort size for “real men”!!Yes, the original Lollipop was designed for let’s say “small”, I prefer “tiny” drivers, and the new Comfort size fits non-supermodel size people perfectly.What a thrill ride in a Lollipop replica seat – style AND comfort."

If you are open to it, I'd love to drop in and check it out. Shoot me a PM if you think you want visitors.

Its been a while since I have posted but things are still moving along albeit slowly. We finally got the engine heads back after waiting for roughly a year and the engine build has restarted. Here is a photo of how the car sits currently.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1669386388.jpg

Santa came early with this updated thread wish. Please add all the pics and info you care to share here. This thread is probably a favorite for many of us here.

I've been wondering where this stands, cool to see an update. (I know doing updates like this, while trying to "Work" is a PITA!)

It's nice to see that pro builds can get dragged down like home builds, ha. Of course yours is 1000X harder/more involved than most of ours!

Crazy question, and I know nothings finalized..what ride height are you shooting for?

TBD, shooting for factory appearance but much will depend on fender fit/offsets etc. Will have a better answer once the driveline is installed.

Engine build photos:
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Two more, Zuffenhaus replica RSR fan shroud:

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Is Zuffenhaus still around?

Are these the slide valves from FVD Brombacher?

Just wanted to share a momentous moment for the build!




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Excellent that they are banging this out without delay. :P

Been patiently watching since 2007.

yea, I am sure there are a lot of backstories that are none of our biz. Glad to see progress, engine looks spicy!

Love your comment as well as your videos! :D

what a long term period build. a whole new generation was born in the meantime, haha.

It's Friday! Seems like a great day to bump this insane build thread! :)

Any updates? Is the car still at Zuf in NC?

Spring Plate Bushing Mounts
 

Just a quick update, got the Zuffenhaus RSR replica spring plate covers installed today. Used studs/nuts/loctite to protect the threads:

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ummm.. Wow

This thread is about to graduate high school.

Its definitely been a while, I dropped this car off a few days prior to getting married! Good news is this project has some momentum and is starting move along. Right now we are focused on the suspension build and will have some good updates in the future.

This must be what its like when you build a car one part per day, some amazing fabrication in this thread :D

Fresh inspiration to get this thing done and ripping! As seen at RR7:

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Ahh - so wild!!!