The project looks like it is coming along nicely. Too bad you didn't have access to 930 calipers. They would have been a better fit with the project.

Raising the spindles 30mm allows you to lower the front of the car 30mm compared to stock while maintaining the stock factory suspension geometry.

Killer build. Sub'd.
Cheers,
Johan

Some finishing touch's with holes and a rubber strip to go around to protect the lines and tidy it up.
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Be careful. There is not much room behind those early bumpers

This was mine and it was a tight fit, like, no extra room.

The later impact bumper profiles have lots but not the 73 RSR bumper.

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build thread with oil cooler page

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Hope these pics help.
It took a lot of patience and a bit of massaging of the fiberglass to get it to fit behind
(NOTE: in the end the pair of bottom cut outs on the bumper were not necessary)

P.S.
If you would like, I can come back and remove these pics from your thread once you have what you need,

Thanks Wayne,
All sorted, I had located and trial fitted with the front bumper on, confident it's all clearing nicely, actually the bottom of the cooler will help to keep the bottom of fibreglass bumper straight... hopefully the gap to bonnet will be good.

Been a busy few weeks, wanted to get it out of my garage for the winter.
SSI's fitted, had to do a insert repair on one stud.
Engine and Trans installed, not all plumbed up as I ran out of time.
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Ride Height and alignment done
 

May sound a bit funny to get alignment finalised at this stage when it's no where near finished or got all the weight in but I want to finalise my guards, complete my wheel spec's and decide if I need high clearance oil lines.
The answer is pretty much yes to everything!
Took me three goes to get the height correct, ended up with the spring plates at 21 degrees which looks great! rubs on guard lip and on inside top where the oil lines are so will push wheels out some more, modify the flares and probably go high clearance oil lines as well.
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Pretty sure the front is right but that is a easy one to adjust. Rake is currently just under 1 degree but I'm not concerning myself with that too much.
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My alignment spec's are close to where I was heading.
Front
Camber 0.75deg Negative
Toe In 1.0mm
Castor couldn't get as my brakes are not operating and can't lock front wheels
Rear
Camber 1.75deg negative
Toe In 1.0mm

Front and rear camber is at max adjustment, think that will be fine for street use.... not really concerened with tyre wear as won't be doing big mileage.

I love it!

Painting is under way.
 

Dropped the car to the painter 3 weeks ago before I left overseas on a few trips.
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Called into paint shop today to check what progress has been made... pretty happy!
Hi-build primer laid down after some fill work completed in areas where required. Roof is finished.
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The rear guards needed the most work due to past issues, so far very happy how they have come up... will get a better idea closer to undercoat stage.
They will work on all the bolt on pieces next, doors, hood, boot and bumpers. They still seem happy with the pre Christmas delivery date :)

Window frames for Anodizing
 

While car is away at paint shop I wanted to prepare the window frames, trims ready for install.
It's taken a while to get all the items together as I didn't have complete until now, just waiting on the Left hinge so I can drop all together.
Basic plan is... clean, strip, polish and Bright Anodize.

Not going to be a cheap exercise between me and two vendors to complete the full process but something that can't be avoided as they are currently Black and rough.

Will keep you posted on progress.
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Its painted - Salte Grey
 

Haven't loaded some pic's for a while but it's now painted!
I went with Slate Grey, very happy with it too.
I was originally looking at Black like Black Beauty but my panel guy talked me out of it plus I have a Black car for a daily driver and it annoys me constantly.
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The seats
 

I have brought quite a few of the Cobra RS seats in the past and sold to friends, I did a slightly different look for my pair wit the Basket Weave and eyelets which look very cool.
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So now it's the assembley process which is a nice change... very time consuming and slow locating all the parts I'm missing and refurbing the ones that need it.
My Pelican project list gets longer every week :)
Only a couple more people involved in the car now, Auto Electrical guy and I'm getting the hood lining and Dash done by an upholster friend as it looks a pain in the arse and I haven't seen too many that have come out perfect as a DIY... and my patience is less that those guys :)

Love Slate. Lookin' good.

amazing!!!

The best color for a RSR if you'd ask me! you nailed it.

So minty

Looking fantastic. Nice work.

Overdue update starting engine 12/4/17 :)
 

Good progress has been made over the last two months, lots of little things been knocked off in the background.
The major success has been the installation of the New Fuse Panel (Thanks Fred Cook) and old wiring harness, this has been gone through thoroughly, checked and repairs done where required.
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Got around to making up the brackets for my twin brake bottle reservoirs, stuck with two the same size as I couldn't seem to locate the bigger one.
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I had to get some new Front brake caliper mounts made as the first set had been modified and re-welded which unfortuantley is not allowed here when checked for Road Warrant.
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Heaps of time spent cleaning and painting parts etc then assembling to the car, very time consuming along with sourcing missing parts.
I had quite a lot of parts from a wrecked RHD SC which was where the engine and trans came from. That has caused some dramas with parts that are specifically handed like Windscreen Wiper Motor/ crank drive plus Heater Blower box etc.
Fuel Tank and system is fitted, Oil lines installed and ready to flow.

Big things are planned for tomorrow afternoon... start the engine :) All electrics have been checked and are ready, just need to add oil and fuel... well that's the plan.
Really hope I assembled the engine correctly when I stripped it back to the long block to clean it up.... the CIS has me a little worried, fingers crossed! will report tomorrow night.

Engine started after small shift on timing, oil pressure stayed low so didn't run for long. Sounded prettty good with exhaust combo, had a small vaccum leak, fuel leak and oil leak that were easily sorted... fingers crossed nothing on the floor when I get there tomorrow :)

Will connect a manual presure guage tomorrow to be confident of pressure then can set timing and give it more of a run up.

Big step forward and very happy that it ran.!!

Awesome build, congrats on the great progress!

A bit of progress over the past month.
Oil pressure issue sorted with the help of a mechanical guage to confirm pressure.
Rear Bumper and brackets fitted with rubber.
Rear Lights fitted.
Front Trunk pretty much completed just a couple of electrical items to be checked and completed.

Dropped it off to the Upholster yesterday to fit the Hood lining, pillar covers, re-trim rear seats, Dash, sunvisors and trim panels while I'm away.

Once back I can finish off the last few electrical items, get Front and Rear Glass installed, install carpets, seats, belts and the list goes on :)

Upholstery update
 

Collected the car from the upholstery shop, Mark has done a great job as always!

Job got bigger as they tend to do once realising how many trim/panel pieces I was missing. Had to make some custom pieces for rear side panels.
Decided to go Full Leather everywhere as opposed to vinyl and carpeting some areas.

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Hood Lining
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Dashboard
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Majority of carpet now completed.

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Front & Rear Windows done
 

Over the past two weekends I have managed to get the Front & Rear windows installed.

Certainly not a simple task with New Chromes and Rubbers, pretty sure I was using genuine rubbers as part of a rubber kit, the front was the biggest issue.

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Looking good.

I feel your pain with the windows. They look great though.

Jeff.

Rear quarter windows
 

Received the glass to frame seals today.
Assembled both windows ready for install over next few days, went together relativley easy, bit of silcone rubber grease and a good tool and worked out ok.
Just hope I have the metal pieces around the correct way for the hinge post..... :confused:
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Update 30/7
 

Been a while and been steadily chopping through the list of jobs.
Front seat belts sorted and fitted
Front seat brackets sorted, currently at powder coaters
All wiring finished and operational
Front Blower heater items fitted
Bonnet Stay
Doors fitted with all Chrome and rubbers fitted
Front bumper mounts to guards
Windscreen washer bottle sourced and bracket made.
RS Door panels fitted.

A heap of other jobs done, just waiting on the correct WUR to arrive then I can get it moving for the on road jobs for import cert and registration... fingers crossed!

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First time I've seen this - fantastic work and love the color and chrome trim!

Sorry bit slack with photo's this time.
Seat brackets back from powder coaters, and fitted to seats.
Front seats installed also New Front seat belts fitted.
Now that its back on the ground I needed to even up some ride heights or close too before I go get my wheel alignment, Left rear caused me some pain, had to re-index it about four times to get it right, for one reason or another I just wasn't getting the right angle. Finally it's good.
Fronts are easy and got that done although I think I will re-index those a little tomorrow to put them in the middle of the adjustment just in case we need to adjust them as it's maxed out at the low point.
My exchanged WUR arrived, have installed that which seems good but has pointed to a vacuum leak, finally pieced a vacuum pump test arrangement together and found a leak at pop off valve, have glues that up with JB weld so hopefully that sorts it and no other ones appear!

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This week will hopefully resolve my vacuum leak/leaks, should be able to borrow the Fuel pressure test kit later in the week then fingers crossed it will stay running so I can get it in for Wheel alignment and fine tune my height and rake.

Progress is being made!

Amazing piece of work..........
 

Brent,

I have not seen this thread until today. You have done a tremendous job preparing the chassis and did it well. The problem you are having now with your CIS is nothing you could not fix yourself. Looking forward to see this car on the road very soon. You are an inspiration. Good job. Thanks for sharing.

Tony

Resolved my suspension issues, finally! Heading off to Wheel alignment tonight, will report spec's when done... all going well :)

Engine was running yesterday eventually, no power under load and bit of Black oil coming from exhaust but not smokey at all so need to work out this issue... thoughts so far.
Oil over fill
Engine been sitting for 10 years and only been started and mucked around with for last 2 months... needs a blow out?
Too higher system pressure on Fuel Distriutor? running 73 PSI
CO Level out... done the basic tests and seems maybe lean if anything... warm pressure on vacuum now at 49 PSI

Will conitune looking into those things plus more.

Regards

Brent

Thanks Tony,

Can't take all the credit, have had some help from great craftsman with there skills.

Thanks to your support I do feel it's possible to get this CIS working as it should... patience is wearing a little thin :)

Brent

Bit of a non event for the wheel alignment as I need to set it within factory spec's as part of the certification and import compliance reg's.

99% Finished....
 

The journey is complete, last Friday it passed it's final compliance and I am registered!!! LVV cert passed after some changes.
1973 911T Left Hand Drive
81 3.0SC Euro 204 BHP engine
915 Transmission
Transformed from a bare shell to finish in 7 years :), every part restored, enhanced or replaced, not for the purist probably but its what I have always wanted...
Only with the help of some talented people along the way...
Alex Ward of Pegasus Restorations for ALL the panel/ sheet metal work.
Stefan Quartly/ Performance Panel and Paint for the Paint job.
Mark Sinclair of MS Upholstery for upholstery work.
Glyn Jones Porsche expert! my go to guy to get the answers of what I have done wrong and how to fix.
Braid Wheels NZ, 17x9.5/11 custom spec wheel offsets
Tony (boyt911sc) many of you will know of him... CIS legend, worked with me off and on for a month or more to get this engine running near perfect! 100+ emails bounced across the globe.
Soooo many others on Pelican etc and around NZ/ world for there parts, advice and details they have shared on forums etc Couldn't have done it without!
Really happy how it's come out, did a mission to Timaru for the day Saturday and it performed beautifully, have put a quick 400 miles on it now and all is well. Some small things to finish off that I want to sort, plus add decals in coming weeks.

Will I do another full build/ restoration... NO :)

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Simply fantastic. A car to die with.

Your car looks amazing, Brent ! Nice job.
Left hand drive will give your wife a thrill whenever you pass ..

Thank you.
Haha, yeah, she is yet to experience that thrill... but its a coming.

Fantastic journey. I bet you are over the moon. Now just drive it and enjoy.

Jeff