Intro of my '83 SC Project

[klaus]

A couple changes to the 911 over the last couple weeks.

- Gold Centered Fuchs (16x7 and 16x9s)
- RS Rear Bumper (front coming soon)
- Ducktail Painted Black
- Test Pipe (flow master coming soon)

Special thanks to John Helgesen for putting the work in to get the car to this point.

[ScottT80]

Nice looking car you have there. I'm just down the road from you in Spartanburg. I just bought a SC, and have an e28 as well... look forward to seeing your updates on your SC.

[Carl_Boehme]

Nice looking car. I am working on an 83 SC too.

[jhelgesen]

Ian looked pretty good for first drive in anger

[klaus]

John,

Thank you for posting the picture from the auto-x, from that shot the car looks fairly composed, perhaps the cars suspension is in better shape than I had thought at first.

Originally Posted by ScottT80

Nice looking car you have there. I'm just down the road from you in Spartanburg. I just bought a SC, and have an e28 as well... look forward to seeing your updates on your SC.

What year is your e28? I find the SC and 535is make great stable mates, both have proved to be reliable and fun transportation, and they are both fairly easy to work on. Now I could just learn to leave them both alone and enjoy them I'd be all set, but if my history is any indication I will continue to fiddle with both.

[klaus]

Getting a little bit closer to having the exterior finished (for now).

[klaus]

Just got a set of track shoes for the 911, 15 inch HRE 7s and 8s, with 205 and 225 Nitto R Compounds. Going to try it out at an auto-x this weekend, figure the sticky rubber will expose some of the suspension flaws.

(I know I need to get the back of the car to come down, I couldn't find my 24 & 34mm skinny wrenches, so next weekend).

[klaus]

This past weekend I decided to tackle the re-indexing of the rear torsion bars to bring the back end down a bit. I tried to get it done on jack stands in the garage, but some very sticky bolts halted my progress. Thanks to John Helgesen for letting me borrow his lift I was able to get the rear end re-indexed in a couple of hours. Right now the front arches are 25 inches off the ground, and the rear are 24.5 (roughly) and I might fiddle with that a little bit but I think we are getting there.

[privatepang]

Nice
Prefer the black wheels though. Looks really clean!

[jrolstin]

Could you share some details on the headlight swap?

[sobamaflyer]

Nice progress!

I love the back end, really like your track wheels and the polished (I'm a sucker for them myself obviously). The gold not so much.

Do they make a front bumper replacement like that w/o the guppy hole?

[kramer747]

Great looking car -why are the gauges tilted/angled? Not a fan of the gold wheels but it's not my car!

[kiwiokie]

Funny I love the gold wheels. Really show the contours of the Fuchs.

[sobamaflyer]

That Momo makes it hard to see your prime spots while driving so twisting the guages puts them back where you need to see at a glance.

[will hung]

Love the progress. Love the look. Where do the bumpers come from?

[klaus]

Originally Posted by privatepang

Nice
Prefer the black wheels though. Looks really clean!

I prefer the black HREs as well, but I don't think I am ready to paint the Fuchs back to black, the gold makes the car pop a bit.

Originally Posted by jrolstin

Could you share some details on the headlight swap?

Sure thing, this is the fairly common euro H4 upgrade, a step by step process to swap over the parts can be found here: Pelican Technical Article: Installing H4 Headlamps

Originally Posted by sobamaflyer

Nice progress!

I love the back end, really like your track wheels and the polished (I'm a sucker for them myself obviously). The gold not so much.

Do they make a front bumper replacement like that w/o the guppy hole?

I'm not sure anyone makes it without the oil cooler opening, all of the RS / RSR styles bumpers that I have seen have it.

Originally Posted by kramer747

Great looking car -why are the gauges tilted/angled? Not a fan of the gold wheels but it's not my car!

Gauges are indeed tilted to make it easier to read them at a glance, it is a little odd when your turn signals tell you that you are about to go up or down, but to me it does make them easier to read at speed.

[klaus]

Originally Posted by will hung

Love the progress. Love the look. Where do the bumpers come from?

The bumpers are from Renn Speed Motorsports. They are a nice high quality fiberglass setup, and I would say they fit fairly well right out of the box.

[WIL84911]

Nice! Are those the wheels I sold you?

[jrolstin]

Cool thanks for the headlight link!

[klaus]

Originally Posted by WIL84911

Nice! Are those the wheels I sold you?

Actually these are another set of Fuchs that I had picked up, I ended up trading the 16x9s I got from you for some other parts, and still have the 16x7s in the garage.