Don't you think using riv nuts with cap screws or acorn nuts would be prettier? Of course you do...

Interesting. Do you have raised spindles? I would guess if the majority of the lowering is via raising the spindles you wouldn't need this mod since the wheel moves upwatd and the rest of the front suspension stays in pretty much the same place.

I'm not sure I've ever seen raised spindles on an early 911. Common as rain in Seattle in the VW world.

Well, it is common for LWB cars. Most of the high budget builds of RS or RSR replicas used raised spindles. At least out here.

Who makes them? Or are they fabricated?

They are fabricated. Some even drop the spindles to raise the ride height on rally cars.

Clint at Rebel Racing does it, Chuck at Elephant does it, any of those guys can do it. TRE I think sends them to ER or RR.

I guess I failed to mention that I do not have raised spindles. I have champagne taste on a beer budget so I will be running my Boge's for while until I can swap inserts or struts.

I don't know the range of motion that flipping the bracket will give you but I am not dumping the car on the ground like a dedicated track car. It will be mildly lowered so that it is still streetable/cross country trip worthy.

I have priced out the spindle drops and ROI puts it low on the priority list. Very trick mod though! (Raising the spindles was a factory mod for the racecars no?)

No riv nuts...I welded the bolts in last night....once the tank is in, you can not get to the bolt head....that could be a massive PITA if I have to swap batteries.

Acorn nuts?! This is a bastard hot rod...not a squirrel ;)

Brian, You have the skill. You just need an enabler to point you in the direction of suspension setup.

I am that enabler.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/480047-koni-struts-raised-spindles-how-few-question.html

Awesome thread on raising your spindles Jamie! I will have to tuck that away. For my to do list :D

Bryan.. interesting, I've always just used adjustable links, never noticed binding. Something to check maybe.

Keep the work mov'n..

My car had binding. I have score marks on the Tarrett drop links to prove it. My car wasn't that low, either.

I modified the front struts to raise the spindles on my SWB; it required making new shock tubes and adding a spacer between the spindle casting and the bottom plate. Did this was about 22 years ago.

Clint was working on raising some SWB spindles a few weeks ago. Its quite different from the LWB operation.

Day 259 || Progress...and small glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel
22Mar2012

Tried to get some help with ignition switch swap...no luck from the Pelican mindtrust..
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Ground out any suspect areas + all around the seam to lock down the minor rust issues
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viola!
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Tested the electrical and the fan was making an awful noise so I decided to pull it, fix the noise and do some 'while I am in there' stuff.
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This 'ring' for the fan blades looked like it came off at some point. The blades seem structural enough to go without it
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picked up some 2mm 'craft' store foam to rebuild the valve seals that dried up and went TU some time ago (one is in the background)
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I also built up a new gasket out of the 2mm foam for the motor to intake housing
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Day 259 ||...cont. Progress...and small glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel
22Mar2012

The drainhose for the intake housing died long ago and we can't have water draining into the trunk so without a replacement or heavy chunk of hose I 'formed' a hose using large heat shrink tube and then pulled the blue hose
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Tank installed. Not a perfect fit but close enough for a bastard hot rod :p
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Something I did not anticipate. The fit is almost net fit on the filler tube next to the strut brace. I was able to tweak the tube out enough to clear
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recovered the tank hold down clips with double wrap of shrink tube. Not the factory light gray but it will work for this iteration of the build
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I had to install it to to see what it will look like 'finished'
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Now on to the important things. Like getting it running. Wait until you drive it without a hood or fenders. Talk about lightweight.

Looks really good.

Awesome progress! The trunk turned out really nice.

Bryan, looking good!

So in hindsight would you have moved the drivers side strut bar support slightly back toward the brake fluid reservoir to give more room for the fuel tank inlet tube?

Just asking in advance of doing mine. Hope it turns out half as nice as yours.

Yes, I am anxious to get the motor at least running in the car. I still have to rebuild the CV's, install the oil tank, paint the tin and bolt all the bits back together. That doesn't seem too bad at this point!

Thanks you guys for all the comments and encouragement!

Just go through some mock ups of the fit....ie- tape or use magnets to hold the support once you get it to fit to the shock tower then put your tank in. My filler neck was pushed against the strut brace and I don't want to put the hose clamp in that region and have metal on metal wear. Hopefully where I have th clamp will work fine.