Ruby is finally done....

[efhughes3]

No, really-she is. I've not posted a new thread on Ruby in some time. She's had a number of years of TLC by me. Some of the notable improvements:

1. A bit of lightening, rollbar, 5 pts, a Recaro racing shell for me, a Recaro SRD for the passenger.
2. A full and pretty nice repaint in 12/02.
3. Many sets of wheels until I finally landed on a set of Jeff Alton's 17" Fuchs repros. She's been running on R compound tires full time for about 3 years now, currently Yoko AO48R's, 255/225's.
4. 993 4 piston caliper all around with a 23mm MC and 309mm X 32mm rotors up front.
5. 22/29 T-bars, Elephant poly-bronze bushings and monoball all around, turbo tie-rods, raised and decambered spindles, custom valved Bilsteins.
6. B&B headers with a Flowmaster muffler.
7. A rebuild due to me mis-shifting into 2nd instead of 4th at the track in 2007. She also got a Seine Systems shift kit to avoid a repeat of this mistake.
8. Most recently, I tore her down to the case and put a set of 10.5:1 98mm Mahles in, my second Steve Wong chip, finished twin-plugging her and refreshed the build covered on this thread:
Ruby's engine rebuild-Rev1

Today was the big day, and she came back to life. She fired right up and sounds pretty sweet. The only obstacle is a leaky cam oil line, which I just ordered a replacement for from our host. Here the video of the third twist of the key this morning and a few pics. I guess the real test is this week when I get the new line in and get her on the road, but all else looks right with the motor:









The leaky culprit. If I have to have only one issue with a new motor, I'll take the $33 bolt-on cam line:






OK, so maybe she gets some lighter bumpers and some new paint on the hood next year. Maybe some dyno time with Steve W. Maybe a set of new 1/2 shafts for the rear too. Aw heck, I could replace the old windshield and cover the dash in Alcantara, and then..................

[vash]

still my favorite targa on this board. amazing.

glad ruby is Californian now. hahahha.

[JJ 911SC]

Looking good.

[efhughes3]

Some pics of her on the ground....last year at the Monterey Historics and the Pelican Winery Run we made. She got to be front and center on the lawn:

[Halm]

D A M N !!! Nice job Ed. Congratulations.

[motorcop]

Nice job Ed.........Im soooo jealous.

[DasBoot]

Originally Posted by vash

Glad ruby is Californian now. hahahha.

On a side note, how does Ruby pass Calif. smog?

[efhughes3]

Some girls have secrets they don't reveal.

[DasBoot]

Originally Posted by efhughes3

Some girls have secrets they don't reveal.

Ahh, OK. I used to have my own personal "smog guy" too!

[crustychief]

Glad to hear everything went well with Ruby's surgery! I can't wait to hear this engine going down the freeway!

[Hugh R]

Ed, that's pretty bad ass. Same year as mine.

[Gogar]

Congrats, Ed. Great car.

[Oh Haha]

I'm not a Targa fan but yours is the exception.
There is something about it that "works" for me.


Very nice, Ed!!!

[WIL84911]

I was following in the background. Sounds wild! Can't wait to hear more specially when she's broken in.... thanks.

[efhughes3]

Thanks guys, she's really a fun car. I finally will be able to get back to having fun.

[carslutt]

great work

[snbush67]

Way to go Ed! Double check those CV's! Great build.

[al lkosmal]

Ed,
The engine sounds strong. Your Targe looks right, sounds right....nice build sheet. X-factor to spare!

Regards,

al

[pplkook]

Ed

Outstanding build. Looking at your engine build thread, I didn't see this mentioned.

How are you going to placate the smog police with a twin plugged motor? It is hard to hide that second set of wired during the visual.

Thanks

Jack

[cloud89]

ed,

Beautiful targa, sets the bar for the rest of us.

How did you get the bar back to SS? Did she come like that?
I plan to do the right-side Cam Oil Line on my '89 this weekend, I will need to remove a/c compressor first. Seems like a straight forward enough job for a rookie. Would you be willing to to post the correct part numbers from our host, especially any of those metal washers? My parents used to live in San Marcos, I would love to drive (if I remember right), 78 to Oceanside.

Anyway great car! Always like to read your posts and comments.

Thanks.
cloud.