My SWB Slant Nose Project

[Kroggers]

So, where do I start on this one...

Well, as I posted in my Boxster Racing Car Project thread, I did a stupid thing this season - I raced a friends car as my Boxster had a damaged transmission, and crashed his car!



Cutting a long story short, Toni and I had several discussions about how to best manage this all, and the end result was for me to purchase the car from him. And that is what I did.

Last Friday I drove up to Tampere to collect the car from Toni and bring it back home to start the work on it alongside the work I need to do to the Boxster to get it ready for next season.

To make things more interesting, when I got there Toni informed me that he had lost the key to the car, and that it was locked and with the steering lock on! It took 4 of us to get the car onto the trailer without the key, but we did it...



This car has got an interesting history which makes it quite cool, and is quite special here in Finland as it has been road approved with the headlight in the front bumper - and comes with full road registration papers!

I am still trying to get the full history from Toni, but the car was built for one fo the professional drivers here in Finland some time back and is based on a 1966 912 car. But the only thing that remains 912 on this car is the VIN. It has a nice high-reving 2.7 engine, a 911 915 transmission and even the full number of 911 dials, and not the normal 3 that you find in the 912.

Today I manage to get the car off the trailer and into the garage (with the steering lock still on), and onto my lift. And did a first quick assessment of the damage. Apart from the obvious body work, the mechanical damage is isolated to a bent banana arm.

This car will be and is for sale. I have already ordered the replacement banana arm, and will install that and make sure that mechanically the car is as it was before the crash - after that the car can be yours for €15000, with the body damage. After this I will start to fix the body work and will increase the price accordingly.

I will post the details on the work here and also on the CCR Motorsports Engineering Facebook page.

Here is some more pictures from today...

[Kroggers]

Time for a quick update after doing some work on the car last night...

I have got most of the stuff removed so that I can drop the bent banana arm from the car and prep to get the replacement one in.

It is always interesting to work on a car where someone else has done all the modifications before you, always some head scratching points where you wonder "why was it done like this and not like that"

The only parts that is outstanding to be able to get the damaged arm out now is one bolt on the outer CV joint which does not want to play nice, and the bolt holding the banana arm to the torsion tube is installed from the transmission side and not from the outside (as I would have done it), so the transmission is in the way But I have a solution for this

Here is a picture from how things looked when I packed up the tools last night and cleaned up ready for bed...



One more evening and I think I will have the arm removed.

I also received the replacement arm in the post yesterday. It is clean, but I feel not clean enough, so I will blast it and put on some paint before installing it into the car.

[safe]

Originally Posted by Kroggers

and the bolt holding the banana arm to the torsion tube is installed from the transmission side and not from the outside (as I would have done it), so the transmission is in the way But I have a solution for this

That's how it was done from the factory. Later they added a dent in the tb-tube so it could be installed the other way around.

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by safe

That's how it was done from the factory. Later they added a dent in the tb-tube so it could be installed the other way around.

So you are saying the bolt can not be installed the other way round on the early cars?

[safe]

Originally Posted by Kroggers

So you are saying the bolt can not be installed the other way round on the early cars?

Yes, but I have seen someone (maybe Smart Racing?) make a 2 piece bolt that can be installed with the transmission in place.

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by safe

Yes, but I have seen someone (maybe Smart Racing?) make a 2 piece bolt that can be installed with the transmission in place.

OK, will have a search for that as I do not fancy dropping the engine and transmission on this one!

Please let me know if you find a link or more details...

[Kroggers]

OK, thank you for the tip Magnus - you save me again I found them from Wevo - Welcome to Windrush Evolutions - WEVO - Porsche Products

[safe]

Nice! Glad I could help.
BTW, what type of engine does the car have? You say 2.7, CIS, carbs?
Looks like a fun car to track if it got some kick in the engine.

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by safe

Nice! Glad I could help.
BTW, what type of engine does the car have? You say 2.7, CIS, carbs?
Looks like a fun car to track if it got some kick in the engine.

It is a really fast car, but it is a SWB car and has the handling that goes with it (as I found out )

The car is very light and with the 2.7 carb engine and changed gear ratios, it is great fun to drive.

It is running in class 8C for Porsche Sports Cup.

[Kroggers]

Just ordered the E-Z pins - now the project fun can continue

[Geneman]

krog nice looking car good purchase.. is it a steel slant conversion or all glass? how much of body work is glass? overall weight without driver? how many hours on engine/trans? thanks frank

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by Geneman

krog nice looking car good purchase.. is it a steel slant conversion or all glass? how much of body work is glass? overall weight without driver? how many hours on engine/trans? thanks frank

Good questions, and I think I have all the answers...

It is not all steel slant. the front fenders and bumper is fiberglass and so is the rear bumper and rear engine lid/spoiler, but the rear fenders are steel.

The overall weight I am not 100% sure about, but according to the 2013 season registrations it was registered by Toni in class 8c with 240Bhp and 960Kg (in our series the registered weight is with driver at the end of a race).

The engine and trans were rebuilt end of last season, and the car has only been run in two events during the 2013 season. So hard to be exact but I would say under 100 Hours.

If I had more space and did not already have my Boxster and 911SC, and if I had not taken out a loan to pay for the car, that I need to sell the car to pay off - I would consider having it myself and put a more correct 935 rear end on it...

[Kroggers]

The engine is a 2.7 with carbs...

[Kroggers]

Got a bit more done last night on this project.

Attacked the last CV bolt which was stuck and managed to get it out. In the end I cut the head off the bolt. So now the only thing remaining is to remove the bolt holding the arm to the torsion tube. I will cut this one off as well, as I will be replacing it with the Wevo E-Z Pin.



I also cleaned up the replacement arm that I received earlier this week in my blasting cabinet. Will need some paint and then ready to be installed into the car...

[KTL]

Just a suggestion, why not remove the steering lock? The racing org I belong to requires that licensed race cars have no steering lock.

To "remove" mine, I took out the ignition lockset and ground down the stub/shaft that engages the slot in the steering shaft. Took only a few minutes on the bench grinder wheel. No more locking effect!

Some would be upset with permanently altering the original lockset. Agreed if it's an older part. But my car is a '79 SC. Those ignition locksets can be found used for pennies on the dollar!

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by KTL

Just a suggestion, why not remove the steering lock? The racing org I belong to requires that licensed race cars have no steering lock.

To "remove" mine, I took out the ignition lockset and ground down the stub/shaft that engages the slot in the steering shaft. Took only a few minutes on the bench grinder wheel. No more locking effect!

Some would be upset with permanently altering the original lockset. Agreed if it's an older part. But my car is a '79 SC. Those ignition locksets can be found used for pennies on the dollar!

That is what we did on my Boxster racing car. But this car is still road legal with registration papers - Can not remove the steering lock in a road car...

The club racing regulations permit the steering lock to be in the car if it is a road registered car used for club racing.

The fact that this car is road registered is one thing that gives it value extra value, and I do not want to reduce this.

But I wonder what it would cost to get a replacement lock set with key to fit the car - is the later car lock set the same as in the early cars like this one?

[safe]

Originally Posted by Kroggers

That is what we did on my Boxster racing car. But this car is still road legal with registration papers - Can not remove the steering lock in a road car...

The club racing regulations permit the steering lock to be in the car if it is a road registered car used for club racing.

In Sweden steering lock is only mandatory for cars newer than 76, should be the same in Finland (new EU directives).


BTW, in the Swedish Porsche Sports Cup non-Porsche body work will be illegal next year, is it the same in Finland?

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by safe

In Sweden steering lock is only mandatory for cars newer than 76, should be the same in Finland (new EU directives).


BTW, in the Swedish Porsche Sports Cup non-Porsche body work will be illegal next year, is it the same in Finland?

Interesting, I will need to see if it is the same here on the steering lock - but I still need to solve the key part. Would be nice to have a car for sale with a key

What do they mean with non-Porsche body work? So no modifications to the bodywork is permittee, or the parts must be from a Porsche production racing car?

[safe]

Originally Posted by Kroggers

What do they mean with non-Porsche body work? So no modifications to the bodywork is permittee, or the parts must be from a Porsche production racing car?

Like wings and spoilers that's not from a production car will be illegal, a flatnose 911 illegal too I guess if its not a copy of a real flachbau.
I don't think the car must be in original appearance, 911 converted to a 993 will be ok.

This is just second hand information I got from a friend who race PCSR 8C. Apparently there is pressure from Porsche AG about this.
Then I guess we'll have to wait and see how strict it will be enforced next year.

[Kroggers]

Interesting. I spoke to Johan von Berens this morning and he said "Car has to look like a Porsche. And that as an example, my modified Boxster is ok".