Building a better Black Beauty #4: Rear Bodywork

[Jack Olsen]

Things are moving quickly. Here are the new fiberglass flares. You'll see that the torsion bars are out, so the car is slammed as low as it can go. And the shortcomings of the 10-inch wheels, even with a 1-inch spacer, are apparent. The 11's will allow 40mm more tire in back.

[Eric Mckenna]

Jack,
Yes you are moving along very fast indeed! which is great .. The car is looking more and more like a true FAT ASS! every day! hahahah in the BEST way I mean that HAHAHAHAHA!
Hey once again if those 10" and which ever fronts you may still have are still open for a sale.. I would love to know,!
Thanks keep em comming!!
Eric

[JonT]

Jack--what are your plans for the engine?

[cstreit]

Tres Chic Jack!

Those flares look tremendous... You're going to need a neck brace from the G-force all that rubber will give you!

[Bill Verburg]

It's amazing how tiny those wheels and tires look!

[jstgermaine]

Great rear end...the exact same flare size I have on mine....

[Jack Olsen]

You're right, Bill. 10-inch wheels (with 1-inch spacers) don't begin to fill out the new fenders.

Here's the image doctored to approximate the actual tire width. The ride height and camber are still way off, of course.



Oh, and on the wheels. It's probably going to be a couple of weeks before I'm ready to ship them. This weekend, I'm going to try and email the guys who expressed an interest in them (either through emails or BBS posts). Basically, I'll give whoever contacted me first the first shot at buying them. There are two sets, one with 9-inch rears, and one with 10-inch rears. Both sets of fronts are identical 8's. Email me at jackolsen@attbi.com if you want to get on the list.

[Jack Olsen]

Here's another 'tire-corrected' shot, as well as one of the 72 oil tank, which is getting cleaned up in prepararion for being chopped and expanded, so that it can still fit in the stock location, but have enough capacity to reliably feed a hungry 3.6.

[johncj8989]

Sweet Jack.... Congrats on what is going to be a beautiful machine. Are the flares from Rennspeed? Quality looks good.

[tmctguer]

love the flares.............i just love the RSR look.

jack: you've got to buy a copy of the book, "carrera RS" by Dr. Thomas Gruber and Dr. Georg Konradsheim.

[Jack Olsen]

Yup, all of the body pieces are from Rennspeed.

They also supplied the front swaybar mount and a pair of longitudinal supports that are going to get welded to the inside sills.

Peter (at Rennspeed) is great to deal with and his prices are just plain unbeatable.

rennspeed@4dcomm.com

Also, I've got the RS book (copy 647/3000). It's pricey, but a pretty great book.

That car will look so good when it's done.

[steveW]

Hey Jack!

Your 'R' tail lamps are on the way - those small lamps should look cool on that car!

[Dutchie]

nice ass Jack

[Glasgow 911SC]

Just out of interest Jack. How much are you looking for, for the 8's & 9's?

EDIT: Forgot to ask- Will you still run the 1" spacers with the new 11" wheels?

Lookin' good!

Go Jack, Go..........

[pbs911]

Very cool Jack. It loooks like you are really incorporating the lessons learned from BBI into BBI to make a superior car.

[Tinker]

Jack,

Why the modifications to the 72 oil tank?

Please share.

Tinker

[ZAMIRZ]

That looks f'ing sick, I'd love to drive around with it dumped like that all the time......Oh my Gawd that thing is so rad, Jack if I were you I'd throw a coat of black primer on it and tint the windows and drive around so cal with it, you would get so many stares.

later,

amir

[Matt Holcomb]

Originally posted by JackOlsen
Also, I've got the RS book (copy 647/3000). It's pricey, but a pretty great book.

I paid $475 AUS for my copy.

Below is just a sample of what can be found in this amazing book; I tried to pick some pages that are pertinent to this topic!