951 restoration

[alpom]

Hello,
I bought a black 951 from toronto last spring. Was my first porsche and i loved it for the whole summer. Some problems on the car were making me disapointed. Shocks were dead dead dead,
Engine was leaking from many places
The bearings in the torque tube were dead,
The paint was not very nice
I didnt like the phone dials and tires were done
Dash was craked
Seats were sparco old race seats
Many vacuum leaks from craked hoses
Clutch was not handling well
stickers on the car
radio was not working
noises in the brake
car was not aligned
odometer was not working
front bearings and ball joints were to be done
... i bought the car like this and it cost me 7200$ to bring it back (6500 for the car and 700 fors gaz, plane ticket one way, inspections, etc.
I decided that a porsche deserve better than to be parted out and the general state of the body was very nice, no rust or oxidation and all parts under the car looked very fine.

So here my restoration process.

ps. sorry for my english
car when i brought it to my house

interior


I started by making it to the metal with plane stripper (thats bad i lost all the pictures of the process) Then applied a Zinc drop. All the car was yellow.
Next was the primer. here a pic on black primer with gravel guard.

new wheels

new tires 265/35 18 for the rear

new shocks

[alpom]

wheel wells were scraped so i bought used ones in perfect state

bought all engine gaskets from porsche in new. I got told ebay gaskets kit were not good and not complete and i got a deal. so why not.

now the fun begin. took out the engine

lot of stuff on this engine
before i wash

after
got the block to be checked... so much fear to have to change all the interns parts.
results: cylinder wall, cylinder, rod, bearings, everythings is A1. same thing for the head. Cost me around 350$ for both to be checked and planed.
oil pan cleaned

MSD 6 ALN with blaster 2 and tach adapter (placed the ignition and adapter above the passenger feet, it fit perfect.

next soon

[alpom]

new pressure plate

the new clutch... will be great!


if you want the same clutch and disc or something more or less agressive tell me. great price here in quebec. probably the only amazing car shop we have here. Clutch and another of alignment.
flywheel

all new gasket, thermostat, timing components,....... soon ready to put back in

Why not, too easy to dont do it.

all new hoses from dealer and silicon J boot from lindsay on his way


the only modifications will be
engine
manual boost controler set to 13 lbs
MSD ignition and coil
cat delete
Kokeln wastegate shim
kokeln DME KLR chips

handling
18" 993 wheels
koni shocks

[DWPorsche944]

VERY NICE! Glad you are out there and restoring your car to the condition it deserves.

[FRZ951]

Great. Have you bought a widefire gasket? How how did you pay at Porsche for your gasket kit? Probably too much..

Tu viens de ou a QC pcq je suis pas loins

[JAXTURBO]

I agree. Very nice indeed!!

[alpom]

500 for all the gaskets.
100 for all the hoses. tx included
not widefire... useless under low boost or low temperature.
i dont plan having a 500 hp car.
porsche didnt found useful to put a widefire gasket on the car and i think a good oem gasket is better than most widefire you will find.
quebec la ville

[kdjones2000]

Bien joue!

[FRZ951]

Ok tk ya du bon stock la: 944T at LINDSEY RACING - Your Porsche Performance Parts Center

[alpom]

lol je commande a toute les semaines sur lindsey racing... tres bon service à la clientèle et très rapide. A+++
removed the torque tube today. all by hand. no air tools... porsche are so perfect. no rust anywhere everything was torqued like it has been builded this year.
i am rebuilding it this friday
the 4 bearings are bought. best quality. 12 000 rpm.

just learned that we can polish any metal stuff. i polished all brackets and metal plate this week when i had the time

[alpom]

remvoed the bearings from the torque tube....... what a ?%$*U?%$* crazy job.
1/2 impact was not even driving the first 1.
3/4 impact was driving the first to the second.
removed them with this!!!
it lifted the small 5000 lbs lift

almost

finaly

we finaly used the 5000lbs lift with another 5000 lbs lift with 2500 lbs of metal on the plates. it lifted all with 4 mens on them. finaly slided when everything was lifted half a foot in the air. BANG! got it
bearings cannot be removed unless i drill the rivets...
sleeves are so dead and bearings were even worst.
got the new heavy duty bearings. need to machine new sleeves and maybe bearings housings...

[alpom]

also ordered some parts from lindsey
black silicon
J boot in black LRA-951-JB2
AOS hose LR-AOS-102

Mahle fuel filter
mahle oil filter

[alpom]

just received my new tool kit, still need the compressor for the road trip.
still waiting for lindsey parts to finish the engine and drop it in the car.
delrin sleeves for the torque tube are getting usined... 15$ each for 4 small plastic ring.
injectors are getting cleaned with new parts... 35$ each!
i will be poor sooner than i thought.

[Streetcrawler]

If your bearing carriers are still good. Just drill out the rivet.. Then when you reassemble them just offset the two halves so that the holes line up with steel behind them instead of a hole, tack weld into place. Works great!

[Pettybird]

nice work!

[Gawernator]

Very beautiful dude.

[alpom]

torque tube rebuilded easy and fast job, pictures soon.
put it back in place as well as everything under the car on the back.
praticly flipped the car on the side while doing it.
engine complete, got everything from lindsey, fuel filter, oil filter, many silicon hose (j boot, yea)
perfect shop, fast shipping and good prices. thx lindsey

gotti wheels are stuck since 2 days at the border, thx UPS, always have problem with you.

will have the paint next monday.

[alpom]

pictures of torque tube bearings and silicon j boot from lindsey racing
j boot
news bearings and new sleeves

bearing carrier without rubber

the rubber

welding the carriers back together

and now the shaft turn like a new one.
powder coated the tube in black with the housing in grey
look like this one

[alpom]

find the diffrence


wheels before
nuts before
wheels after all sanding, only need polishing

[FRZ951]

Very nice job. How about the rims. Sandblast only?