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[surflvr911sc]

Thanks Jeff.

Kevin, great points, I wish I would have thought of those. I'll put front Carrera brakes on the future upgrades short list. I'll probably run the way it is for a year or when I can out drive them, which ever comes first.

Added a couple things to the dash; the hour meter is wired into the fuel pump off of the DME relay, so it only counts when the engine is running.

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Originally Posted by surflvr911sc

Hey Brad! Thanks.

Converting roll bars to cages is something that has always been a custom thing for TRE, but Dave is working on finalizing a design that he can sell as a kit to do it; not sure about the RS (RSR) bar though. I think that he used Todd's car for the design and I'm pretty sure that he has the Clubsport II; that's the bar I have too.

Good luck finding your way back home, I look forward to getting together sometime. Cheers!

My car was indeed the test mule for the cage. I need to pull the padding and paint it, so maybe I can get to that this weekend if the weather holds and I'll take a bunch of pics. It make a big difference wrt peace of mind having a cage over a bar. The only thing that I need to do is swap to a removable steering wheel as it is a little tough getting in and out.

[KTL]

Maybe you could get one of the nice volt/cht combo gauges that replaces the clock?

WOO-HOO! Here it is Replace you clock with this...

Then you can put the hourmeter in your radio delete location. Not that there's anything wrong with the hourmeter location now, and I like the idea of the hourmeter.

I put my HotLap timer on the lid of the glovebox, somewhat out of view. One of the DE admin./tech. people gave me a nod for doing that since the location makes it less likely to check on your times while you're driving. Plus I couldn't put my timer where yours is because of my choice for locating my gauges.

Please don't think i'm being critical of anything you've done. Your car is set up great and i'm just relaying how I did some things so others can consider different ways of doing things.

[KTL]

Maybe you could get one of the nice volt/cht combo gauges that replaces the clock?

WOO-HOO! Here it is Replace you clock with this...

Then you can put the hourmeter in your radio delete location. Not that there's anything wrong with the hourmeter location now, and I like the idea of the hourmeter.

I put my HotLap timer on the lid of the glovebox, somewhat out of view. One of the DE admin./tech. people gave me a nod for doing that since the location makes it less likely to check on your times while you're driving. Plus I couldn't put my timer where yours is because of my choice for locating my gauges.

Please don't think i'm being critical of anything you've done. Your car is set up great and i'm just relaying how I did some things so others can consider different ways of doing things.

[surflvr911sc]

No worries Kevin, I like the feedback very much. There are a hundred ways to skin this cat.

I'm going to keep the clock, at least until the clock in one of the other cars breaks. I thought that the space next to the hour meter would be a great spot for lights for a poor-mans datalogger, right where a camera could see them.

There is a bracket on the back side of the Hotlap display so it will come off and the ashtray can go in it's place; for those weekend runs.

[KTL]

Im finishing mounting my bumpers and thought i'd check back with how Ryan did the oil cooler. I must say, that oil cooler install is VERY impressive the more I look at it. GREAT job dude!!!

I can't remember if you said that screen for the front bumper a TRE screen? That is very nice too.

I helped install a pre-fabbed Setrab on a 3.6 conversion, and I can't seem to find the cooler that was used. Maybe it's an old model that's been discontinued?





I think i'll plan for the -172 cooler and then I can eliminate the Carrera cooler. The Carrera cooler is nice, but I don't think it can be effective in it's location with the IROC style bumper. There's no opening to get substantial air to the cooler, no? I suppose a headlight could be removed, or one of the brake duct openings could be used to get air to the cooler...... Right now I have the factory cooling fan on my cooler and I can manually turn it on with the fog light switch. So that will suffice for the time being. But i'd certainly like to take advantage of the center opening in the IROC style bumper.

What brand of hose do you have for your cooler lines? I was planning to use push-on hose with barbed fittings and clamps. Looks like yours are crimp fittings.

[surflvr911sc]

I finally have made progress and have put an update on the Tech Forum. I thought that some of you might like to check it out and I always welcome feedback. Thanks!

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