Long time poster, but I figured it was time to properly introduce my SC, Beaker. I'm a bit late to the build thread game, so this first half will be more of a retrospective of the evolution til now.
After doing some research and evaluating what I wanted in a 911, I picked up the car in July of 2017 right here in the classifieds. It was a former PCA spec racer with some bumps and bruises to show for it, but the PPI came back clean with strong leakdown and compression numbers. The engine was supposedly rebuilt by Wright Motorsport in Ohio in 2012, though I have no paperwork, however I do have paperwork for a trans rebuild by them around the same time.
Here is how it looked the day it arrived, fresh off the truck from South Carolina
As I put the car through its paces over the first few months, I began to compile a list of to-do's both maintenance related and modification related. Little by little, I began to tweak some small stuff here and there and take the car back to street-savvy. Thanks to the parts classified, I found a set of Braid 16 inch wheels, 7s and 8s, and shipped them off to Rick at Fuchs Restoration. 6 weeks later, they were back on my doorstep in a beautiful proper factor anodized RSR finish. Along with some NOS Cibies, the car began to take shape.
I was never personally a fan of IROC bumpers on non-turbo body cars and decided to spring for the EB motorsports SCRS front bumper. Fit and finish was top notch. I hooked up with fellow pelican Jamie (jimtweet) who's right over the bridge from me in Philly. Along with the front bumper, I happened to find a Stratton ducktail painted black here on the classified to add to the mini body overhaul. Jaimie happened to have a spare hood that was close enough in color to match the ducktail, hence the color scheme.
While the car was down for the winter, I decided to do away with the CIS and go the EFI/ITB route. After conferring with Al at the X-faktory, I went with his Triumph Triple Speed kit along with AEM ECU and Rasant wiring. The motor ran strong so Jaime cleaned up the triangle of death with a mini reseal and bolted it all back together with some jewelry and freshened shroud.
The car was sporting a set of GTS classic R-style seats that were sweet, but didn't really jive with the car and were better suited for a longhood, so on to a set of Recaro Pole Positions 'Tweet had in his inventory aka his basement stash 'o' parts. After running through a ton of tartans, leather, etc, I decided to redo the inserts in...corduroy! A little nod to the OG Recaro Rally seats of the 60s and 70s. Super comfy, stays cool in the summer, warm in the winter. My goal for the car is several track days a year so in went a DAS roll bar, painted body color.
Onto the tuning fiasco. The EFI install was a breeze, but getting the car tuned was a royal nightmare. I called a local tuning shop that was AEM-factory certified and they said it should be no problem to get it running and dyno tuned. I dropped it off mid May 2018 and there it stayed til August. The shop couldn't get the car to start for nearly 3 months, with endless calls to Al and Andrew from Rasant (bless their souls and patience). After calling the shop to let them know I was coming to pick up the car, it magically ran an hour later, albeit on a startup file. Long story short, be it their lack of interest or plain lack of knowledge, I was glad to have the car back and running. Soon, it was on the truck to California for Rennsport. I flew out a few days early and picked up the car from my buddy Erik's place for a few days of NorCal mountain carving "break-in" miles,
