[BillJ]

Hey Kurt! Any of these color schemes appeal?

http://www.pbase.com/slidevalve911rs...r_project_cars

[Jase007]

Link to RSR chassis reinforcement on RR shock tower / longitudinal from site that BillJ referenced above.

http://www.pbase.com/slidevalve911rsr/image/69456034

Same site: RSR R shock towers

http://www.pbase.com/slidevalve911rs...ar_crossmember

[Vicegrip]

Damn, got Porsche wood... Thanks for the pix on the added plates and the links to the RSR clones.

I was going to reinforce the rear strut area pictured as it is not even fully welded now. They are adding metal as well. Looks easy to do and will incorporate that in. I was also going to fully TiG weld the tops of the towers, caps and the brace root and add triangulation in this area. The brace root is not wel welded in now and i can see how it would fail if it was used to hold up the rear end as in a coil over setup.
Picked up 4X8 sheet for the front firewall a second boxed trough that will run front to back and carry the oil lines and all the little things that need filling or boxing. also got some heaver stock for layover reinforcment. Am looking at ways to incorporate the oil line tunnel in a way that adds stiffness to ether the rocker or center tunnel to pay for the added weight. I am inclosing all lines that carry fluids through the drivers compartment and keeping oil and gas apart. Don't want to heat the fuel lines. (gas will run in original tunnel as it will be fully inclosed)

Now I just need time. Am on semi permanent kid duty for a while

[Rick V]

This isn't good for me to look at. You have a bigger set than I, no way I would take on that much cutting.

[Noah]

Kurt, you might want to have a look at this thread from Pelican:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...hreadid=259557

It's a 9-pager, all about how to make the 911 unibody stiffer. Lots of good and interesting material.

[Vicegrip]

The plasma cutter is standing down.

Had to take a break from working on the tub for some time but had a chance to gut the doors and finish up cutting and grinding the body. The tub is 99% done cut wise and I have gone after all of the easy and some not so easy to remove weight. There are some components that could be removed like the heater tubes that run in the rockers but they would be real hard to get out as it looks like you would need to open the longs to get them out. Start weight was 575 pounds for a stripped to the bone tub still in paint with doors. Stipped of paint, undercoating, seam seal and all the other goop it came down to 504 pounds. After going under the knife and only having the camber boxes added back in the tub is now 370 pounds. Cut 134 pounds off the tub. I think that you could get another 20 ponds off the tub if you went 100% nuts and went after all extra street needed metal. FG doors rather than gutted metal might help too but I need to find out. I am going to weigh the gutted doors and see the dif between my doors and FG. I like metal anywhere around me like a door as it is less likely to burn or shatter into a bunch of sharp shit I would need to crawl through.
575 to 370 is 205 pounds. This is my bottom weight as now is weld stuff on time. I am going to dump the metal recycle bin out in the paddock and take a picture before I hual it into work and pitch it. in the metals bin. Does anyone need cut off stuff? Roof cut off 2 inches in from all 4 edges W/sunroof hole and bunch of other stuff is free but does not look like it would be of much use. Plan to sell the rear 1/4 fender cutoffs.

I now have a bench mark weight of the tub and the 48 pound "bed frame" so I can weight the car as I finish each part of the build. Next stop drivers compartment cage, then susp reinforcements.

[VaSteve]

Cool. You should have an open garage so we can come over and poke at it up close. Of course that's easy for me to say since it's your garage.

[Vicegrip]

Taj is always open for hanging out when the lights are on. 8 to 11 pm is the sweet spot for now as the rest of the house is in bed and the sound does not get out well enough to bother the locals in the winter. The air can get a bit toxic without a respirator when the cutting and grinding was going on. I have taken to wearing one all the time during this phase. Welding gasses can be even worse as zinc is on the 77 body and grinding it off is almost a bad as welding through it.

[Ryan]

Kurt- How about jamming in in the motor/transmission from this totaled porsche:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...68901796QQrdZ1

[Jase007]

After going under the knife and only having the camber boxes added back in the tub is now 370 pounds. Cut 134 pounds off the tub.

* I stole that "clapping" smiley gif from PP ... is that a No no ...?