[William Miller]

Way to go Chris!
On the tail, I ended up getting the right turbo hinge and strut anchor point from DC Auto in NC. It might be even simpler with yours because it might already have the anchor point?
See ya on the road!

[Redroc]

Very impressive Chris!!!

You know with a job of this magnitude, you're ruining the chance of any future WYIT projects. It's been done!!!! Happy motoring!!!!

Maybe you can try out scale modeling or taxidermy with all of the spare time you will soon have.

[Noah]

Wow. I hadn't looked at this thread for a few days. Very, very impressive. Nice going, Chris.

[Jazzbass]

Update 9.July.2007

Well.... shit. Stick a fork in me, I think I'm done. I set the suspension to some rough settings last night (wheels straight, camber to max, ride height Euro-ish), torqued everything up and went for a test drive.

A short, short test drive. Turns out, something is f**ked. The car has almost NO power. And I don't mean the way a 944 has no power - I can't even get up the grade of my non-steep driveway. The road from my house to the beginning of the neighborhood is downhill - which means it is uphill the way back. Well, I went downhill OK. Uphill? Not so much. Incidentally, I learned three more things today:

1) Pep Boys sells tow straps
2) Honda Odyssey minivans do not have rear tow hooks
3) You can tow a 911 up a hill with a Honda Accord V6

So, the troubleshooting begins. The whole fuel system is new, which is a lot of new failure points. Is it the new pump? Did the injectors get fubar'ed when I had them rebuilt? Are the lines blocked? I got a fuel pressure gauge and will go out and test pressure at the fuel rail later today (after work and out of the 100 degree weather).

If it's not the fuel system, we move to the electrical system. Could it be something electrical on the engine? I didn't touch the engine harness, but maybe messed something up in removing the heater?

Needless to say, the chances of making the DE next weekend are slim to none. I'm going to try, though, especially since I don't get my money back if I cancel now anyways.

Oh well, at least it looks cool:

[Rob in VA]

Damn, that's horrible news. I wish I could help out in some way.

[Cliff Claven]

That's gotta be frutrating. Hopefully it's something simple and obvious.

[}{arlequin]

Originally Posted by Jazzbass

Oh well, at least it looks cool:

you ain't kidding. esp w/ that single seat in there. looks like you mean business... in soapbox derby. downhill all the way baby!!!!

[BlackTalon]

Sorry to hear the bad news But I know it will be something simple -- just a matter of finding it. You've done an incredible job on this project, and once you work out this last bug it will all be behind you!

[TD in DC]

Wanna race now?

OK, so seriously, sorry about the setbacks. I was serious about what I said in the PM. Just let me know . . .

[VaSteve]

Sounds like when the timing was off in my 911. Ran great in the garage, until I took it onto the street. I'm sure that's not your problem since you would have checked that, but it sounds like my issue. If it was a lack of fuel (to the cylenders), I would expect it to be squirting everywhere (unless it was the pump itself that died).