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Awesome…Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you also!
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Tito 82 911 SC with 3.2 73 RSR project 97 328is 99 328is 97 Lexus SC300 Manual 86 TL (gone) 993 (gone) 75 911S (gone) |
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Ditto "Awesome." Did you consider moving the shock mounting point? Not something most of us can do but you aren't us...
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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Another thing I did, but have not posted yet, is the transmission tunnel.
When you retrofit a 915 transmission in a 71 911, you need a little more space for the transmission. So when I did this about 10 years ago. I just used the BFH to make some space. Now, that I rebuilding the 71, I decided to cut out the old transmission tunnel and make a new section and weld in in. Here are some pictures of the progress. Cheers Engelbert
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One more update:
I started fitting the rear brake system for the 71 911 project. Here are some pictures. I use 964 calipers. The rear calipers were modified to fit the rear mounting of the 911 banana arms. I'm using 930 rear rotors. I had to modify the dust shield because of the larger diameter of the 930 rotors. After the brakes for the rear of the 71 911 is all fitted, the calipers were blasted and ready for coating and rebuild. Here are all pistons cleaned and ready. I made some plugs to plug the cylinder holes, and used some old brake line ends to plug the line and bleeder holes. I tried something new and used a heat dissipating ceramic coating. Brake line complete and ready to bend and install. I got new SS bolts which holds the guide plates for the brake pads in place, which had to be modified a bit to make space for the thicker rotors. The bleed valves restored. Here are the completed calipers. Cheers Engelbert
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Incredible!!
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Harleigh (ex-'60 356B Roadster, '70 914-6, '85 911, '94 968, 2012 Cayman R) |
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Another small piece of the puzzle, restoring the pedal system.
Back then when I built the car for AX, I just put new brass bushing in and put it back together so it will function. Now is the time to clean it up a bit. I did some minor repair and grit blasted all the pieces. I coated the larger pieces with Cerakote black velvet, and zinc plated the small stuff. There is still some pitting to see in the housing, but I did not want to grind it out, since it would just thin the material. I'm using Carrera Bilstein front struts for the 71, since they have 3.5" spacing for the caliper mount. I also added the bump steer supports. Original the struts are green like a John Deer Tractor, but I like to have them Bilstein Yellow. Since I still had some of the correct color powder, I powder coated them yellow. I also finished some of the other suspension pieces. Cheers Engelbert
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LED Lights for Classic Porsches 2012 Boxster S 2006 Cayenne S 1984 911 Targa, 3.4L 1982 911 SC 1978 1303 Kaefer Cabrio 1971 911 3.6 1966 912 - Future Project |
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You are truly amazing, Englebert! I so love seeing these posts (can't wait to see the finished car!).
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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Not that its really important, but Bilstein often used yellow struts/strut housing and shocks to denote "Sport" as opposed to Standard or Heavy Duty (green) depending upon application. Nice work as usual!
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Fantastic documentation of your craft Engelbert. Keep the update pics coming.
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Steve 996 GT3 996 C2 (gone) 911SC (gone) |
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Does this EVER get old? Not in this life.
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Don Newton "I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life." |
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