Geoffrey

My 964 race car build was an excercise in parts gathering, improving and designing new parts. This project was started very late in 2004 and completed in early summer 2006 and took about 1 year of dedicated focus. I developed and raced this car for a number of years and further refined and developed new parts. This car has as many of the best 993 and 964 parts I could find or manufacture with some of the manufactured parts from ideas I saw on Porsche factory built race cars of that era.

This car was designed with light weight the primary goal and I have compromized the overall performance of the car in an attempt to remain failthful to the original look of the 3.8RSR. This car weighs 2225 full of fuel and oil.

Throughout this process, I met a number of awesome people and was fortunate to have the privelage of Total 911 Magazine coverage in 5 separate issues. You can find back issues Total 911. The issues were:

Issue 19 - December 2006
Issue 20 - January 2007
Issue 21 - February 2007
Issue 22 - March 2007
Issue 46 - ???

These Threads are listed in approximate chronological order of the project as I went through the initial build, testing, refinement, new engine, further suspension refinement.

I hope some of what I learned can be passed on and used by other Rennlisters so please enjoy.

Project Start
Seam Welding
Powder Coating Chassis
Carbon Bodywork
Engine Case Prep
Prepped for Paint
Decal Package
Connecting Rods
Final Painting
$50k Steering Wheel
9M Cylinder Heads
Lightweight Flywheel
Better Bodies
Lexan Window Constuction
Interior
Wiring Harness
Carbon Fibre Parts
MoTeC Dash
Transmission
Engine Parts
Engine Blueprinting
Transmission Cooler
RS Shifter
Brake System
Suspensin
More Engine Assembly
First Weighing
4 Channel Racing ABS
Cylinder Head Flowing
Trick Odds and Ends
Front Trunk
Wiring Update
Chassis Setup
Systems Check
Dyno Tuning with Muffler
Open Pipe Dyno
Track Testing - First Outing
Track Video
Deer Hit
Data Acquisition
More Carbon Fibre Bits
New MoTeC Sensors
Fuel Cell Update
993 Trans Support Update
Bump Steer Correction
Adjustable Front Sway Bar
More Suspension Parts
Power Brake Upgrade
100hr Test
End of Engine #1
Engine Disassembly
New Injectors
Engine #2 Connecting Rods
Flex Fuel
New Bottom End
New High Lift Camshaft
New Pistons & Cylinders
Cam Tower Improvement
New Carbon Clutch
Engint #2 Dyno
Manual Alignment Setup
Adjustable Rear Sway Bar
Suspension Bracing

KaiB

Thanks so much Geoffrey.

I should know, or have forgotten...is this a GT3R car? NASA GTS4?

Ken D

Thank you for pulling all this together Geoffrey.

Wachuko

Admin! Admin! We should make this one a sticky!!!

evoderby

Very nice & inspirational!!!

Geoffrey

The car was designed to fit in the top end of PCA GT3R, NASA, and SCCA (with the SCCA spec wing)

boxsey911

Thanks for making it easy for us to find it all Geoffrey. It's great reading.

PNine64

Wow, this is great!! Thank you!!

s4magman

Thanks Geoffrey! I remember buying issues of Total 911 just to read about your build - inspirational to say the least. By the way, I always wondered about where they shot some of those pics at the track. It said Watkins Glen but sure looked like Lime Rock - where were the shots taken?

Geoffrey

The pictures were taken at Lime Rock Park during a CVR DE day.

Bill Verburg

Ken D

Here's the full article:

evoderby

Thanks for posting Ken. What a genuinely well written, nice and informative article!!!

A true tribute to the thought and energy Geoffrey has invested in creating this well mannered monster....

....and might I say a good benchmark for articles normally featured in the Porsche press which most of the time are rather poor in comparison.

ilko

Geoffrey is a great guy and that is a truly awesome car. The attention to detail is unmatched. And I feel super special since I've actually sat in it

Rocket Rob

Geoffrey - Thanks for consolidating these threads. I've learned a lot from reading them.