BACKDATING SC TO 74 RSR
11-23-2005, 01:04 PM
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BACKDATING SC TO 74 RSR
This winter I plan to backdate a 911 sc to a 74 RSR. The vehicle will be a fun street car as well as a fun track day machine. This will be my 7th Porsche and I have learned quite a bit about the suspension from my 84 carrera. Cosmetically I will be adding the turbo flares, with fglass front fenders and steel rear turbo flares, in addition to the rsr front and rear bumpers and tail.
Has anyone welded on rear 930 flares to a sc, or is there a good link to the install?
Has anyone welded on rear 930 flares to a sc, or is there a good link to the install?
11-27-2005, 11:04 AM
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Welding flares
Welding the flares is not that tough for a skilled metalman...
At my shop we've done a few older BMW's with steel fender flares ala the old Alpina cars that were raced in the late 60's.
The 911 is even simpler to do for a couple reasons:
1. The flares are available "off the shelf"-we had to hand fabricate the flare shown below that we wanted for the BMW.
Here it is "roughed" out before any english wheel work:
Here it is trial fit to the car:
2. The rear fenders of the 911 do not have an inner fender that needs to be accounted for when welding the larger turbo flare.
You'll want to make sure the flares are butt welded to the car, this will eliminate gobs of filler over the welds, and will also eliminate any water trap at the overlap underneath.
Here is a good butt-weld of one of the flares near the fuel filler:
Hope this helps.
At my shop we've done a few older BMW's with steel fender flares ala the old Alpina cars that were raced in the late 60's.
The 911 is even simpler to do for a couple reasons:
1. The flares are available "off the shelf"-we had to hand fabricate the flare shown below that we wanted for the BMW.
Here it is "roughed" out before any english wheel work:
Here it is trial fit to the car:
2. The rear fenders of the 911 do not have an inner fender that needs to be accounted for when welding the larger turbo flare.
You'll want to make sure the flares are butt welded to the car, this will eliminate gobs of filler over the welds, and will also eliminate any water trap at the overlap underneath.
Here is a good butt-weld of one of the flares near the fuel filler:
Hope this helps.
11-28-2005, 10:12 PM
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From Pelican:
"the ultimate backdating thread"
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...e&pagenumber=1
You should be able to find the answers here.
"the ultimate backdating thread"
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...e&pagenumber=1
You should be able to find the answers here.
11-29-2005, 09:29 AM
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I really like the early fronts and rears. It's tempting....
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11-29-2005, 10:35 AM
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Someone had a later shell for sale
I think on pelican a couple weeks ago-it was a silver SC and had some surface scale rust around the front window aperture but was otherwise clean. It was probably from a bad windshield replacement or something. It was pretty much just a shell (no interior/glass/suspension, I think)
It woulda been a great builder/backdater for sure as long as you had another rusty shell to get the goods from.
I looked but couldnt find it otherwise I'd post the link.
It woulda been a great builder/backdater for sure as long as you had another rusty shell to get the goods from.
I looked but couldnt find it otherwise I'd post the link.
11-30-2005, 10:52 AM
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My ideal car will be mehanically sound, with some poss light sheet metal damage or bad paint. I want to start with a car with a good motor and trans. I will first upgrade the shocks, and torson bars and refresh the suspension bushings, then move to the body. I hope to run the 3.0 for a year or two and then switch to a 3.6, but a motor swap will be the last thing I would do. I beleive that a light 3.0 will be adequate for a while.
