whalebird

Good try Ice. An old friend used to say "no good deed goes unpunished", but I won't say that in my "gratitude" thread.
Are the ribs gone?

theiceman

I'll just bribe a mod to delete you spamers !

ivangene

I think you can do it on your own thread....in fact I alreaded deleted a couple of yours



kidding

Amber Gramps

Just think. . . I don't hit send on the good stuff. I type it, read it, , then just move on to another thread about 90% of the time without ever hitting the Post button.

....and speaking of spammers. This thread my help you select the tools you need to work on your 911:
https://rennlist.com/forums/off-topi...ufacturer.html

Ed Hughes

You too?

porsche0nut

Well, at least it started out informative........

What's the shifter mod? My 915 so far has been nothing but a joy to use.... then again I haven't missed a shift yet :s

Ed Hughes

Let's see, you get the wave to pass a 911 in front of you, and work to get that done 'cuz you have a Cup Car on your tail coming out of Boomerang @ MSR. Oh, Patrick Long and several other great drivers are burning laps at the same time. Firat outing on new suspension too. You pull it into 2nd gear instead of 4th, since the 915, no matter how well-tuned or adjust, will let you do that. Your exhaust valves hit the pistons. The rest takes nothing but guts and money.

The shifter mod gates the 1-2 and 3-4 planes to keep this from happening again. Walk the pits at a PCA club race and find out just how many have made what is called the "money shift". Several options out there....

SiberianDVM

After reading threads like this, my 2nd mod was to install the Wevo shifter and coupler. It looks so pretty that I can't bear to cover it with the rubber boot. Shifts better, too.

(1st mod was installing a Sparco steering wheel.)

theiceman

Bumped for the new crew.

mdkrp

Many thanks Iceman.

SiberianDVM

Many 911 mods later, Bwunhilde is now a fully fledged track rat.

Now, I need a 914 101 for Gudrun, Bwunhilde's uglier stablemate.

theiceman

bumped

theiceman

bump

AlfaGTA

Since this is a 101 level course I'll add a tip on brake flushing. My '73, '78 and '88 all have pressure relief tubing on the brake reservoir. I didn't know this until the first time I did this task myself and had the '78 part way up on a lift. I used a pressure device so I could do the brake fluid flush without an assistant and was horrified to see all the new fluid squirting onto the garage floor. None of the references (including, I'm pretty sure the Pelican Parts book) mentioned the need to clamp off this tube if you're pressurizing the system. Now that I know, this method works fine.

sugarwood

Biggest myth of 911 culture. This mythology that 911's flip around the second you lift throttle is idiotic and dangerous. It needs to end.

In reality, it is nearly impossible to lose traction by simply lifting throttle in a turn. On a skid pad, you are already scrubbing tires at the limit and then you lift, and then the instructor yanks your E-brake, and THEN you lose traction. Oh, and they have hosed down the skid pad with firetrucks as well. In the real world, you can lift all day long and be fine.

Very dangerous advice to convince new drivers to speed recklessly through a turn on public streets. At best, be a little more specific, and qualify the statement.

"Don't lift (....when you are driving 80 mph around a very sharp turn and your tires are already screaming louder than a dying cat. Anything less than that, lift all you want, you'll be fine.)"