Thanks Brian! Coming from you, that means a lot. It was a great way to learn more about the beast.

Cardsrule - I AM driving it now, and already had it to my first DE of the season at Lime Rock. It's great! I don't feel as much 'give' in a really hard turn. Before you could feel a little slop as the suspension bushings compressed - but not now!

The rear banana arms are a bit tricky to remove if you have trouble disconnecting the e-brake like I did. I ended up using a cut-off tool before a friend pointed how how to .... The monoballs install is pretty straight forward.

I dropped it Jan 26th - and re-installed it March 2nd. Just over a month and I had it running again.

Taking it out for the first track sessions was like using a completely different car. Everyone wondered why I started so slow .... "because I've never driven the car before!"

Different is good.

Thanks for the kudos!

Glenn

 

Wow...I'm freaking speechless....I actually got tired thinking about all the work you are doing - Engine AND Suspension AND BRAKES too!!!...I just replaced my alternator and that about put me in the retirement home...

You are VERY inspiring. I tip my hat off to you!

Yasin

 

Mounted the Fox units to the fronts, and later secured the remote canisters up out of harm's way.

Bolted new 993TT rotors to the old hubs using new h/w

 

Yasin - Thanks for the smile! It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun. Did i mention the beer ?

I forgot - I had to trim the brake ducts to fit around the Fox units. They're a little different than the Bilsteins.

Here's where I re-assembled the fule injection. This is when I brought my laptop down to the garage to help me figure out which thingyt went where.

I created a small rig to hold all the hardware I had bead blasted and then powder coated.


**Thanks go to Gary at American Dry Stripping in Milford CT for the exceptional work in stripping everything for paint and powder.

**Many thanks to John of Precision Powder Coating in Plainville CT for his detailed work and true customer service. John and Gary coordinated seamlessly to route parts between themselves to finalize all the pieces. I highly recommend these guys!

 

Loose-fitting the engine back together .....

Plastic wrap seems to work pretty well to keep things separate and from scratching.

 

About here is when our local expert, Dan Jacobs, gave me a hard time for going too soft on spring rates. He also recommended reinforcing the rear shock towers when using stiffer coils. He also talked me out of swapping to scloser gearing - and saved me thousands upon thousands.

So, I had to REMOVE the newly installed Fox units, front and rear, swap to stiffer coils, and reinstall. Oooh I just LOVE re-work! I felt stupid but now I'm really glad I did both.

Here's the reinforcement work. This was the first time in 9 years I'd used my welder. My friend John had JUST hooked up a dedicated 30A outlet for it and I had JUST tested it before going live onto car. Not the smartest thing to do but I was in a crunch.

My friend and driver-extraordinaire Gary R. came by to lend a hand, give a pointer on welding, and drink beer. OK, maybe he just came by for the last one but I made him give some pointers regardless. Thanks Gary! He did point out that my ancient flip-top welding helmet was cr%$ and I needed an automatic unit to see.

Several times I welded a nice bead (ok, a decent bead) only to find out it was 1-2 inches from where it was supposed to be. Not good. I didn't have the most graceful style, and Gary would say "why don't you put a little mroe toothpaste over there...." It ain't ugly but it passed the hammer test.

Of course, then I had to re-paint everything. I also had to cut 1/4" stainless steel with a hand grinder, from around the MSD mounting plates. And then repair the wirse I had ground through while stripping the paint down to metal. Your basic "what NOT to do" moment. Insert more beer here.

 

Cleaning up the electr area in the rear...

Then repairing 4-5 gas line fittings. I found the ends had play and I wasn't about to order all new compression fitting hoses from Porsche. I may invest in some custom hose making tools soon.

Then piecing the shroud, wiring, and fuel injection back together....

 

More plumbing ....

....and careful assembly.

 

Mount the Fox remote cansiters for the rear, then install the rear brake Tilton bias valve inside.


Then reinstall in the beast!

 

Custom-made a new oil hose from tank to cooler...

Then shimmed the entire oil tank to be further inwards, to keep the hard rubber oil line from rubbing against the track tires.

Heat-insulated the custom oil hose, then created new stainless steel-wrapped oil lines from the turbos to the valve covers

Then installed new heater duct from the oil cooler to driver side heater box (note headers have no heat). For the first time I have heat!

New rear brakes. Woo-hoo!

Painted front calipers (993tt) with new decals....

Re-install rear bumber, add oil, intercooler.....

 

Hook up electrical connections, zip tie all vacuum lines, install air filters, ...

and installed the powder coated intercooler.

Voila!

Now where did I put my keys?

 

Here's the stance when the car was dropped.

Nice and low. Pretty close to where it is now after it was aligned and corner balanced. Now I can get 3 degrees neg camber up front, and the car hooks up in turns.

I only adjusted the front anti roll bar during the first day on the track due to understeer, and have yet to adjust the Fox shox. Maybe next time.

I had a good time and learned a bunch about my engine and car. I feel more confident about how it all goes together in case (when) things need work.

I enjoyed working on it almost as much as nailing it. Well, it's a different sort of enjoyment......but few things beat the rush of boost!

Cheers -

 

Glenn
that looks great, i remember you saying you did a little work over the winter LOL

 

Wow! Absolutely amazing, thanks for sharing.

 

You KNOW I'm not the bragging type .....

OK, so now we know how I spent evenings and weekends in Feb and some of March

How is YOUR car coming along?

Thanks for the props guys!