Wilson's new thread
06-30-2020, 07:40 PM
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Is the *Zyclamrot car a.k.a. 'Wilson'/re; the car
these 'Wilson' thread/s are referring to?
If so, Wilson looks fantastic.
It's a street car right?
**i assume it's street legal.
It appears Wilson got a full roll cage. Why?
Was the front roofline bar which brought about the need for a
harness and Hans/helmet removed?
Are you OCD, because i'm looking for such type to take the Sledgehammer
for a few months, and solve a coupl'a few gremlins she's got.
You can take her out for a spin/a night on the town after
and drive it as fast as you dare
or ~193mph (whichever comes first).
*Why didn't the 944's in Zyclamrot come in the totally insane
Zyclamrot Metallic like the 928's?
/
these 'Wilson' thread/s are referring to?
If so, Wilson looks fantastic.
It's a street car right?
**i assume it's street legal.
It appears Wilson got a full roll cage. Why?
Was the front roofline bar which brought about the need for a
harness and Hans/helmet removed?
Are you OCD, because i'm looking for such type to take the Sledgehammer
for a few months, and solve a coupl'a few gremlins she's got.
You can take her out for a spin/a night on the town after
and drive it as fast as you dare
or ~193mph (whichever comes first).
*Why didn't the 944's in Zyclamrot come in the totally insane
Zyclamrot Metallic like the 928's?
/
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07-01-2020, 12:08 PM
#48
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"Zyclamrot". I once had to have that discussion with a lady.
Hah!
Seriously-I had to look up the colour you are referring to. Mmmmm the 928.... my favorite looking Porsche in that lovely colour!
That car appears to be made by a higher power than mankind.
I wanted a fun sexy colour and picked a "rot" looking colour... but in retrospect I wanted more purple in it.. It's tough to pick from a one inch square in a colour selection book. Sometimes it looks brown, but usually red... Either way, thank you for the compliment! I have painted Wilson white, blue, rot and it was black when I got the car.
I think Sledgehammer would have me ordering a v8 for Wilson. V8 engines are great. I had a chance to drive a v8 trans-am or fire chicken on the back roads and I really enjoyed spinning tires without revving it up.... just gotta love the torque down low.
Too bad we weren't neighbours.
Oh, and I no longer have a roll cage. It's just a roll bar. And I'm running the harnesses, but might install 3 point belts as well.
Hah!
Seriously-I had to look up the colour you are referring to. Mmmmm the 928.... my favorite looking Porsche in that lovely colour!
That car appears to be made by a higher power than mankind.
I wanted a fun sexy colour and picked a "rot" looking colour... but in retrospect I wanted more purple in it.. It's tough to pick from a one inch square in a colour selection book. Sometimes it looks brown, but usually red... Either way, thank you for the compliment! I have painted Wilson white, blue, rot and it was black when I got the car.
I think Sledgehammer would have me ordering a v8 for Wilson. V8 engines are great. I had a chance to drive a v8 trans-am or fire chicken on the back roads and I really enjoyed spinning tires without revving it up.... just gotta love the torque down low.
Too bad we weren't neighbours.
Oh, and I no longer have a roll cage. It's just a roll bar. And I'm running the harnesses, but might install 3 point belts as well.
07-01-2020, 01:27 PM
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Thank you, Noah.
i was driving through Dover, Mass yesterday toward the stables
on North Street in Medfield, (think Lexington, KY in miniature)
and a 944 passed me...... i was so surprised to see such a clean car (like yours).
i wonder if he was surprised by a 968 sporting a late 90s looking front
valence and v8 "foom."
With its over-square bore/stroke, and 'very-taming' straight thru exhaust pipes
my v8 is surprisingly smooth and quiet.
Nothing like a typical pickup truck (cue Voith), nor aftermarket "burble"
while coasting: Just a clean, "foom....." in 4th gear at ~50mph.
When coasting downhill, i might pop 'er into 5th (engine rendered near silent)
thru the Dover twisties--the neighbors kinda like it that way......
passing Bobby Orr's former residence (pre-Eagleson debacle),
i was driving through Dover, Mass yesterday toward the stables
on North Street in Medfield, (think Lexington, KY in miniature)
and a 944 passed me...... i was so surprised to see such a clean car (like yours).
i wonder if he was surprised by a 968 sporting a late 90s looking front
valence and v8 "foom."
With its over-square bore/stroke, and 'very-taming' straight thru exhaust pipes
my v8 is surprisingly smooth and quiet.
Nothing like a typical pickup truck (cue Voith), nor aftermarket "burble"
while coasting: Just a clean, "foom....." in 4th gear at ~50mph.
When coasting downhill, i might pop 'er into 5th (engine rendered near silent)
thru the Dover twisties--the neighbors kinda like it that way......
passing Bobby Orr's former residence (pre-Eagleson debacle),
07-01-2020, 10:24 PM
#50
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Thread Starter
Well, after spending all day installing seats I decided to make a tool for next time.
Odurandina-so nice of you to call my car "clean" but aesthetically its pretty rough (my paint job sucks).
07-07-2020, 01:34 PM
#56
Rainman
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IIRC he had a set a few years ago before the turbo madness took over.
Dunno if they were fabricated into something else or what though, thought maybe he still had em.
Dunno if they were fabricated into something else or what though, thought maybe he still had em.
07-07-2020, 08:34 PM
#58
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Thread Starter
Spencer & Justin,
Yes I'm on FB. But the long stahl headers are long sold.
Thank you and sorry
Tell him to try Mantis in Ontario. That's where I bought them from.
Yes I'm on FB. But the long stahl headers are long sold.
Thank you and sorry
Tell him to try Mantis in Ontario. That's where I bought them from.
07-08-2020, 02:39 PM
#59
Drifting
Yes , Ernie at Mantisport rounded up the last of the steel headers from Stahl when they closed down.I was lucky enough to buy mine just before they shut down ...
Although , he's probably asking a pretty penny for them if he still has any left , otherwise it''s Racer's Edge who sells the stainless version for a gazillion dollars !
Cheers
Phil
Although , he's probably asking a pretty penny for them if he still has any left , otherwise it''s Racer's Edge who sells the stainless version for a gazillion dollars !
Cheers
Phil
07-08-2020, 06:23 PM
#60
Drifting
Bottom line, the Stahl's were a lot cheaper than Racer Edge SS ones. There is a company ACL ....located in PA that has the templates for Stahl. At the 2018 PRI show in Indy, Ernie, from Mantis, was talking with the ACL engineer
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