IcemanG17

After too many arguements with my wife over racing expenses and increasing the racing fleet to include a lemons racer.....something has to go.....and its the Widow.....

Heres some details (the good)

89S4 5speed with LSD
Full 6 point cage of 1.75 x.120 DOM with triple nascar bars drivers side
Koni shocks with Eibach straight rate springs 800F 300R
Carls adjustable drop links with tow hooks
1 Racetech 4009 WHR (wide hans-headrest seat) (these are $1300 new)
short shifter, carls all metal forward shift bushing and improved center bushing, with new rear bushings
GTS front brakes, S4 rear with braided steel lines and Pagid Orange pads, lots of life left
Custom welded in GTS rear flares with fender rolling...77" wide at rear tires
Custom CCW C10 black anodized wheels 18x10x9" backspacing front.. 295/30-18 Toyo R888's in excellent condition (over 50%) rears are C10's black anodized 18x12x8.25 backspacing with Toyo R888 335/30-18's with over 50% life left....an extra set of 335/30-18 Toyo R888's with about 50% life left are also included.
Heavy duty clutch pressure plate with brand new clutch disc and slave cylinder
33bar brake bias bar with 600 degree Motul brake fluid
3 qt Hi pressure accusump with 55-60psi EPC valve
Greg Brown 3/8th " pan spacer with windage trays
Taylor drilled 5.0L crankshaft
19 row setrab oil cooler mounted behind drivers side foglight
all aluminum 928intl race radiator
fans custom wired to a relay to trigger at 180F
steering rack-tire rods replaced by prior owner about 500 miles ago, power steering pump is a new rebuilt unit
upper A arms replaced by prior owner
waterpump-timing belt are around 500 miles
928intl headers into custom 2.5" mandrel bent stainless steel exhaust
red crinkle coat valve covers and intake with Carls intake spacers
improved breather on both valve covers vented to catch can.
928intl improved crankcase filler neck baffle
Sharktuner II with two full sets of PEMS and both adaptors to tune either 89+ or 87-88
Without sharktuning it consistently ran around 300whp with a stock 5.0 engine-cams
2875lbs approximately

The bad :>(The engine had a 4-8 rod bearing failure for a yet undetermined reason.

I have owned this 928 for approximately 1 year... I paid $13,500 and have nearly $40k invested in this project, and DO NOT want to sell...but for the sake of martial bliss I have no choice.... something has to give and divorces are pricey

The car is located in West Sacramento CA and will need to be towed, as it is not running nor street legal.

Open to all offers and will part out, if no buyer for the full car.... looking for $15k..... I plan on using the funds EXCLUSIVELY to fund my track and Lemons racing habit.....since it appears I can't afford a "real" race car according to my wife...

Heres some pics

pcar928fan

So sad... I know about spending a zillion dollars on a race car and barely driving it, but thankfully mine is still running (as far as I know anyway! LOL!)... Good luck w/ your sale and glad the Lemons car is at least doing well!

Rob Edwards

How much does a garage at Buttonwillow rent for? If I left it in the central valley the wife might not notice....

hacker-pschorr

In a different economy I would already be on my way with a trailer.

Good luck with the sale, hope it stays in the Rennlist family.

slate blue

Sorry to hear that Brian, is she interested in racing? Because maybe you can convince her to take it up? That way she gets to have a similar interest etc. Great shots btw,

Greg

86'928S MeteorGrey

Brian,

If you sell me the widow for $1000, I could build a hell of a lemons car.....

Good luck on the sale... Sad to see it go...

Charley B

I don't know what hurts more, Brian; Giving up the dream or giving away the car. $15k will be a total steal for someone.

That settles it. We need to get you a LeMons WIN now.

I feel for you Brutha.

Mark Anderson

Sorry to hear this Brian. I hope you get an offer above your asking price. It's certainly worth it.

morganabowen

Rob,
Take it from an old married man (30yrs), they ALWAYS notice

Brian,
Bummer that you have to sell, and such a major loss at this time in the ecomony. Good luck with the sale

gersar928

Brian: Sad to hear about this dude. But there are other options. (Charley has multiple Sharks and no wife) Give her custody of the cats make a clean break and race on.

Gerry

mark kibort

Deal of the century, but heart crushing as well!

I hear and feel the pain my Members Only teammate

mk

Charley B

My married friends say I'm just trying to fill the void. I say a man only needs one bottomless money pit.

123quattro

Man is it hard to not cash out some 401k for this...

Mako 928

Brian
Sad to hear the news. I kinda feel responsible for this as I had the honor of naming the car "Black Widow" and it seems to have come true.
Thankfuly you have the Lemons car and it has a name so I am clear of that one.

IcemanG17

Guys.......it is a loose-loose for me.......and it is a great deal for someone else....but the way I see it is I temporarily sacrifice my "real" racecar to allow me to "sponsor" the lemons effort for many years.....the $$$ from the widow will fund the lemons effort for a long time...... all of my options to get the widow running again are big $$$$ and there is no way the boss would ever go for it (what hurts more is I know I, umm, she can afford it)

the one thing I have learned in my short "racing" career is that its NO fun having a broken racecar....

For those out there that are seriously considering buying the widow....I am VERY open to offers...there are lots of little items included that are worth lots of $$$ that could be left out to reduce the price (like the $1300 seat, $400 steering wheel, $350 fire extingusher, wideband 02, sharktuner etc)