AO

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the input. Actually, I was planing on swapping it out and was considering either Brad Penn or Amsoil. I agree that M1 is not the ideal choice for this car. For the street cars, sure, but that's a different discussion.

What flavor of Amsoil do you normally run?

Mrmerlin

Thanks, Wally, feexed it

The Fixer

Don't you mean "Thanks Wally, fixed it"

mark kibort

amzoil 15-50 for the race car and 20-50 when it was street'ed. the part number from amsoil is RD-50
well worth the couple bucks more a quart for a little insurance that the oil doesnt turn to water at the track, like ive seen the M1 do.

Abby Normal

I echo Constantine's words. When you have several years of work in a one of a kind car, it really hurts to see it balled up and ripe for parting out. So glad to see this rather than it being disassembled.

You're going to have a blast with it at the track!

Bertrand Daoust

What a great job you did Andrew bringing this car back to life.

Congrats and I hope you will have lots of fun on the track with this big boy's toy!

Beautiful car.

Tony

This thread will be worthless with out Dashcam video of Andrews first track day in it...just say'n!

AO

AO

We are ready to go!

Saturday I got the ball joint replaced. Man what a SOB that was. Did not want to come out. Heat and pounding and more heat and lube... finally she popped!

Then Saturday night I did the alignment. Camber on the passenger side was way off - probably due to the accident. I matched the driver side which was set at about -3 deg IIRC. Toe was off too, but now it is straight. Wasn't sure how much toe to give it, so I opted for stock setting there for now.

Yesterday, I changed the oil. Good thing too. Whatever was in there was horribly thin. I replaced it with Amsoil 15-50.

I also fixed the front turn signal indicators.

Saturday is the first DE, and I am super excited to see what this car can do. Will report as I can.

mdkelly1

Hi Andrew,

I don't remember if you mentioned it earlier in the thread; does the car still have an Accusump installed?

Fronkenstein

Fantastic project! Way to valuable of a piece of history to trash even if it wasn't anything more than a regional player (which I don't know not having read the original "for sale thread).

I'm jealous of the project!

Fronkenstein

AO

Thanks. I appreciate it. It's been fun so far and I hope it continues!

Great question.

When I got the car, it was missing. The PO was going to keep it, but we came to an understanding and I now have it. We didn't get time to install it for this weekend, but I do have it and will be re-installing it as soon as I can. I'll be taking it easy this weekend as it's really about getting a feel for the car - then we can start pushing it! I think I have all the bits and pieces for the AccuSump, but I have not gone through it to make sure.

mark kibort

cool!! 3 degrees is too much unless you are really sprung soft. 1.7 to 2 max up front is recomentded for the race set up. toe... near 0, as you get a lot of toe out under braking and compression anyway. (i usually go about 1/8" toe in)

177mph

Andrew - glad to see the car up and running again. I replaced the belt myself - and had it checked by a porsche mechanic. Not sure how the timing could have been off since the car ran amazing before the accident.

The motor had joe gibbs oil in it - i believe 20w 50.

Glad you have the accusump and the car looks great. I was happy to get it to someone who could spend a lot of time on it rather than part it.

Best of luck.

AO

Good to know. I'll bring the camber back in a touch if I have time.

Hi Rich. Belt was definitely 1-tooth off on driver-side. Maybe it skipped a tooth in the accident? No matter. It's perfect now.

And even though the oil looked pretty fresh, I'm glad I changed it. Went with Amsoil 15-50 (RD50). Stuff ain't cheap, but I believe it has been saving Kibort's motor. Hopefully it will provide a level of protection.

Accusump will go in as soon as I can get enough time to sort it all out.

I suppose I owe you a Big Thanks for not parting it out. I'm glad it worked out all around.

Can't wait for Saturday!