Catorce

Kinda sorta....so when I bought the car, it had a long block in it but more of a mock up than anything. It was an 82 or 83 16v block with heads and cams, all clearly designed for mock up purposes. So I'd say 50-60% of the weight of a full engine was there and it was still riding way high. I'm not convinced that the hundred pounds of gear and fluids it was missing would bring it down that much.

Also, the front shocks had their spring perches bottomed out to the lowest possible setting and that tells me he was trying to lower it as much as possible but wasn't getting there.

You have to remember in the early 90s you couldn't just go out and buy this stuff for a 928. Today, your 928 is too high....easy...you can pick a dozen coilovers that will give you anything from stock ride height to slammed.

Imo000

Your suspension was probably not settled, that's why it was so high.

Catorce

Uh, no. It was settled fine. It has been rolled around all over hell's half acre and it probably has more miles being pushed than most cars have being driven. Also, take a look at all the pics out there of when the PO had it. Always high, almost stock ride height.

Look at the picture below. It looks like a monster truck. The only car I have that rides that high is my Range Rover

I also blame the 1000 pound springs as well. Too much spring on this car.

S'okay, I shall fix it!

Carl Fausett

Damn! Thats a sharp looking car. Its potential is oozing out in that picture. Never noticed the lollipop lift point added to the car. Clever. Is that braced up to the roll cage inside the door? I would think so...

Carl Fausett

We are delighted and honored to be building the motor for this beautiful car.

Catorce

Thanks Carl!!!

The lifting points (one per side) were a Devore creation and you can see them on the earliest pictures of the car. They are actually not tied to the cage, but cleverly, are a section of heavy wall pipe that pierces the longitudinals and are welded in place on both sides, with a thick backer on the outside.

One of the first things I did was try jacking the car up from those.....they work friggin great! Today we just would have used on board air jacks, but these are neat for sure!

Carl Fausett

I bet they do. I was looking at its placement and it was clear to me that they had tried several jacking spots down the rocker till they found a balance point that would lift up the whole side at one time.

I have a pic (somewhere) of a racer who ran a small tube up from the lollipop to the lower of the two door bars. But it sounds like they have already gotten that covered. There is always more than one right way... :-)

Catorce

Here's the jacking points...the one pic is looking directly overhead down at the sill.

Carl Fausett

I like that even better. It really doesn't use a lollipop, looks like you just slide the jack pad under the end and go at it. Lollipops are forever getting left in... you can have your choice of several usually at the corner 1 flag station. They're FREE :-)

Carl Fausett

Adam - your intake manifold is out of our baking oven and it looks damn good.

The intake manifold and side covers are translucent teal over a reflective chrome base coat for those that are interested. The cam covers are done in Ford Dark Blue. The deal at Adam's house is: he gets to spend the money if she gets to pick the colors. So... there you go!

Given the colors of the Devore car, this should be pretty sharp!

Catorce

Der Panzerwagen gets a little bling under the hood!

Number one rule of a race car: MUST LOOK GOOD, LOL!!!

Love it! Wife loves it!

Imo000

Pushing it around settles the suspension?

Catorce

I guess my question to you is, do you not think you can settle a suspension to the approximate ride height, say 70% of the actual height by just rocking the car up and down and rolling it around? Because it's what alignment shops do all the time.

Granted it's not going to be the exact settled height that only driving can do, but as I said, every picture taken of this car within the past decade shows it riding very high for a 928.

And since I'm the only one actually in possession of the car, I'm telling you it rides high.

Sheesh, how new do you think I am at this???

Catorce

So the next thing I'm on to is fitting the fuel cell. I had some requirements for this install:

Must be able to remove the fuel cell with minimum disassembly of the car.The way Devore put the old one in, you had to remove the rear bumper cover in order to get the tank out. Unacceptable to me. It has to be easily maintained and removed.

I also didn't want to use straps or anything (the old one didn't either).

Lastly, I wanted to mount the fuel pump where I could see it, not hidden behind the bumper cover. I don't want a fuel issue to result in me having to take the whole back half of the car apart.

I decided to go with a 1/8" x 2 flat bar skirt to surround the tank. The skirt is welded to the car, and it features captive studs that engage the bolt holes in the tank. The flat bar is heavy, but obviously the fuel cell is something that I don't want going adrift.

So now the fuel cell is a drop in piece, 6 bolts hold it down from the top. No going under the car, all lines are above. It's secure and strong.

NEXT: plugging the holes in the surrounding metal and finishing it off.

jcorenman

Shouldn't cuffs and collars match ??