Just another 968 turbo...
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Just another 968 turbo...
Seems like there are a lot of 968 turbo projects popping up...cool!
I have been working on my own for way too long, over the last couple of months I finally made some time for myself and my car projects - so the engine is ready to fire up now!
The shear quantity of custom fabricated parts in this project is ridiculous. I don't want to think about the hours spent making this the way I want it. For example you would think that adding a 951 intercooler to a 968 wouldn't be too bad since its pretty much exposed....nope. Had to cut away a lot of the stock cross bracing and make new sheet metal crossmembers under the intercooler, the intercooler mounts are machine billet aluminum parts, the stock hood latch is right where the intercooler is so more billet aluminum brackets were CNC machined to hold the hood pins (aero latches).
If you want to have fun look through the pics and see how many custom fabbed parts you can find!
I have been working on my own for way too long, over the last couple of months I finally made some time for myself and my car projects - so the engine is ready to fire up now!
The shear quantity of custom fabricated parts in this project is ridiculous. I don't want to think about the hours spent making this the way I want it. For example you would think that adding a 951 intercooler to a 968 wouldn't be too bad since its pretty much exposed....nope. Had to cut away a lot of the stock cross bracing and make new sheet metal crossmembers under the intercooler, the intercooler mounts are machine billet aluminum parts, the stock hood latch is right where the intercooler is so more billet aluminum brackets were CNC machined to hold the hood pins (aero latches).
If you want to have fun look through the pics and see how many custom fabbed parts you can find!
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Dang, that makes my car look like just another 968 Turbo. Very nice Chris!
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Chris you are an artist, that is just absolutely beautiful. I like your vacuum manifold and ignition coil placement. I think a better question would be "can you spot any stock parts?" Besides a the brake and coolant reservoirs the only other stock thing that sticks out is the cruise control. Is that a Lart special valve cover?
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Meh.. Quality appears to be lacking. Intercooler hose clamp is way crooked for one thing...
Just kidding. Looks awesome. On a side note, where is the turbo inlet ducting routed? It's not visible on the current pics.
Just kidding. Looks awesome. On a side note, where is the turbo inlet ducting routed? It's not visible on the current pics.
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Chris you are an artist, that is just absolutely beautiful. I like your vacuum manifold and ignition coil placement. I think a better question would be "can you spot any stock parts?" Besides a the brake and coolant reservoirs the only other stock thing that sticks out is the cruise control. Is that a Lart special valve cover?
SFR polished the valve cover about 5 years ago (before Lart started polishing stuff)!
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