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Going back to some previous work you did - I see a few builds with the CF roof panel going on.. Considering all the threads about window glass and the rubber seal being so hard to get installed correctly, how does the CF panel interfere or does it not?
The carbon panel shouldn't have any impact on window glass, it doesn't replace any of the metal where the glass attaches.
I'm switching to 993 glass anyway, so we'll see how that goes!
I started to get paranoid that I'd scratch the brand new finish while reassembling, so a slight change of plans as I've taken the car home to put in as much of the interior and running gear as I can before painting the exterior.
Now that I've started installing sound deadening and working out how the wiring harness goes back in, I am sure that I would have scratched the paint, so I'm feeling pretty good about the decision (even if it means a longer wait before I see the whole body in color).
I was in Switzerland for work but I managed to sneak away for a day to drive over the Alps and visit the RUF factory again.
I'm sure they think I am insane but I mostly take photos of random details that will help with reassembly, like this picture of where the dash is cut and upholstered to fit around the integrated cage.
Here we've got some interesting cuts and welds on the wastegate exhaust tip, useful since I am also going to run the TiAL wastegate.
Back home I've been untangling the wiring harness, which is complicated significantly by the fact that RUF modified the harness while it was still in the car, so it was never meant to be removed and reinstalled.
I then moved it around half a dozen times between disassembly and reassembly, so it was a total rats nest when it went back in!
Goughary was kind enough to come lend a second pair of hands and we made quick (ish) work of figuring out where everything should go. The next problem after untangling the wires was dealing with the new lower seat position.
The wires can't go in their factory locations because they interfere with the seat rails, but that's nothing compared to the issue mounting the DMEs/various controllers under the seats.
They're much too tall on the factory steel plates, and even flat on the floor they won't clear the crossbar under the seats that operates the rail mechanism.
So we had to get creative, and luckily there is a fair amount of slack in the factory harness. I'm pretty happy with the solution we've mocked up, mostly because the seats fit and have full range of motion!
Finally, some other fun parts arrived. The tool kit is really lovely, and I'm very happy with the door panels with hidden speakers and functional map pocket.
The gauges and dash are a special touch, though I know that the dash might polarize opinions!
They do if you run a couple wraps of tape under new rubber seals. The vinyl on the dash isn't especially thick so it doesn't take much to make them snug.
I feel like I just saw your car in a couple cameos on a guys You Tube video - painter guy John Quay in NY. Yes?
Brandon
'91 Turbo
Yes, John painted the underside and interior of the car. He went above and beyond... someone recently looked at it and commented that the paint that I am going to cover with carpet is nicer than the paint on the outside of most people's cars!
Progress continues slowly.
We had a setback when Rob and I realized that the 993 wheel carriers I want to use won't work with the 964 C2 ABS rings. It turns out we're going to have to make some stub axles from old C4 front CV axles, fun!
Clear cerakote on the bare aluminum components after vapor honing should make them easier to clean and avoid future oxidation.
Quick mockup of the front suspension, sadly no wheel carrier because they don't fit!
Because we moved the locations of the ECUs to accomodate the lowered seat, I drew up some new aluminum mounting plates and had them made by SendCutSend. They did a nice job, and pressed in threaded studs so that the ECUs bolt right down. This simpler plate is for the big RUF ECU.
A more complicated plate holds down the "standard" NA 964 DME as well as a secondary box that does something RUF related? This one is in the rear footwell, so it has threaded standoffs so a protective top plate can be installed.
The fan and housing (restored and cerakoted by Tru-6) as well as freshly yellow cadmium plated hardware went back on. They're covering a brand new alternator since my rebuild of the original found damaged threads on the shaft. I threw in new bushings anyway and I'll keep it as a spare.
And here is the new compressor on the freshly re-done mount. I'm planning to use a different block to connect the lines, running modern barrier hose behind rather than above the intercooler/airbox. Should be a neater and less leaky solution for R134a.
I'm waiting on a bunch of little parts (like intake manifold gaskets and a new AC belt pulley) and then I can finish prepping the engine to go back in the car. I have the upholsterer coming to look at the headliner situation next Wednesday, and maybe I'll outsource the carpet fitting to him as well... we'll see.
04-22-2024, 11:16 AM
- I see a few builds with the CF roof panel going on.. Considering all the threads about window glass and the rubber seal being so hard to get installed correctly, how does the CF panel interfere or does it not?
I could never red line it 
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