RajDatta

Damain, I will definitely do that soon.
Raj

RajDatta

Arash, the tow hook on the factory turbo S cars was moved over a bit because of the bigger bumper cover opening. Also, the factory tow hook would look ugly if left after the change to turbo S bumper. The hook is behind the plug and functional.
Steve does do awesome work.
Raj

Damian in NJ

Edit that to 'flamenco' like the dance.

SamGrant951

man what an interior! Very hot Raj!

Damian in NJ

One thing is keeping it from being perfect-you need the belly button mod, remember how much it helped your speed yellow coupe?

RajDatta

Thanks Sam.
Raj

RajDatta

Fixed.
Thanks

jeff968

Raj, glad to see you and your original ride have been reunited, finally. Looks great!!! As for the upholstery, Flamenco red full leather is indeed very rare. From the completed cabriolet database there were 2 made out of 2,008, one white and one polar silver. I'm still working on the coupe registry but so far I don't have any. BTW, there were actually two flavors of Flamenco red available. The one Raj doesn't have has more black. I'll have to check on the specific differences.
Jeff

RajDatta

Thanks Jeff. When I purchased the car, I had no idea how rare the leather interior was.
Raj

RolexNJ

Raj, what can I say the car is simply stunning!! But I have to bust your chops, how about springing for a new resevoir tank that's new plastic?

SpeedBump

That coupe is truly the best color combo out there.

RajDatta

LOL.
Thanks Rob. Well, once I can find a factory turbo S replacement, I will change it. There is still stuff left to do. Having it at the shop/tuner for the last 13 months didn't help. All my hard work from over the yrs went down the drain and I have to change every nut and bolt. It never ends...
I guess my garage light will be on all winter .
Raj

RajDatta

Thank you very much. Greatly appreciate it.
Raj

RajDatta

Lets see..

Turbo was modified to a different inlet to allow motorsports J Boot. Stock Garrett GT3076R comes with 4 inch inlet. New inlet is 2.75 inhes.
Head was modified by Jon Milledge to rev to 7200rpm. Entire valve train is all new, new lifters (noisy, gotta sort that out) and a cam spec'ed by Jon to work with my turbo.
Exhaust headers/crossover were changed to SFR stage 2, ceramic coated.
APE MAF and cone filter were ditched for stealth Scivision MAF. I wanted to run a factory turbo S style airbox and snorkel. So a motorsports airbox snorkel was added that mates to the driver's side NACA duct for cold air.
Injectors were changed from Bosch 52#'s to Seimens 72#s for added safety.
Initially the car was running 18psi in April, now its been retuned to run 16psi. Still makes same hp as it did with 18psi, but torque curve moved to right a bit. The tuner is working on a dual map setup. Once he has it perfected, maybe I will run a 2nd map to run 18-19psi on race gas.

That's pretty much it.

Not sure on that just yet. I want to do a bumperette delete eventually, kinda like euro cars. It just never ends, lol.
I have also been toying with the idea if I should add side markers ala Trevor did on his 1st coupe. Still kicking that idea.

Regards.
Raj

Kit_Chris

What do you mean? What happened?

If you had a minute to put together a website with details of this fascinating 968TS, including the timeline of the build and modifications over the years, I'm sure many enthusiasts would appreciate knowing the story behind this great car. Proper conversions with correct factory parts (which make this car closer to a factory 968TS than a replica) are extremely rare, I'd love to read about the different steps of the way!

Thanks for the pics! I bet Heimrath would be pleased to see how far you've taken this car!

Regards,
Chris