A Second Bit of Air Coolness
02-01-2012, 10:38 PM
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Sorry I was unclear. I am in the US Army, when I shipped overseas three years ago the Army transported my 95 993 over there. They also shipped it back again; in someways I should have sold it over there--they are worth about the same in Euros what they are in dollars. But, I have spent a lot of time and effort (and money) making the 993 just the way I want it.
We really like the color also. I read somewhere your first Porsche is black, red, or silver and the second one is a bright, wild color.
It is interesting, you can clearly see the lineage from 356 to 993. The gauges, the levers you pull to open things. But I never imagined it would have a fuel ****. And I forgot how stinky carburetored cars are. This weekend when I pulled her out of the garage I left the door to the house open, and she stunk up the whole downstairs.
We really like the color also. I read somewhere your first Porsche is black, red, or silver and the second one is a bright, wild color.
It is interesting, you can clearly see the lineage from 356 to 993. The gauges, the levers you pull to open things. But I never imagined it would have a fuel ****. And I forgot how stinky carburetored cars are. This weekend when I pulled her out of the garage I left the door to the house open, and she stunk up the whole downstairs.
02-01-2012, 10:53 PM
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Ahhh. Designed in the days before carbon monoxide poisoning was known. The smell of old junk make me happy inside! I love traveling to the Third World so I can smell two stoke oil and raw gasoline (really)...
02-02-2012, 03:09 AM
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Wow that is awesome, I would love to drive a 356.
I've always wanted a 356 speedster, maybe one day and it will probably be a replica cause authentic is big $.
I've always wanted a 356 speedster, maybe one day and it will probably be a replica cause authentic is big $.
04-28-2012, 11:27 PM
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The 356 definitely needed some work done it get running really well.
After asking on the 993 board for a good shop in the Kansas City area, I took the car to RennsportKC. Wes and Karl are great to work with. Started things out with a LOF; then they took a look at the carburetors. They found some rust in them, and started looking a little deeper. They found the new fuel was nicely cleaning the rust from the gas tank which, and testing how well the carbs dealt with chunks of rust. So Wes pulled the tank and sent it in to be cleaned and lined. The gas tank should be back in it, the carbs are reinstalled, and the LOF is done.
Here is the link to RennsportKC's blog: http://rennsportkc.com/blog/ No affiliation, just a satisfied customer.
She will also need some new king pins soon, but I blew my wad on the 356 for now.
A few other things on the to do list.
The oil temperature gauge is inop. Having serious problems taking the easy road, I ordered the 904 gauge from North Hollywood Speedometer. The original gauge has fuel and oil temp, the new gauge will add oil pressure also. I picked up a cool dip stick which dip stick which has a thermometer on it, so I can monitor the oil temp until the new gauge comes in.
The passenger seat is broken. The recline function does not work correctly. It randomly fully reclines and goes all the way forward. We pulled the seat apart, and found the bolts which hold the seat back to the frame are missing. From what I have heard restoring the seats is very expensive, so it looks like speedster or GT seats are in order.
More later,
--Joe
BTW, please don't post anything about how great the Fister exhaust sounds--I am losing the power to resist.
After asking on the 993 board for a good shop in the Kansas City area, I took the car to RennsportKC. Wes and Karl are great to work with. Started things out with a LOF; then they took a look at the carburetors. They found some rust in them, and started looking a little deeper. They found the new fuel was nicely cleaning the rust from the gas tank which, and testing how well the carbs dealt with chunks of rust. So Wes pulled the tank and sent it in to be cleaned and lined. The gas tank should be back in it, the carbs are reinstalled, and the LOF is done.
Here is the link to RennsportKC's blog: http://rennsportkc.com/blog/ No affiliation, just a satisfied customer.
She will also need some new king pins soon, but I blew my wad on the 356 for now.
A few other things on the to do list.
The oil temperature gauge is inop. Having serious problems taking the easy road, I ordered the 904 gauge from North Hollywood Speedometer. The original gauge has fuel and oil temp, the new gauge will add oil pressure also. I picked up a cool dip stick which dip stick which has a thermometer on it, so I can monitor the oil temp until the new gauge comes in.
The passenger seat is broken. The recline function does not work correctly. It randomly fully reclines and goes all the way forward. We pulled the seat apart, and found the bolts which hold the seat back to the frame are missing. From what I have heard restoring the seats is very expensive, so it looks like speedster or GT seats are in order.
More later,
--Joe
BTW, please don't post anything about how great the Fister exhaust sounds--I am losing the power to resist.
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04-29-2012, 01:24 AM
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Beautiful adventure with that wonderful 356. Regarding the Fister exhaust (auspoof?). Just had my Stage lls installed by Darin yesterday in Brentwood. They sounded nice but on the way back to SF I punched it and dammmmm it was like Laguna Seca. I can tell my mileage is gonna go to hell what with the need to punch! Thank you, Darin!
