It has been groundhog day here for too long but finally one of the long term projects is finally coming to an end! The Ivory White RSR replica has been engineered and safety inspected – ready to be registered and let loose on the the road! It was pretty amazing to see the protective tapes pulled off the windows and see the paint work glisten. The car is not even slightly recognisable from its previous life as a 993 bodied turbo track hack…
The engine sounded fantastic as it was loaded up on the dyno. After careful tuning, I had some great video footage of it making a bit over 380hp each run. I only just realised that I hadn’t actually downloaded the footage from the camera before formatting the memory card! Unbelievable! (Or maybe not in my case…) I will actually get a decent video together one day. Really!
After tuning the engine, we decided to make a new Tefzel wiring loom for the Motec engine management so the wiring was as hidden as possible. A deadheaded fuel system also keeps the engine bay clutter free by putting the regulator up the front of the car with the beautiful Fuel Safe fuel cell.
A few people have commented about the little filters we have used on top of the Jenvey throttle bodies. The normal stainless mesh is only good for keeping out rocks and small birds, so we added two layers of filter foam which is all retained by a hidden clip for easy maintenance. Which is lucky considering the average lawn mower would have more filter area. It is a necessary case of ‘form before function’…
The 993 Turbo calipers just squeeze under the 15 inch billet wheels by using a custom hat on the front and an appropriate sized rotor. The front strut lengths and geometry was all changed to suit the smaller TB15 tyre diameter, and I hid the brake cooling hose inlet behind the standard horn grille to maintain the understated look…
An understated look doesn’t really describe the seats though… Or the knobs for the gear stick or hydraulic handbrake… And it is strange seeing normal seat belts in a car that will be flung around on track days but the race harnesses will be clipped in later.
The old 911 has been corner weighted and wheel aligned ready for its first drive if only it would stop raining…
There aren’t too many little jobs left now but it is amazing how long those last few jobs take!