A lot has happened since the last update! I have been really slack in updating this website because I just haven’t been taking any quality photos… And I am just really slack. Bad and outdated photos will have to do.
The wiring on the white car has been completed with a full lightweight Tefzel loom connecting everything to the Motec M800 and Motec PDM power management. I have been installing a fair few of the PDMs in other air cooled 911s lately too – they really are a worthwhile addition! Aside from replacing all the fuses and relays in the car, there are many advantages such as CAN communication with engine management and switches, being able to prioritise circuits and choose what happens in a failure, control intermittent wipers and simple wiring of indicators and hazard lights. Even just being able to do simple things like deactivating the push button starter switch while the engine is running, or for that matter, being able to program the starter button to disable all unnecessary circuits like wipers and fans to take the load off the battery during cranking and have the engine crank until the engine fires up like a late model car is pretty cool and simple to do. I will go into the wiring details in another blog post one day…
We have squeezed 993 calipers on all four corners with two piece rotors up front by using billet 15 inch wheels to mount the TB15 tyres. The observant looking at the photos would possibly notice a hydraulic handbrake which I personally think is essential for clowning around in any 911 with too much rear grip. The RSR style from suspension was plated and retained so the only real changes were in the geometry, settings and spring rates. The MCA front struts are adjustable for length and spindle height so it makes my job that much easier!
So much effort went into the restoring the shell so I am trying to mount everything like the adjustable seat frames to standard mounting holes where possible. The day is coming very soon when I will have to finally mount the fabricated foot plates and drill some holes for nutserts in the floor. There was some good advice about that I think – something like measure once and drill twice? I can’t remember…
Now the car is back from the trimmer now I need to get the mounted in the engine bay again so I can fabricate the exhaust and then tune the 3.8L engine on my dyno. I drew up some GT3 style but cookie cutter inspired tips for inspiration but it really isn’t that easy to get fit a high flow, centre outlet muffler that is quiet enough in the limited space in a backdated car! Life would be so much easier if I just bought everything out if a catalogue and bolted it on, but then it would be just like the rest of the cars out there…