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Thread: MY 1970 911E Restoration Project

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    Hi Tim

    I never really got the rear bumpers/license plate panel to align to my liking. I went round and round and spent way too much time on it. I did all I could to shim, bend the mount brackets etc. In the end, the car will go back to Auto Associates to have the antennae and fuel door mechanisms installed as I do not want to dismount the door. I will have them realign and touch up the rear as well.
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    I completed my DIY four wheel alignment and ride height adjustment. I will call this preliminary so the car will be safe to drive when the roads finally clear here in CT. I used my trusty old Ray Scruggs process that has served me well for past alignments. I used jack stands, some yellow thread from the sewing kit and my right angle camber "gauge". I followed the factory process for checking caster with +/- 20 deg steering angle camber measurements. I also used some bungees as a DIY steering lock while adjusting the tie rods for front toe.

    I has initially set the spring plate angles at 34.5 deg. I ended up with a starting ride heights (measured at the fender lip) of 25.8" front and 26" rear. Although this may be close to the factory ride height of the day, I wanted something a little lower. Realizing I would get some settling as the suspension settles, I set my targets at 25" front and 24.5" rear and about 1 deg of rake measured on the door sill. I had to re-index my front torsion bar levers to lower the front and went through the re-indexing of the rear torsion bars and spring plates to get close to my targets. My final results were 25.1" front and 24.8" rear with 0.5 deg of rake.

    Following the process described by Scruggs, I was able to set the front up to 1 deg of negative camber, 5.5 deg of caster and 0.13 " of toe-in with the rear at 0.7 deg of negative camber and 0.0" of toe.

    I think the car looks better at this attitude and I can't wait to drive it.
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    Looks great!
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    Really does Tom, nice work.
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    Well, the weather and the roads finally cleared up enough last weekend for me to get the car out for some shake down drives. The car seems to drive really well. The engine pulls smoothly through the rev range in all gears with no backfires or hesitation. The idle is a little high at 1500 RPM. I expect that to be a simple adjustment. The turn signal cancel does not work but I hope that will respond to a little cleaning and lubrication. Other than that the car seems just great. I am very happy with it.
    Tom Butler
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    For anyone who might be interested, I posted the details of the engine build on the Pelican Engine Building site.

    http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-e...d-project.html
    Tom Butler
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    Another update. Since my last posting, the car went back to Auto Associates for 4 wheel alignment, ride ht and corner balance, final MFI tuning, installation of the antennae, fuel door, rocker deco and some adjustments to the rear bumper/license plate panel. I have put almost 700 miles on the car and I am very happy with the results. It drives and looks like it just rolled out of the factory. A couple of surprises included the failure of the rebuilt CDI box after less that 600 miles and a sticky starter solenoid that required replacement of the rebuilt Bosch starter. I am starting to think about my next project, possibly a 914-6 GT hot rod.
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    Looks great Tom. Look forward to seeing some glamour shots out on a country road somewhere
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    Love Bahia Red nice job with the resto
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    Love seeing threads, like this . . .

    . . . always inspiring to see someone carry a project through --- especially from where you started!


    Thank you for taking us along!




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