What Did You Do to Your 911 Today?

[Mr9146]

Good man! And you didn't even mention this sexy calipers.

Seriously! Dude bends my ear looking for 930 install tips and then drops coin on some Zuffenhaus awesomeness. You know, Chris, I'll never get that time back...

Car looks great. Cooler install is super sano.

[kentf14]

Getting the boy in the back seat has been an evolving process. I started off with a full infant style car seat held in by a retractable PE Parts shoulder belt. That setup didn't hold the seat well enough, so I swapped out for a tether anchor and a non-retractable lap belt. The key to getting the seat to sit far enough into the seat well was to remove the folding setback from the car.
When he outgrew the full car seat, I put in a Cosco booster and reinstalled the folding seat back. I'm using the PE Parts lap belt with a vintageseatbelts.com Repa harness anchored to the old rear eye bolt. This setup holds him in securely and is easy to remove when not in use. The "Repa" is fairly adjustable and fits well. I also added a chest strap to keep the shoulder belts together in the event of an incident.

The only downside has been that I had to pop a hole in my pristine firewall and deck upholstery. Small price to pay for how much he enjoys riding with me.

Kent,
Wonderful pics. What's your car seat arrangement? I want to get my oldest (3 yo) out in the 911 but haven't cracked the seating arrangement.

-Bryce

[beh911]

The only downside has been that I had to pop a hole in my pristine firewall and deck upholstery. Small price to pay for how much he enjoys riding with me.

Yes, that is the rub for me as well. I can't bring myself to do it on this car's all original interior. The longer I wait, the bigger the kids get, and of course missed opportunites....

Thanks for the write up. Love the Repas on the little one!

[jesseandersson]

Fitted the Porsche emblem

[ajwans]

Some cowboy with a stick welder had previously attempted to repair this original Leistritz:



Marked out the area I wanted to cut:



Squarish hole, just nicked the inner tube there, it won't matter:



Test fit patch piece:



Tack welded in by my friend with his MIG:



Still needs a little massage to get it to the right spot.

andy

[mfitton]

Installed my recently purchased sport seat. Seat was rebuilt about 4 yrs. ago and is covered in leather, has been broken in nicely.

[Rich Lambert]

Cleaned up my 4.5" steelies in preparation for getting the new 165's mounted next Wednesday, shot the steel lug nuts with a little satin black, and changed out the 195 on a Fuchs spare for an old 165 XZX on a chrome steelie (I'm going to pack a can of Fix-A-Flat just in case).

[Mr9146]

When I first built my 2.5L 911S motor I did so using a substantial amount of "found" parts from around the shop ... we call this kind of motor a "Bitsa" (bits-a-this, bits-a-that) or a "4-Corner motor" (comes from 4-corners of the shop). Anyway, I needed a dozen plug wires so I scrounged through every nook and cranny and collected a heap of used plug wire sets that I scavenged for plug connectors. I then bought a roll of bulk ignition wire and made myself a set of twin-plug wires.

Prior to making the wire set I check the resistance of the connectors to make sure they were in spec, and after going through about 30 used connectors I finally found a full set of 12 that fit the bill ... that was 2 years ago.

Recently the car developed a "miss" at high RPM and under significant load. It would run fine at part/light throttle, but if I dipped in to make a pass or accelerate onto an on-ramp the car just wouldn't GO like it should. The only thing that has changed on my engine since I built it is the distributor - I went from a Marelli 121B with points to a Marelli 121B with Pertronix - and my research on that end showed the Pertronix to be working perfectly.

Well, yesterday I carved out some time to work on my car and I decided to check the plug connectors/wires. Wouldn't ya know it, cylinder #1 upper and lower plug connector were dead. No continuity and no resistance ... the damned things were totally croaked. The other 10 connectors were soft but still within spec, but I figured since I had a dozen new ones I might as well change them all out. After replacing all 12 plug connectors the car is back to its old self and pulls strong to 7300RPM redline.

The next step is to remove the 911R exhaust and install a stock muffler to satisfy the Fix-It requirements of the California Highway Patrol. What a lame ticket...

[Jens]

Cool account on the wires Marco, thanks, but sucks to be made to comply on the sound issue... didn't you show him the sticker or t-shirt? "Loud Pipes Save Lives"!?

I kind of feel we're out on the frontier where we are. I was interrogated by the State Police, the county Sheriff, and even Stowe's finest about the multiple rear facing lights on my car (no ticket), and got a pass on the pipes.

"Move to Vermont, do what you want!"

What did I do to my car? Bought rear tires in the dwindling market of 16" tire choices. I'll have to start running race rubber soon, in the rain.

[John Straub]

Started to take the engine out of the '65...



John