What Did You Do to Your 911 Today?

[PMNorris]

Finished rebuilding a new engine wiring loom. After putting a 3.0SC engine into my 70T. The engine is now running PMO's with an MSD ignition and an updated alternator with onboard voltage convertor. Lots of superfluous wiring junk to remove. The engine was originally a sportomatic, so there were some extra gearbox nasties on the loom too. Lots of fun with shrink wrap and a weight saving of around 300g.

The old mess


My handiwork


I also installed a twin plug relay board from Kroon to house the bigger MSD box.


I still need to do a final bit of tidying up, but after all this it started first time, so i took it for a blast along the Swiss mountain roads in the sunshine.

[Jack]

I picked Trudi up from the coachbuilder. She has her new bumper now (2 holes instead of 4)! And also new painting on the felder. With the polish she's looking pretty gorgeous...
Her little sister is jealous!

[Curt Hammill]

I picked Trudi up from the coachbuilder. She has her new bumper now (2 holes instead of 4)! And also new painting on the felder. With the polish she's looking pretty gorgeous...
Her little sister is jealous!

Trudi is looking outstanding, hope we see some video's of you and Trudi out enjoying some Alpine roads...

[Gburner]

Overall, though, it was a GREAT weekend at a completely new racetrack, and I wound up getting my Cup License despite having to nurse a broken car through an entire weekend.

Yes congrats Marco, way to show a little mechanical sympathy too.
Will it be at SPD?
Maybe you can race a Boxster next year?

[Mr9146]

Congrats Marco..........

Never been there. Would like to know more about the track: Length, pace, rhythm, run off, straights, elevation changes, challenges.... did you like it?

cm

Well, I don't know how long the track was this weekend, but typical lap times for the Racer's Clinic were in the 2:30 range I think. There is a lot of technical stuff - S turns, a high speed off camber sweeper at the end of the straight away (like T2 at Willow but off camber), a couple of high speed straights followed by a 2nd gear corner, a down-hill off camber button hook - lots of shifting and lots of pedal to the metal. Run off room is dangerous and UGLY ... tons of rocks (and boulders) are sure to do damage to the bottom of ANY car, and the pucker bushes and ruts promise roll-overs. The track is pretty narrow compared to SoCal tracks, and passing can be difficult.

Here are a couple of photos from the event ... one is a side shot of the car and the other is of the start of the Racer's Clinic race. I started on the pole and got a mean hole shot; someone said I had 6 car lengths on the field by the exit of T1. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it last ... a guy in a GT3 RS and a 996TT were able to chase me down, and then they motored by on the straights as I didn't have top gear. I will say, though, they couldn't get by me in the corners.

Photo credit goes to Gabriel Alan Photography.

[Jack]

Trudi is looking outstanding, hope we see some video's of you and Trudi out enjoying some Alpine roads...

Thank you for her!

I will see what I could manage for the video.

I have the sound already. Maybe you could hear if I send this Itunes' file? But I need your email, I can't add the I'Tunes' file.

I have a nice alpine picture for instant

[Curt Hammill]

Thank you for her!

I will see what I could manage for the video.

I have the sound already. Maybe you could hear if I send this Itunes' file? But I need your email, I can't add the I'Tunes' file.

I have a nice alpine picture for instant

Nice photo, Love to hear Trudi echoing thru the Alpes like in Zermatt. Curthammill@aol.com

[brembo]

Changed the livery on the car from this-

to this-








Regards,
Dougie.

[Jack]

Changed the livery on the car from this-

to this-








Regards,
Dougie.

Very good choice!

[Mr9146]

Well, on Wednesday after work we took the motor and trans out of the race car to see what broke inside the gearbox.

My dad speculated on Saturday - after I relayed the problems I was having - that the main shaft nut backed off. There was no way to fix something like that at the track so I just kept running. When I drained the oil on Wednesday night it sounded like I was playing pachinko. There was a bunch of ferrous material on the magnet - as expected - and there were also a few chips of gear teeth and some bearing rollers. We also found the tang to the main shaft lock plate on the magnet.

So the theory was correct - the lock plate failed and the main shaft nut backed off. The main shaft bearing then took a pounding from the gear sets and disintegrated. The gear sets kept banging around in there throughout the weekend, and ...