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Posted by: Britain Smith Feb 14 2005, 01:47 PM

Well, I am on a deadline now with the first kid showing up this summer but I am finally starting to make some progress. I got all my parts back from the powdercoaters and the platers (gold zinc) as well as a set of Mueller's rollerbearings and I started the transmission assembly. Check out the pics:

915 Transmission Rebuild (Thanks Hayden @ WEVO). I am also getting a one piece bearing retainer, WEVO gate-shift, and 1st gear assymetrical update:


Here are all the gold zinc plated parts:


I have been waiting for a good day to take some pictures of the powdercoated parts in the sun, but it has been overcast. The color is called steel grey metallic and has a clear coat on it:









I also installed a set of Mueller's rollerbearings. Only need a little phone support from Mike (Thanks Mike )





Here are the rear control arms with the bearings installed (don't tell the wife I had them in the oven). I also installed the mono-balls from Smart Racing and starting putting the e-brake assembly back together:




How is this for the ultimate pedal assembly? Bronze bushings, powdercoated, and zinc plated. Looks awesome:




Here is the money shot, I think the color looks awesome:


Next steps:
1. Install the suspension.
2. Plumb up the brakes.
3. Finish the turbo piping
4. Get it together!!

-Britain

Posted by: Jeroen Feb 14 2005, 02:01 PM

looks awesome!!!


does the fan still fit inside the housing after both are powder coated?

Posted by: Lou W Feb 14 2005, 02:21 PM

Looks Great

Posted by: Brad Roberts Feb 14 2005, 02:26 PM

912 porn. Good stuff.

Looks great.


B

Posted by: Randal Feb 14 2005, 02:29 PM

Only one word comes to mind: Art.

Posted by: Eric Taylor Feb 14 2005, 04:18 PM

Dam britian, that is the shit!. One pretty tail dragger for sure!. So are those rear drum breaks? I thought the 912 was 4 wheel disc?
Eir

Posted by: Jeroen Feb 14 2005, 04:50 PM

the drum brakes are for the hand/emergency brake only
they are located inside the rear brake disk

Posted by: Root_Werks Feb 14 2005, 05:07 PM

Posted by: Britain Smith Feb 14 2005, 05:09 PM

QUOTE (Jeroen @ Feb 14 2005, 01:01 PM)

looks awesome!!! does the fan still fit inside the housing after both are powder coated?

I shaved the powdercoating from the tips of the fan blades to clear the housing.

-Britain

Posted by: Britain Smith Feb 14 2005, 05:10 PM

QUOTE (Eric Taylor @ Feb 14 2005, 03:18 PM)

Dam britian, that is the shit!. One pretty tail dragger for sure!. So are those rear drum breaks? I thought the 912 was 4 wheel disc? Eir

Yep, those are the e-brakes. I couldn't find any diagrams anywhere that clearly showed how to put these back together...it was fun to say the least.

-Britain

Posted by: Britain Smith Feb 14 2005, 05:10 PM

QUOTE (Brad Roberts @ Feb 14 2005, 01:26 PM)

912 porn. Good stuff. Looks great. B

Wanna come over and touch it? I could sure use some help.

-Britain

Posted by: SirAndy Feb 14 2005, 05:15 PM

QUOTE (Britain Smith @ Feb 14 2005, 11:47 AM)

Here are all the gold zinc plated parts

you're nuts!

in a good way, but still, nuts ...
Andy

Posted by: Britain Smith Feb 14 2005, 05:26 PM

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Feb 14 2005, 04:15 PM)

QUOTE (Britain Smith @ Feb 14 2005, 11:47 AM) Here are all the gold zinc plated parts you're nuts! in a good way, but still, nuts ... Andy

I think the same could be said about you...or all of us in the grand scheme of things!

Posted by: MecGen Feb 14 2005, 06:26 PM

What can I say to a guy that built that car....
Amazing
I love the nuts bolts and hardware plating, built a G60 like that. Can't wait to hear whats up with the trans
Thanx for the porn
WBR
Joe

Posted by: ChrisReale Feb 14 2005, 07:26 PM

Damn looks great.

Posted by: redshift Feb 14 2005, 07:32 PM

You can't do that. You just can't! You are a nut!


M

Posted by: jd74914 Feb 14 2005, 07:35 PM

Nice stuff. I really like the zinc plated stuff

Posted by: trekkor Feb 14 2005, 08:36 PM

Really good...

KT

Posted by: Gint Feb 14 2005, 09:35 PM

That looks pretty nice Britain.

Posted by: MattR Feb 14 2005, 09:56 PM

So, THATS what a 912 is supposed to look like. VERY NICE!!!!!

Posted by: mike_the_man Feb 15 2005, 02:06 PM

Do you remember where all those pretty plated nuts and bolts go? Just make sure you don't have too many left over parts!

It looks fantastic! I can't wait to see it done.

Posted by: Britain Smith Feb 15 2005, 06:26 PM

FYI, for those of you who think that my color choice was not the best...you can go yourself. No, just kidding.

It is very hard to tell the colors in the pictures that I took because everything is so washed out. The powdercoating is much darker than it looks in these pics and it has a metallic flake in it which doesn't come out in the pics very well. Also, the interior of the car is a darker shade of red. I will take some pictures of the car outside for all to see later.

-Britain

Posted by: nebreitling Feb 15 2005, 06:50 PM

yeah -- what britain said. the pictures make the car look pink (you go, girl!), but it's really a nice deep red.

it's one sexy bitch you got there, britain. LOVE the hardware.

Posted by: Gint Feb 15 2005, 11:03 PM

It's the same color I did the suspension for http://members.rennlist.com/gman/porsche/74_2.0/ in.

Posted by: SirAndy Feb 15 2005, 11:09 PM

QUOTE (Britain Smith @ Feb 15 2005, 04:26 PM)

The powdercoating is much darker than it looks in these pics and it has a metallic flake in it which doesn't come out in the pics very well.

yellow is faster !

Andy




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Posted by: neo914-6 Feb 16 2005, 12:02 PM

Britain,
You must have some great photo documentation or have a photogenic memory to reassemble all those parts!