Bringing out the dead Options

[Jeff Hail]

Filling up yesterday. Very cool pump display. 911 Turbo!

[pcar916]

... especially the part about filling up the gas tank in the rear of the 911! Like that's gonna happen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

Things that spin!!

Most people don't think about this or even know about it. 1st and 2nd order vibrations. When things that spin go round and round they generate vibrations. Crankshafts, cams..etc. What you don't want in something that spins is an orbit or spinning off center due to imbalance by whatever cause. This creates a whole mess that I understand mentally but would rather not deal with. So I leave this to the professionals.. The guys who balance stuff that spins.

This is where the drag racing guys come into play. As they say if it spins balance it! We all understand that balancing is not just cool but critical.

Flywheel machined and brand spanking new Sachs Aluminum Power Clutch. Lets see how good the Sachs quality control is from a dynamic standpoint? Surprisingly it was lackluster.

Enter Dave Kemblowski aka "The Balance Shop"

Flywheel, ring gear and pressure plate balanced as a rotating assembly. I was surprised at how much material was removed to properly balance the new Sachs pressure plate. For the whopping sum of $45 Dave balanced the entire indexed assembly to exceed Porsche specification which normally is just the flywheel.

Check out the bore's that were drilled. Thats a lot of material. Small price to pay. Some may recall that Porsche had an issue with flywheel bolts loosening. This was rectified later with revisions and adding 3 more bolts to the flywheel. Like I said small price to pay.

[jt914-6]

Filling up yesterday. Very cool pump display. 911 Turbo!

Ron......that's a '72 911 and they are putting gas in the oil tank......that's why it was changed and only that way in '72 only..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

Damn Red Heads again. This one showed up at 3:00am and didn't leave for two days. Made all sorts of racket. They have an odd Narcissistic sense of entitlement. Go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Enough.......

[Jeff Hail]

Made some room in the shop. Enough to fend off garage fever.

Cut off the old left outer console.

[Jeff Hail]

Measure everything nine times. Remeasured again and triangulated again from every control point. Used Chris's supplied templates which so far are dead nuts.
Its cutt'n time.

[euro911]

I never get rid of anything it seems ...

Seems like you got rid of the RED HEAD (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) ... hair color doesn't necessarily make the situation any better, or worse - women are women. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)


Don't know how I missed this before. Excellent thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

Product Placement (of the Foley kind)

Left pickup test fit...

Funny thought.. the rear suspension hardware was one of the first box's packed away when I tore down the car. Smartly labeled took me just a minute to find those 3 console bolts.

[Jeff Hail]

Cut out the right long and test fit the right pickup.

Dimensionally width wise its less than 1mm and height side to side is dead nuts.
Took some measurements in process and need to move the pickups forward 5mm to correct the wheelbase length to spec.

(Another plug for Mr. Foley and his precision. I call it Lana but he deserves the mention - Thanks Chris!!!!!!!!)

[Jeff Hail]

Moving the pickups 5mm forward to match factory wheelbase base will also separate the pickups by the desired 1/2 inch (1/4 inch per side). This will result in a total 1/2 inch wider track over stock. (think ahead?? wheel spacers maybe/ maybe not with 9 inch rear wheels). Worry about that when I get there. Also with a 3.2 six a little bit to spare is a plus.

[Jeff Hail]

Foley Pickups squared and tacked in.

So.... I need to build a Dummy Shock. How about a Multi-Tool instead???

Combo Wheel Bearing Puller -Dummy Shock ( 2 Inch Adjustable)

[Jeff Hail]

Went to trial fit the control arm... and snapped the zerk fitting.. Stuff happens..oh well.

Need to trim a bit off the long anyway to clear the pivot axis of the arm as it sits 2 inches higher now.

[Hontec]

Amazing work!! I love this thread! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

Trimmed the longs enough to mount the arms. Wheelbase is dead nuts. Total increase in track width is 24mm (12mm each side).

Checked camber without any shims. Left rear is 1-3/8 degree. Right rear is 1-1/2 degree.

Wiggle room. I'd rather have more camber without shims than less so I will tweak the left rear inner pickup downward prior to final burn in.

I will need to pull the hubs into the bearings next. To check the toe I would like to mount wheels so I can measure bead to bead.

[Mike Bellis]

Maybe I missed something. Why are you moving the trailing arms out? Great work by the way.

[Eric_Shea]

Mr. Hailpern, Hale-Bopp will be back before this thing is done! Worse yet... "my" car might be done before this one!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Hurry up damn it and... don't blame it on the redhead! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif)

(keep up the good work chief... always an intriguing thread) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

Love you too Eric!!

[Jeff Hail]

Pulled the frozen 911 hubs into the bearings. But first applied thread lock and torqued the bearing retainers. Everything that gets torqued to spec gets marked. No hindsight and oh Shi# did I do that crap? Cant forget the 5mm spacer.

[Jeff Hail]

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