hugh Posted 29November, 2021 Report Share Posted 29November, 2021 Nice work on the Stuttfest decals @Skidmarks looking fast! TwoHeadsTas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 Unfortunately wasn’t that fast in qualifying. Gearbox issue. Thought that would be the end of the show. We had a spare box but as I’m here with my mate a Terry and my son, little chance of doing anything but look at it Then the true spirit of motorsport comes out. Across the way in the GT paddock are a grouProf guys taking car of a GT3R. Terry knows the team mechanic. He used to be his apprentice back at the Porsche many years back We ask him to come over and have a look at the linkages as we think the shifting problem could be there. He does but says he thinks the problem is inside. Calls his old boss from back in the day and he also agrees. So he jumps under the car, pulls off a plate at the bottom and immediately sees the issue - and bits of metal By this time it’s 530 pm and they should all be off having beers and telling their driver what a legend he is Instead, he says “you’ve got a spare gearbox. Go and get it. My personal best in one hour to change one”. He then grabs his 3 mechanics and it’s on. These blokes are the best. Under a car that’s not theirs for a guys they don’t know, covering themselves in gearbox oil and other shit literally dragging the engine and gearbox out from under the car once we’d dropped it out, swapping over all three ancillary stuff and then putting it back in By the time it was all back in, night had fallen and everyone had gone. I took it for a run around the paddock and it worked To say I’m grateful is an understatement. In thanking them each of them just said they were happy to help get the car going. “You came here to race” said the young apprentice” Thanks to Steve and his boys, I can Oh, it took 2.5 hours. The personal best was using a hoist .... and he had to fabricate a bracket this time! Grateful does not even begin to express how I feel about what they did With any luck the rest of the week will do their effort justice. Here are pics showing something that you’d normally see from some race paddock in the 70’s! Scott930, Yeatesy, tk111 and 25 others 27 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter John Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 What legends! Good karma coming their way. Skidmarks, 3legs and TwoHeadsTas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 Man that's going above (below) and beyond! 👏👏👏 3legs, TwoHeadsTas, crsedge and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 And here are the brothers Pembo, 9fan, TwoHeadsTas and 16 others 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James P Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 Legends, true sprit of Porsche racing as it was back in the day TwoHeadsTas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeatesy Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 What absolute legends! TwoHeadsTas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepo Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 Great story and outcome @Skidmarks, hoping the rest of your racing week is trouble free. TwoHeadsTas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted 30November, 2021 Report Share Posted 30November, 2021 All good. We used the trophy race to make sure it all worked OK. Had a bit of vapour lock so missed the last few laps but that’s sorted so now we’re chasing the chocolates. The other cars are so much faster so I have the track to myself. Does not get better than that!! 9fan, Dalai, LeeM and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 1December, 2021 Report Share Posted 1December, 2021 pZero rossos , yellow konis, battery, on Kalahari 944t And now seats out for new factory half leather and steering rack out for rebuild. spent most of back Friday on the mycar site trying to get 50% off pirellis for the 996 and boxsta.. debacle tomo and tk111 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eden Posted 2December, 2021 Report Share Posted 2December, 2021 I got one of the Rennline phone mounts, good product, fits perfectly, but my phone isn't magnetic and the steel plate interferes with wireless charging so I fabbed up this out of some spare material I had in the shed. I was going to use aluminium, but I think the copper goes better with the savannah beige. It's raw at the moment, but might finish it with something so it holds the colour after I give it a polish. tomo and Carrera28 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Kay Posted 3December, 2021 Report Share Posted 3December, 2021 Purists look away now - You've been warned!! Step 1: Grab some mesh from SuperCheap, remove bumper and mould accordingly Step 2: While you're there, run the cables for the camera so you can spin out while driving and know how far you are when parking Lip with three stage sanding and final being scotch pad. Glad I didn't plastidip it as the last run saw it scraped some more. Either way - a great improvement on previously!! Step 3: Install dual camera head unit. While you're there replace the blown out door speakers and install missing rear speakers The final piece of the puzzle was completed today being the alcantara trim pieces DM911, tomk86, tomo and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepo Posted 3December, 2021 Report Share Posted 3December, 2021 You've been a busy boy, now get out and drive that beast! TwoHeadsTas, tomo, DM911 and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Kay Posted 3December, 2021 Report Share Posted 3December, 2021 2 hours ago, Stepo said: You've been a busy boy, now get out and drive that beast! Too much stuff to do around the house See you on the 19th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepo Posted 3December, 2021 Report Share Posted 3December, 2021 4 hours ago, P-Kay said: Too much stuff to do around the house See you on the 19th? Touche…… it’s close to the crazy period but hope to be there P-Kay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk111 Posted 5December, 2021 Report Share Posted 5December, 2021 Finally got my car back on the road!! After a year long project that had heaps of scope creep and plenty of life happenings slowing progress.. I started with a refresh of bushings and bearings concept in mind.. Ended up doing a KW Coilover conversion, Elephant Racing mono ball rear bushings, polybronze front bushings, 935 Spring Plates, Tarret adjustable drop links, Elephant Racing Finned Oil Lines, New engine oil lines, replace all the bearings in the steering rack, replace wheel bearings, led indicator and brake light retrofit… and lots of powder coating, ceramic coating, cleaning and painting and zinc plating of parts.. Now hopefully it doesn’t pour down for the Track Day on Tuesday 🤞 Carrera28, P-Kay, Yeatesy and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 5December, 2021 Report Share Posted 5December, 2021 Looking good 👍 tk111 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
targa george Posted 5December, 2021 Report Share Posted 5December, 2021 12 hours ago, tk111 said: Finally got my car back on the road!! After a year long project that had heaps of scope creep and plenty of life happenings slowing progress..🤞 Great to see your car back on the road Tez! tk111 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk111 Posted 6December, 2021 Report Share Posted 6December, 2021 1 hour ago, targa george said: Great to see your car back on the road Tez! Yes sir, it's been tooo long.. I am 50/50 on doing a track day tomorrow due to reasonable chance of rain.. now that the thing is so clean underneath I am scared of the rain ... 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrera28 Posted 6December, 2021 Report Share Posted 6December, 2021 1 hour ago, tk111 said: Yes sir, it's been tooo long.. I am 50/50 on doing a track day tomorrow due to reasonable chance of rain.. now that the thing is so clean underneath I am scared of the rain ... 😬 Do it!! You have a hoist, you can put it on the hoist and easily clean the undercarriage afterwards. Time to check the performance of the new suspension elements!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Kay Posted 6December, 2021 Report Share Posted 6December, 2021 15 hours ago, tk111 said: replace all the bearings in the steering rack Curious on your take on the condition of the original bearings - was it 'really' needed to replace them? This is soon on the horizon for me and wondering whether a clean and repack would suffice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk111 Posted 6December, 2021 Report Share Posted 6December, 2021 32 minutes ago, Carrera28 said: Do it!! You have a hoist, you can put it on the hoist and easily clean the undercarriage afterwards. Time to check the performance of the new suspension elements!! True.... I hope to see you there fanging around!! 24 minutes ago, P-Kay said: Curious on your take on the condition of the original bearings - was it 'really' needed to replace them? This is soon on the horizon for me and wondering whether a clean and repack would suffice? To be honest the steering rack bearings weren't urgent or overly necessary, what was beneficial was skimming the 'puc' it had a small groove in it that was machined out. But it turns out those bearings are super cheap to buy, less than $20!!, so since you're in there you may as well. Carrera28 and P-Kay 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk111 Posted 7December, 2021 Report Share Posted 7December, 2021 Went to the track…. Then broke the gearbox… and trailered home … 😎 LeeM, Carrera28 and tomo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 7December, 2021 Report Share Posted 7December, 2021 Bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk111 Posted 7December, 2021 Report Share Posted 7December, 2021 10 minutes ago, LeeM said: Bugger It’s all good, I have known it was dodgy for a while.. now I can sort it properly.. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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