Mongrel Street Racer

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:07 pm

Oh well…at least these are on their way; certainly something to look forward to

…….

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:09 pm

They are very cool !

left4dead · Post by **left4dead** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:18 am

Chin up, Darren; keep focused on the bigger picture...

Btw, whose car are those lovely seats fitted to? Very cool.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:59 am

Darren65 wrote:
Finally a visit to Bournemouth to drop off parts and see my 2.4E…..which to the untrained eye looks remarkably similar to how it did 9 weeks ago!

Of course, Alan will have it finished well before July won't he ?

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:44 am

hot66 wrote:
Darren65 wrote:
Finally a visit to Bournemouth to drop off parts and see my 2.4E…..which to the untrained eye looks remarkably similar to how it did 9 weeks ago!
Of course, Alan will have it finished well before July won't he ?

Ye of such little faith!

To be fair Canford Classics were doing their best to squeeze me in and no promises have been broken, they're just so busy with customer work.

This weekend was always going to be tight but I have every faith in Mr Drayson and expect to be collecting the E very soon!

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:56 am

left4dead wrote:Chin up, Darren; keep focused on the bigger picture...

Btw, whose car are those lovely seats fitted to? Very cool.

Cheers Steve, I often think I'm a little 'too' focused!.....the guilt factor of having so much on the go is killing me!

Biggest concern is running out of fun funds and having to sell the 993 to fund the project but we'll see.

Not sure whos car that is, Michael Eberhardt at Vintage Seats (really helpful guy) sent the photo to me, it belongs to one of his customers.

Next dilema - the initial plan was to keep the shell pretty much stock so it could be turned back into a T in the future if so desired however I now want to fit custom harness brackets on the rear shelf and I'm looking at all those welded trim fixings and thinking do I really need all those with a stripped out interior......I reckon I'll get rid of the lot?

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:07 am

It will all be worth it in the end Darren. Out with the angle grinder.

Might as well take all them heater tubes out while your at it. In for a penny, etc etc.

Dave

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:11 am

Custom Race Headers (no heat)

Have you driven a car with no heat? Think carefully before you go down that rout for a road car.

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:30 am

I'll have another option for cold days!

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:22 pm

Darren65 wrote:I'll have another option for cold days!

http://www.asos.com/OnePiece/OnePiece-S ... srch=1&r=2

Nick Moss · Post by **Nick Moss** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:28 pm

^^^^^^ Sexy!

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:46 pm

I drove my road/hillclimb 73T with no heater for about 12 years (headers knackered).
It is perishing at times, and hard to de-mist with just a (very cold) air blower.

Car now has heat and it is so much better.

I certainly would never delete the tubes in the sills.

Oh, and despite whatever you wear, there is nothing sexy about a freezing 911.

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:49 pm

Barry wrote:
Darren65 wrote:I'll have another option for cold days!
http://www.asos.com/OnePiece/OnePiece-S ... srch=1&r=2

Don't laugh but I do have one…….they're all the rage!

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:23 pm

So, this week I've learnt all about offset!

Change to spec! - It transpires that my desired look of an ST appearance on a narrow body just can't be done!

My preference was due to pure vanity and wanting to be different - I liked the idea of having rear Minilites purely for looks however I wanted a nod towards period correctness and a performance/enhancement gain by having an RS type wheel/tyre 6's and 7's set up - the fact it was never done kinda added to the appeal......hey why not, it sounds good on paper!

The reason it was never done in period was that a) there was never any performance need to, and b) it couldn't be done, Minilite have never produced a 7" wheel with an offset capable of fitting under skinny arches!

The choice is now to go with 6.5x15 (ET35) rear Minilites with maybe a different tyre set up (wheels would have to sourced used as they're no longer available), go with regular rear 7" Fuchs with a different tyre size, source some deep 7's which would probably mean the new Group4 release, or...........take a lump hammer to those rear arches!

Mmmmm....decisions, decisions!

Probably lots more within my intended spec that also doesn't work....but then I never claimed to be no expert!

Cheers,

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:12 pm

Compomotive do a similar wheel with more offset but naturally you lose the dish effect. ML1571 is the model. Not sure if they can handle the 5x130 pdc.

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