Mongrel Street Racer

[911hillclimber]

I thought we had been asked to, but I fear we are being ignored...

[Darren65]

I thought we had been asked to, but I fear we are being ignored...

....always value your comments Graham and only teasing!

Plus I do like the simplicity of Prototipo S you highlighted although for me you can't beat a vintage Momo which are all individual and unique....

....as for colour? You'd have to be pretty lame not to have you're own opinion on that!

[jamie]

Satin silver, obv.

LOLLLLLLLZ!

[KS]

My choice? A new wheel and wear in your own patina, let it tell your stories, not 'borrow' them from somebody else. But then I'm rarely one to go with the accepted wisdom.

[Darren65]

Just recieved this cool little video.....

https://youtu.be/OeSwiCORy2M

[MarkIII]

Reminds me of one of those 70/80s films when computers the size of an entire room were launched.

Logged on and saw that you had updated your thread, clicked on your thread expecting to see lots of shiny stuff .....

You must have an update to share by now....

[Darren65]

.....clicked on your thread expecting to see lots of shiny stuff .....

You must have an update to share by now....

....sorry!

...and I thought it was my most exciting post since I photographed my HB's! ....had a phone call half an hour ago from family collecting my new pump in San Francisco......they're bringing it back for me in a couple of weeks!

As for shiny stuff......bar a couple of items, all ducks are pretty much lined up and progress should be pretty rapid.......

....pics soon!

Cheers,

[Darren65]

......but by the time you've gone to all the trouble of doing the twin plug dizzy and the high butterflies it's only
a matter of time before you decide the mfi pump looks wrong........

....well I guess the seed was sown some time ago.....

......I blame Mike!

[Darren65]

You could say the engine build on this project has 'evolved' over time.......initially (and still!) my knowledge was limited and I was following the advice of Nick Fulljames who suggested we build a 2.5 short stroke from the 2.2S I'd inherited; although he had a more 'street' modded unit in mind using most of the components we had to hand.....

....I then asked Nick how my engine would differ from a full 2.5ST spec motor.......'oh, just the induction system really' came the reply......and that led to a slippery, slippery slope!

For some reason I'd never considered that a racing fuel pump would be part of the equation, too expensive and out of my league was the thinking and so never asked question, plus I was assured the S pump I had would perform the job suitably.

As things progressed and the opportuniy arose to build another 2.2S engine from all the parts I hadn't used, the stumbling block was needing another injection pump........so I made the call!

In the United States the 'go to' guy for all your fuel Bosch and Kugelfischer injection pump needs is Gus Pfister at Pacific Fuel Injection in San Francisco.....Gus has been building injection pumps for decades, he builds them exactly as they did in the day using the same equipment, his reputation is second to none and on top of that I'd had firm recommendations from winning racers in the UK who use no one else....

....so when I made the call I was expecting a price beyond reach and a wait approaching my retirement!.........I couldn't have been more wrong!

Maybe I was lucky, maybe my timing was perfect, maybe I caught Gus on a good day but when I asked if he could help me with a racing pump for a 2.5 motor the answer was he had a core unit which he could build in eight weeks and the price was about a fifth of my expections....two minutes later and the deal was done. A no-brainer!

The next bit of good fortune was when I learnt that I had family flying in to San Francisco visiting my sister-in-law in Northern California........."Gus, this is the situation can you help me any sooner"......."sure, no problem"......

....and a mere five weeks after our first conversation, my 2.5 ST Racing Fuel Injection Pump was collected this week from Gus Pfister by family who sent through this photo today ......



....all my Christmas's and Birthday's rolled in to one?.......you bet!

BTW....a piece of trivia.....Richard my brother-in-law, the guy on the left next to Gus in the photo was a stunt double for Tom Selleck on Magnum PI a couple of decades ago!*

Cheers,


* that bit's not true!

[myatt1972]

I see he has his copy of Classic Porsche close at hand !

[Darren65]

I see he has his copy of Classic Porsche close at hand !

....I think that was a gift!

[Darren65]

Visited Gary at GDC Automotive today......







.....dash pretty much complete....just waiting on a mounting plate to cover the glove box! ....



....first use of Dave's (stretch) excellent lightweight carpet....

[Darren65]

Eeny.....



Meeny....



Miny....



Moe.....

[911hillclimber]

IMHO
The first one of the 4

[Bootsy]

No 4