Meet Ralph - 1970 ST project

[Nine One One]

See Porsche are releasing a new ST


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[rich73]

Been a while but up and running again,
New ST looks like a nice thing but really seems like a missed opportunity. Not really seeing anything inspired by an original. Center fill, period color or even just options for a period inspired livery would have been nice. So it looks like I’ll have to just stick with this, even if I had the money for a new one I presume I still couldn’t buy one.

Made some decisions, the first being induction. I was thinking about Jenvey heritage ITBs but cost and lack of a complete kit led to the decision to go for new Webers. Plan is to buy from Angus at Great worth with them being rebuilt before I fit them. I’ll then get the car to Great Worth for final setup.
Decided to stick with the original 911/01 gearbox. Plan is that this will be rebuilt, strengthened an LSD fitted by Great Worth.
I’ve got some time over Xmas and aiming to get as many of the fiddly time consuming jobs done as possible. First on the list is the fuel system. Decided to keep things as simple as possible with Facet Red top and Filter King.

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This means that I can blank the fuel return that the original pump needed.

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Rich

[rich73]

Small blanking plug is M14 x 1.5 , this will replace the banjo bolt that was used for the return. This was from T7 design on ebay who also do really great quality Bowden cables that I got for the heater/vent controls.

[911hillclimber]

Simple is best.
Carbs and the regulator will work really well, I have the filter-less version on my hillclimb Lola engine for the last 10 years and all is good. Electronic fuel injection become complicated in comparison.
My PMO carbs are also a great piece of design and engineering, but as expensive nearly as the Jenvey set-up.

Car ready for next spring?

[rich73]

Yep, spring is the goal. I'm really trying to keep things as simple as possible as well as not getting too bogged down with detail. I'm buying as many things as possible in yellow Zinc but there are things such as the clips for the heater cable outers that came from Porsche in silver. I've decided to just fit them and can always re-plate them in yellow in the future.#
Steady stream of small packages coming in at the moment.

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Rich

[rich73]

Fuel pump mounted, seemed logical to put it at the opposite side to the Fuse box and battery. I will replace the sticker with Bendix one from ebay at some point.

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[rich73]

Almost ready to fit the fuel tank but a bit nervous about the bonnet latch not working properly. I had a couple occasions when it wouldn't open and I had to crawl underneath to open it. The latch seems a bit 'floaty' like there may be a pivot point missing. It does seem from playing with it that there may be some 'fail open' in the design in that it looks like needs some tension from the cable latch but with no tension(broken cable) it would be in an open state. Any thoughts welcome .
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Thanks
Rich

[911hillclimber]

IIRC both front and rear catches 'float' to latch, but this is on my '73T I stress.

[DustyM]

Yes both latches front and rear fail to an open state if the cable breaks. So both need tension to be in the closed state.

Use a 3or 4mm Allen key through the small hole to keep the latch in the closed state whilst fixing the cable.


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[rich73]

That's amazing, thanks very much both. Things didn't work out as I'd hoped over Christmas but got a bit done this morning.
I couldn't decide where to mount the battery switch so went for this solution as I can always change my mind in the future. Started the day with a bit of CAD.

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Then my first bit of fabrication for quite a while.

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[rich73]

Steady progress,
An impending house move meant the priority was to get the car to a point where it could be moved into storage as a single entity and be water tight.
Windscreen was the first thing on the list. I ordered a tinted heated screen from Ricky Evans that tunned up without issue and was deemed to be ‘ a nice piece of glass’ by the fitters. I decided to use Old School Windscreens in Longcross Surrey, mostly based on the fact they were only half a mile from where I lived.
I had ordered an OEM seal but they said experience had shown the seal needed to be genuine Porsche, Porsche West Byfleet supplied this without issue for less than I was expecting to pay.

I was going to use some second hand trim I purchased a while ago but saw a new set locally on ebay so decided to go with that. This was where I had the great fortune to meet Ian Donkin who was the trim seller.
I have fitted a screen myself before but after seeing one professionally fitted my screen fitting days are definitely over. The amount of force they used to pull/push the screen into the correct position with suction handles was really quite something.

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Really great job from the fitters, really couldn’t be happier. Was reassuring to hear they’d build up some experience fitting screens on Lazante 911s before tackling mine!

[hot66]

Ian is one of ddk's old boys

[Hugo 356]

Ready for the Monte on those wheels

[rich73]

Ended up going full Monte on the ride height too as the tilting flat bed wasn’t available to move it.

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Next step was to get engine in on a temporary basis. I decided to get the old heat exchanges off. Struggled accessing the nuts for at least 5 mins before getting the Oxy acetylene out. Then adjusted the valves, put a new set of plugs in before giving it a quick clean.

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Attached it to the gearbox and bolted it in without issue.

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[rich73]

Made it into storage last week without drama. I’m hoping it will only be in there for a month or two at most. Other news is that I’ve sold my 3.2 Carrera, It was a really great car but selling means I can really focus on getting this finished.

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I’m the meantime I’m starting to make a list of the parts I need to finish and hopefully start buying a few too. I’ll keep updating the threat as I progress the parts list as well as any questions and decisions I come up with. The biggest currently being do I go with the original 911 gearbox, rebuilt and upgraded or go for a 915 box.
Rich