21st Century Outlaw 997 Project

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:59 am

So, by then it was dark, but I just had to go for a drive....

OMG!

What an amazing deep resonating Bass sound

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:02 am

So in the daylight it's all starting to come together

Much more to come!

8bit-ash · Post by **8bit-ash** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:25 pm

Looks great!

Post by **Bootsy** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:29 pm

Looking good

mrk · Post by **mrk** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:04 pm

Incredible work and looks great

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:42 pm

Thanks again fellas

While all the exhaust stuff has been going on, I've also continued making the mirrors.
I think my last post on them was the finished cones & pedestals

Well......they are now one

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:47 pm

As before they have been micro tig stainless welded & dressed out with a Dremel before polishing.

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:50 pm

And in close up for those of you that get equally excited by this stuff

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:53 pm

So the next job is to make the through bolt, cone nose nut & test fit the bowls

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:31 pm

All rather nice!
Fab result for all that painstaking work.
Brilliant!

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:16 pm

Been a bit busy of late with another BIG project that a few select DDKr's know about (to be revealed at NEC this weekend)

but thought I should update progress on the 997.
So back to business making upsized stainless fixings to hold the mirror bowl to the cone.

Roughing down some 25mm stainless bar

Drilling out & tapping M8

Then parting off after cutting a taper on the reverse

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:20 pm

Next the face was machined into a replica dome profile matching the original 70's mirror end fixing

Next the screw slot was cut by hand using two blades in my hacksaw clamped together

Then finished with swiss files

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:23 pm

During the process I regularly checked it against one of the prototyping aluminium spun cones

And also checking the underside taper fit

Before embarking on ever increasing fineness Wet & dry polishing

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:25 pm

Darren C · Post by **Darren C** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:25 pm

The process was then repeated for the other mirror to make a matching pair once I'd sussed the first one out

And then check fitted in my actual Stainless Mirrors

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

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