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Dyno Soar
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Dyno's car lives!!!

Post by Dyno Soar »

I finally got my car back on the road today after 2 months off the road. Due to other commitments I wasn't able (read too scared) to investigate a possible broken headstud problem and mis-fire on #6. Eeek. :evil:

Anyway I managed to take all the valvecovers off the car and re torque all of the headstuds. Also the the one loose barrel nut I found on cylinder number 6 torqued back on with no problems. :) I also found that the bottom barrel nut on number 6 was also in the bottom of the valve cover :? but also that torqued back on with no worries. 8)

A full service and good clean and repair of my 3.2 dizzy using a 356 dizzy (yes true) my car is running better than EVER!!!

The car is smooth and responsive pulling hard to the redline and running so clean. The car has been transformed. Hooked up with Darren today at the ACE for some runs of our cars and man it was awesome to drive. Also sat in Traffic for an hour with no problems at all. :) Even my dodgy feul sender came back to life. :)

I'm ready for LeMans!!!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Speacial thanks to fellow DDk'rs Darren, Barry and Chris Turner who pushed me and helped me overcome the issues I had.

Cheers to Barry for finding the problem and advising to retorque the headstuds rather then cry quietly to myself in a corner.
Darren thanks for comming down and pushing me to wrench on the car and thanks to Chris Turner (who runs a Porsche workshop) who brought some spare dizzy's to his home after work for me to collect and use for parts. The 356 dizzy cured all. ;)

This forum is great and the members all good chaps. :)
Alam

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58' 356-A Coupe
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Post by higs356 »

Yeehaar

Great news m8

got your PM ...I feel an outlaw R Gruppe type convoy to leMans in the offing 8)
Cheers
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Post by Barry »

:wav:

:) Top man: I'll look foward to seeing it again at the next Fairmile :wink:
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Post by Gilbert '71 T »

higs356 wrote:Yeehaar
I think I might have muttered something like that on today's passenger run :lol: :lol:

I can confirm that Alam's car is running better than I have ever heard it run. Such smooth power delivery, a lovely exhaust note through the whole range, bags of torque, it's just awesome, i really enjoyed that today thanks buddy 8) 8)

All credit to you again for rolling up those sleeves and getting on with it, that hard work has paid off and you've got to know the car a bit more which is never a bad thing, you should be pretty pleased with yourself and rightly so :)

Now all you gotta do is enjoy it :P
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Post by Mike »

Great news Alam, I feel a 'southern blast' coming on!
cheers, Mike.

previously..
1994 968 Club Sport Riviera Blue
1994 993 C2 Carrera Riviera Blue
1972 911S to Martini RSR Prototype Spec
1973 911E to RS Lightweight Specification
1981 924 Carrera GT ex Mexborough car
3.2 Carrera Sport x2
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Post by Viv_Surby »

Great news - SB sounds good Mike!!
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Post by Dyno Soar »

Thanks chaps. 8)

Its such a nice day today I feel we have to go for arun.

:)

You call it Mike and we will a gather and follow you as we always do.

Higs.. its your car down in England still.. if so lets get it up for a run.. but you had better raise that suspension, otherwise you will lose all your fillings :lol:
Alam

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Post by Luke »

congrats! mine's still in bits but will allegedly be done today......
Porscheless but still aircooled
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Post by Peter »

Well done Alam.

Let's get the Southern Blast arranged 8)
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