Newbie - Hi from Washington, DC

Jim Richards · Post by **Jim Richards** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:36 pm

Hi, all...new member here. I have a 1973 911E with an engine that I've built to 2.7RS specs. It's great fun to drive on both the street and track (DE). The suspension have been stiffened a bit with 22/29 torsion bars, 19 (adj.) front and 15 mm rear sway bars. Here's a picture of my car at play.

and another at rest.

See you around the ddk board.

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:52 pm

Hi Jim! Welcome to my fellow Aubergine owner!

Good to see you've "crossed the pond", your car's looking pretty mean these days!

L

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:11 pm

welcome

Superb looking car

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:40 pm

Welcome to DDK

Good to see a 911 being used as intended

Viv_Surby · Post by **Viv_Surby** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:20 pm

Welcome Jim - looks great

Don't suppose to head down the coast to SC in it very often?

Viv

pmjt · Post by **pmjt** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:20 pm

Welcome Jim - does Burgundy Red count as Aubergine? If so, I'm with you and Luke

Philip

art of noise · Post by **art of noise** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:28 pm

Hallo Jim,
greeting from a (Quite) newbie

Gilbert '71 T · Post by **Gilbert '71 T** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:09 pm

Lovely looking car Jim, nice to see it in action

Welcome

Jim Richards · Post by **Jim Richards** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:11 pm

Thanks, all. It's a pleasure to finally make it over here. There looks to be a lot going on here, so, I hope I'm able keep up. "See you" around.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:02 pm

oh WOW!!

porsches look Ssoo good in their natural enviroment (the track)

Jim Richards · Post by **Jim Richards** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:40 pm

Ha ha ha! Yes, they most certainly do!

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:19 pm

Great looking car ...... welcome to ddk...

Love the colour but then I wouldn't I...

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:41 pm

Jim

How does the car ride on rough roads with the beefier torsion bars?

Jim Richards · Post by **Jim Richards** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:13 pm

It's not too bad, though the front is a bit too bouncy in the city. It's fine for my track weekends (DE) and countryside driving. Next winter, I'll pull off the shocks/struts and have them revalved by Bilstein which I hope will tame the ride a bit.

lisa_spyder · Post by **lisa_spyder** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:13 am

Oh hello!

Fancy meeting you here....

You know how much I love your car already...

Cheers,

Lisa