21st Century Outlaw 997 Project

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Re: 21st Century Outlaw 997 Project

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

OMG!

What an amazing deep resonating Bass sound :) :) :)
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So in the daylight it's all starting to come together
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Much more to come! :wink:
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Looks great!
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Looking good
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Incredible work and looks great :)
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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
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Well......they are now one
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As before they have been micro tig stainless welded & dressed out with a Dremel before polishing.
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And in close up for those of you that get equally excited by this stuff :wink:
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So the next job is to make the through bolt, cone nose nut & test fit the bowls :)
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All rather nice!
Fab result for all that painstaking work.
Brilliant!
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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) :wink: 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.
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Roughing down some 25mm stainless bar
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Drilling out & tapping M8
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Then parting off after cutting a taper on the reverse
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Next the face was machined into a replica dome profile matching the original 70's mirror end fixing
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Next the screw slot was cut by hand using two blades in my hacksaw clamped together
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Then finished with swiss files
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During the process I regularly checked it against one of the prototyping aluminium spun cones
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And also checking the underside taper fit
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Before embarking on ever increasing fineness Wet & dry polishing
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The process was then repeated for the other mirror to make a matching pair once I'd sussed the first one out
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And then check fitted in my actual Stainless Mirrors
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