What did you do in/on/for your Porsche today?

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Strong smell of petrol coming from the right hand carb. No side of any l leaks and I looked under to the fuel pump. No damp patches under the car. I had to fill with E10 the last 2 times could it be that evaporating?Image

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Spent a riveting 3 hours with my 6 heads listening to an equally mind knumbing Smooth Radio scraping and polishin and then again prepping the heads for their twin plug machining.

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911hillclimber wrote:Spent a riveting 3 hours with my 6 heads listening to an equally mind knumbing Smooth Radio scraping and polishin and then again prepping the heads for their twin plug machining.

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I see you have the unequal stud length design ..... hmm ..... IF you were serious about weight loss (like I know someone is !) - then , assuming the flange is a constant thickness , and the short ones work ... then why would you not make them all short ?
... and I don't want any lame excuse like it makes assembly easier if there is a long stud to hang them on.

What you should be really focusing on is : what is the tie up of the port diameter to the exhaust manifold diameter ? If they are the same and there is clearance on the exhaust stud to flange hole diameter - what alligns them ? (and one cannot assume that everything centralises !) It's that attention to detail that finds the odd horsepower or two ??

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If I had your patience just maybe I could focus on those details!
The port and tube dia's are the same, and if the flanges are right might even be concentric!
The headers are diy in a cold garage, I never contemplated having the pipe extend beyond the flange into the recess of the port.

They are almost equal length mind.
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911hillclimber wrote::)
If I had your patience just maybe I could focus on those details!
The port and tube dia's are the same, and if the flanges are right might even be concentric!
The headers are diy in a cold garage, I never contemplated having the pipe extend beyond the flange into the recess of the port.

They are almost equal length mind.
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Sounds good - not sure where the idea of extending the pipe came from ?(last thing I would do ! ... approx)
If it's DIY , then it's probably close to correct ...... it's the mass produced stuff I would be concerned about.

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Early start to get the 993 in for an MOT so I can run it to the swap meet at the weekend

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Lookin' good !! 8)

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And home with minor work required

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Lightweight_911 wrote:.

Lookin' good !! 8)

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Jonny Hart wrote:Tunbridge Wells to Coventry and back today in the SC for a meeting. Bumped into Jon Miller at the services somewhere up the M40. Also got spotted and tweeted about on twitface.
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Front bumper back on. Moment of panic when the holes didn't line up but I've put the brackets on the wrong sidesImageImage

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Looks good Neil 8)
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Great work Neil, love that number plate :)
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Timo wrote:Great work Neil, love that number plate :)
991 YUK would be even better!
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Back on too. Unfortunately, the bumpers are a little brighter than the car but much improvedImage

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