Something a bit tasty

356_outlaw · Post by **356_outlaw** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:07 pm

http://www.mangosmoothie.ca/

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:56 pm

mmmmmmmmmmnice

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:10 pm

mango-smoothie · Post by **mango-smoothie** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:15 pm

saw this in my website logs...

i've been posting my build on a dutch site (that i found via my website logs too). Lots of pictures there.

http://www.356speedsterclub.nl/forum/vi ... =a&start=0

engine is now in shortblock form (last night)

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:53 pm

Absolutely fantastic stance (and finish and everything else) - do you find you scrape the floor much?

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:31 pm

thats one detailed restoration in pictures!

mango-smoothie · Post by **mango-smoothie** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:54 pm

sladey wrote:Absolutely fantastic stance (and finish and everything else) - do you find you scrape the floor much?

i have a fairly complicated suspension setup.

adjustable independent torsion bars (custom torsion bars in front and rear) mixed with full FBSS air ride (max 150psi setup)

so, no, don't scrap and it rides like a cloud. or when i let the air out and it engages the torsion bars at that stance, it rides hard.

As a side note - does anyone know who i would contact about a potential UK magazine feature? i'm fairly isolated as far as car nuts go and i'd love to share this other car nuts all over the world.

Post by **Bootsy** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:44 am

mango-smoothie wrote:As a side note - does anyone know who i would contact about a potential UK magazine feature? i'm fairly isolated as far as car nuts go and i'd love to share this other car nuts all over the world.

speak to Paul Knight at www.ultravw.com

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:50 pm

356_outlaw wrote:http://www.mangosmoothie.ca/

WOOF!!

that is seriously nice.

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:31 pm

sladey wrote:Absolutely fantastic stance (and finish and everything else)

Agree. Amazing.

(looks under sofa for enough cash to buy a Speedster kit...)

Post by **Bootsy** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:41 pm

Best Speedster rep I've seen, bar none!

356_outlaw · Post by **356_outlaw** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:36 pm

Yep. I stumbled accross it having found a paint code i wanted to use from a VW.... only to find he had beaten me to it! Back to the thinking then as i was after something unique.... A truly stunning job.

mango-smoothie · Post by **mango-smoothie** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:10 pm

356_outlaw · Post by **356_outlaw** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:28 pm

Looks like fun. My engine is being rebuilt at the moment, didn't have the nerve to do it myself.. Keep the updates coming..

mango-smoothie · Post by **mango-smoothie** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:54 am

long block done and sealed up nice and tight.

compression set (ended up going with 9.2:1 after reading a ton on the T4's powerband and how they respond to compression - especially this engine size)

modified my 1.7L 914 rocker arms to use the 911 CB elephant feet adjusters

painted my T4 V2 DTM to match the body colour

installed the sidewinder exhaust stubs and copper nuts / gaskets (new exhaust studs - actually new intake studs too)

next steps:
chromoly push rods / valve train configuration.
finish bolting everything on (easy-peasy fun part)

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Something a bit tasty

Something a bit tasty

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