arctic alice, early sixties cal-look

[karl h]

the longblock is assembled and i made a merged 1 1/2" header using an old Ansa header and a merged collector
engine is in to fit the exhaust and tin. very necessary, since the engine is an inch back due to the porsche 5speed
not going to use the 2" muffler in the pic, it fits the 1 3/4" merged header and would have to be modified. so i orderd a 1 3/4" oval muffler from CSP

[karl h]

bitch just doesnt want to get finished 

[Cornpanzer]

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[karl h]

Hi Dave
uh-oh, dont remind me. i had a problem with the hydraulic lifters (waterboxer case - remember), one seems to not want to blow up
so after a lot of fucking around i put and AS cases 1600 in it to be able to drive it at last, since the wbx motor ist for this car anyway
should be done on the weekend

[karl h]

a few pics, now its completed
still on porsche steelys with 175/70 Dunlops, got to get the Fuchs shod with my new Michelins

[karl h]

still dicussing the new motor, but i will get back to my panel first

[karl h]

 

[karl h]

finished at last, first testdrive was pretty nice. before i changed the mastercylinder to a 944 unit

[brewsy]

finished at last, first testdrive was pretty nice. before i changed the mastercylinder to a 944 unit

Nice!!
Was it worse to drive after you changed the mastercylinder then?

[karl h]

it worked with the stock one, but due to the axial movement of the discs the pads are pushed back a little and the original mc then had a very long way till it worked

[Steve67]

Looks nice!
I have similar issues with the brake needing a lot of pedal stroke.
What brakes do you have on your car?
Does the 944 main cylinder fit without modification? What is the piston diameter?
Best regards Stefan

[karl h]

i habe Brembo 993 front (early two piston aluminum calipers)
944 non turbo rear
you have to close the fifth hole at the bottom with a plug, the rest fits as is if you rebend the brakelines
i dont know the diameter, but its a lot more than the stock mc
i bought this one:
 https://www.ebay.de/itm/324615336287
its heavy, there are aluminuim ones too, but they are more expensive

[Steve67]

thanks, I will have a look

[Chip]

Looks fantastic! Well done

[Brew 66]

Looks great, do you mind sharing who manufactured the front seats?
Thanks

[karl h]

i bought the seats used, they have a little patina...
the guy i bought them from said he got them from china. they look like cobra seats.

[bean]

Looks great, do you mind sharing who manufactured the front seats?
Thanks

just what i was going to ask - they look just right

[karl h]

some more improvemts to the running gear
since i had 1° positive camber in the rear and there was not enough adjustment possible with the 944 springplates i had to cut and reposition the arms

before:

[karl h]

first, to get an even measurement i bolted two steel angle to the lower attachment points of the torsion tubes from the inside, left and right
so i could put a straightedge across the pan that clears the transmount to get the car level

[karl h]

next i took a measurement and determined the initial angle, then i removed the rear brakes and the trailingarms from the car. the snubbermounts have to be cut off first.
then a cut parallel to the axle was made, leaving onle the lowermost part were the twwo trailingarm parts meet intact

[karl h]

i used the floorjack to move the stubaxle up to these degrees, calculating upon lowering the car down its weight would get me the desired camber

[karl h]

i tacked the arm inside the car, then removed it and welded all the way around, followed by the reinstallation of the snubber mounts

[karl h]

after: 1° negative camber

[brewsy]

Nice job!!

[karl h]

thanx

[bug]

Very nice and interesting topic about the IRS arms that you narrowed.
Which tire size you have in the back?
Flat 6 or deep6 Fuchs?

Thank you

[karl h]

the arms are narrowed 25mm per side, the 944 brakes move the wheels out the same 25mm
fuchs are deep 6 with 205/65 michelins

[karl h]

setting up geometry front and rear. i also did a different 2" muffler

[karl h]

new look with Gasburners

[Steve67]

Looks great on the Gasburners!