Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) I have finally figured that there is a trend on the forum to have a single discussion thread to cover the life and history of ones car and related projects Not wanting to be the odd-one-out, I decided it was time to start a threat of my own, covering the history (and future developments) related to my never ending 911SC (not quit so hot-rod, but heating up slowly...) project. My wife put her finger on it when she stated that my obsession into all things Porsche had developed from a simple hobby to an all encompassing life-style - just not sure if that is a good or bad thing (probably bad in her eyes!)... So, where to start? Do I travel back in time and start from day one - or do I dive straight in to where I am today and just quickly summarise what has been done to date? If you all (who decide to read this) have no objections, I think I will cover some of the history - but not into great detail... History of the car. Wanda! The story behind the name comes from when I first got her back in 2005. Knowing that I was looking for a project, I searched out a mechanically sound 911, but did not care much for originality and cleanliness. When I found this car, the interior was ringing wet. And on closer inspection I discovered that every possible location where water could get in it was! And to make matters more fun, I ended up having to remove and reinstall both the front and rear screen several times to stop the water leaking in. During one of the soak tests, the phrase "This car is better suited as a fish tank" was muttered, and with that the name Wanda (from the film A fish called Wanda) was given to the car. This Porsche 911 rolled of the manufacturing line in early 1978 with the vin number 911 8 30 0758 (making it the 758th ROW designated SC), but was already registered as a German car for delivery to the Fulda Porsche Center (originally named Hans Kahrmann Porsche Direkthändler) on the 21st of October 1977. The car then spent 21 years in Germany (Fulda) with two owners (Dr. Simon and Mr. Römmelt) before making it's way over to the wet roads of England. Whilst in England, the SC had three registered owners (Mr. Gale, Mr French and Mr Wiltshire). I took over the ownership of the car on the 1st of February 2005 and prepared the car for export and transportation to Sweden, and completed the import on the 19th of September 2005, and started the never-ending projects and modifications. Despite showing signs of old age and neglect by the time I found her - and with a replaced engine, the SC did come with a close to full documented history which was a good sign of sound mechanical health I hoped - something I later discovered was not necessarily completely true To date I have managed to get in contact with Mr Römmelt and Mr French. I know that Mr Römmelt was responsible for the large Turbo tail getting installed, but neither of them could say when or why the original engine in the car had been replaced... This is how the car looked the day I picket her up. A quick summary of work done to date... Since getting the car I have gone threw many iterations of repairs, upgrades, customisation, restoration, removing, installing and generally getting-my-hands-dirty kind of stuff - the interior as an example has now had two complete replacements! My very first intention was to clean up the car and keep her completely original, but as I started the work and discovered to many bad spots, the desire to alter things became to big - this was also fuelled by all the grate project on this and other forums I have read over the years. I will not bore you with all the details, but as an overview, the car has since I got it had a load of rust fixed... Completely striped the entire underside of the car and painted it up again (minus the heavy undercoating!)... Replaced most of the electrical harness and upgraded the fuse and relay board... The car also got a full (window out) paint job, resulting in this end result (this is how the car looked at the start of the summer 2009)... There have been many other small and fun projects along the way - with documented discussions both here and on other forums, but lets get onto the fun part - current status and future vision Edited May 7, 2010 by Kroggers
Al_W Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 Great car, and it's good to hear my wife's not the only one who is bemused by my Porsche enthusiasm
MarkJ Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 Great write up Kroggers and loving that racing style fuseboard and cut-out switch, looks very business-like Al...is there any other half that appreciates the time and money we spend on our 911's ? They probably view it as a jealous rival for our attention and cash !...and they are right too !!
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 Thank you for the nice feedback - time for part 2 The current state of play... As is customary when the snow is laying thick on the ground outside the garage (at least here in Stockholm this year), I have been undertaking a number of new and interesting projects. I am hoping that it will result in a much improved handling and track performance, but can not confirm this until I have had the car aligned and corner balanced again and found the time to get to the closest track fro a good test - New baby is limiting the available car time Here is a summary of where the car stands today: Suspension/Steering: .- Glen Sanders 23mm hollow front torsion bars. .- Glen Sanders 33mm hollow rear torsion bars. .- Koni Yellow adjustable front and rear shocks. .- Elephant Racing PolyBronze front and rear bushings. .- Elephant Racing Low-Friction Control Arm Mounts. .- Elephant Racing Weather-Sealed Trailing Arm Monoball. .- Elephant Racing Weather-Sealed Front Monoball Cartridge. .- Elephant Racing ASP - Adjustable Spring Plate with ER QuickChange Splined Hub kit . .- Tarett Adjustable Hollow Front Sway Bar .- Tarett Adjustable Hollow Rear Sway Bar .- Wevo Rear Sway Bar mounts .- Rebuilt Steering Rack .- Turbo Tie Rods .- Weltmeister Bump Steer Steering Rack Spacers Engine: .- Wevo semi-solid Engine Mounts. .- M&K Gen4 1in 1out Muffler. .- Back-dated heater and blower motor deleted .- High-torque light-weight starter .- Magnecor ignition wires Transmission: .- CCR Solid Transmission Mounts .- Hargett 915 Pro Shifter
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) Brakes: .- C12 front & rear calipers .- Custom fabricated cooling plate and ducting for front brakes Body: .- Ruf SpeedLine aluminium rims .- Toyo R888 R-rated tires (Front - 215/45 & Rear - 255/40) .- Fibreglass front valance .- Screen wash bottle removed and replaced with Carrera High-intensity system .- All sound deadening removed and underbody repainted. Interior: .- Rebuilt Pedal cluster .- Custom grey and black Alcantara interior. .- Sparco Montecarlo seats. .- M&R 5 point harness for driver .- Heater & HVAC deleted. .- Stereo deleted (i-Pod support with direct link to amp under passenger seat). .- RS carpet. .- Custom Guss roll bar. .- Custom shift light integrated to factory rev-counter. All project pictures can be found here - http://coolcavaracing.com/Personal/Krogdah...Project+Images/ Looking into the future... The summer is soon here, so I plan to do as little as possible to the car now and just drive it until the snow starts to fall again. On the agenda for next winter is getting it lighter and freshen up the engine (or maybe I have a 3.6 hidden away )... Edited May 7, 2010 by Kroggers
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 So, now we are up-to-date and I can share some feedback from the alignment I had done yesterday I took the car down to our local Porsche specialist here in Stockholm yesterday to get it set-up properly. Here is a summary of the end settings.... Corner balance: Total (with 75kg in driver seat and about half tank fuel): 1227Kg (estimated dry is 1130Kg) Left front: 252,5 Right front: 237,5 Left rear: 376,0 Right rear: 360,5 Alignment Front: Caster Left: 5,43 Caster Right: 4,48 Camber Left: -1,14 Camber Right: -1,16 Toe Left: 0,04 Toe Right: 0,04 Toe Total: 0,08 Alignment Rear: Camber Left: -2,05 Camber Right: -2,03 Toe Left: 0,15 Toe Right: 0,14 Toe Total: 0,29
Engleflick Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 All looking very nice there kroggers Like the custom interior a lot.
strosek34 Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 Lots of good work done on your car and a nice looking transformation. Well Done Kroggers.
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 Thank you. Yes, the interior was a big project that I did during the winter. I still need to get out into a nice sunny day and take some good pictures, but here are some more in-progress pictures. Load more here on Pelican.
MrPerkles Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 well done Kroggers about time you posted in here,car needs more holes drilling in it though
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) Another update (I will not be able to keep up this pace on updates)... Early last week I took the car out to make sure everything was good and ready for the alignment I had yesterday, and I had a slight unfortunate experience! At first I thought I had f***ed up my transmission, but once I got towed home and lifted up the car I quickly found the problem At least this was an easier fix than a new transmission I decided to use this as an excuse to order two new axles, and this is what the post man delivered yesterday evening... Now for a quick question! There was just some paper used at each end, and that was not good enough to keep them in place, so when I opened the boxes, the covers had come off the CV joints and there was grease everywhere. I gave them a good clean and inspected them for damage. They look good and ready for installation... But I have one question, and I have had the same problem the other times I have installed the axles - how in hell do you install these and make sure every bolt is clean and has no grease on them. I am not really willing to clean the CV joint holes with anything as I do not want to contaminate the grease in the CV - so there is no real way to make sure there is NO grease in the mounting holes (especial now after the crap packing done by the factory!!!). I do have the Stage8 bolts on order, so will install them as soon as they arrive - giving some extra safety, but would like to try and get them installed as clean as possible... well done Kroggers about time you posted in here,car needs more holes drilling in it though I wanted to make sure I had something worthy of the experts here to share before I started to post MrP - I am following in your shadow The drill will be coming out to play at some point soon, along with installing the fiberglass bonnet I have tucked away at the back of the garage... But now it is summer hare and I want to just drive the car at every opportunity I get. I will do remedial work on the car during the summer and anything that has to be fixed, but all large projects are now on hold the snow starts to fall again - and I have some nice projects lined up Talking about drill MrP, how do I get a set of those nice external door handles you have with a sexy brushed aluminum look? Edited May 7, 2010 by Kroggers
MrPerkles Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 does it matter that the cv bolts have grease on them as long as they are new and torqued to spec ? mine are covered in grease and never come loose. Buy some second hand handles ,mill them finish by hand ,bead blast,anodise or paint
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 does it matter that the cv bolts have grease on them as long as they are new and torqued to spec ? mine are covered in grease and never come loose. That is what I thought as well, but according to the group on Pelican it is critical that the bolts are clean, dry and new. I have always used new bolts and torqued them to spec followed by a check at least three times during the season. As this was my second drive of the year (all be it a slight Italian tuning session), I had not considered checking them yet. Until now I was not worried about grease on the bolts - now though I am a bit more nervous.
MrPerkles Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 That is what I thought as well, but according to the group on Pelican it is critical that the bolts are clean, dry and new. I have always used new bolts and torqued them to spec followed by a check at least three times during the season. As this was my second drive of the year (all be it a slight Italian tuning session), I had not considered checking them yet. Until now I was not worried about grease on the bolts - now though I am a bit more nervous. paranoid pelicans,the oil threads on there are a million pages long,just torque them to spec and drive it
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 paranoid pelicans,the oil threads on there are a million pages long,just torque them to spec and drive it They like to pick at small points over there in Pelican Land, I will give you that... I will install, torque to spec and hope for the best until the Stage8 bolts arrive...
REX Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 Very nice Kroggers, nice to see another car in GruppeIB. Can't wait until mine is in a drivable state, don't blame you for delaying non essentials until winter. Enjoy it.
Kroggers Posted May 7, 2010 Author Posted May 7, 2010 (edited) Thank you Rex. Summer is time for driving not fixing But I have another question regarding my new axles... When I look closer at the new axles, I noticed that one of them is not the same as the other one - they both have the same part number, but on one of the axles one CV has s different end with a gasket already installed into a slight recess, which is not on any of the other ends. What is this all about??? These axles are to go on my 1978 SC, is one of the not correct? I have also received 4 gaskets separately in a bag. If the end of the CV does not have a grove in it, should the gasket still be used? It is such a long time since I had my other axles off the car I can not remember what they look like - I do know I had to use gaskets to install them! Edited May 7, 2010 by Kroggers
Lesworth Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 Love the SC side decals (SC's rock as everyone knows). You need to rub some mud on the underneath as its far too clean
ALEX P Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 Kroggers Sorry can't help with the axles but got to say the car looks the nuts, especially like the brakes and the Elephant gear!
CISA Posted May 8, 2010 Posted May 8, 2010 Nice work - very nice I installed new CV joints a few years ago with new bolts and Nordlock washers. I checked them jus couple of weeks ago, and they were still torqued to the spec. Never even thought about cleaning the grease from the holes, when I installed them. I don't remeber any more, if the joints had any grooves. Anyway, I used four gaskets. If you don't use them, you would probably end with joint grease all around your brakes and wheels after the first drive.
Kroggers Posted May 9, 2010 Author Posted May 9, 2010 What is the part # on the CV joint Pål ? Now I am more confused Here are the numbers I have collected. Box No1 (With the axle that has the CV with the gasket already installed) Number on box - 300672 Number on axle - 300672 Number on CV 1 (the one with the gasket) - 811 407 331 (VW Audi) Number on CV 2 - 92GG-4635AA (Ford) ??? Box No2 Number on box - 300672 Number on axle - 300672 Number on CV 1 - 7 153 12 01 98 008 Number on CV 2 - 251 501 331 Both the two boxes indicate that the axle is to be installed on a Porsche, but I can not find any Porsche part numbers on them. Some things are really confusing me now. First, every CV joint has a different number, and one of them even has Ford printed on it - the other three at least say WV/Audi.
Peter Bull Posted May 10, 2010 Posted May 10, 2010 Looks like your car is coming together nicely! /Peter
jannek Posted May 10, 2010 Posted May 10, 2010 Very nice mods on a good looking car Kroggers! I noticed the PCSR sticker on your rear window, are you planning to race the car? Was -1.15 camber as much as you could get in front? With R888 you could use some more if possible.
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