Did a ride along with some of the local 6speed guys on Saturday so thought I'd introduce myself. If any of you have been on Pelican I and one version or another of the ca have been around for a few years.

Nice piece in the upcoming edition of EXCELLENCE by editor Pete Stout on how the "Blue Meanie" drives.

Car started life as a '79 SC
Work done by Eurotech Bodywerkes and Redmond European, Kirkland/Redmond WA.
Bare metal respray to Mercedes, light blue metalic 1/01/05 by Eurotech, Kirkland WA
Glasurit color code: 301.50

Current weight: 2280# wet.
BODY WORK:
New German windshield and seal
Stoneguard 3M bra and car protection
Reversed wiper
one wiper delete
rain gutter delete
MA Shaw fiberglass ducktail
GT Racing fiberglass hood with RS support
C4 head lights with 55/100s, wiring relay installed
GT Racing IROC front bumper custom fit to flares
Custom cut GT Racing Kevlar splitter
MA Shaw rear bumper
Reweld of the unibody @ rear torsion tubes and engine compartment
Rocker, radio antenna, gas fill and flag mirror delete
Sunroof delete
WEVO battery box in the smuggler's position.
West Coast, compact Miata battery
New window and body seals
993 rear side window seals
911 R rear tail lights
CUP window washer tank
Hand dollied 8.5 " front and 10.5" rear flares
RSR coil over reinforcements at the rear shock towers
front tow hook
Fuelsafe 27 gallon fuel cell- hidden center fill

ENGINE:
1995, 3.6 Porsche flat six
factory dual plug system
Cone air cleaner
Auto Extremist carbon fiber RSR heat ducting and fuse box cover
Triad 993 sport muffler (ceramic coating by Performance coatings)
B&B stainless front mount RSR style oil cooler
Body tub cut for a TRE oil cooler duct, rerouted oil lines
OEM Club sport mounts on the engine
High Torque IMI, light weight starter

TRANSMISSION:
OEM Club sport mounts on the transmission
rebuilt '78 915 (200 miles)
gearing, Paul Guard long 2nd 19:32,
short 3rd 21:29, short 4th 24:27, Porsche factory 5th 28:23
gear chart calculated top speed 162 @ 7050rpm
New syncros and bearings 6/06
Factory ZF limited slip, set @ 80%
Sachs Power Clutch
Patrick high performance lwt flywheel
WEVO short shifter
Wevo coupler
WEVO internal gate
WEVO bearing retainer
WEVO billet differential plate with new 930 bearing
New post '85 axles and CV joints

BRAKES:
Braided stainless steel brake lines
Front VCI 930 brake conversion from a ’86 trubo
with slotted, floating front rotors
Rear 930 calipers with OEM cross drilled rear rotor
Shaved front calipers to clear 7" Fuchs, calipers powder coated & relogoed
New 930 master cylinder
Ferodo FDB 451 high performance street/track pads
air kit ducted to IROC bumper
SUSPENSION:
Elephant Racing triangulated cross bar
22 front with 30 rear, Sander's hollow T bars
22 front and 21 rear stock OEM ‘86 Carrera sway bars
Elephant front mono *****
Elephant polybronz control arm bearings
Elephant low friction control arm mounts
Elephant rear monoballs
Wevo spring arm plates with steel bearings
Bilstein sport shocks front and rear
Extra set of custom valved Bistein Sport front shocks for this car's power and weight
new ball joints
Turbo Tie rods
Alignment, corner balanced, lowered by Tru-line Seattle
WHEELS and TIRES:
Factory Fuchs. '86 930 9x16 wheels on the rear
'86 944 8x16 wheels on the front in RSR finish by Al Reed
Bridgestone SO3s 225/245/16 sizes
INTERIOR:
SafeCraft 5# Halon 1301 Fire system, pull cord activation, plumbed for single cockpit and with dual nozzles in engine compartment
RS door panels in Porsche cork
Ricaro leather, Pole Position seats, drivers bolted to seat rails, passenger has dbl., adj. Porsche rails
Custom leather cork colored and factory black inserts for the Pole Position seats
Custom RS style carpet set from Bently synthetic in cork
Momo m7, 3 spoke, classic, leather trim, road wheel
Tekniqauto quick release hub with horn
AJ USA billet aluminum peddles and dead peddle
Custom North Hollywood speedo and tach
Alpine CDA 7875 AM/FM radio and CD player
New German tan colored headliner
leather covered (cork) TRE RSR roll bar




EXCELLENCE Editor, Pete Stout in the driver's seat with RGruppe founder Cris Huergas and crew out for a spin on California roads.

Single wiper and mirror delete

8" hand dollied front flair


MA Shaw duck tail

Eurotech's Rain gutter and sun roof delete

'95 3.6

27 gallon fuel cell with Elephant's triagulated front brace and mono *****.


Car has won best in show a local PCA event and won its class at the PCA Bogus Basin Hill climb. Reallyfun to drive, very quick and built to define what a mid year Porsche could be. Cabin is quite enough to discuss life's simple pleasures with your SO on the freeway.

 

RGruppe meet in Sonoma in '06


10" hand dollied rear flare


AR Concepts 911R tail lights and a MA Shaw rear bumper

Ceramic coated 2in /2 out TRIAD muffler with cabin heat. Dispite the oil stains on the case from a leak in the previous car this engine does not leak oil now.

Wevo spring plates and bearings. Elephant polybronze bushings else where.

Yes, even the jack stand points were trimmed.

CUP washer tank for the single wiper with TRE's RSR front oil cooler pan.

WEVO battery box with a West Co Miata battery

 

Very nice. Welcome to the 6.

 

For all of you who have ever wondered just how good our early cars can be?
In 2 out of 3 runs a Special Works '04 GT2 was the only car on street tires to beat the BM on the PCA Bogus hill climb. The time difference over the two mile, 8 turn climb was less than 3.0 sec.

2280# on the WADOT scale

Bogus in '05


Car is currently registered in WA and smog exempt. Although not required this car with the 3.6 also easily passes our smog requirements. (not the toughest in the world) Jan of '09 it will be eligible for a WA collector's plate.

 

NICE RIDE!! Welcome to 6speed.

 

Wow what an awesome job you did with that car, i love it, welcome to 6speed

 

Thanks for the specs....really a nice build.....I agree with you about liking the more mature 911's

 

Purpose built and bad ***. Welcome to 6speed. I have seen your car @ pelican.

You guys with the longhoods are not making my car buying choices any easier.
Right now I am up between a longhood track beast, an aircooled turbo "bare to the bones like ZLP's", or an outlaw 356.

Again...welcome aboard...cant wait for the read in Excellence. What issue will it be in?

 

Thanks guys, glad you like it

I tried to publish much of the build on Pelican and had several offers by staff writers to do an article in EXCELLENCE. But I wasn't really interested in the cookie cutter approach, basically a list of mods but not much in the way of passing on how they all went together and more importantly how the car really drives.

It was obvious from a few public posts and his writing Pete Stout was a big fan of Porsche and not just the new ones. Randy Wells had already been asked to do the photography and he is close by. I thought what the heck let's see if we can byppass the typical writeup and get Pete to drive the EXCELLENCE test loop in my car and good or bad take his impressions. It is a 900 mile drive to Novato for me so I had time to think about the results. Pete could have just as easily have ended up with a day out in my car and nothing flattering to write about...as in nothing...no article.

I was a bit nervious to be honest. The car took a lot of time. I thought it was pretty good but I wanted another opinion...straight up.

The article will be in the coming June 07 issue. If you want to really appreciate what can be done with mid year, short hood cars you'll want to sit down with a copy of the "Yellowbird" April '06 issue as well to compare the two articles. Pete, who is an exceptional driver, drove both cars over the same sections of northern California roads. The choosen "southern loop" was a couple hundred mile all day adventure with extremely varied requirements placed on the car. For the majority of the day I road along as a passenger in another car so Pete could get a full and uninterupted impression of my car.

Having driven so many modern (most every 911) , classic (73 RS among others) and icon cars (GT2, GT3s and CGT) over the same section of road makes Pete's driving impressions all that more interesting. If you are a fan of the older cars it is another good read and some great photos in EXCELLENCE.

 

Cool looking car and looks real clean...

Very nice build on a classic.

 

Blue Meanie...
Appreciate all the info. Definitely another unique car you have now after the build.

 

the car looks fantastic! I can only imagine how much fun it is to drive.

 

Thanks! Here is one impression of how it drives

http://www.excellence-mag.com/art2/art2p1.html

 

Very nice

Christian

 

Sweet! Nice write up by Excellence. I have not recieved that issue yet. Cant wait to see it again. Very nice car and sounds like you got it all right.

Think you just helped me make up my mind. I was planning on buying either a longhood conversion or aircooled turbo to go beside my SC, but now I am thinking that I would be alot happier if I just spent the money on the SC.

Dont be surprised if I come a calling for some help and info on my new project.
The only thing that makes me hesitate is the fact that I would be out of a fun car for awhile. I am not sure I could be without my toy for three years as you did.