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Posted by: Racer Chris Jun 4 2003, 07:27 PM

I've had this Motormeister engine for nearly a year now. I fired it up for the first time this morning, and it sounds pretty good. It was raining outside so I didn't take it for a ride. No windshield in the car yet either.
Now I get to pull the thing just to fix the F'ing alternator that they screwed up during assembly. And I have to fix the GD Vellios tank as well. At least I got to use the 9 quarts of oil for a minute or two, lol.

Posted by: ChrisReale Jun 4 2003, 10:30 PM

Cool about starting it up, not cool about alt/Vellios issues.

Posted by: krk Jun 5 2003, 01:27 AM

So I'm apparently dealing with a dead alternator on my 6 as well. You're dropping the motor?

btw, I love the porsche manuals description -- there's apparently only 4 steps to removing the alternator. One of those steps is 'remove the carbs, the linkage and all the other stuff".

Once company goes this weekend, I'll get a chance to look at it.

kim.

Posted by: Racer Chris Jun 5 2003, 04:02 AM

Yeah, same number of steps to remove the alt. by dropping the motor. One of them is remove all engine and transmission connections.

Posted by: jdogg Jun 5 2003, 06:40 AM

Chris, have you got any pics of it yet? I want to see your flares in paint!

Posted by: Racer Chris Jun 5 2003, 10:09 PM

Here's one:


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Posted by: Racer Chris Jun 5 2003, 10:12 PM

and another:


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Posted by: Andyrew Jun 5 2003, 11:48 PM

Puuuurdy!! I like that look. Man I just got done swaping a drivers side 4 lug control arm with a 5 lug vented rotor/spaced stock brakes (YA BABY!). I'll post pictures a little later. How did you do those flares? And what monster sized tires you runnin in the rear? 245/45/16? thnks..

Posted by: jdogg Jun 6 2003, 06:41 AM

Nice, Chris. Very nice.

Posted by: si2t3m Jun 6 2003, 08:35 AM

Wow, that's some serious rubber & wheels on the rear (are those 8's or 9's?)

Flares look awesome!

Marc-André

Posted by: Racer Chris Jun 6 2003, 08:17 PM

205/55 up front on 6x16 and 245/45 in the rear on 8x16. Bridgestone Potenza S-03 tires mounted, all bought from Wheel Enhancement. 265's would easily fit in the rear without the spacers, on 9" wheels with a bit more backspacing. 275's would probably even fit on the right offset wheels.

The flares were done by cutting off the QPs near the edges, reshaping with a bit of new metal added, and smoothing them out in a power hammer. Then butt welding them back on, a bit of hammer and dolly work and finished with a shrinking disk sort of like the one Ghia John Kelly makes. There is about 2 1/2" additional space inside.

Posted by: Mark Henry Jun 6 2003, 08:39 PM

I think I have to clean the dream whip out of my pants!

Posted by: Gint Jun 7 2003, 09:34 AM

Nice Chris! I love the flares!

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 7 2003, 03:41 PM

i like those flares! did you do the john kelly method? or did you do this yourself?

Posted by: Racer Chris Jun 7 2003, 07:05 PM

Read my last post for a brief synopsis of my technique. It is not the "John Kelly" method, but he would understand exactly what I did, and yes, I did all the metal work myself. I have done this on several cars, and have no trouble creating them in widths up to 5".

Thank you all for the compliments!

Posted by: tod914 Jun 8 2003, 06:38 AM

car is looking great. seemless blend on the flares. nice job