Tomeric Build Thread, ...new brakes, new cooler and a video! Options

[tomeric914]

Back in February of '08, Cupomeat and Tomeric914 picked up this lovely 916 replica and a boatload of spare parts:

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Clean, one owner, Florida car, runs great, blah, blah, blah... When we picked it up, one carb was seized and the PO was "working on it". "Does the engine turn over?", I ask. "Last I knew it did", he says.

Yea, maybe not:

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Our first clue was when we pulled the oil drain plug and nothing came out. It was about 20 degrees in the garage so the water on the bottom of the engine was frozen. After using a torch to melt the water, the oil came out.

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The video above shows a nice ice cube stuck to the float of the one Weber that was still in the car. The PO said the car ran hot so they remove the rain tray to get more air in the engine compartment. The filters didn't have rain hats on and there were 1/4" to 1/2" gaps around the bottoms of the filters. The PO had made up some cheesedick plate for the bottom of the filter on but didn't understand the concept of flatness.

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That was only the beginning of the fun. I've already forgotten about all the other half-assed fixes the PO did. My goal was to get the car on the road by April and on the track by the end of the summer.

The PO had relocated the battery to the trunk which I wasn't crazy about. They also did some hellhole repair that looked to be ok. I finished their repair and but the battery tray back where it should be. At the same time, I rebuilt the 2.0 engine using A LOT of the spare parts we had (heads were one of those spare parts). What amazed me was the amount of parts that were in their original shipping boxes dated from the mid 1980's with 2nd day air! They sat for 20+ years!

Here is the engine in the car around the middle of April all set to go.

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So now it has 96mm KB pistons and AA cylinders (which, BTW suck. AA used to have decent cylinders). It is now a 2056 with 40IDFs and what appears to be an old S&S exhaust setup. I put the lowest profile tires I could find on the crappy set of cookie cutters we had.

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For the next few months I drive it and sort out the various issues, rebuild all the brake calipers, remove the brake line tee that the DAPO put in and get a nice reconditioned brake pressure regulator from PMB. Sign up for my first track event at Watkins Glen and before going there, install an oil cooler.

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Then I found some rust in the long that needed attention. Luckily, not too bad... yet. Cut it out and repair it.

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Then off to the Glen!

[Cupomeat]

Having had a ride now, all I can say is that I want a 6 cyl conversion as well!
Damn, that thing pulls HARD and the sound is excellent, and yes, loud with the headers, exhaust and carbs (2 ft from your ears).

Great car, and sorry about your air dam(n) Tom.

[tomeric914]

Great car, and sorry about your air dam(n) Tom.

Hey, it's the price ya pay for having the dam thing 3" from the ground! I actually think I cracked it backing out of the front driveway and not in the back yard for the photo shoot.