Weekend Projects -- Fritz Lives and Lucille gets a 3rd radiator, Lotsa progress this weekend Options

[nine14cats]

This 4 day weekend has been great for race car progress.

Fritz lives! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)

My friend Tom Amon rebuilt the motor after I damaged 2 cylinders from pre-detonation due to a broken distributor belt. Tom cleaned up the damage and we did a little upgrading "while we were in there" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Let's just say more HP and more reliability. Full top end rebuild and ARP fasteners throughout. We re-installed the motor in 2.5 hours this morning and after priming the oil system the motor lit off in 3 revolutions. Fritz idles fine and after terrorizing the neighborhood, I must say that the 3.6 993 motor in a lightweight car is just amazing! (SirAndy you luck boy... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) )

Damn...makes me want to figure out how to keep Fritz and Lucille....

Here's a pic of Fritz as of a couple of minutes ago. No runs, drips or errors. Absolutely brutal acceleration. 300HP in 2400lbs. Did I say I love 3.6's? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Bill P.

[nine14cats]

Hi Trev,

Here is the link to the Spec Boxster rules:

Boxster Spec Racing

My car currently meets the rules as built. The GT3 nose is a no-no in the rules as they want the cars to stick with stock boxster noses or boxster "S" noses or replicas. The GT3 noses give a slight aero advantage supposedly. I'm keeping my stock nose in case I crunch the GT3 nose or when I run with the POC in Boxster Spec I can switch back to the stock nose and be legal. Actually, I am legal as they (the spec boxster org) grandfathered in parts that were not specified at the time as not to spec. So I could leave it on if I want.

The only other difference is that the spec tire combo is Victoracers in 225/45/17 fronts and 255/40/17 rears. This was done to 1) keep tire costs down and force everyone to use the same tire and 2) Kumho does not recommend the 245/45's to be placed on 7 inch rims, which are the Spec Boxster's rim width in the front. Kumho says there are safety reasons for pinching the sidewalls in so much. The minimum for a 245/45 is 7.5 inches.

That being said, most Boxster drivers I know have been running 245/45's or 245/40's on the stock 7 inch rims for years. I haven't heard of a sidewall related failure or incident.

Thanks,

Bill P.