1/7/06 fab custom -12AN lines from oil cooler to Tstat. You can see the rubber isolator mount for the oil cooler base plate on the right.

1/07/06 Passenger side mono ball.

1/7/06 Bilstein RSR drop spindle strut mounted to elephant racing decambered ball joint.

1/7/06 Tom's thumb

1/7/06 Carbon fiber air deflector test fit.

It does not look like much was done today but we got about 20 hours worth of labor done, lots of stuff not seen like the shift linkage, misc bracketry, clearencing on the tub for oil lines, etc. etc. a very good day!!!!!!!! Its moving along.

Marv........Looks killer!

Are you running your oil lines through the tunnel?? I haven't decided where to run mine yet and I'm still thinking there has to be a cleaner way than most of what I've seen.

No not thru the tunnel. Running along the outside GT style, but where most peeps go in the cab & around the pedals I did not want the lines inside. So I went up and inside the left front wheel well then thru the bulkhead panel where the radio antennae wire goes in, then down by the fuel cell, following the wiring harness.

Keep up the good work Marv.
Keep us posted on the cooler install, as many of us are doing the same.
I also do not want to run the oil lines inside the cab.
MMMM more pics of the routing please?
Luke

I ran my lines the same way. It was way better than running them inside. It
also helps with the cooling.

Sure is looking good, keep the pictures coming. insert: smiley face with camera

Hey, Marv
Question on your wire harness. Is it new or did you make one up.
My wire harness is shot and need a new one.
Luke

Looks Good Marv. Is the fuel cell going where the old tank was or in the front?
Mark

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Question on your wire harness. Is it new or did you make one up.

Nope not new, cleaned up the old one & installed a braided sleeve.

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Is the fuel cell going where the old tank was or in the front?

Yeppers, PMS fuel cell go's in the stock location. Although did have to give it a little love on the bottom with a baseball bat to clearence for the oil lines to pass by it.

1/11/06 Oil lines finished in front trunk, top view.

01/11/06 Oil lines lower view, to Tstat.

01/11/06 23mm Brake master cylinder install.

God this project is sexy, I love reading the thread and looking at the pictures. keep it coming man! That's top notch work.
Eric

marv,

any worries about the hot oil lines running next to your brake fluid resevoir?

AA

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any worries about the hot oil lines running next to your brake fluid resevoir?

No cuz I am using an aftermarket reservoir from Patrick Motorsports that mounts on the cross member wall. Also using a heat sleeve that will wrap the oil lines by the fuel cell & wire harness.

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God this project is sexy, I love reading the thread and looking at the pictures. keep it coming man! That's top notch work.

Hey Thanx for the props Eric, I am happy to do so. This is such a great community and a wealth of information, Club members have helped me more than they'll ever know.

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QUOTE any worries about the hot oil lines running next to your brake fluid resevoir? No cuz I am using an aftermarket reservoir from Patrick Motorsports that mounts on the cross member wall. Also using a heat sleeve that will wrap the oil lines by the fuel cell & wire harness.

where did you get this stuff? i need some heat shielding sleave to protect clutch and speedo cables from melting on the header.....

Marv,

Looking good! I am very happy with my PatrickMotorSports fuel cell. Do you know how much fuel it will hold? I have only put in about 10 gallons at a time.

Dan

1/21/06 Battery mount

1/21/06 Changed my mind and decided to mount the rese in the stock location. Fabricated a brake fluid resevoir mount to go in factory location

1/21/06 Grinded out existing holes for oil lines to run under rocker panels.

1/25/06 Brake fluid rese mounted, hood hinges mounted.

1/25/06 rear wheel test fit. Gonna have them refinnished, have to decide, whether to make them black, or Iron glimmer (the darker gray you see on the suspension arm) or red? Hmmm

the rims...have them match the exterior paint scheme..that would look very stealthy!

1/28/06 Front wheel test fit. The wheel looks pretty mean in black! hmmm, the car looks crazy in person, I'm getting excited.

1/28/06 suspension installed, brake hard lines installed, the hard lines are a pia to bend correctly.

1/28/06 Brake bias valve installed.

I think this is the cleanest project I've ever seen. Wayyy nice. Good Job Marv!

seems like an odd place for the thermostat. the pump, ergo your engine, has to work pretty hard to shove cold oil all the way up to the front, only to find its not hot enough yet, and goin' all the way back. what if the safety valve in the case didn't work right? rank speculation on my part, but I'd wait til it was warmed up before driving it.

re: the wheel color: imho, red would divert attention from the beautiful body work, especially with a neutral color like silver.

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seems like an odd place for the thermostat. the pump, ergo your engine, has to work pretty hard to shove cold oil all the way up to the front, only to find its not hot enough yet, and goin' all the way back. what if the safety valve in the case didn't work right? rank speculation on my part, but I'd wait til it was warmed up before driving it.

Careful, now, you're thinkin' too much. Conventional wisdom & indepentent thinking seldom coexist peacefully.

BTW, there is no saftey valve on the scavenge side of the engine. Nor is there in that thermostsat.

Here's mine. I've seen one mounted behind the front bumper, visible through the fog light grill.

I've never heard of any actual problems with this set up.
Only speculation and debate.

The oil goes into the tank from this circuit which already has 8 or more qts, depending on the tank you will use.

Starvation is a non-issue.


KT

wow!!! your car is looking great!!!

1/29/06 Fabricating lower valence, ABS spoiler.

1/29/06 Lower valence with spoiler, front view.

1/29/06 Side view. Turned out wicked looking!

Looks Great!!!!! close attention to detail! keep the pics coming

nice!
Is that a regular GT front valence? Or some kind of spoiler?
Where did you get it?

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Jeroen: Is that a regular GT front valence? Or some kind of spoiler? Where did you get it?

Its custom fabricated all steel, and is visible in the very first pic of this thread, I had it modified for the GT flares.

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nein14: Looks Great!!!!! close attention to detail! keep the pics coming

Thanx, its the details that make the whole. My goal is to make an updated GT car, virtually no frills no bling, kinda like in my mind like the factory would build it using updated technology.

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brp914:seems like an odd place for the thermostat. the pump, ergo

Not really a problem, been done on many a 911 & 914 racers.

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fiid: I think this is the cleanest project I've ever seen. Wayyy nice. Good Job Marv!

Thanx, I really like doing all the fabrication, my business has a fully equipped machine shop, so fab is a breeze.

Thanx guys for all the support! The club has saved my ass a few times on this project.

Absolutely beautiful.

Marv,
Love the front valance and spoiler. Too bad someone can't take a mold and reproduce. I need one like that.
Van914

Marv any thought of fabricating front valances and bumpers like that I would be interested if the $$$ was right.
Steve

The car looks great by the way, love the the silver!!!

Beauty! Hey, what are you putting along the bottom of that spoiler? Rubber? Source, etc...?

That will be one gorgeous car

1/30/06 Front baloney skin test fit, perfecto!!!! no spacers needed

01/30/06 Rear tire test fit, 1/4 or 3/8 spacer needed!! Car looks tuff with tires. Time to send the wheels off to Al Reed for a little love.

Where did you get the braided covering for the wire loom?

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Where did you get the braided covering for the wire loom?

My buddy Tom found it, its available here Cableorganizer.com

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Beauty! Hey, what are you putting along the bottom of that spoiler? Rubber? Source, etc...?

Its ABS plastic spoiler lip made for Acura NSX made by Dali Racing

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Marv any thought of fabricating front valances and bumpers like that I would be interested if the $$$ was right.

Thought about it, yes, but it would be too esspensive to reproduce, plus I like that I gots the only 1