Babalouie's 911 - start on p7

[Captain_Slow]

Was the white one a base Carrera? Only had the S at Canberra - noticeable differences?

[Southo]

OMG.... you found Wally !!!!

[Babalouie]

Was the white one a base Carrera? Only had the S at Canberra - noticeable differences?

AFAIK, the only external differences with the S are diff wheels, lower ride height and quad tailpipes vs dual

[spiller]

i think they've done a stunning job with the 991, can't wait to see the go fast(er) models such as GT3 and 2. Any idea how far off these are? Quite a while I would imagine.

And the RS 4.0 is automotive perfection, although the GT2RS isnt far behind. Which does porsche consider to be the ultimate "flagship" model? I would have thought horses for courses...

[Babalouie]

Yeah I reckon the base models look so tuff, the GT3 version should be hardcuntiness defined

[spiller]

The base model just looks so damn refined compared to the 997, which is good, but refined doesnt suit GT3 imo so im interested to see what they do with the styling to give it the hardcuntiness you refer to.

[exwrxex]

Well done on the pics.

Friend has just left a deposit on a white 993 in Sydney and driving it back to Melbourne next week. As he has OCD tendencies with previous cars, this thread has been forwarded to him

[Babalouie]

A few months ago, I (and a couple of other aussies from the Rennlist forum) bought some Perfect Power strut braces as part of a group buy. But when I received the strut braces, it turned out that the bar fouled the fuel tank sender unit.


There was just no way that the bar could be tightened down with that sender unit in place.


This isn't a problem on US market cars, where the sender unit is on the other side of the tank, just in front of the fuse box. The Perfect Power instructions say that you should loosen the fitting on the sender unit and rotate it out of the way, but on a RHD car, this isn't possible because the sender is on the other side, and there is this bulky expansion tank in the way.


But the Perfect Power bar is a gorgeous bit of billet. Very nicely made and expensive-feeling.


So after a bit of thought, I decided to relocate the sender unit to the firewall, where there is a convenient bolt for the carpet press stud.


First I cut a short length of 2mm aluminium strap and scientifically put a bend in it using the BFH


Cut it roughly to shape...


Then clean it up on the linisher


Drill some holes, and here we go.


I had to drill into the sender unit, but not into the box itself, but rather the plastic bracket part


Relocating the sender to the firewall also means that the wiring has to be extended.


A little black paint on the new bracket, and hopefully the sender will look like it belongs in its new home.




Then it's a matter of a few minutes to install the bar, and torque it up to 18ft-pounds


Ta-da!!


Lastly the adjuster collars are snugged up with a 22mm spanner


But of course, after all that...this is what the finished product looks like :D


How's it to drive? Well it could be my imagination, but it does seem a little keener to turn in. My car's got a pretty tight motorsport LSD, and is prone to a bit of turn in understeer if I'm not committed on the brakes, but the strut brace has seemed to help a little. More investigation will be required this weekend on some favourite roads

[jzx83]

No dimple die on the bracket.



Son, I am disappoint.

[demuire]

Why snugging up the adjuster collar after installation? Wouldn't that pull the tops of your strut towers in, stuffing up the wheel alignment etc? I was always under the impression that the strut brace should be installed neutral to the body at normal ride height?

[Babalouie]

No dimple die on the bracket.

I was going to....the first idea was a triangle shaped bracket off the rear strut tower nuts, but there wasn't really enough room to do it, without the sender being at this strange angle. So the best spot for it was against the firewall, and there wasn't any space for a fancy bracket

Why snugging up the adjuster collar after installation? Wouldn't that pull the tops of your strut towers in, stuffing up the wheel alignment etc? I was always under the impression that the strut brace should be installed neutral to the body at normal ride height?

Those hex things are just the locknuts, the bar is set at no preload and snugging up those collars just locks it in place, it doesn't change the length.

[jzx83]

No dimple die on the bracket.

I was going to....the first idea was a triangle shaped bracket off the rear strut tower nuts, but there wasn't really enough room to do it, without the sender being at this strange angle. So the best spot for it was against the firewall, and there wasn't any space for a fancy bracket

So what you are saying is that my disappointment was caused by reality and not really your fault.


Damn reality.






:p

[Babalouie]

So what you are saying is that my disappointment was caused by reality and not really your fault.


Damn reality.






:p

It was going to be a really nice bracket too...dimple dies and I was going to bead-roll a lip into it. But the sender would have had to be at a 45 degree angle and upside down to fit in that space



Beadroller is a new toy

[Q]

How's it to drive? Well it could be my imagination, but it does seem a little keener to turn in. My car's got a pretty tight motorsport LSD, and is prone to a bit of turn in understeer if I'm not committed on the brakes, but the strut brace has seemed to help a little. More investigation will be required this weekend on some favourite roads

Not your imagination. Pre-996 cars REALLY benefit from a strut brace.
Initial turn in, stability under heavy braking, body rigidity all improve.

[Q]

How's it to drive? Well it could be my imagination, but it does seem a little keener to turn in. My car's got a pretty tight motorsport LSD, and is prone to a bit of turn in understeer if I'm not committed on the brakes, but the strut brace has seemed to help a little. More investigation will be required this weekend on some favourite roads

Not your imagination. Pre-996 cars REALLY benefit from a strut brace.
Initial turn in, stability under heavy braking, body rigidity all improve.