1976 911s

[doug_e30]

i love this so much! any thought of doing the rest of the car in the martini livery to match the decklid?

[SLammed Hooptie]

This is art! Nice to see it being put to use on the track!

[Verdigrie]

An incredible piece of machinery, still looking as fresh faced and beautiful as it did in '76.

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[andybob]

A couple years ago I got some seat time in a '76 911. It was brought to the US from Germany and had the turbo widebody added on to it here in the US. The body was rough, the interior was shot, but mechanically it was sound. I'll never forget driving that thing, it was way too much fun. Ever since then I've always wanted an older 911, this thread really makes me want a 911 now. Absolutely love it.

[M.Sam]

Im so in love with this car. Perfect everything!

[AccordEuro]

There are spoilers on the top of spoilers, no rear bar, coils and just a generally cool vehicle.

This is freaking awesome, I love it!

[brum]

Hnnnggg this car.

I'm really digging the wooden beams/ceiling and brick design of the shop. I guess being a structural engineer's son does that to ya.

What's next with the car? Just track it how it is or further modifications?

[jrcanes55]

This thing is amazing. So well done. I just wish you weren't so busy! haha

[Rannem]

Love this ongoing project! The fact that you make something that works, rather all bling and shiny stuff makes me happy

Keep it up! And more pics..

[btober]

best build ever & my fave car to follow on instagram <3

[that911]

simply brilliant, loving the direction. congrats on the feature as well

you have any more track footage?

Thank you. Unfortunately no other track footage since I've only been testing. I should have more soon though.

LOL is that a wooden front splitter?

Yes it is. You do realize that most splitters on track cars are made of wood? The pretty CF ones that don't mount to the body are mainly for show. Despite this I'm still toying with the idea of making my own CF splitter. Composites are interesting. I just don't know if I have the time.



So the coilover installation went pretty smooth and I am very happy with the results. The car is much more nimble and with the custom digressive valving the ride quality is surprisingly good.

Here is how it sits with the coils.


(photos courtesy of Rocky Wong http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockytwong/)

I was having some issues with getting camber in the front, so I decided to pull the lower control arms and have them extended. It adds camber, decreases my scrub radius, and helps fix some of the geometry messed up when lowering the car.



Here are the arms after the work was done.

[sawatsky]

LOL is that a wooden front splitter?

[softg]

simply brilliant, loving the direction. congrats on the feature as well

you have any more track footage?

[that911]

First off I would like to Thank Mike and Andrew for taking the time feature my car here on Stanceworks.

http://www.stanceworks.com/2012/12/amirs-track-porsche-911/

Next, I finally found some time to get back to work on my car. I've had a set of coilovers sitting at the shop for a couple of months now and decided to install them with the time I had off for Christmas.


I started with the rears on Saturday since I had some time to spare.


It was pretty straight forward. The biggest hassle was taking off the sideskirts to remove the torsion bars.

One of the advantages was the weight savings.



I was in a bit of a rush to finish the rear so I didn't get too many pictures. Here is the end result.


Today we finished work early so I started on the fronts.

I started by pulling off the bumper and getting some things out of the way.



The fronts were a pain in the ass, and everything fought coming out from the balljoint pins to the bearing races.


Again there was a bit of weight savings



Old torsion bars finally out of the car!
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Now the car is sitting at the shop waiting for me to put everything back together


I'll update with more tomorrow.

[that911]

Tell us about the shop space you are working in. Club space? Rental? What the deal?

It's the shop I work at Avus Autosport. It's a BMW & Mini Cooper shop in Glendale CA.