1974 Porsche 911S

[SebastienPeek]

All of the vacuum leak parts arrived this afternoon, figured I'd grab a photo.

IMG_0004 by Sebastien Peek, on Flickr

I picked the car up Tuesday morning, I grabbed a quick photo on Instagram of the valve covers but have been super busy editing a video for Jennifer's YouTube channel. I'll try and grab some more photos in the coming days before the family arrives. I ordered a few little things while waiting, mainly a new indicator relay which, after installing and then re-installing the old one, seems to have fixed the indicator issue. I also replaced the front hood shocks so the hood stays open, as well as getting the door handles fixed inside the car and a cup holder for Jennifer.

Now it is just a waiting game. There's a few weekends ahead of me where I'm going to be super busy and not be able to make it down to the shop in Costa Mesa. Once it quietens down, I'm hoping Mike will let me use some of the shop space and take the entire CIS/intake setup off of the engine and get to replacing all the gaskets and hoses with brand new ones, as well as throttle body seals and the likes.

Definitely excited to get the motor running without any vacuum leaks and a nice tune. Then it's onto the brake and front suspension refresh I believe. I'll try and get some more photos of the Porsche tonight.

[Average_Jerk]

mother fucking money bags over here. is that $3 in the corner?

[Jlyons617]

About tree fiddy.

[SebastienPeek]

mother fucking money bags over here. is that $3 in the corner?

About tree fiddy.

It's actually $2 in the corner...

[Average_Jerk]

It's actually $2 in the corner... :

[SebastienPeek]

Got some gift certificates for Pelican Parts for my 23rd birthday on Sunday, so last night I decided to put them into action.

I decided it was time to sort out the front suspension with what money I had, so I purchased the Turbo Tie Rod kit as well as new sway bar bushings.

I also ordered new headlamp seals, tail light seals and tail light installation kit, as well as an upgraded shifter bushing kit to get rid of my sloppy gear changes, as well as two books. I got 101 Projects for your Porsche 911 and How to rebuild and modify Porsche 911 engines. Guess it is good to read up one the how-to's before the engine gets stripped for a top end rebuild at some point.

Figure I'll grab some photos at some point, she needs a wash before Luftgekühlt on Sunday, so will probably grab them before that.

[z168]

Beautiful car. Why did you give up the blue plates?

[theseeker411]

I'm driving the truck to Luftgekuhlt man, I'll see you there.

[SebastienPeek]

Beautiful car. Why did you give up the blue plates?

Thanks man! I've actually got the blue plates back on, they're so much better than the white ones.

I'm driving the truck to Luftgekuhlt man, I'll see you there.

Done and done, going to try and get Jennifer to come out with me.

[SebastienPeek]

Hopefully spending some time throughout the week on the Porsche.
I am starting to get even sloppier gear shifts so going to do the shifter bushings etc as well as just an overall refresh of the gear shifter (new grease etc).

I am thinking I might pull the headliner out as well, it currently sags and I really want to strip the interior so that's one step closer! The only problem is that to remove the headliner correctly, it requires the removal of front and rear windshield. I am going to just take a box cutter to it and trim around the seals and hope for the best!

[SebastienPeek]

Sorted out sloppy gear shifts over the weekend and this morning, I also installed the Rennline Aluminum Shift Linkage Cover that I ordered a while back.

I removed the tunnel carpet, as well as the gearshift boot. I'm slowly going to start stripping the interior and putting the carpet away in our storage container.

Spoke to a few shops over the past week in regards to options for the engine. A lot of shops told me to not worry about the 2.7l and upgrade to a 3.0l SC motor. Looks like I'll be putting away a decent chunk of cash each month and hopefully in September I'll pull the trigger on an engine upgrade at RStrada all going well.

[SebastienPeek]

Ordered some stainless steel brake lines and new brake fluid. I want to get as good a feel in the brake pedal as possible asap.

Hopefully get my camera back from Khalil later this week so I can grab some photos of the shifter setup as well as the start of stripping the interior and other fixes around the car. Images soon!

[meeceboy78]

sweet ride!

[theseeker411]

You let Khalil borrow your camera?

Wonder how many pictures of pizza are now on your memory card.

[SebastienPeek]

Ahaha nah, I accidentally left it in his car one weekend!

I believe there might be a good amount of pizza photos though...