1976 Porsche 912 build with 993 motor swap by freedomperiod

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Into the eyeball...

It's the 993 oil cooler!

In order to really get that authentic look I think I may need to sacrifice either the horn grills, or the side markers. One or the other. Can't have em both.

This green car has euro lenses/partial amber for the turn signal. The orange car above has full amber.

None of the real RS's I've ever seen, have chrome horn grills.

I may need to ditch one or the other. Shame, because it's very hard to find those clear side markers I have.

I just happen to love the chrome horn grills, but they may need to be black. It seems there is significant variation in turn signal lenses among the real RS's. Some RS's have the partial amber lens like the green car, but the pattern is in reverse order. See the orange car below? 

Plenty of variation in side marker lenses, but none in horn grills. I have never seen a real RS with chrome horn grills. ..much as I love them. 

Lightweight door panel is lightweight. Simple is simple. Going to probably put a small speaker in there too.

Dash looking good.

1/2/2012

Sorry for another fluffy post, but I was surfing around and found an exhaust pic as well as a perfect car I'd like to share. It's here http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/...20Flat%206-Cyl, and also below. 

Another way my car will look different than a real RS (on the outside), is the exhaust system. The correct one is a huge, ugly, grey colored, saussage-shaped monstrousity. This car has it. ^^

My car will look a lot cleaner under there, but still have the single tailpipe.

Look at that fender flare^. It looks like it shoots almost straight across at the top. Those are CORRECT RS flares!!

This yellow car right here has the exact look I'm trying to achieve for the outside of the car. It's a really good RS replica. He has the ugly saussage muffler, but other than that, It's the exact look I want. 

Correct 15's

Correct flares

One mirror

Black horn grills

Chrome window trim

Large offset wheels

I like the absence of any script. This is exactly how I want my car to look, except black.

Another thing you'll see on a real RS, are the oil lines. You can see them well on this white car. They run along the underside of the car there. They look like white tubes in the above pic because they ARE white tubes. They were factory painted to match the car.

The 993 oil cooler uses braided metal lines. ProtoSport will position them in such a way that they resemble the configuration of the old fashioned tubes (one side sends oil, the other is a return). I think we're going to need to use black shrink wrap to make them black.

Exhaust fab will begin soon. I'll have a better post next time.

1/3/2012

Ok, change of plans.

We're going back to flexible lines. The reason is this:

If the tube gets dented (rocks, gravel, etc.), or it kinks, the whole tube has to be replaced. Also, since it's a rigid structure, oil flow will be instantly compromised in the event of a dent. A flexible hose reforms its shape after impact.

Paul at ProtoSport informed me that it's the reason why oil tubing is replaced with flexible lines in Porsche race cars. The oil must continue to flow no matter what! You can't dent a flexible line as easily.