Changes and Modifications

Changes and Modifications

I finally took delivery of my car in August 2005. Almost immediately after its arrival at my house, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast and I found myself deployed in support of recovery efforts. After a couple weeks in both Mississippi and Louisiana, I finally made it home to assess my car and determine what I wanted to do next. However, my unit soon deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and I had to wait to address the following until January 2006:

Rough spots in the paint; poor detail on paint under engine cover
Leaking brake system
Various oil leaks
Unsynchronized Carbs
Rough Idle
Clutch out of adjustment; hard clutch pedal push
Upholstery coming unglued from floor and leather from seats
Lots of squeaks, rattles, shakes
Play in steering
Extremely dim headlights
No Porsche, Spyder, or Nurburgring badges
Tachometer not faced for 2.7 911 redline; reads too high
No weatherstripping in door jambs or under hood

	September 2005 Purchased a garage lift from Eagle Equipment Stored the Spyder until my return from the desert
*December 2005* I got a new digital camera to document the modification process!
	Jan 15, 2006 Purchased period-correct chrome headlight rings and rubber seals to replace polished tin rings and to add the seals where they didn't exist before. Purchased Hella H4 sealed beam headlights to correct extremely dim headlights. Purchased Porsche fluted headlight lenses; period correct, not 911 style. Removed prop for engine cover and carb watershield covers for chrome plating.
February 2006 Sent carb watershields and engine prop rod to a chrome plater in Daytona Beach Bought VDO mechanical fuel pressure gauge to dress up engine (and to make sure I have 4 psi going to my 30 year old Webers) Bought synchrometer for my carbs	*Before...* After...Coming Soon**
*February 2006* Replaced headlights, seals, and rings with the new ones pictured above.
March 2006 Watershields, velocity stacks, and prop-rod are back from the chrome plater Replacing brake fluid reservoir with a billet one from CNC Removing seats to fix problems with leather Looking for a "sexier" shifter boot

*April-May 2006* Identified problems with chrome plating; sent a few parts back for re-plating Re-installed the newly chromed parts Hit the road and killed my first bugs with the car