New powdercoated trailing arms, roller bearings, and Porsche parts five lug conversion (mostly 944 parts).	New powdercoated trailing arms, roller bearings, and Porsche parts five lug conversion (mostly 944 parts).	Brand new CVs, early 911 stub axles, modified 914 shaft.	Spacer installed so we have enough 'meat' drill and tap.
Top piece notched to cap off the end pictured previously (showing the spacer).	Top piece notched to cap off the end pictured previously (showing the spacer).	Welded together.	Welded together.
Drilled and tapped.	Drilled and tapped.	Bottom oil cooler support tabs welded in.	Bottom support tab detail.
Bottom support dropped into place.	Oil cooler bracket welded into place.	Oil cooler test fit.	Oil cooler shroud.
Oil cooler shroud.
			Getting ready to test fit the 3.6
Getting ready to test fit the 3.6	3.6 Test fit in the engine bay.	3.6 Test fit in the engine bay.
	Prepping for welding.	Welding in the Rich Johnson mount.	Welding in the Rich Johnson mount.
Rich Johnson mount welded in.	Out 'custom' 993 engine lift plate. It worked great.	993 3.6 installed for real. It'll have to come out once more.	993 3.6 installed for real. It'll have to come out once more.
993 3.6 installed for real. It'll have to come out once more.	ANDY!	Removing the old rear window installation.	Original butyl + RTV = leaky mess
The original seal has a wire inside that was used to heat up the material and 'seat' the glass.	Last piece of the oil cooler intake welded and smoothed.	Last piece of the oil cooler intake welded and smoothed.	Rear trunk holes to be welded shut.
Antenna delete tacked into place.	Under headlight area in primer.	Under headlight area in primer.	Under headlight supports painted with Guards Red basecoat.
Front windshield removed.	Antenna delete all done. No need to grind more as the car has a large 'bondo pit' that will be filled in.	Under headlights in Guards Red.	Under headlights in Guards Red. Plus my head!
Wiring harness passes through the firewall.	And is routed along the top of the center tunnel.	And the ECU goes in the passenger footwell.	Wiring harness passes through the firewall.
Under headlight support set into place. Welding tomorrow.	More disassembly	Oil thermostat mount box.	The thermostat will JUST fit inside.
Painting the rear window mount black.	The hole for the oil thermostat box.	Test fit of how the finished oil thermostat box will look.	Front window is out and the mounting flange is cleaned up.
Removed the old roll cage to targa bar tabs.	Welded in now roll cage to targa bar tabs.	Masked off the front window flange and primered.	Painting the flange.
The freshly painted window flange. Looks awesome.	The freshly painted window flange. Looks awesome.	The car after another day of work.	Nice dual muffler setup.
New mufflers test mounted.	Heater tube emerging from the long.	Heater tube emerging from the long.	Oil thermostat mounting complete.
Oil thermostat mounting complete.	Oil thermostat mounting complete.	Nice mufflers! Made by Sebring Tuning.	Mufflers test fit on the car.
All the gauges were removed and the wiring redone.	Each gauge now has its own 9 pin connector for easy removal.	All five gauges in the housing.	The connectors in the body wiring harness.
The front cooler is finally installed for real.	3.2 engine tin from Patrick Motorsports. Modification is necessary for the 3.6 including two pieces of the stock 3.6 tin.	Ready to start the James Adams JWest Shift Kit install.	Set the piece into place.
Mark the holes	See the mark?	Here they are.	Greasing the new shift bushing.
Grease the shifter ball.	Push the bushing into place.	Push hard!	Center punching the spot to drill, so the bit doesn't wander.
We drilled a hole in the bushing to let air escape. Much easier install!	Center Punches.	Drilling the holes.	We used a Letter P drill bit. The perfect size.
Bolts fit perfectly.	Mounting the piece.	Tightening the bolts.	Inserting the stub rod. This uses the stock ball cup.
All together.	We ground a stock cone screw flat instead of using the supplied bolt.	This is how it looks before you grind.	This is how it looks all done.
Greasing the bronze bushings.	The cap installed.	Everything installed.	Tried modifying the cap to get a better fit.
Modified hole.	This thing!	Here it is all together as supplied.	Here it is all together as supplied.
We decided to cut apart an extra stock cover and rivet the 'tube' on the other side.	Close up of the customization. RTV used to seal the two pieces.	Cleaned up the excess RTV and installed the boot. All done.	Ground off the lip.
Install the bushing.	All painted.	New shocks. Shocking!!	Clutch release fork and throwout bearing
new shaft-seal for speedo angle drive	JWest shift kit	rebuilding the dual distributor. replacing the drive-belt	part number for speedo angle drive shaft seal
dizzy rebuild finished. old belt in front.	finished engine tin	dual dizzy vent setup.	more engine tin
and even more engine tin	did someone say engine tin?	stainless fuel-lines	stainless fuel-lines and fuel filter
refinished dashboard	Felt on the dash.	Carbon Fiber 911 dash from Getty. This was just clear coated, so it looks great!	Gauges in!
Installing the JWest shift kit. We cut this portion off. We'll be using the part on the left.	New windshield ready to install. Blacked the outside to work with the rubber trim (chrome delete).	Don't forget to leave a gap for the VIN.	Powdercoated this aluminum cover for the engine 'tin'.
The piece we cut off the shifter was turned down in a lathe to remove the outside that was welded on at the factory.	This is how the pieces will be going together. They just need to be welded.	This is the Patrick Motorsports 3.6 coil pack mount.	Here are the coils mounted up.
JWest shifter bushing in place.	JWest shifter bushing in place.	The shifter is TIG welded together.	New shift rod installed and the universal joint bolted on.
Installing the windshield. T-N-T Auto Glass did the work for us!	Installing the windshield. TNT Auto Glass did the work for us!	Windshield installed! Thanks TIM!	Andy in his car.
Bleeding the brakes.	Bleeding the brakes.	Bleeding the brakes.	Getting close.
Oil lines are in.	Oil lines are in.	Motor in for the last time.	Clutch adapter in place and torqued.
Clutch adapter in place and torqued.	Clutch adapter in place and torqued.	Tim & Mark test fitting the intake system.	Tightening the clamps.
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