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8-19-2008
I'm back to 10 hour shifts at my job which is good $ wise but between travel eat and sleep doesn't leave much time to work on the car. Did some cleaning to the engine parts and sprayed some with bright silver paint, it seems to have a metallic effect too much bling but once back in the car it'll be more in the dark so probably allright.
Ordered the JE 8.8 81.35 mm pistons from Norwoods, there is a 4 week wait because they are build on order also ordered their kevlar clutch. Couldn't find a local source and my plate and pressure plate is probably 28 years old, Norwood does normally exchange these clutches but he will sent me the parts without exchange but I will have to do the flywheel surfacing locally, no problem. James Patterson at Norwoods was very helpful and takes time to answer emails. I asked about thier copper headgaskets and decided install and potential problems were to much a risk for me, so I will get regular Elring headgaskets. The pistons are listed 1680 at the Norwood site but that is without the slightly larger pins that are needed, that makes 1860, 2570 with clutch ouch.
I will bring the crank and flywheel to the engine shop today so they can check the crank and I know if I need the standard size bearings or oversize (probably not) and I can order the rest of the parts (another $2500, another ouch).
Also received the Ford explorer 5.0 throttle bodies (65mm each). There is a guy on ebay selling these blasted and powder coated. These seemed to be the most simple basic TBs I could find without brand specific extra casting that needs to be cut off, I can just mount them on a plate and connect inlet air with a 80mm hose coupler. Looked at the IAC things, powered them but nothing happens though the motor wants to turn, decided them to much trouble will probably stick with the Kjet bimetal extra air valve or sort it out later. Each throttle valve had a hole for idle air, I soldered one of them shut. I'm thinking a staged (if that is the proper word) setup were the first valve starts to open, then with the first 1/2 open the other one starts to open at twice the rate, so they'll both be fully opened same time. Put the TBs on my scanner to make a mounting plate template.
Scanned the dial from my boost-o-meter and reversed black-white and printed it on a stickersheet -> cool. Not so cool I dropped and broke the glass but I think I saw a similar one in some waste corner at my job. Breaking glass...I removed the rear window from the car without a problem and later decided that the savest place to keep it was in it's original position...NOT. When trimming the new rear lid I touched the glass with a file slightly and pats. Will see if I can find another one cheap or else make one from lexan.
Prepared some parts for selling, they are on the German ebay from this evening (feel free to bid US citizans!):
Fuel distributer, fuel lines, digiplex boxes and warm up regulater. Don't try to read my german (even germans will have a problem) I just say that all the parts are ok and working before removal, 1980 US GTSi.
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http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=300251566421
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If I can sell the stuff, eat only rice bought in large bags and drink water for 6 months, I can plan a brake upgrade. Saw some Porsche 996 calipers for 550 Euro with only 15000 km, discs and universal hats can be had from Wilwood, handbrake calipers from some Pantera site, estimated total cost 2000 Euro. Also there is a Wilwood 4 pot caliper now with handbrake function only 120 GBP ex VAT that looks perfect for the 308 rear, though the handbrake mechanism looks a bit flimsy and the notch taken out of the caliper wall weakens the caliper I think. Future project.
Actually were I put the Ferrari script it said "Made in Bulgaria", must have been made in a time when they were proud of craftmanship because the inside looks like a well made watch. Today, similar to Dolce Gabbana clothing from Bulgaria, it would probably be a fake "Veglia" or "Jaeger".
Sorry no visitors! I'm a guest there that is barely tolerated (no really) and my parents don't like the Ferrari and the attention it draws. Roel "Dino208GT4" once visited me in is big roaring Mondial and they fear what the neightboorhood will think with all the quarter million cars visiting (though the neightboorhood are the same people for 60 years).
However once the car is ready next year (hmm) I plan to visit some meetings, if there is a Fchat local gathering or other events.
About the brakes, I haven't bought them yet and didn't plan to, however the price is very good so I sent the seller an email if he still has them...I will go get them if he does. My friends always tell me I should get rid of all the old junk and buy 1 decent 911 but I say the only thing good about them are the nice big Brembo brakes. So driving around with Porsche logo on the brakes would prove that point...however Bulgarian writing on the boost gauge is fun, "AMG" on the blower (visible through the louvers) is fun but not "Porsche" on the brakes. I will just put Brembo stickers on them, because that's what they are.