Das $build thread$ by dasbeast3.0

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Round 3. LOTS of sanding left to do.

7/17/11

Bought all the paint yesterday so I will be making progress shortly. Other than body work I've had trouble with cracking wheel bearings in half due to bad hub/spindles. The car sat w/ no axles all winter so I killed my hubs spindles and bearings. It all got tweaked way out of spec. I got aggravated with it and ordered everything new. Oh yea LK4Z is some damn expensive base

For anyone who gives a ****, I decided to use all PPG paint. Deltron base, primer & sealer, PPG 2021 clear. Its what I always use and am pretty comfortable with it.. i know I'll be able to get a damn good looking paint job with minimal sanding/buffing.

7/20/11

Porsche goodness:





Many $ worth of liquid:



7/26/11

Brakes are done, minus banjo bolts that are in the mail. 4mm spacers arrived and give me perfect clearance to the calipers. I have about 2mm of play now. DSS axles are a perfect fit and everything bolted together very nicely. Body work is moving along, almost got one fender 100% down to metal. I was gonna take it to factory primer but there was a lot more paint than I expected on the fenders. 6 coats including factory! lol I don't have the time to sand it so I hit it w/ the ol' aircraft stripper and got most of it loose.

Other than that I had a bad t-stat so I had to undo the housing and replace it. New wideband is in and the car mechanically is coming to an end. I just need to install the harness I made for the intercooler pump then it will be boost-able. Also ordered some SS rod to make some turbo bracing, so I dont crack my manifold from the weight/movement.















And this guy is keeping the C company for a while:

7/29/11

Bodywork. A lot of it.

Stripped both fenders to bare metal. Bumped the dings out and got a light skim coat over them. one is in primer the other one needs to be re-shaped slightly around the arch due to a building falling on it last year.











Next in line: Hood. Its gonna be a chore straightening out 30 dings using little, if any plastic. My plan is to strip to metal, guidecoat/ sand the metal to see all the dings (guidecoat will sit in all my low spots) bump them flush (the ones I can get to) and give the bad ones a skim if i have to. I'll prime 2 or 3 coats and block it out nice n smooth.

7/31/11

I drove it.

lol hood came up and smashed the windshield in.

8/1/11

I tried to get a video but my damn camera memory was full. You guys have to hear the way this **** sounds lol. I got the i/c working and fixed my coolant problem.

Took a healthy run down the road at 25psi. The car is insane. Much MUCH faster than before at the same boost. The 6speed clicks gently into gear, very tight /responsive. I haven't gotten past 3rd gear but I was already approaching 100mph. The way the turbo spools is perfect. Exactly what I wanted. Builds boost at 3k full at 4k, but the onset of power is very gradual which is awesome for traction.

Here is the shorter vid. Not too great, the other one is better.

http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=MOV04809.mp4

Vid# 2: 2/3 gear pull.

http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=MOV04808.mp4


Yes the windshield is trashed. lol



As for that bolt, I just grabbed one that fit. (your talking about the small one on the side of the mount right? ) Pretty sure its an m8 but I don't know offhand. There is plenty of room for the motor and trans to move, I have almost 1" of clearance to the cup.