01Nov2012
912/356 Battery charging…or overcharging
Charging heats the plates in the battery, batteries do not like temperature extremes. This is a very nice car that was left on a charger unattended and boiled the electrolyte out. When they boil over a lot of stuff gets devoured by the acid, the battery was ruined, the car won’t start, and someone has to clean that caustic crap outta this trunk, and the box re-coated to keep the caner out. You can see at the seam where metal has started to …
31Oct2012
Some Random Parts For Sale:
GT3 Sport Seats from a 2004 GT3. Perforated leather with embossed crest in the headrests. Arctic silver painted backs. $1500 Recaro Pole Positions in box. Do not appear to have been used. 2006 Manufacture date. One seat has a very slight puncture near the shoulder. With NEW in box 996/Boxster/997 seat sliders. $1500 Fabiani (Fabspeed) Early 993 super cup exhaust: $250 Porsche factory bra for 2004/2005 GT3 with mirror covvers.. $150
21Oct2012
Transport Arrives Rennsport Kansas City
Had a little speedster come in from the west coast last week via Intercity Transport. When the transports come through, it is always fun to see what is on them. It is usually a mix of neat cars. Unfortunately, there are very few Porsches where I don’t look up in the trailer and just kind of ….”meh” Seen a hundred of them. Occasionally you’ll come across a Carrera GT which are pretty cool. A modified 997TT and a 993TT didn’t …
20Jul2012
It’s Hot
—What’s your name? –“My name’s Roosevelt E. Roosevelt.” —Roosevelt, what town are you stationed in?. –“I’m stationed in Poontang.” —Well, thank you, Roosevelt. What’s the weather like out there? –“It’s hot. Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my shorts. I could cook things in it. A little crotch pot cooking.” —Well, can you tell me what it feels like? –“Fool, it’s hot! I told you again! Were you born on the sun? It’s damn hot! I saw – It’s …
This has been an ongoing project for some time now. The car came in with a horrible knock in the motor after the motor was run 4 quarts low on oil. Now common sense always tells us what the outcome of this will be. We worked with the owner to try and do some cheap options first to see if they would solve the issue, but in the end, the cheapest way always ends up being the most expensive way. …
SOLD Listing this for a customer of mine. He bought the car awhile back and has too many cars, so this needs to go. Asking $40k (no title). He has $58k in the motor alone. Engine has 4 laps on it, fresh tranny has zero. Car was last set up by Darren Law and I believe Graham Rahal has some seat time in it. I do have a .pdf of the dyno sheet when the motor was done. Location: Kansas …
Another good 356 turned dirty girl. After a bunch of cleaning we are still here, so total tear down and soak is needed. better, but all that stuff came from somewhere, when we looked in the tank the rust was terrible on the inside, a little on the outside too. So the tank is cleaned and coated inside: and out: Fuel smell in the cabin is corrected by rebuilding the petcock. How to get the retaining ring out: Looks and …
01Jun2012
BMW M5 dreaded vanos problems
This 2000 M5 is just friggin cool. V8 engine and manual trans. Comes in with rough idle and CEL showing open circuit bank 2 vanos. Bank 2 solenoids are behind this cover. with the cover off we can see the oil leaking into this housing so new “square” o-rings are installed onto the solenoids after they are pulled and open circuit found a bit back That takes care of that, this weekend I’ll install another solenoid in line with the oil …
Had to drop the pan and rear crank bearing to do this rear main seal, and look what came in the kit: Maybe I am late to the party but this was my first time seeing these. Screw em in, pop the pan gasket over, then slide the pan up and everything is in place. Put in the other bolts, unscrew these, pop in last 4 bolts and you are done. wish those came in every kit!
19May2012
Full House At RennsportKC
Things have been busy with the driving season under full swing! Thanks for all the support!