Had this old 996 come into the shop this week for a host of things. I built this car years ago at Imagine Auto, they are all finding their way home slowly but surely. It was a unique build years ago, custom GT2 front and rear bumpers along with a Getty rear wing (I really think it needs a turbo decklid to finish it off right). VF supercharger, harness bar and Sparco harnesses. Kit #071 One of the issues with …
07Jan2013
Porsche Repair Oh my! RennsportKC
It’s been awhile again, I made the huge mistake of allowing my lenovo auto update program to run, which in turn killed my internet connection system. After fighting it for a few days, I am now in the complete machine reload phase. Thus a lot of pictures of projects I had to blog about are going to bite it and I will start fresh with a better attitude. I have a history of putting my fist through computer screens when …
02Jan2013
Jaguar X-type day
I love these days with a theme, it really lets you get a rhythm going, and for some reason the Jaguars seem to come in bunches. Last time it was three XJ8’s on the same day. Today it’s X-types. First we had a nice 3.0 5-speed throwing all kinds of “transmission fault, DSC failure, restricted performance” codes. We have the Jag DLR software and it shows the TPS isn’t talking. The Jag is a drive by wire and the TPS …
27Dec2012
Some LSX Progress RennsportKC
Last couple of weeks I have been knee deep in wiring. My cable sheathing finally came in and I was able to run the wiring from the oil pressure sender and temp sensor to the instrument cluster. Once that was done, I was able to turn it over and build oil pressure. After verifying no leaks, I finished more of the wiring and did a test fire. Vroom! Not bad considering the MAF/o2’s are not hooked up at all. Kind …
27Dec2012
Porsche 986 Boxster Service RennsportKC
Had this Boxster come in awhile back for some catch up service. With 100k miles on the clock, it was time for some much needed service. Really the car just needed a round of filters and spark plugs, but I did notice the spark plug tube seals were leaking on the engine, so while I was in there, I made sure to replace those. After pulling out the tubes, I noticed the seals had been replaced at some point. Factory …
Had this 996TT come in the other day for a front CV axle boot replacement. Tearing down the front assembly to get the axle out of the car. She has been broken for awhile. When I got it apart, it was really dried out. The inner end. And out of the car where I can work on it. The axle removal is the easy part. The rebuilding part royally sucks! Since the joint was really dry, I completely disassembled the …
Edit: It seems our blog posts, such as this one, are being stolen by a website Chrisescars.com and he is taking credit for them by literally putting his name on the article. We will be addressing this immediately. Going to knock out a little work on this 993 before shipping it out of state to it’s owner! We have had a few things on the list to take care of, including new poly front control arm bushings (Chris Walrod), as …
27Dec2012
Cayman Project Continued RennsportKC
I’m not sure where to even start. I looked at my desktop of all the picture folders I have categorized and ready to blog about, but it is a bit overwhelming. I’ve got to take a couple days off just so I can catch up on blog….for work! Last we saw, I think I had the Cayman engine out of the car and ready to swap over. I got all the accessories transferred from the old engine over to the …
16Dec2012
Porsche 944 LSx Wiring
Last couple of weeks I have been slowly tinkering with building the wiring for the car from scratch. No original wiring left in the car, everything was removed, and I am wiring only the things I need/want. It is very time consuming, and reading wiring diagrams is repetitive, but also a lot of fun to be able to build from scratch! Figured out a mounting solution for the larger LSX computer in the stock location. Wish I had not have …
14Dec2012
I’ve Been Wu’d
Not many people will get that, but it makes me laugh. Had this daily driver come into the shop this week after I turned down the job on the car. That’s getting Rich Wu’d. In fact I blame Rich. He called me and asked me about the repair for his brother, and not really knowing much about Nissan’s, other than the fact that girls drive them (and Rich, he’s had like 10), I turned it down as I was too …
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