996 GT3 MK1

ditchvisitor · 23 Nov 2019

Well it's been a long time since an update, have been away a fair bit with work and used the car a fair bit over the summer.

I am currently working on a front end refresh, it will become apparent why with pictures!!

Front end stripped off.

Cleaned/checked the frunk etc

Rads/condensers are in excellent condition as were replaced not long ago.

However the radiator brackets not soooo much!!!

This is how she stands currently, fortunately I managed to remove the brackets without removing rads/condensers. I now have a big list of bits to order from Porsche....

ditchvisitor · 8 Feb 2020

Currently the car is away having the whole underside/arches stripped back and repainted/stone chip protected, its costing a lot however with the lack of underseal protection on the GT3's it's well worth it and will be better than new when it comes back, I'm pretty certain that most of them will need this doing at some point and I wanted to get it sorted before it got really bad. I put in a massive list of parts with Porsche which I collected yesterday, and I've just spent the morning cleaning/scrubbing all the plastic shrouds/shields/arch liners and will coat them this afternoon.

£900 worth of Porsche parts!! ðŸ˜³ðŸ˜³

New radiator mounts.

All new undertrays!!

ditchvisitor · 15 Feb 2020

Today marked the return of the car from the bodyshop where it's had a complete underside & under arch restoration. It's also had a number of items blasted/powder coated, all new undertrays fitted and is now better than new underneath and good for another 20 years!. It's as per the factory in terms of colour/overspray areas and it's had 4 litres of wax applied on various areas. It was a pretty big outlay financially but well worth it in the long run and I'm pretty certain that all MK's will be needing doing.

Started working on the car early doors and had the back end back together well within 2 hours:

I then started working on the front/centre rad supports and all the ducts etc, I bought all new bolts/nuts/clips etc etc and full cleaned/degreased all plastics before giving them a thorough coat of plastic restorer. The rads/condensers and all exposed bolts/fixings were given a coat of ACF50 anti corrosion spray. After it was all back together I ran it up to temperature to make sure radiators were all warming at the same time and aircon was nice and cold. My OCD is somewhat expensive sometimes when I end up buying all new everything, however if I ever come to sell her the pile of receipts is ever increasing and the necessary jobs have been carried out!!

Once the bumper is back on its service and MOT time, get the refurbed shocks & new springs on, give the suspension and geo a check over and then get out and give her a good thrashing! Can't wait to take her to Le Mans!!

NickHappy · 15 Feb 2020

Loving your work there DV, can't beat a bit of OCD. I do many little jobs like that myself and find it quite satisfying to replace new for old and even take the time to sand all the crud off then prime and paint.

You're going to have a lovely car there :thumb:

Are you off to LEMan this year then??

http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=137174

Marky911 · 15 Feb 2020

Huge effort gone into that.

Great job. :thumb:

The return of Marty Wild · 16 Feb 2020

Looks awesome, job satisfaction off the charts! Well done!

Just need some cool but dry Spring air to take her out in.

TV8 · 17 Feb 2020

wow, your car looks fantastic and a lot of good work in that project

Jay. · 17 Feb 2020

This is by far my favourite GT3. Excellent work!

ditchvisitor · 6 Mar 2020

Jay. said:
This is by far my favourite GT3. Excellent work!

Thanks! Means a lot that people appreciate the work that's gone into it.

Not a very exciting picture by any means however another £70 spent at Porsche means I have everything needed to finish a few small jobs, she's off for a service and MOT at Wrightune in Wallingford on Wednesday and then will be getting some miles on her.

ditchvisitor · 11 Mar 2020

Well the car is finished and I drove her to service/MOT this morning, its been 7 months since I've been behind the wheel and I've forgotten just how bloody good a car it is!! I managed to get some photos of the underneath when it was up on the ramp:

During the underbody restoration at GTR Motorsport:

All new undertrays/fixings etc and 4 litres of wax oil:

Here she's is back on the road:

adamw · 11 Mar 2020

Looks amazing :worship:

Snap (although mines not the real deal - although still love it)

:thumb:

BHZ661 · 12 Mar 2020

Stunning attention to deal , looks amazing :thumbs:

ditchvisitor · 9 Apr 2020

I've been considering an exhaust system for the car for a while, ideally I wanted an M&M system from Germany, they were the suppliers for Manthey who offered the K400 upgrade for the car, however at around £4500 I wasn't that keen!

An advert appeared here on 911UK with a full system comprising of ceramic coated stainless steel Fabspeed headers, GMG Motorsport silencers and cross over pipes with HJS 200 cell cats. The previous owner had them fitted to a MK2 GT3 and with a remap made significant gains, this system was around £5500, I picked it up for £1400.

Once it arrives I will fit the silencers, cross over pipes and cats myself, it will then go up to Matt at Fearnsport to have the headers fitted, the current bolts are rather corroded and if they snap off I have no way to remove them and he has done them plenty of times before! Once the full system is on I will get a remap carried out by Wayne Schofield.

Today's job involved fitting the rather lovely new RSS engine mounts and once again stripping the back of the car off!! This is helped by the fact I've done it a few times before and all the fixtures are brand new!

Old engine mounts removed, I think there will be rather a noticeable difference as these are the original factory ones from 21 years and 48k miles ago!!!!

New lovely RSS mounts:

Fitted in the car:

And now with all the exhaust off waiting for the new one!!

NickHappy · 9 Apr 2020

Loving your work DV. I'm keen to know what you think of the RSS mounts on the road. Something I also intend to do and looks quite straightforward as I'm regularly taking the back end to pieces too.

Exhaust looks a nice bit of kit - how did you get on with the O2 sensors??

ditchvisitor · 9 Apr 2020

Yeah they are super easy to change over, need to work out what I'm doing on the gearbox now!! The new exhaust isn't fitted yet, that's on the previous owners car, fortunately it's coming with new sensors already fitted!

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