Some of you knew the 951 gave up the ghost at the last NYSpeed track day (made it 3 corners). Well I was expecting the torque tube to seize. What I wasnt expecting (though I knew it was possible) was for it to take out my gearbox, which also has the diff in the same casing. BIG :tdown: so today I finally started working on the car again. Here are the first pics from the day, this is just the prelim draining of the transaxle.
Round 1:
Stuff still sitting in the drain pan:
Starting to drop the drivetrain tonight, more pics to come.
Ok, interior is stripped down to the dashboard, torque tube is disconnected and just needs to be pulled out tomorrow. I tried something new and dropped the entire rear end as one piece. Trailing arms, coilovers, subframe, subframe connectors, transaxle, etc etc. Photos basically speak for themselves. Transaxle is getting crated up and sent to Kansas City. Torque tube I’ll be rebuilding and putting back in, also adding a Lindsey 3 piece front crossmember, GT3 seats, and a 6 point custom cage with an access panel in the rear to help with transaxle/suspension changes and smooth out airflow in the rear to the underbody aero piece. More photos to come!
The bimmer project is progressing, more photos on that in a few weeks (hopefully). I had a bit of a mishap with the new headwork so that’s been delayed, and I wont goto the machine shop without it. Once the bimmer is well on it’s way the porsche will be gone.
I’ve still got two of yours here Andy (Ill bring them with me next time I come to buffalo, PM me your number). And it went back the first week of August, I just havent had the heart to work on it (or the time).
things never go as planned!