Now follow along on our latest large scale project as we build another racecar from the ground up for another one of our customers, Barry Bays, currently racing in PCA F Class - from the most unlikely candidate, a water logged 1976 911S Targa - for the GT3R class again utilizing a unique powerplant, a 3.2 based 2.61 twin turbo
car started life as a 1976 901 chassis 911 targa
996 body pannel conversion.
installed susp and brakes
headers.
custom built fiske wheels :eek:
PAINT!
dyno and ride along vid as well as a ton more pictures are avail here…
well chances are he got the 76 real cheap since it was a water damaged car plus maybe it was cheaper to get the widebody pannels than actually convert a narrow body to wide.
either way im not sure why they decided to go this route but damn the finish product is soooooooo naaiiiiiiccceee
I’m not arguing a point, just saying after shelling out custom wheels and the rest of the stuff done to the car you’d think he’d have gone with that route instead.
Either way the car looks absolutely amazing, the work done looks top notch
So you’re saying a minimum additional expense of $11k is a drop in the bucket? The bodywork was only a couple grand, the only extremely expensive part there is the motor. The goal for a track car is to have parts that are a solid balance between cost and life. Center locks wear out, cost a shit ton, and you need another $2k in tools just to use them. Pass.
Like I said I’m not arguing a point, just was curious as to why he didn’t, my knowledge of center hub wheels is limited at best so I had no idea as to whether or not it wouldve been cost effective and/or better performing
seems silly to me, but i guess if you have massive amounts of time, unlimited resourced, lots of money and are just sorta bored then it makes good sense to do this rather than to start with something much closer to the finished product.
i wonder if weight has anything to do with it. im sure a 70’s chassis is going to be much lighter than a 90’s/2000’s and they added a cage to take care of rigidity.
bottom line, people will do what they want to do regardless of what folks on the internet think they should do.
