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Basic Performance Mods

Cornering on the stock suspension. Might be time for bigger anti-roll bars! (photo: Charles LeTouzey, CVR PCA) Having a few years of...

Door seals and sill plates

An easy fix, but one I was aprehensive about. I'm used to interior pieces being difficult to remove without either first removing other parts, or impossible to re-install due to the assembly order of operations. Luckily this job had neither issue. My door seals were already shredded when I got the car, and my sill plates were ugly and too short. Probably not uncommon, the door seal is pretty ripped up. There was some mild bodywork done on the door and a re-spray of the rear

Spring Plate Install

How I installed new adjustable spring plates in the 911

Front End Refresh

My low horn stopped working and while I don't honk much, I would like it to not sound silly when I do. And the passenger side bellows...

Fixing the Sunroof

Harkening back to my consulting days, here's the answer first and if you want the saga, well it's still all there. The Sunroof was...

Central Locking Issues

I turned the key to lock the doors, and the lock went down and then popped back up. I tried it from both sides and got the same result. A...

Replace Your Cylinder Head temperature sensor

My initial symptoms seemed to be that I was getting gas & getting spark since the car would start when cold, run and then die. I could...

Replace your fuel pump

Things are not always what they seem. It started out with a ride on a flatbed, I was about 10 minutes from home, the car was running...

Replace your Ignition Coil

Nothing mind blowing, just some hopefully helpful tips for first timers. While tracking a start and then stall condition, I tried to test...

Replace the outer window scraper

Thanks to the magic of internet searches I learned that some people call this a squeegee. I was taught that it's a window scraper, but...

Repairs / Cost Of Ownership

A few years in, I wanted to look at cost of actual repairs - stuff that broke - vs the cost of things I chose to renew/restore. How is...

Pre-Season Car Prep

I'll collect odds and ends here from prepping the 911 for Auto-x season Wheel Lugs My lugnuts felt a little irregular, a little tight...

Life with a Quick Jack

I knew I would be working on the 911 quite a bit when I bought it, so I ordered an inexpensive home "lift" to help facilitate the work....

Minor Fixes

Some other small items that have been dealt with which really don't warrant their own page but could be handy to someone. Shift Knob The...

Why is the engine flat?

Why did the 911 use a horizontally opposed engine from 1964-on? It's an interesting design study. Other car makers to use a flat engine...

Let the pros handle it

"A man's gotta know his limitations" - Dirty Harry Someday I really want a barn with a proper 2-post lift in it. They are the joint. One...

Basic Routine G-Body 911 Maintenance

A journey, but here is where we are so far. By no means exhaustive but what do we think we want to do annually at least? That is the...

Adding a fire extinguisher

Not as sexy as a big wing or a Nitrous bottle, but well worth the effort. I am starting to take longer trips and longer laps at bigger...

Super car cleaning for the super lazy

"I hate buffing out wax, it's too much work". If you like a shiny car, and this is you, try this quick & easy approach. When my new old...

Tracking down an intermittent no-start issue

In the interest of not becoming a "recipe" site where you read through 10 pages to get to the ingredients, I'll condense my pages at the...

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