I'm bastardizing my herbie...

Vids and more pics! Driving impressions! How was it reacting to the ecu?

http://youtu.be/xzhCtL7T-Gg

 

http://youtu.be/vHScjdmY74U

 

Vids and more pics! Driving impressions! How was it reacting to the ecu?

Drive was very slow & short (5 miles). I want to do all check everything before pushing it.

I don't have power steering hooked up and the steering is very light without it. So I don't think I'm going to hook up an electric pump anymore.

It is LOUD right now. I need to build an exhaust ASAP.

I love it in some sort of weird sick way!

that's the point.

drove it to work today - 19 degrees out

 

So how long until you are doing some WOT pulls? (I know the weather needs to warm up a bit) but what's left to do until it's a reliable dd?

So how long until you are doing some WOT pulls? (I know the weather needs to warm up a bit) but what's left to do until it's a reliable dd?

I need to get the tach, water temp, and oil pressure gauges hooked up before doing any WOT.

 

The coolant fittings from renegade leak, so I have to tear apart the system and seal the fittings.

 

Build an exhaust.

 

Then it should be good to go.

I need to get the tach, water temp, and oil pressure gauges hooked up before doing any WOT.

 

The coolant fittings from renegade leak, so I have to tear apart the system and seal the fittings.

 

Build an exhaust.

 

Then it should be good to go.

 

Very cool. As a die hard Porsche guy, I should'nt like this project, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't been exited for updates. Can't wait till it's finished. Porsche's 3.4L motor in early 996's is junk and it looks like you have found a solution.

Yeah, this is much better than the 3.4.

 

With only an alternator on the crank it is very light revving, which is awesome.

Videos are taken down now?

porsche saw it apparently....

Very cool. As a die hard Porsche guy, I should'nt like this project, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't been exited for updates. Can't wait till it's finished. Porsche's 3.4L motor in early 996's is junk and it looks like you have found a solution.

Exhaust teaser:

 

 

 

 

 

I changed the way the hoses are routed during the swap (to the correct flow) and they now sit low. It really cleans up the engine bay.

 

before:

 

 

 

 

 

after:

 

 

Exhaust teaser:

 

 

Looks like there's room for some turbos down there!

 

Lots of room for turbos

I like the plate.

Lots of room for turbos

 

How crazy would that be with a set of Garrett 30's?!

 

Awesome project.

Are you running straight pipes?

Awesome project.

Are you running straight pipes?

Not any more.

quick idle video with the new exhaust

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p;v=ZNxB9_aoivg

update

 

Coolant system flowing properly

Car drives and sounds good

I washed the car

 

The bad part:

After a few minutes of driving, it has fuel cut and basically kills the car's drivability. I restart the car and it's good for ~ a minute, then fuel cut. I am replacing the LS1 water temp sensor as it is a legitimate possibility of causing this issue. I might pick up a fuel pressure gauge, but the awesome part is I swapped the fuel rails to fit the 911, better, so the schrader valve on the fuel rais is now facing the front of the 911. bah!

 

Anyways, onto some pics taken from a toaster:

 

before the wash, first time driving without a front plate and the bumper cover is pretty beat up from years of Chicago street parking, but the bumper plugs look good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo offset & monster truck stance

 

 

 

 

freshly washed and where it decided to take a break

could be heat soak too? looks like the air intake could take a lot of heat from engine bay, or am I wrong?

 

Not enough driving to cause heat soak.

New GM temp sensor installed and no more misfires!

 

old vs. new sensor

 

an idea of how useless my exhaust is

 

 

photo of the exhaust, taken by Mr. Magoo