Randy D Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 I blame this one on JC's thread in the general Section. Folks continue to post some really cool rides there. My favorite Porsche has always been the early '70's 911 Carrera. Love the flared rear-end without any bolted on fender junk. I have a Fujimi 911 Carrera RS '74 in the stash that will combined with a Tamiya 911 GT2, after market engine, wheels/tires, seats and whatever else I can throw at it to give me a classic 911 look with updated "guts". The plan is to use the more modern chassis and suspenion of the Tamiya kit to update the 911. Then we stuff a "Mad Mike" 911 flat six motor into the curbside Tamiya chassis. The interior, inspired by the Singer cars, will be a combo of the two kits along with after market stuff. The Fujimi kit is the Enthusiast Model re-released a few years ago. Pretty standard EM kit with a couple hundred parts and a ton of mold lines:) The Tamiya chassis looks to be right on as far as wheel base goes. Some triming of the chassis and redoing the wheel wells should get me close.
Randy D Posted July 12, 2020 Author Posted July 12, 2020 Starting with the engine. The Fujimi kit has a great motor that builds up nicely to represent this..... We want to 'Hot Rod' it to more like this...... The Mad Mike motor is an actual 3D print, not a resin casting. The glue of choice is the same, super glue. This engine is just a few well detailed parts.... I'll save the air cleaners for another project. This engine does not come with a transaxle or exhaust.The throttle bodies will work great with the mechanical fuel injection system I want to build. The Fujimi kit will provide the Bosch F.I. pump and the transaxle. I will make up a set of headers. Here is a pic of the throttle bodies and linkage that I want.
Randy D Posted July 12, 2020 Author Posted July 12, 2020 I am painting as I go on this one....red for the upper air channel.... Parts for the linkage and bases for the velocity stacks... Fujimi Borsch F.I. pump is nice piece that just needs some details added and the shutoff and enrichment solenoids removed. Also making up the gears and belt for the drive system...
Randy D Posted July 12, 2020 Author Posted July 12, 2020 That is all for now, Thanks for looking in! Randy
Spottedlaurel Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 What a start! A great concept and that engine looks amazing. Just noticed the writing on the belt.....
89AKurt Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 That's KILLER! I have a few Fujimi and Tamiya 911 kits, so very interested to watch this.
beeRS Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Brilliant concept - combining these two kits. I love the Singer stuff, so I'll be watching with interest.
landman Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Amazing engine detail. Those linkage parts have my attention. Are they generally available or did you make them?
SSNJim Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Nice work - great looking engine. I do have a question, though, concerning the upper air channel you have painted red. A lot of the kit instructions say to paint it red, but I see a lot of engines with it in natural metal. The yellow car and engine behind the white car in your pictures above have them. What is the difference? In what color do they come from the factory?
afx Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Great looking project Randy and your welcome for the nudge with the Porsche Hot Rod thread! Edited July 13, 2020 by afx
doorsovdoon Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 wow, this is another level! Individual linkages, print on the belt, I'm done!? haha,
espo Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 This engine looks amazing. This could be displayed all by it's self.
Codi Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 A great builder with great taste in cars. This will be fun to watch Randy and I want to add to the fact that its so nice to see you back posting here. The pump looks killer and when I looked at the engine I can't help but note that the "fan" in the shroud will look great in metal. wink-wink. Seriously though, nice to have you back. Tim
FredRPG Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 9 hours ago, SSNJim said: I do have a question, though, concerning the upper air channel you have painted red. A lot of the kit instructions say to paint it red, but I see a lot of engines with it in natural metal. The yellow car and engine behind the white car in your pictures above have them. The fan shrouds pictured above are natural (unpainted) fiberglass not metal. I’ve only had multi owner modified or repaired Porsches so mine have all been natural or black. I would think factory color would vary from year to model. With the quality of Randy’s work, and the level of detail, I’d guess he has the correct color.
SSNJim Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 2 hours ago, FredRPG said: The fan shrouds pictured above are natural (unpainted) fiberglass not metal. I’ve only had multi owner modified or repaired Porsches so mine have all been natural or black. I would think factory color would vary from year to model. With the quality of Randy’s work, and the level of detail, I’d guess he has the correct color. I wasn't questioning whether he was correct. I just wanted to know why the variations in color. I've seen many a picture of 911 engines, and they vary in color. Never having seen a Porsche engine in person, I have no idea about them except what is shown in kit instructions. It just seemed strange to me that the top of a 911 engine would be red. I had no idea it was an upper air channel/fan shroud. Thanks for the material information - the pictures I referred to looked bronze-ish to me.
Muncie Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 Randy, This is looking great - fantastic work, incredible detail, and awesome reference information.
FredRPG Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 2 hours ago, SSNJim said: wasn't questioning whether he was correct. I just wanted to know why the variations in color. I've seen many a picture of 911 engines, and they vary in color. Never having seen a Porsche engine in person, I have no idea about them except what is shown in kit instructions. It just seemed strange to me that the top of a 911 engine would be red. I had no idea it was an upper air channel/fan shroud. Thanks for the material information - the pictures I referred to looked bronze-ish to me. My apologies I was complimenting randy’s work not suggesting you were questioning it. Now that I think about it maybe only the s cars had a red shroud, that’s what I meant about his work, there’s more chance randy is correct than I am. I love the cars and have had a few but I’m by no means an authority on them. I do recall one of my early ones (‘70) having a green shroud, pretty sure that one was factory. And as a further bit of possible misinformation I think the colors were in the gel coat or resin, not painted.
porschercr Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) It could be his personal choice. If you want to know about Early 911 Fan Shroud information... see my post http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/forum/14-11-reference-photos-auto-shows-personal-vehicles-cars-and-trucks/ Edited July 13, 2020 by porschercr
SSNJim Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 That was an interesting link, porschecr. I had no idea there were so many colors, nor that an 89 is an early car. That cleared up a lot of questions. Thanks!
porschercr Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Your welcome, Jim..I agree seems a bit odd about an 89. I would have thought "Early" would be '65-'73 or so. Edited July 13, 2020 by porschercr
SSNJim Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 I'm right there with you - I was thinking up to about 73 myself.
Randy D Posted July 14, 2020 Author Posted July 14, 2020 Hi Folks, Trevor, Glad you're on board for this one! Thank you nigel. Kurt , Thanks, always enjoy your modeling adventures. Sonny, I know I have the winning Lotto ticket right here for my Singer Pat, Glad you like it Mr. Engine Man! The linkages are some printers plate for the bell cranks, RB Motion tiny bolts/nuts/rod ends and some albion nickel silver tubing. Thank you Daniel ! J.C. Appreciate the comment my friend. Gareth, thank you for that. Thank you David! Codi, Sure, send me down that rabbit hole it does feel good to post something. I must say you continue to raise the bar with your efforts in the Drag Section. Thank you Mike ! Steve, appreciate you checking in on this one ! Fred, Thank you for the info, I'm jealous, never have owned one!!! Jim, Good questions and I just learned more good info. Maybe that site considers all the air cooled years early, did they switch to water cooled after '89? Digging thru ref. pics and I'm finding yellow , green and red so far.... Some progress... Using 34 ga. wire for plug wire. RB Motion distributor cap boots. These are cool in that they have a small dia. opening for the wire then a larger opening for the dist. cap, basicly goes together just like the real thing...
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