beaks

30 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

 

 

...says the guy who worked in F1 for several years...       

 

...pardon?

I have selective hearing chap, just like most of us...

3 minutes ago, Christopher2110 said:

If it works it works!

Wonder like you say how much noise will be come through, and also heat.

been out for a drive and no difference to me at all.

don't really think it's there to absorb head - it's just sponge and some polystyrene...

1 minute ago, myfirstboxster said:

Spray the bulkhead Grey to match the carpet colour ?

with the seat back you literally wouldn't know I'd been getting busy with the Stanley knife 😄

6 minutes ago, map said:

Proper surgery there 👏

Would it have been an option is to remove the padding on the reverse side of the carpet? How much would that gain I wonder?

I bought myself a spare carpet so that the original kept intact - agreed yes it's an option but peeling off foam etc takes forever and like you said may not have made the gain... too late now! 

the carpet only cost me £50 and was in the right colour so it was a no brainer really.

cheers,

Ian b

So being a 6'4" brick outhouse the 987 fits me ok, but only just...

Anyway, I was trying to figure out a way to get the seat laying back a little as I always felt just a tad 'bunched' up, especially with the roof up.

A few weeks back I removed the bulkhead carpet to see if that would allow the seat to recline a little more and yup, it sure did.

So today I made a 'slight modification' to the carpet and now the seat reclines a little more - not a huge difference but one that I can absolutely notice therefore more than worth doing.

You can't actually recline the seat any more than how I have it as the head rest will be into the back of the roll bar.

I added some Noico sound insulation that I had kicking around to the exposed steel and ally of the engine cover plate - not sure if it's actually needed or how much difference it'll make but it was on the shelf so thought I'd use it!

Anyway, just thought I'd share this with the lanky chaps out there.

Cheers,

Ian B

Changed the blower fan.

No more squeaking on my watch.

59 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

These are often corroded into place or at least the head burrs out in many cars and to double the problem Porsche use 2 screws.....  They do go through a lot of heat cycles and often have a dab of thread lock on them.  Try tightening first before slackening and if it burrs out, drill through with a 4mm drill and you should be able to clear the remaining threads out OK (often turn out with the drill bit I find) and, if you have one, run through with an M6 tap.  Any decent replacement disc should come with replacement screws.

used an impact screwdriver to get the jokers out chap - when I went to use my screwdriver if was one of those 'danger danger' moments so common sense prevailed on this occasion!

cheers for the tips though!

New brakes all round !!

A nice job to do - only issue was whoever put the little screws in the front brake discs last appears to have thought they needed to be beyond 'FT'...

Changed both condensers...

3 hours ago, Y7TSY said:

 

fitted some new centre caps thanks to @beaks

just need to clean up the wheel bolts and it will look good as new! 

top man !

I used a can of Hammerite 'hammered silver' to do my bolts... look fine and a lot cheaper than new... although go steady on your locking bolt with the paint..

ian b

On 7/29/2020 at 9:58 PM, lostinespace said:

Been swapping over the bump stops, done one learnt the easy way to do it although I still have to put the first strut back together. 

what's the easy way to do it chap?

i need to do mine at some point...