4.3 Supercharged Chevy - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

PaulE · 06-11-2020, 07:42 AM

Love this thread, don't know why I took so long to start reading it. Look forward to reading more, you've got some great skills!

Homeoboxter · 06-11-2020, 09:18 AM

It`s coming along nicely! What`s wrong with the original gas tank?

Qingdao · 06-11-2020, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeoboxter

It`s coming along nicely! What`s wrong with the original gas tank?

Nothing... but it don't hold propane LOL

This is gonna be a duel fuel machine. LP and gasoline. I figure I've already got a super tall engine; why not make it taller with an LP mixer.

Got some new brake hoses in the mail... and installed them

^^^ don't think the old ones were bad, but I'd rather not risk a caliper over 20 mins worth of work.

Qingdao · 06-17-2020, 03:56 PM

New struts and mounts came in today. The old ones.... well they weren't doing ANY dampening at all.

Also, I got some new control arms. Man, this thing is gonna handle like OEM.

Qingdao · 06-27-2020, 04:27 PM

Due to my grey interior I can't really paint the car BR green (or in the Porsche world Irish green). Wimbledon green was the runner up, but lately I've been thinking its too much effort to color change a car and not get the color I want. SO I've settled on just a simple re-spray of the silver paint. Because of this I've decided to paint my turbo twist wheels "cliché black".

They came out alright. There was a small issue with the base fish eying, but I think I nabbed it and hid it under the clear.

Still just waiting for the machine shop... If I get more body work done before the machine shop finishes I think I'm just gonna pull a random 4.3 block from the junk yard and slap it in there.

Qingdao · 07-05-2020, 04:23 PM

Pre-cut window tint. The drivers side was a little bit short, but looks fine when the window scrapers are on. $12 for both sides; not so bad when you think that its $10 for enough tint for a pair of windows. Its 25% VLT; state law is 27.5% but hopefully it won't draw attention for the $500 per window fine.

Qingdao · 07-13-2020, 08:42 AM

If the supercharged chevy is the cream filling then that makes this purchase the sprinkles on top

I got myself a "Z-art top"

Just need a hood and a bumper.