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Just a short update. Not much happend since the last update, but new tires are now fitted. Went with Michelin Pilot Sport 4. In general regarded as a good tire for this car and being a quality brand it will easily improve over the old and low quality rubber it had before. Alignment also done. Toe was off a fair bit, but as I experienced, total toe was actually good enough to drive straight without too much pulling etc. Camber was also off by a bit on one side. Both sides (front) now at -1deg. The rear was also a bit off now, maybe due to new tires fitted. This was corrected as well.
Went on a longer trip on a warm day and ended up in rush hour in the city heading back home. Good thermal test for the car as it was nice up to operating temperature when I entered the city. All good, temps around 90C seems good to me. Checked under the car while it was being aligned, no new leaks or issues spotted.
So I signed up for a local tour sometime end of September. Just a 60mile tour in the area with 20 cars max. Nice opportunity to take the car out, enjoy nice roads and meet some local porsche people along the way.
On V8 side I decided to cut a small part of the chassis out of the wreck. This is the part / bar between engine cover and access panel. This means little cutting, easy to fix, but giving all the possible clearance I could need on the front side. Idea is to move the engine as much forward as allowed by the driveshafts (before they hit the U-shaped suspension carriers). In that position I'll try to fit the engine cover....
This action is planned for this weekend / next week.
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