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Originally Posted by gonz (Post 668620)

It's great work! If I had the know how and the nuts, I'd make a poor mans 904 out of a 986.

So, you got me thinking. It really wouldn't be that much of a stretch.

I'd have to do a double wishbone in the front and to be honest that would be easier and safer to do than what I did. I'd mount the top A arm to the frame rail and use the stock lower rails.

The suspension in the front would be a cantilever. With the dampeners and springs horizontal somewhere. The only issue I have with this is that the 986 uses Mcpherson struts which put the load of the vehicle on the top of the strut towers. The lower control arms are not made to support the weight of the car (you can just look at the lower ball joint to see how weight on them would shatter them). The knuckle has to bear the weight of the car. The cantilever setup would have to incorporate this. That would be the trick.

^^^After I re-read what I wrote I thought more on this. You could just beef up the upper control arms and use them as the load bearing arm just like on the old Mustangs.... It would just look awkward as hell (like the old Mustangs).

The rear suspension could be mostly like what I did here on this car.

The body would be the priciest part. Cause.... IDK where to get a replica 906. And I'm sure the replicas are more expensive than I'd like to purchase.

BUT>>> all this thought aside I probably won't do this. I love the 906 don't get me wrong, but its out of my price range for a body. AND I want to build a C3 next...... A C3 with a Jaguar V12 in it. I got the V12 bug. LOL

C3's can be had for about 1 or 2 thousand dollars, and Jag V12's are a $500 affair. Toss on an interior kit, some odds and 'n's and nice paint and you're looking at my typical $10 000 car. Thats how much I put into my daily boxster (the chevy 4.3 car) and thats what I have in my "RX986". They are both fun cars and I would hate to be in $20 000 in a car. That would make me feel icky.

That is looking good. I hope my paint work improves this time, assuming I ever get out of the bodywork stage. Did you delete the door handles?

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Originally Posted by Outkasted (Post 668824)

That is looking good. I hope my paint work improves this time, assuming I ever get out of the bodywork stage. Did you delete the door handles?

FD door handles are on the little black area near the windows.... And they were a common fail point from day one. Meaning today they are expensive.

Also, I don't have space for a latching mechanism in my "doors". The doors on here are just skin. There is a small latch I welded in that holds the doors closed, but its accessed from inside the car only.

I won't be able to put the windows up and close the doors, but I'm not concerned about that in the slightest. The car is garaged and my job is so far from anything else relevant nobody is gonna mess with this thing. Oh man I just jinxed myself. LOL

On the topic of windows. They aren't really going to roll up... more like I'm just gonna have pegs I put in them to hold them up while I'm using the A/C and driving. :D

Try flow coating your paint. It makes a terrible paint job... ok. After your clear coat cures (like 3 days) run 1000 grit over the whole area. Get the clear completely smooth, but DO NOT go into base. Then toss on 2 or 3 more coats of clear.

Your gonna paint yours black? Color sand the crap out of it, and let it shine. :D

Thanks for the advice. I tried flow coating on the last paint job and likely didn’t do it right. I am going to paint the same color however this time I am not going to add as much black so it’s brighter. First I gotta get this body straight from the fiberglass work I did. Not good with fiberglass but this isn’t a show car.