my 61 project

[Bullyboy]

After 2 years we are almost done. Its running and driving, we just need to get the interior finished. Of course there are things I am going to adjust/change when the weather changes and I can't drive it for the winter.
Thanks to the help here we have a really nice "driver" that handles great and stops really well.













Engine
45 Dellorto carburators
CB 3125 hex bar linkage and air cleaners
CB offset manifolds match ported by K-Roc
CB 1154 82mm stroke super race crank
CB 1290 super race rods 5.50”
90.5 B Cima Pistons
CB straight cut gears
CB 2288 cam
CB 28mm Lifters
CB 1.4 Rockers
Heads by K-Roc :
40 X 35.5 heads
9.4 compression
12lb chromoly flywheel
Kennedy stage 1
1 5/8 A1 sidewinder exhaust system (the best money you'll ever spend on an exhaust)
Schaedek 30mm oil pump
puma low profile shroud
CB 1770 thin line oil sump 1.½ quart

Body 1961
pan 1969 IRS
4 wheel disc brakes 85' 944 porsche
front suspension 2" narrowed beam with airspeed sway bar
Front wheel hub machining for the brakes by VDub Engineeering.
rear suspension 85' 944 everything from the torsion bar back and added a 3/4" swaybar.
3 bar kafer brace from VDub Engineering.

Powder coating was all done at home with an Eastwood kit and an oven in the garage.

[tom'72]

Looking very good, what's the name of that color?

[Bullyboy]

VW Sea Blue L360
Popular in the 60's

[ernyb]

Nice looking car, Bullyboy. I see that you have the 944 brake conversion. That is the same setup I am going to install on my 72 Super. Can you give me some more info on the brakes and wheel/tire size. Did you use the 944NA MC? Did you have any problems with brake bias or did you use a propotioning valve? I suppose tire size would be a factor. I am using 205/55-16 front and 225/50-16 rear. I am waiting to get my re-machined parts back from Lanner @ VDub Engineering, so any info you can give me would be helpful Thanks, Eric.

[bow]

that car is awsome

[Scotts73SB]

Very nice.. the wheels look like they were made for that car! Good choice!
You got mad powder coating skills!!!

[vwrx]

Hi,
how do you find the exhaust system? Loud, ok? and does it need to come off to check valve clearances?

[Bullyboy]

more info on the brakes and wheel/tire size. Did you use the 944NA MC? Did you have any problems with brake bias or did you use a propotioning valve? I suppose tire size would be a factor. I am using 205/55-16 front and 225/50-16 rear.

944m/c, no proportioning valve. Rear brakes on the front of the m/c and front on the rear. Tires are 195/55-15 and 225/65-15 I still have room for more tire under the CCC 1.1/4" widened rears.

how do you find the exhaust system? Loud, ok? and does it need to come off to check valve clearances?

The A1 exhaust is a work of art
Fit and finish is awesome. Sounds like a stocker with a growl at cruising speeds. Then it really roars when you get on it. I drove it past some friends the other day at WOT and they said it was pretty quiet. I like it much better than the merged S&S with fatboy I borrowed to break-in the motor.

Valves are no sweat.



3 bar kafer brace from Lanner. Zero wheel hop




Gauges

[Bullyboy]

Did someone say powder coat?



The wheels are decent but they are far from perfect. They were stripped, blasted, and a coat of Eastwoods single stage almost chrome.

Dorinda kept bugging me there were too many colors. Compaired to her 73 Super she had flat black, gloss black, and mirror black (yawn)

[vwrx]

Looks cool.

I'm currently running a merged 1 5/8 which had a fatboy (now an offest 2 1/2" muffler) and the noise is really getting to me after 3-4months as a daily driver. Plus having the car on it's guts doesn't help either...

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated :agree:

[mccarthy500]

what kind of bump stop did you use on the 944 rear arms?

[Bullyboy]

drilled and tapped the arm and then used the urethane bump stops