What are the top ten gifts every Speedster owner should want/get for Christmas/Hanukka/Kwanza/Festivus?
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A 5-speed.
A dual plugged 180 200 220 hp 2276, 2332 or 2386, vented disc brakes (I'd like the Coolstop ones with 5x130 mm aluminum hubs and big honkin' aluminum Wilwood calipers please) and if one didn't have them, lighter aluminum wheels. Oh- and a larger gas tank like the bloke from across the pond makes that looks like a Carrera tank would be very cool as well!
I think that's pretty much it- oh what the hell heck- I'd like Santa to magically replace the steel frame of my IM with aluminum. I'm drooling thinking of all the weight saved...
I think I'm done.
One two three more things- a set of LN Engineering's 101.6mm Nickies (with my 86mm Berg crank that would make 2789 cc's!), some heads to make that much displacement work (the JPM heads from Sweden?) and an engine case (from Todd Francis in WA. state maybe?) to hold it all together.
Please, Santa; I've been (mostly) a good boy all year...
A few of those fancy fire extinguishers that look like flares.
A Porsche tool kit.
A set of Bruce's wind visors, or even all of his products!
A tow dolly.
Fitted car cover.
Porsche crested shift knob.
A set of Troy's Porsche crested seat belts.
A Porsche crested key ring.
A set of period correct Porsche key blanks that will work with your ignition.
Blaze cut
Are there tow dollies which work for speedsters, don't drag the rear end.
New seats for the mini.
Fix the carbs/ignition on the speedster
Paint on the mini
Jethro posted:A few of those fancy fire extinguishers that look like flares.
A Porsche tool kit.
A set of Bruce's wind visors, or even all of his products!
A tow dolly.
Fitted car cover.
Porsche crested shift knob.
A set of Troy's Porsche crested seat belts.
A Porsche crested key ring.
A set of period correct Porsche key blanks that will work with your ignition.
Blaze cut
Good list. Any idea where to buy the Porsche key blanks?
@Bob Hampton " …..Are there tow dollies which work for speedsters, don't drag the rear end." I've used a dolly but had to let 2/3rds of the air our of the front tires this lifted the rear a bit to not drag the exhaust.
I do not know, but ever since I read the thread below, I have wondered, and thought it would be fun to have a set of keys that looked correct.
Bob wrote: "Are there tow dollies which work for speedsters, don't drag the rear end."
Yeah..... They're called "trailers" and you don't have to mess around with tire pressure or anything.
And now I need to go to the shop to drill out my ignition key.
"For lightness".
Or to keep one step ahead of Al Blanchette
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@Jethro said- "...ever since I read the thread below, I have wondered, and thought it would be fun to have a set of keys that looked correct."
Or save some money, get a VW ignition switch, drill out the key like in the thread you referred to and everybody will be so busy thinking how cool it is they'll never be able to tell it's true origins...
And @Gordon Nichols said- "And now I need to go to the shop to drill out my ignition key.
"For lightness".
Or to keep one step ahead of Al"
The key is a very good start. You'll be removing huge weight (percentage-wise). You've got a little ways to go before you catch up to me though...
Oh- just 1 more thing, Santa- I really, really, REALLY need a ZF limited slip for Christmas. Pleeease...
You can never go wrong with good craft beer .....
Speedster wish list:
1) Delivery of my New Vintage Speedster replica from Arizona by Nov 30th.
2) Pair of those Cruzin Windows that Troy offers.
Here this should keep it nice and shiny... ShinY kit.
IaM-Ray posted:Here this should keep it nice and shiny... ShinY kit.
My new Griots 6" polisher arrived this week and I should be able to get into it over the weekend. Again the words Stroud and Polish aren't normally used in the same sentence, but we'll giver a go anyway.
That model 4-cam would be a damn cool thing to keep the boy busy in the cold winter months.
A Spyder built by Greg with a Subaru 5 sp IRS trans................Bruce
Stan Galat posted:A 5-speed.
Yes a 5 speed!!!
Just 1 more thing, Santa (I'm sure this is it)
A bigger selection of carbide drill bits- trans parts are hard (high speed steel barely makes a mark and cobalt doesn't touch them either) and carbide bits are expensive up here (20 or $22 for 1/8, $58 for 1/4 and $125 for 7/16" bits, and I've broken 2- 1/8's and 1- 1/4"- you can guess how loud I yelled (and the language I used) when I broke the 1/4" bit! I was sooo careful with the 7/16. With a couple few more sizes- 5/16, 3/8, 1/2 , 9/16 and maybe 5/8" (boy would that one be expensive!), I could do so much more...
Al, stop drilling and start building. That would be a Christmas present to us all.......
Been working on my Carrera engine model today (couldn't wait for Santa) rather daunting , however received support from Anand. The book that comes with it contains some really neat historical photos.
Just finished the Hirth crank with connecting rods 😁
Ernst Fuhrmann
That Hirth crank running roller bearings?