911 Carrera RallyCross Project

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We are taking the car to the Lake Superior Performance Rally next weekend. It's not in the rally nor is it a course car but it has been invited my members of the Historic Rally Group to display the car with theirs and also to perform a few parade stages for the benefit of the spectators and maybe some lucky passengers. We will be spending three days in the company of two Audi qauutros, A Rothmans Escort and possibly a Lancia Delta Integrale.

So of course that meant "UPGRADES". Well, some little tweaks anyway.


First we added a small decal to the rear. The car is officially the "Carrera RX" now.

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

Carrera RX front Silhouette by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Then we fixed the door opener strap that fell off a few weeks ago when a small circlip let go. We went with a small screw and nylock nut this time.

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We changed the transaxle fluid. We have been hearing stories of GL5 oils disloving the brass synchros of older cars so wanted to address that. Miller's assures us this stuff won't and we have been very impressed with their engine oil so far so thought we'd try it out. The old (not so old) oil will be sent away for anaysis.

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Finally we bolted back on our modified front skid plate we received from Thompson Racing Fabrication. We were never fully satisfied with the original iteration though it worked fine. We tested it out on our trailer once. We just thought it need dressing up a bit. Looking over pictures of factory cars from back in the day it soon became clear what was needed: reinforcing ribs running the entire length.

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


The welds are pure art!

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We are also hoping to get these door pockets on as we don;t have anywhere to keep our knick-Knacks in the car.

pockets by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Finally, we thought you might be interested to see our next project. It's a UR Quattro Rally Build. A bit like this only we are doing a full restoration and rally shell to base the project on. You can find out more [URL="https://teamilluminata.com/pages/quattro-rally-build"]here[/URL].

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Our car has been sidelined by our 85 UR quattro that recently came back to life after a 2 year engine refurbishment. With winter looming we have been driving that every chance we have gotten, as you can imagine. However we did register for the Detroit SCCA RallyCross on December 3rd which, by happy coincidence is where Ryan Symancek of /DRIVE filmed most of this last year. Enjoy.


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We put the winter tires on a couple of weeks ago:

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Not because it was snowing but because we entered a local Rallycross.

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and the conditions were cold and wet. Not great for proper rally tires.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


We still slid about quite a bit

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Video:

https://youtu.be/isgkskSCt-M

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In car video:

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We didn't hit any cones all day and finished a respectable fifth in class. Not bad considering we haven't driven in anger for six months. When we finished the car was very dirty:

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
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Last weekend was our annual pilgramage up north to the Sno*Drift Rally. As usual we had a vendor booth and used the Carrera RX in our display and to go spectate. However, before we set off we had some winter prep to take care of. Our 911 does not get very warm in the winter, the inside does but the oil does not. We rarely see it rise above 160F so we took Tuthill's advice and replaced the Miller's 10W50 race oil with their 5W40 race oil. Tuthill runs an ice driving school in Scandinavia during the winter and swears by this stuff.

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr



We also shielded the engine oil cooler with cardboard to retain some heat. We have found this to give us around 10-20 degress more oil temperature.

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Then we were off.

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No snow on the ground and temperatures in the 40s but we were assured that 4 hours north of us it would be below freezing and snowing. Good, as conditions up there had been quite warm and melted the snow pack they had built up already on the stage road turning them into ice rinks. A good snow covering would help all the competitors out. We were not too disappointed but even more snow would have been welcome.

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We unloaded the car and retired to how rental house to catch up with friends. We spent the next two days camped out in our display and driving between stages enjoying the rear wheel drive traction from the Nokian R2 winter tires. At one stage we thought we would need help after parking on an ice covered steep hill but the care just pushed its self out to the amazement of all around. We even manage to recruit a new fan and future rally champion.

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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When we returned home we were happy to find a magazine from Norway in our mail box with a story about our car in it. Thanks BIL. Anyone speak Norwegian?

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We were honored to have our 911 Carrera RX invited to the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn last week. It was displayed in the atrium outside a meeting hall in some very distinguished company. First we had to bring it home

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Some Porsche/Audi love

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Next day we took the winter tires off and mounted the summer BFG Rivals in readiness for our next adventure in New Jersey. Stay tuned.

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Paul Eddleston

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It's been nearly two months since our last update so no wonder those upstart safari cars ^ thought they could sneak in. OK, back to our car.

In Aprilhe car was invited to the motoring club car show at Oakland University and displayed next to the FSAE car we sponsor.

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During April and early May, as time permitted we did a few minor mods:

We replaced the cone seat steel lug inserts with ball seat so all our Porsche wheels can now use the same lug nuts.

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and then some hood pins, front only for now. Rear looks more involved.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


and finally a period rally computer.

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Last week we dragged it down to Ohio to display it and spectate at the Southern Ohio Forest Rally

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


We still want to drop the engine soon and refurbish the intake tract but first we need to get our 85 quattro running right so it can take over the Carrera RX's duties. Bloody CIS injection woes!
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There is a coating of some sort that delaminates off the tank and gets sucked down into the bottom of the tank and makes all kinds of weird stuff happen under load. I think the Ur quattros had a similar tank to the 4000.

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Our 85 UR quattro is running sufficiently well enough to tackle solo classic car duty at events so we decided to drop the engine in the 911 Carrera RX.

Before we got carried away and disconnected everything we had the presence of mind to do a compression test. We think it went well.

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Plugs look OK too

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We have a five week window before we need the car again so we got a wiggle on:

https://youtu.be/vDWWLwnW8E0

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and 1 minute and 40 seconds later it was out.

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Ok it took a bit longer than that. About four hours over three days I think. Now we start in on refurbishing the top. Here's what we are thinking:


New Heater ducts
New Shifter coupling
Intake manifold gaskets
Clean Injectors
refurb air flappy door thing
replace Rubber hoses
replace Fuel lines
Adjust clutch
Replace Plugs
Replace Leads
Replace Distributor cap
Replace Engine mounts
Replace Engine crossbar
Replace Left camshaft oil line
Valve clearances
Replace Air filter
Replace 02 sensor
Fix oil Leaks
Rear Hood pins
Refurb tinware

money and time permitting of course.

Car is running a bit rough and making some popping noises. Also doesn't like part throttle but idles well and pulls strong. Would like to dress up the engine bay a little too. Maybe some steel braided lines instead of OE replacements. Can you think of anything else we can do?
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Tear down is nearly complete so we took the car off the lift and pushed it back into the showroom. Looks odd so high in the rear.

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It didn't take long before we found our first issue. This might need cleaninig.

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We soon had the intake manifold off the engine.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


and found some more, not unexpected problems.

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A bit more wrench wiggling and we had the shroud off too.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


A few more things to address.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr



Generally speaking there were no surprises so we think we'll push on with our original plan. There was one little wrinkle: a morning spent googling "Individual throttle bodies Porsche 3.2" !! Maybe next time eh?
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Update: We fixed all the pictures on one build thread but it's way too much work to fix them on all threads, including this one. Sorry. Anyway you can now see a thread with ALL the pictures at http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technic...oject.html
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The 911’s engine is back together. First we painted the valve covers red because racecar.

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Then our cleaned and tested fuel injectors arrived from Cruzin Performance.

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We repainted all the tinware

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Then replaced the intake manifold connector with a silicone one from Vibrant.

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We took advantage of the open engine bay to install some Sparco hood pins

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Then our new intake gaskets arrived for TRE Motorsports

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And a new engine cross member from Rennline

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Munks Motors rebuilt all our fuel lines with Aeroquipe hoses

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And Wevo sent us some performance engine mounts.

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Finally we slapped the engine back in and took it for a drive but not before replacing the rear anti roll bar drop links.

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The result of all this effort? The engine starts easily now and goes straight to fast idle then settles down to a smooth 850 rpm. No popping and bucking anymore and it pulls a lot smoother too.

https://youtu.be/TWqeISHUiaM

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Paul Eddleston

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We are pleased to report that the Carrera RX is now running very well indeed and we have been enjoying the car a lot visiting several cars and coffee events including an impromtu dash 200 miles up north to vist our 83 UR Quattro build at Cherry Classic Cars after our van blew a turbo hose.

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We also attended the Woodward Dream Cruise and the Detroit Car week with the car.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr


Meantime we fabbed up a gauge pod to house the AFR gauge connected to the wide band o2 sensor we had installed while the engine was out.

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr



This week we are dragging the car up to Empire, Michigan where it will once again be functioning as the course opening car. Maybe see you up there?
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It's been a busy few weeks fro the CarreraRX. A couple of car shows, pace car duties and even a race!

First up was pace car duty at the Empire Hill Climb in Northern Michigan. Normally we get to run a few parade laps up the hill but due to time constraints caused by the number of entries fun was restricted to escorting the cars from down town to the base of the hill. This is necessary as most of the cars are not street legal but need to use public roads from staging to the start. There were plenty of interesting cars on display too:

The following weekend was our (now seemingly) once a year RallyCross event with the Detroit region SCCA. As these were only a few days apart we let the CarreraRX sleepin the trailer.

Made some new friends and got the car nice and dirty.

https://youtu.be/MPNEwy0ah5w

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Last weekend's adventure was to the car show held as part of the Speed Ring festival at M1 Concourse. At just over a mile from our shop we really couldn't miss this one. The event was primarily a Time Attack weekend but we did come away with two awards for looking pretty while stationary.

The car is resting for a couple of weeks in preparation for posing about at the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where it will get to meet non-other then Hannu Mikola! Should be fun.

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RALLY LEGEND MEETS RALLY LEGEND

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No, the guy on the left met the CarreraRX.



Last weekend we made our annual pilgrimage to the Lake Superior Performance Rally to hang out with our Group B rally car mates only this year there was a special treat laid on my the Guys from Dirtfish Rally School in the form of one Hannu Mikkola. Hannu was one of the first works Audi Quattro drivers and a true motorsport legend. Dirtfish also brought with them a replica of the MK2 Escort Hannu drove in Europe and a pristine Audi Sport Quattro. Hannu drove the Audi with us on Thursday up and back down the Keweenaw Peninsula then drove the Escort during shakedow, a couple of stages as course opener and then, again with us in the super special last stage in downtown Houghton.

There is a Flickr album documenting this occasion [URL="https://www.flickr.com/photos/team_illuminata/albums/72157688327619073/with/24039102278/"]here[/URL] but here are a few appetizers:

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
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Can't believe it's been so long since our last update. So much has gone by, like: it's another year now! So what have we been upto since we got back from LSPR? Well:

We replaced the door seals then took out the rear window and resealed it with a new gasket.

No rust, thankfully.

Then we added a map light for an upcoming TSD rally.

Replaced the voltage regulator on the altenator and the fan belt.

Then had fun doing the TSD rally which really didn't go very as we set our clock 17 minutes off so were consistently 17 minutes early at every control. We did set fastest time of day though LOL. Our spot lights also packed up as soon as we turned them on. Still, we had fun!

We also did a RallyCross. That's two in one year! It didn't produce any great pictures (or results) but some in car video.

https://youtu.be/PuWtzustB9k

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What's next for the car? Well, we are definately taking it up to Sno*Drift rally again at the end of the month and, due to the rather frigid weather we've been having here lately, there might be one or two ice races on the cards. We've got a door rattle to chase doen and a rain leak from the front end to diagnose. We also just received our heater blower backdate parts but that might wait for warmer temperatures just in case it sucks. Stay tuned (subscribe).
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The end of January saw our annual pilgrimage to the Sno*Drift Rally about 4 hours north of us in Atlanta, Michigan. Despite the name This particular Atlanta normally offers frigid temperatures and lots of snow but this more resembled its warmer namesake to the south. Much of the snow had melted and refrozen during the preceeding week making the roads an giant, elongated ice rink. Still, as we were only displaying our wares and the 911 it was not of much consequence to us, the warmer temperatures making it that much less uncomfortable standing around.

Here are some pictures from our weekend.

Untitled by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr

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Untitled by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
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Paul Eddleston

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