Don Nguyen | My Porsche 911 V8 Build

[Car Addict]

at the beginning you stated how you wanted to be a wolf in sheeps clothing are you also gonna have everything work, AKA interior heat because this will get really interesting to watch the interior work with having a retrofit heating system installed along with a front mount radiator...i am subscribed for sure

[RUFFLZ]

love this shot



looking forward to progress.

[Don Nguyen]

at the beginning you stated how you wanted to be a wolf in sheeps clothing are you also gonna have everything work, AKA interior heat because this will get really interesting to watch the interior work with having a retrofit heating system installed along with a front mount radiator...i am subscribed for sure

That's not what I said.

Heat is going to be based off of the original heating system, which does not use radiators.

[Car Addict]

ah ok i knew that is how porsche did it just wanted to see how you were gonna tackle it

[getouth]

Sick !

[Don Nguyen]

Completely took the dash apart/out and removed some more of the sound deadening/padding. I am going to try and remove as much as I can before relaying new padding down.

Not sure what would work best, so I'll take any suggestions if anyone has any experience with this. I've read/heard that closed cell foam padding was a good option.





Pile of misc parts and wires that were removed.



One of the other reasons why I wanted to go through the whole car, which was to find any rust spots that would be developing such as what I found here around the rear quarter windows.



Not sure if this was like this from the factory, but it seems like someone's removed these before and used 3M double sided tape to put these trim pieces back on. With older cars, you never know where someone before you could gone/been through before. I will most likely be using the 993 window seal for the rear quarter windows, which will delete the need for that trim piece that was removed.



I originally thought that I wanted to run 993 door panels, so I bought a set with the hi-fi sound package in them. However, I may end up just reupholstering the original 964 door panels and using those. I kind of like the pattern that's on the 964 door panels. We will see. If I do run the 993 door panels, I won't be using the hi-fi speakers, so I can get the small door pockets back







Random shots of the engine bay and car as it sits now.





-Don

[ZM Blue Devil]

Doing it right, such a beautiful car.

[markseven]

You should totally use boat headers!

[jaywood]

Saw this on SW as well....looking great man. Keep us all updated!

[Don Nguyen]

Here's a picture that I pulled off of my instagram, @don__nguyen with double underscores in between the name, for those that use it and if you want to follow me for miscellaneous updates. Sometimes I don't get around to posting all of my updates/pictures on the forums, since it's easier for to just upload directly to a source such as instagram.

Bought a used short block, so naturally I had to take it all apart to check and make sure everything was ok. I am going to go ahead and get the cylinders bored out slightly bigger, oversized forged pistons to match the new bore of the block/cylinder once it gets machine, get the crank cleaned up and get new bearings (con rod, cam, and mains).



-Don

[lambo]

awwww yyyeeeeaaaahhhhh

[BMWManiac]

Seeing that Vette engine in the rear like that looks just plain odd! But I admire the work! Is there a reason you dont want to just add a turbo'd Porsche engine? Cost, availability, or uniqueness?

[brian52555]

Awesome thread! MOAR

[MonkeyMan]

interesting idea.. 2 questions:
what happened to the original 3.6L?
are you using the stock Porsche transaxle and driveline?

[Cletonius]

Completely took the dash apart/out and removed some more of the sound deadening/padding. I am going to try and remove as much as I can before relaying new padding down.

Not sure what would work best, so I'll take any suggestions if anyone has any experience with this. I've read/heard that closed cell foam padding was a good option.

MegaMat by FatMat works just like dynamat extreme but is less than half the price. 100sqft is under $250 shipped. That gets you barely 36sqft of dynamat.