What have I let myself in for, taking on another car project?

This time it will be without the help of Damo, just to prove I can do stuff for myself, although I will probably need some help from AndyRST at some point as he has a lot of knowledge about these.

Some of you may have seen pictures of this before, others may have heard about it. I have done some work to it already. I painted it myself, which was the first time I have painted anything like this before and it didn't come out too sad really.


HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF IT IN PRETTY MUCH STANDARD FORM









My home made spray booth lol




Bodywork is 90% complete






Compared to a 1/8th Scale Nitro car




THEN I ADDED THESE

Rude not to really




Also you might notice a GENUINE carbon fibre spoiler on the rear wing



I have tuned the engine a bit too. It started out as a 23cc 2 stroke engine with a very basic air filter and exhaust system






Since then I fitted cable front brakes, these turned out to be crap. So I bought some hydraulic brakes with a proper master cylinder and calipers with little brake pads, awwwwww, so cute. These brakes had to be custom made to fit as they don't normally fit the Short Wheel Base chassis.






I also bought a blue Motorsport shell from Ebay. The shell is good apart from a bit of battle damage on the front bumper which makes it ideal for thrashing around the car park. The wheels and tyres were also from ebay




Then I fitted a big air filter with a K&N element, big power exhaust pipe, 2 speed gearbox and a couple of other engine tuning bits including a big bore kit which takes it to just over 26cc's












The big power tuned pipe doesn't normally fit this car either, but it is one of the best around, so I made it fit. Was quite easy really. It looks and sound the bollox.







All these bits on the engine give it roughly around 3.5 - 4 bhp, which isn't bad really. With this gearing it should give it a top speed of around 75mph! I can send the engine off to be fully worked and it will come back at around 6 - 7 bhp It's hard enough to drive as it is


You might be wondering what I have planned for the Porsche now? Funny you should ask lol.

I'm stripping some of it down to fit new bits, including metal gears, few lightweight alloy parts and just clean it up and a bit. I was going to change the piston ring, and replace all the gaskets, I have all the parts to do so, but was talked out of it by Andy yesterday as it probably hasn't been run long enough.


THIS IS AS FAR AS I GOT TODAY

Engine and gearbox off










Screw that operates rear brake has rattled out




Gearbox, gear carrier and clutch bell off








New Alloy Gear Carrier ready for bearings




Unfortunatly that is as far as I got. Getting the new bearing into the gear carrier proved a bit tough without the proper tools, I fucked up 2 bearings, so thought I should order some bits and do it properly. That should arrive in a couple of days I hope then I can crack on with it.

What do you think?