All them pretty horses

Will drag you away....

When the National Geographic Channel was filming this car for their show "Break it Down  Porsche in Pieces

They wanted to see the owner drive away into the sunset.........Fat chance, we where so far behind and there was no time to even align  and corner balance it.  For safety reasons, this was a must.

And even though nobody saw big red burn rubber or doing a zoom zoom dance up and down the 405 Freeway. it was worth the wait.

After getting a big intercooler and installing  a e-boost controller from TurboSmart, the gates opened and all the horses got out, all 436 of them and at 14 lbs of boot they created a lot of torque

The reunion

These two air cooled turbos have not been in the shop since National Geographic Channel aired the episode of "Break it Down"

I was surprised to see them arrive almost at the same time.

 What was called the 75 Beast on National TV came to get a few adjustments and details, and we gave it new HID eyes, and LED bulbs all around, some details around the fog lamps to jazz it up a bit. we also install a high efficiency cooler fan with thermo control unit to make sure oil stay at temperature, even in heavy traffic, after all,   .......this is L. A.

Big red has been quiet  since its TV debut, but now it's ready to play and we have to give it the toys to do so.

A manual boost controller to start, so if you are in need of more boost, just press play.

A couple of electrical Gremlins were running rogue behind the gauges giving the tach and speedo a hard time..........but it's all better now.

Oh ! and the white leather interior got a good scrubbing to get so white as driven snow.

I you haven't seen our cameo on the Nat Geo Channel, feel free...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa1-1WtoRM

Out of body experience

 It seems like our movie star is going to collect one more part, one very important part.

All that running around making his presence felt has left him clutch less, his powerband does not surpass the 400hp, pity, that is where the fun is.

So up we go, it's time to let doctor operate.

 The "while you're there" bug always pays a visit and the temptation of adding a few more things is gaining momentum, a limited slip and alcohol injection have been on the wish list, who knows, maybe we can proceed to check out

 In the meantime, let's add some real clamping power and keep the rubber on the ground.  We had one our vendors build us a dual face Kevlar disc and a heavy duty pressure plate.......that ought to work out your leg muscles.  I don't think my chicken legs can handle that.

When this ride was called the 75 beast on TV, it really didn't show how wild of a beast it really is,  but here you can see it in all it's nakedness,  intercoolers stayed on the car of course, the twins breath through 3 inch pipes and their oil feed get monitored, as well as the engine pressure by mechanical gauges....it's a Hot Rod kind of thing.

It is still using the stock fuel rails and pressure regulators, so we also monitor the fuel the same way.

We may have to add something to the wish list......

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Special guest

The National Geographic channel aired their episode of Break it Down, Porsche in Pieces last night, and this black Pearl made an appearance, since then we have been asked to elaborate in this build.

 It started as a 1975 S, but has been through the carousel of changes, first the 2.7 liter engine was replaced with a 3.2 first, while the boss was building the twin turbo twin plugged that takes him around town these days.

Having invested in the fabrication of a special engine lid, it would have been shame to lose it and make room for the intercooler, instead, let's put individual coolers under the quarter panels.

The coolers get their fresh air through the custom made vents  added to the body.
A especially designed muffler keeps his neighbors in good standing, but manual boost controllers can sometimes let its presence known.
Coil overs in all corners, strut support bar and 28mm sway bars keep it close to the ground while making very tight corners.

 The AC brackets and fuel rails were modified to allow room for the retractable 996 wing to be operational.  AC fully charge keeps the passengers of the two baby seats in comfort, a roll bar keeps them protected.

The engine is a 3.1 liter twin turbo, twin plugged, flame ringed, ported and polished heads fed by two motorsports fuel pumps and allowed to breath by TurboSmart waste gates and blow off valves

There have been many changes since his appearance on TV, and I am sure there will be more.

Porsche in Pieces (National Geographic)

Porsche enthusiasts, mark your calendars...on May 12th at 7:00 pacific time, The National Geographic Channel will air an episode of their series "Break it Down"  featuring L A Porsche Dismantlers;  It's not about us, but we did play a supporting role....In this town, that counts, after all there is no business, like show business.

The lady producer, Denise Prichard,  said:   you guys are going to be on TV,  I was thinking....I should have brought my clown shoes.....Long story short, we have been commissioned to built a turbo engine for this car, Nat Geo was following this car as one of the three they were going to feature on their show. 

Cut !!       again, from the top,........it was an experience, every move was done three or four times, I think  they should make transmission lifting an Olympic sport, after installing that G50 4 times, we felt we deserve some gold , and It is not easy working with a mic taped you chest.                

The star of the show is LAPD and this is their blog 

http://dedeporsche.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/porsche-in-pieces-break-it-down-episode-by-national-geographic-channel/
There you can find the dates and times for all the places outside planet Hollywood.
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