Yellow Bird on tour

Airspeed · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:38 am Post subject: Yellow Bird on tour

Last saturday I went to a porsche garage to collect some special transmission oil for the trannny in the 03.
When I was in the shop, the owner came in and asked "who's ugly car is that out there?"
My reply that I thought he should have recognised 'Yellow-bird' (the nichname of the famous bright yellow Ruf CTR 911 from 2 decades ago) being a porsche shop owner and all or did he mean the water-cooler (944) out there? Sehr bÃ¶se

, did raise a few eye-brows.
"Well, I own two 412's, so I am just kidding" eek

Knowing they are a very reputable p-shop and knowing how many 412's are left did make this 'confession' quite a cool one.

So, it turned out to be a nice meet after all and we talked engines and putting porsche wheels on a 412 for quite a while biggrin

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So, since that saturday, the car has his nickname cool

Greets,
Walter

70Turbobug · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

So when will have the performance of a true yellow bird? biggrin

IÂ´m just dying to see a big type 4 turbo in that thing!
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Airspeed · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject:

Yeah, only I don't think the gearbox can use any more power. Somehow I don't believe these type 4 tranny's are that strong...

After the 2 liter engine has served its pupose in the 03, I was thinking of maybe putting it over into the 412 Mit den Augen rollen

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Greets,
Walter

70Turbobug · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject:

The type 4 tranny and the T2 bus tranny are the same,right? They take 300HP and up to 400NM.TheyÂ´re quite strong.It will be able to take your 2.7 easy.
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Airspeed · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

MattKab · InterCooler Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 92 Location: NW UK

Wally, is the 411/412 probably the easiest car to retrofit a Porsche 5 speed into? The shift linkage looks near perfect hieght?

Is that the 944 owner questioning the location of his engine? biggrin

Matt
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'79 Karmann 1304i
'70 411
'89 Polo

Airspeed · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

MattKab · InterCooler Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 92 Location: NW UK

I can't wait to drive my 411!! I've got my running gear in A1 condition now, Way too high for my liking, I need a couple of those 316 front coils (that you discovered wink

) Was it E30? ..I'll not be finding (or even looking for) the Koni's tho'. Remember I have less than Â£200 in this car, including it's very own WB and cable for my LM-1 biggrin

Matt
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'79 Karmann 1304i
'70 411
'89 Polo

Airspeed · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

I will look up the BMW part numbers that were stamped in the springs I have. Wrote those down somewhere... Verlegen

Yes, I keep it sorta low budget as well. Tho the wheels were twice the whole car, cost wise haha!

BTW, just got a Haynes manual mailed from the UK to me today smile

(evil-bay)
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Greets,
Walter

Airspeed · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject:

70Turbobug · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

Now it looks even better biggrin

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Airspeed · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

Withe regard to the topic, see what I came across on my holiday in germany, Schwarzwald this summer: A gasstation that not only sold LPG, but also Natural Gas (CNG)! eek

and doing the Schwarzwald Hochstrasse (sort of Route 66 of germany):
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Greets,
Walter