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Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:09 pm
by C J Murray
That's good Gary. Special thanks go to Adam.

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:46 am
by dennis kazmerowski
looks very nice --kaz

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:52 am
by C J Murray
Hi Kaz, do you use wheel spacers on your car? It looks like the rear tire will be very close to the top shock mount area at full compression. I see your car at Monterey very compressed so I imagine you have the answer.

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:42 pm
by dennis kazmerowski
cliff ---its very close --- however if you use the hoosier speedster tires it seemed to be ok if anything you will need a 1/4 in spacer thats it no more ---i assume you are running the short axles it is turning out great ---kaz

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:06 pm
by C J Murray
Yes, to the short axles. We have the shock bolts recessed in also to avoid cutting a tire.

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:39 am
by Jim Nelson
Your frame builder looks like he may have done this before....very nice, the car looks like a lot of fun in the making !

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:55 pm
by C J Murray
He is very good to work with, very clever. Here is the pedal mount in progress with some welding to do yet.
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Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:12 pm
by Michael Foster
Nice work, what brand and model of pedals are you using. How is gas pedal operating throttle/cable or rod?

Michael Foster

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:34 am
by C J Murray
Hi Michael, the pedals are Tilton 600 pedals which are available in a number of versions. The throttle actuates a cable that can go forward or to the rear and the ratio can be adjusted to suit any application. The clutch is hydraulic and many hotrod VWs are hydraulic so there are many suppliers of slave cylinders that can also be used on Porsche applications. The main reason to use these pedals is to be able to adjust the braking bias front to rear while driving.

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:52 am
by C J Murray
I just installed another pedal assembly into the 356 racer also. The brake bias adjustment is the knob on the tunnel by the seat.
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Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:19 am
by C J Murray
I was surprised to see the price paid for a Devin D Porsche at Sotheby's Amelia Island Auction. This makes me a little less nervous about spending money on mine.

http://www.rmsothebys.com/am17/amelia-i ... al/1701939

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:28 am
by Neil Bardsley
C J Murray wrote:I was surprised to see the price paid for a Devin D Porsche at Sotheby's Amelia Island Auction. This makes me a little less nervous about spending money on mine.

http://www.rmsothebys.com/am17/amelia-i ... al/1701939
hopefully yours will have a bit more than 90bp?

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:15 pm
by C J Murray
Neil, somewhere around 170

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:06 am
by C J Murray
I found some in car video of the Amelia Island car at a track day in Europe. It seems to run quite well.

http://vdsmaza.com/movie-video/Porsche-Devin-1957

Sorry, I couldn't get the direct link to work but it is the 3rd video on the list and you have to choose the type of video you can play.

Re: Devin D Porsche Race Car Project

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:48 pm
by Jean-Luc CRIADO
What a chance you have....luv the DEVIN sport car !
https://www.flickr.com/photos/27602244@ ... 5022489770

Is it a real DEVIN ?
https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/ ... 22858.html

JLC :?: