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944 Development

The 944 requires a bit more hands on approach than my 911 RS clone did. These pages will document the development process any racecar goes through. Latest updates will always be at the top here. If you want to follow it from the beginning, start at the bottom and work your way up.

Update Summer 2010: Well the pace of the last season and a half have been rapid. Lot's of activity both on and off the track. I'm falling way behind in updating these pages, so I'm trying a new tack. I find I can manage small updates as I go so I created a blog. You'll find the latest updates here at http://alpinemotorsports.blogspot.com Same Shite, But Fresher!

I've started with the begining of the 2010 season. Hopefully I'l get back to the end of the very exciting 2009 season and the winter sesson. I did some very cool stuff over the winter. But for now, enjoy!

Racing in 2008 and 2009 leads to some work on the car, not all good

Time for a new console and made out of carbon fiber to boot!

The motor works, so let's mess around with the suspension. Game plan is to go all metal, no rubber.

Part 1: Front Suspension
Part 2: Rear Suspension

Rebuilding the donor car's motor.

Part 1: The Disassembly
Part 2: The Disassembly finished
Part 3: The Build Starts
Part 4: The Final Steps
Part 5: It's Alive!

NASA Nationals 2007. This time pretty good, coming in 2nd in the Championship. A little bit better than last year. I get some time I'll write that up, but lets see what happened a couple of weeks later at the Summit PCA race ...

Winter 2006/7 - The head repair went great. The Mid Ohio Championships, not so well. Back to the garage for some crash repair.

August/September 2006 - You knew it was coming. Getting in touch with my inner crankshaft and lifters and head studs ...

July 2006 - An "up close and personal" experience with a tirewall at HyperFest requires replacement of the oil cooler and some attention to radiator airflow management.

February 2006 - The final touches, adding stickers and decals.

February 2006 - Post Paint Booth

January 2006 - Into the Paint Booth

January 2006 - Okay, I've done a ton of stuff in the interior. Now it's time to take care of some exterior aesthetics.

December 2005 - Finish up the Fire System, plumb the coolsuit system (more to come on that decision!) and add a G2Xtreme Data Acquision system.

Oct thru December 2005 - Winter time. Lets tidy up and put in a fire system, radio, LineX the floor and add side nets.

September 2005 - Back from the cage builders. Prepping the car for the first race (in 3 days). I got 6 hours sleep in the next 3 days...

August 2005 - As bought and delivered to the cage builder. Includes cage construction pics.

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