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Glad you all like the motor!

@ALB: It made 181 hp; we ran it up to 5300 rpm (initially we had concerns about the Carrera fan coming apart, as the original 4 cam motors had a 4.5" crank pulley -- ours is larger to cool a bit better!). John Willhoit used such a shroud on a 1900 cc 356 motor, and he had trouble cooling with a 4.5" crank pulley; oil temp was ok, but cylinder head temp was an issue. With a 5" pulley, he had no problems. 

The shroud is by Ibrahim Kuzu; it is an exact copy of a Carrera 4 cam shroud, all the way down to the generator stand and dual carrera fan. There is a proper, rebuilt small diameter 12v generator from BNR in there. Fan belt is a Gates XL 10 x 942. (BTW: our fan held up just fine!)

Carbs: 45 Dellorto DRLAs with 38 venturis, .152 Main jets. .70 Idle jets. 

Ignition: CB Crank trigger with Dub shop VR sensor and hidden trigger wheel. Crank pulley is a stock 5.7" 356 pulley

Manifolds and heads: 3157 Big Beef manifolds, match ported to Panchitos heads (the very first pair of the new castings done just a few years ago)

Pistons and cylinders: Mahle big bore pistons and cylinders 94 mm

Eagle 2292 camshaft (FK-10)

Aluminum super duty pushrod tubes

That's really all the info I have! I'll post the dyno sheet in a bit.

@chines1 is working on the car -- it is an originally proportioned replica that we are painting in the Porsche French blue color. We have the original Glasurit paint code. Most of these cars were delivered in Sonauto in Paris. Seinfeld sold his (0060) for $5.3m at Gooding not too long ago. 

The car will have all of the original touches; after this car, I'm sure Carey will be happy to get rid of me. After 3 cars, I'm sure I'll have pushed him to the limit . Rest assured that you'll see photos here as things come together...

Anand

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