Canon Porsche 956 Le mans

[SuperDan180]

Great work...Just love the Porsche 956's and any Group C cars for that matter...Well I have a few 956's to make myself and just wondered how you made the rear brake ducting and now you attached them...

[ewestra]

Hi SuperDan180,

Thanks for your comment. I've made the rear breakducts from solder and gas-tape. Just wind some solderwire around a plastic tube and after that I've wrapped the gas-tape. The stands were made out off copper rods and plastic plate. I will post some pictures tomorrow so you can see for yourself.

Eric

[ewestra]

As promissed a little tutorial about how to make your own brakeducts. Now first this technique I saw on this or another forum so I won't take credit for this, it's someone else's idea.

These are the items you need. Solder (choose wich diameter you want to use), some rod or any other item that is round (choose diameter), gas tape, I don't know how it's called in other country's.



Now wrap the solder around the rod you choosed.



Take a piece off the gastape and wrap this around the solder wich is still on the rod.



Like this...



Cut the solder with the tape from the rod and simply slide it form the rod.



...and there it is, your own brakeduct.



The gastape will not take paint. But I,ve found out that permanent markers will do the job. You can get them in different colours. In this tutorial I used red and black.



I hope this was off any help and good luck.

Eric

[ng_nmda]

Excellent work you have here, and a great tutorial on making brakeducts! Makes me want to start building my 956 as well. May I ask what stencil did you use to paint the letters on the tyres? I've been looking for stencils with both "Dunlop" and "Denloc" but couldn't find any.

Cheers

Nam

[ewestra]

Hello Nam,

For the Dunlop Denloc I used templates from Acustion Porsche 956. I ordered this from Bestbalsakits in Belgium www.iaiamedia.be. This Item is now out off stock, but there is also a single template to make the lettering on the tires.

Eric

[SuperDan180]

Many thanks on the tutorial on the brakeducts...great stuff again...keep up the great work...

[scorpiopab]

looks very good man, thanks for the tuturial.


Paul.

[SuperDan180]

When it comes to the wiring and pipes in the engine bay...did you use aftermarket products or make them yourself...

[ewestra]

SuperDan180; the aeroquip connectors are aftermarket (I believe Detail Master), the braided hoses I made them myself. I use solderwire and go back and forth with an diamondfile to get the richt texture. The enginewires are from MFH. The hoses from the oilcatchtank is solderwire coverred with surgicaltape (Hansaplast), painted black and carefully wrapped thin copperwire. That's it really.

Eric