Don Nguyen | My Porsche 911 V8 Build
02-28-2013, 02:34 PM
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Sure does give some visual perspective.
Sure does give some visual perspective.
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03-01-2013, 06:50 PM
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^As soon as they started talking, I thought "bumpkins"...then I saw the plate...oh yeah, bumpkins. Of course, I'll have a matching plate soon 
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And as much as I love how that sounded, the sound doesn't fit the car to me
. And as much as I love how that sounded, the sound doesn't fit the car to me
03-02-2013, 02:12 AM
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that's the sound that makes me auswerfen my pants. In person it must be amazing, feeling the ground shake....
that's the sound that makes me auswerfen my pants. In person it must be amazing, feeling the ground shake....
03-03-2013, 09:09 AM
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Awesome... good luck with everything
03-03-2013, 02:59 PM
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This is going to be good.....
03-03-2013, 08:37 PM
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03-04-2013, 09:15 AM
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Did not really get any further progress on the Porsche this weekend. Instead, I chose to autocross my E70 X5 with the BMW CCA group. Gotta make sure all of the tools in the shed are sharp. There were a total of 13 cars in my class, I came in 5th. Got beat by three turbo charged 135//335s by about a second and lost out to first place (2013 335i) by 3.5 seconds on a ~60-65 seconds length course.
Here's a video of my run. The video was kind of quickly put together. It's been a long while since I last did any sort of video editing. It was also my first time using my new gopro hero 3s to shoot video with.
That's not to say I don't have any pictures of my Porsche that I can't share with you guys though. Nothing special, but at least it gives you something to look at.
This picture is from at least 4 years ago when I was first test fitting wheels on my widebody E36 M3 and for fun I put the wheel next to my Porsche to see what it would look like.
Here's a more recent picture of a different, but similarly sized wheel on my Porsche, to gauge roughly how far out my flares are going to have to be.
-Don
Here's a video of my run. The video was kind of quickly put together. It's been a long while since I last did any sort of video editing. It was also my first time using my new gopro hero 3s to shoot video with.
That's not to say I don't have any pictures of my Porsche that I can't share with you guys though. Nothing special, but at least it gives you something to look at.
This picture is from at least 4 years ago when I was first test fitting wheels on my widebody E36 M3 and for fun I put the wheel next to my Porsche to see what it would look like.
Here's a more recent picture of a different, but similarly sized wheel on my Porsche, to gauge roughly how far out my flares are going to have to be.
-Don
03-04-2013, 11:17 AM
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X5 & Autocross, 2 words that usually don't go together.
03-04-2013, 11:45 AM
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Flares?!
03-04-2013, 03:50 PM
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Autocross in a X5 sounds fun but scary as hell too 
03-04-2013, 04:00 PM
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03-07-2013, 12:45 PM
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Not really an update on my Porsche, but I have had a lot of requests for pictures of my widebody E36 M3, so instead of PMing everyone back individually, here are the pictures of it.
This is basically a recap of the past 4 years in 3 pictures, with the red black and white being the oldest and the car in black being the most recent.
I do automotive vinyl wrapping professionally, so changing the color of the car is easy for me. The original colors of red/black/white were painted. However, the matte white and matte black are vinyl wraps. Had the matte white for a month before going matte black. Just felt right. May just get the car painted gloss black later on, or if I feel ballsy enough, I'll redo the red/black/white theme again.
If you really want to follow more oft the progress on my other builds (my widebody M3, motorcycles, etc.), pretty much all of my pictures and updates on those will be posted through instagram, since I don't really feel like they deserve their own threads.
Instagram: @don__nguyen (double underscores in between the name).
Direct link: http://instagr.am/p/WgKZ5DBLgd/
-Don
This is basically a recap of the past 4 years in 3 pictures, with the red black and white being the oldest and the car in black being the most recent.
I do automotive vinyl wrapping professionally, so changing the color of the car is easy for me. The original colors of red/black/white were painted. However, the matte white and matte black are vinyl wraps. Had the matte white for a month before going matte black. Just felt right. May just get the car painted gloss black later on, or if I feel ballsy enough, I'll redo the red/black/white theme again.
If you really want to follow more oft the progress on my other builds (my widebody M3, motorcycles, etc.), pretty much all of my pictures and updates on those will be posted through instagram, since I don't really feel like they deserve their own threads.
Instagram: @don__nguyen (double underscores in between the name).
Direct link: http://instagr.am/p/WgKZ5DBLgd/
-Don
03-07-2013, 12:46 PM
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Whoa 
03-07-2013, 01:22 PM
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damn the E36 looks sick on every stage....
03-08-2013, 10:08 AM
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Thanks. Glad you guys like it. I like the red/black/white scheme as well.
In case you guys are wondering where the styling/original coloring came from, this is the car that inspired it all.
-Don
In case you guys are wondering where the styling/original coloring came from, this is the car that inspired it all.
-Don
03-10-2013, 04:12 PM
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Two of my old favorites:
1. Porsche 911 (love the style)
2. Small or big block V-8 engine with cam
And when those two come together....oooooo Lordy!
Looks great man. Can't wait to see what them wheels look like with a wide body kit. Mad props for what you're doing here. Keep it going!
1. Porsche 911 (love the style)
2. Small or big block V-8 engine with cam
And when those two come together....oooooo Lordy!
Looks great man. Can't wait to see what them wheels look like with a wide body kit. Mad props for what you're doing here. Keep it going!
03-11-2013, 11:54 AM
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Didn't work on my Porsche this weekend. Waiting one some more parts to come in before real progress can start. Most of the car is already apart. Instead, I spent time playing around with my gopros and video editing some more.
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-Don
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-Don
04-03-2013, 05:29 PM
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Only pictures I can post right now. The internet server that I am connected through won't let me access my host/server, so these instagram pictures will have to do for now.
I feel like the interior is stripped to a good point now. Whatever is left, I will just end up covering with sound deadening and carpet anyways, so getting every last glue adhesive/residue out is not too necessary imo. Sorry about the lack of updates. I've been doing more work than actual picture taking.
Got most of parts necessary to start mocking up the engine to make the mounts/brackets now.
There's only so much left of the car, sometimes I want to take everything off and go through a complete cleaning of all of the parts so they are like new again. However, the car is going to be a driver, so I am probably going to focus on the actual building of the car versus the cleaning of parts that you are never going to see anyways.
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These are the old coilovers off of my car that I am going to be selling. They worked good, but I needed something different with everything else that I was doing to the car.
The suspension that will be replacing them. Moton Motorsports 2 way adjustables. I most likely will just have to add camber plates to for the front struts, and everything will be just dandy.
-Don
I feel like the interior is stripped to a good point now. Whatever is left, I will just end up covering with sound deadening and carpet anyways, so getting every last glue adhesive/residue out is not too necessary imo. Sorry about the lack of updates. I've been doing more work than actual picture taking.
Got most of parts necessary to start mocking up the engine to make the mounts/brackets now.
There's only so much left of the car, sometimes I want to take everything off and go through a complete cleaning of all of the parts so they are like new again. However, the car is going to be a driver, so I am probably going to focus on the actual building of the car versus the cleaning of parts that you are never going to see anyways.
Direct link:
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These are the old coilovers off of my car that I am going to be selling. They worked good, but I needed something different with everything else that I was doing to the car.
The suspension that will be replacing them. Moton Motorsports 2 way adjustables. I most likely will just have to add camber plates to for the front struts, and everything will be just dandy.
-Don
04-03-2013, 05:44 PM
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Great update Don....Eager to see how this turns up