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We have some great news for owners of earlier 911s through the Carrera 3.2: We now have the Zuffenhaus RSR brakes in stock to bolt onto your original chassis! It allows you to take advantage of the supreme stopping power of these race proven brakes.

The original brakes on all these types of cars were single piston equipped. The real heavy duty, race oriented brakes were reserved for the Turbo 3.3, which came with larger, wider, cross drilled ventilated disks and for piston brakes in the configuration of the 917 and 911 RSR race cars. Contrary to popular belief 917 brakes look nothing like RSR brakes, as they were not equipped with cooling fins. Those were only added for the 2.8 RSR. The internals however were the same.

The reason you should get our RSR brakes is that it is the only big-brake bolt-on solution which fits both front and rear bolt spacing and [...]

In our next chapter of the Sports Mods we take the suspension to another level. Based on our experience a road going early 911 which has an occasional track day outing and runs in a navigation rally now and then needs no adjustment of the front torsion bars, nor sway bar size. The Green Meanie was such a car (see Part 1) and Silverado, despite its more radical S/T look, still runs standard suspension up front. To take your early 911 to the next level of reversible sportiness you swap out the rear torsion bars. We went with the early Turbo spec of 26mm and in combination with the rear sway bar you are now very near the optimum for these early, narrow body cars.

It is now time to consider ride height adjustment, since your rear suspension has been dismantled any way. A corner weighting job and ride height adjustment are the final stage [...]

So many of our readership are proud owners of an early 911. An original piece of engineering history; a marvel of 60’s and 70’s automotive history. As you are well aware of, these cars were built with Motorsports in mind.

The factory provided OEM after market parts for all sorts of applications and privateers invented even more. In reality only the fully specced early 911s with so-called S packages were truly equipped for Motorsports as they came with proper sway bars and light alloy front brakes. Engine wise I have found that you can have a whole lot of fun with T,E, S or RS early engines and gearboxes and if they have been put together well, will rev happily all day and take you home with a smile on your face.

As our early cars are becoming more and more valuable every year it becomes less and less attractive to modify them in ways [...]