- April 18, 2011
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, WEVO
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on WEVO E-Z Pins for 911 Trailing Arms
WEVO are famous for their gear shift levers and transmission upgrade parts for air cooled 911s, but the company also makes some interesting suspension parts. One such part is the WEVO E-Z Pin.
The WEVO E-Z Pin is designed to replace the 14mm bolt used on the inboard pivot of the 911 rear trailing arms. The 1972 911s do not have the dimpled torsion tube to allow the inboard bolt to be removed unless the transmission is removed from the chassis.
The E-Z Pin will fit the 1965-1989 Porsche 911, and can be installed with the transmission in the chassis, eliminating the cost and inconvenience of removing the transmission when performing rear suspension rebuilds or upgrades.
The original bolt is removed by partially extracting the bolt, then cutting the exposed section of the bolt. This is necessary as [...]
- February 15, 2011
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, Porsche 911 RSR, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- 1 Comment
You may remember my blog entry about Diederick Kraaijeveld’s original artwork of a few months ago. On that occasion I told you he would be portraiting the Hulk for exhibition purposes. When I was away on Winter Trial 2011 “duty”, him and fellow TwinSpark owner Lex Proper rolled the Hulk into the daylight and Diederick cast his eye on the Hulk. He made a series of photo’s after shooting the breeze with Lex and disappeared!
Two weeks ago I started receiving messages that his Artful Highness had nearly completed the Opus Magnus and that we should set a date for viewing the work. Diederick had moved to a new location in Hilversum and having gone around the City Ring twice (…) despite clear route descriptions, I found my old high school mate’s new Lair. This place is even larger than the last one and my jaw dropped when I saw a series of portraits he [...]
