575M - F1 to Gated 6 Manual Conversion

Almost?

The exhaust button would look better than Porsche Sport Exhaust System button if it could be backlit.

 

Couldn't agree more - consider my hat doffed.

What about the kinky gearstick? The one in your car appears from a 456, but his repro on the bench above looks straight like a 550 gearstick.

 

@dhalperin13 with all that action today on the auction listing for the GTO converted Argento car......its got me hungry for an update on your conversion with EAG....

Hope it is going well. Super excited to see how the "Alicorn 575" is coming along!

 

#Radical !

 

What is the current waiting time to have a 575 converted to manual at EAG ?

 

A very long time.

My 550 was at the mechanic until a month ago for 6 months for a list of relatively easy stuff.

18 months ago I had a DART 427 rebuilt and it took a different engine builder 11 days short of a year.

Nothing is fast anymore…..

P.s. it’s not uncommon for “difficult clients” to get the “Seinfeld - Soup Nazi” treatment ;-)

 

So you have to pay big, wait forever, AND kiss azz

 

As it pertains to this one specific area….unfortunately all we have is money…they whom have the skill and desired goods/services have all the power. I love it when I’m on the other side (power side) of that equation ;-)

I was terrified during the year long DART 427 rebuild that if I groused then I would get told thanks and take your business elsewhere….that’s a real nightmare. Oh and with a lot of guys like that it’s some cash up front and progress payments….none of this….feel free to pay the $xx,000 bill at the end of the project.

 

A most exciting thread. Subscribed as a 550/575M shopper!

 

Missed that episode but just watched it. Hilarious. Thank you. Everyone except maybe doctors (for now) seem to have adopted that approach. Have you tried to negotiate with or try to understand the estimate bases of a PDR guy, landscaper or handyman lately? If you negotiate or ask too many questions (more than 1 or 2) they go away and won't return your calls.

 

Dan….Happy New Year!
I was reading the recent thread about @bagel1993 picking up his new 575 and that got me thinking about your project with Art.

Any updates and photos?

Always eager…..

 

I didn’t see any mention of 575 in this video, but I’ll admit I skipped a few seconds at a time, very boring to watch whole thing nonstop

 

I did get a lot of buzzing at the gate in 3d gear, but after engine and transmission mounts replaced, hardly noticeable

 

It’s an interesting one on the v12 linkage vibrating. I’ve never noticed it, and of the handful of people I’ve spoken to with direct experience driving them, I don’t know of a anyone who has had an issue with vibration.

The new linkage setup art has devised for Dan’s 599 is genuinely impressive, but it’s a complex arrangement, and I fail to see how it can give as direct a feel as the oem shift bar with all of its simplicity.


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