Looking for authoritative books on Porsche 901s

[mossaidis]

No one has posted here since April? Wow.

A friend-mechanic is (was) building a '68 and has simply stopped short of putting the suspension, steering, brakes, etc on after the getting the body work finished and building a slap-together 2.7 RS high-comp motor. The car was initially "pulled out of the barn" to be a rally car in NASA, but after much $$$ on the body work, I think the owner has changed his mind and wants it to just be a street/track car.

It seems that I will need to get personally involved if this car will ever see the light of day and roll under it's own power. The car owner is also the shop boss and is so involved with EVERYONE else's car that the Porsche is last on the list. So, I need to become 'edupacated' on the car, the build, assembling, performance items, etc.

Combing through forums and reading 1 useful thread among the gobs of crap is one thing. At this point, I would rather get a book to read through to 'feel' good about the fundamentals - lol.

So... I need to find authoritative books on the Porsche 901s. There are TOO many books on the 901s (first gen 911s) yet many of them are more historical references than manuals. I do NOT want to sort through 1,000's of books listed on amazon.com. So, you guys might be of huge help since you're basically AWESOME IT car builders and drivers and stuff.

Areas I need help on:
- general assembly of the suspension (steering, brakes, etc) and drivetrain (the car is still a painted shell with a crap bolt-in cage)
- performance tips & improvements for the track

Once the car is together and rolling, I will be more inclined to look on pelican.com, etc to shop for track performance bolt-ons, tips, ideas, etc. Though if you guys have good online reference material (forum and like), feel free to post here as well.

Best and thank you,
Mickey