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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ ya hoooooooo, it moved on its own power

Posted by: scott thacher Mar 11 2005, 10:08 PM

well the 914 moved on its own power tonight, made 2 laps around the storage lot, about 250 yards down each side. as of right now i did not have either the fire wall shift bushing in ( could not get it in need to pull rod ) or the shift bushing at the tranny ( forgot to put it in ). so i put her in third, because i could not get second or first. and the throttle cable hook up is temp. but she moved out in 3 ok just a slugish at low rpms. but on the second lap i came around the corner at about 20 mph, and stepped on it, at about 35 or so mph it came on to the torque and launched. i would say in 150 yards it got up to 60 to 70 mph ( did not look ) in about 3 seconds. the excelleration reminds me of an early 90 rx7 TT i drove once. the torque just pulled smooth as heck till i had to let off of it. i would say its 3 times as fast as the 1.8 that it had in it.

i also found out after 18 months i need to bled the brakes

tomarrow i will button up the throttle cable, modify the exhaust hanger, fix the shifter issues, and some other stuff

Posted by: wrpspddrvr Mar 11 2005, 10:15 PM

Scha-weeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cole

Posted by: lapuwali Mar 11 2005, 10:18 PM

Congrats, Scott. I very much look forward to reports on how well the cooling system works out. I'm 90% convinced to (nearly) duplicate your setup.

Posted by: Mueller Mar 11 2005, 10:46 PM

cool.....too bad you are so far away, I'd love to take it for a test drive

Posted by: 914helo Mar 11 2005, 10:53 PM

Congratulations I can't wait to do the bodywork on my car so I can get the Suby engine I've had sitting for a year in. It's a different model but I'm sure I'll run into some of the same problems you did, like flipping the intake manifold around, etc. Keep up the good work!

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 11 2005, 11:30 PM

Posted by: scott thacher Mar 11 2005, 11:36 PM

yes andy i know that, is there anyone here who can digitize a vhs tape to email me back footage so i can post it. i will take a video of it this week end and send it to some one to make it in to a digital movie. so who is has the equipment to do it ???

Posted by: mattillac Mar 11 2005, 11:41 PM

awesome progress scott! are you hooked now after your first drive? i bet it felt great. good work!

Posted by: redshift Mar 11 2005, 11:44 PM

WAY TO GO MAN!!!!!

That is great to hear! You DID IT!

WOOHOO!

M

Posted by: scott thacher Mar 11 2005, 11:50 PM

QUOTE (mattillac @ Mar 11 2005, 09:41 PM)
are you hooked now after your first drive? i bet it felt great.

well i drove it as my DD for a year and a half, but i will say it is now the fastest car i have ever owned

and yes it felt good had to come home and change my pants, for 3 reasons 1 the crap when it took off ... 2 the cum when it took off ... 3 more crap when i learned i need to bleed the brakes

Posted by: mattillac Mar 11 2005, 11:57 PM

QUOTE (scott thacher @ Mar 11 2005, 09:50 PM)

QUOTE (mattillac @ Mar 11 2005, 09:41 PM)
are you hooked now after your first drive? i bet it felt great.

well i drove it as my DD for a year and a half, but i will say it is now the fastest car i have ever owned

and yes it felt good had to come home and change my pants, for 3 reasons 1 the crap when it took off ... 2 the cum when it took off ... 3 more crap when i learned i need to bleed the brakes

well, that might be more than i needed to know but i'm glad to hear that you seem to have no trouble with the crapping.