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Posted by: vintage914racer Sep 25 2016, 05:01 PM

After a couple years collecting dust in the garage, I'm finally getting around to getting my track car back up and running. Life, kids and a kitchen remodel has kept the car tucked away in the garage looking lonely. With any luck I'll get it buttoned up for a track day on October 7th. The clock is ticking.

Posted by: Mueller Sep 25 2016, 05:08 PM

oh yea!

Great news.

Posted by: Krieger Sep 25 2016, 06:07 PM

Cool! Hang in there. A little bit each day.

Posted by: vintage914racer Sep 26 2016, 09:47 PM

Slowly coming together

Posted by: Cracker Sep 27 2016, 07:55 AM

Race or track day? Looking great!

Tony

Posted by: vintage914racer Sep 27 2016, 09:56 PM

I'm trying to get it installed for a track day. All the races i'd normally attend for the year have passed.

Posted by: rick 918-S Sep 27 2016, 10:57 PM

What size? Specs? Enjoy!

Posted by: porschetub Sep 28 2016, 07:41 PM

6 bolt flywheel .....could be one of 3 motors,I will go for the 2.0 litre cause I think its class type racing???.
Like the air cleaners ,sharp looking motor,well done.

Posted by: gms Sep 30 2016, 01:16 PM

Glad to see you back on track, if you miss the Oct 7 race maybe you can make it to https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/mcscc-that-loooong-race-blackhawk-farms-raceway-chicagoland-sports-car-club-932263 ?

Posted by: vintage914racer Oct 2 2016, 05:06 PM

Been stuck in the garage for the last 7 nights and haven't stayed up to date on the thread....

Engine is built on an early aluminum case. 2.5 short stroke. More or less same engine I had in there, less the damage from rod bearing failure. Previous motor expired after only 8 hours. Yay.



Had to replace the crank and rods due to damage. While you're in there syndrome set in. Upgraded to Pauter rods, Aasco springs, supertec flowed oil pump and a bunch of things I've certainly forgot about after a couple years accumulating parts. Naturally with bearing fragments everywhere in the oiling system I had to make new
Lines, replace the cooler, etc.

Posted by: vintage914racer Oct 2 2016, 05:11 PM

Have a track day my company is hosting on Friday and m trying to get the car together in time. I wasn't expecting the engine to be done as soon as it did from the builder so I'm now crazily trying to put the car together.

Posted by: vintage914racer Oct 2 2016, 05:32 PM

Over the winter I rebuilt the dash, because the old one had been patched a number of times and the wires were a rats nest following different iterations of gauges, switches and the like. I never got around to testing the electronics because it was hard to do so without the harness hooked up to the engine. Besides a couple minor tweaks everything seems to work as planned.

Posted by: Cracker Oct 2 2016, 07:21 PM

dash looks very slick...

Tony

Posted by: vintage914racer Oct 10 2016, 08:56 PM

I put together a blog post outlining the process to get my car back on track. The short answer is I got the car ready in time for the track day. It was not without issues, however.

http://morriesheritage.com/bens-engine-misadventure-part-2/

Posted by: jpnovak Oct 11 2016, 10:10 AM

Did you cross-drill the crank to avoid any future rod bearing issues on 2 and 5?
2.5 is a fun motor.

What cams?

Posted by: vintage914racer Oct 11 2016, 07:22 PM

I had Ollies inspect, groove, cross drill and balance the crank.

I should know for certain on the cams, but I don't. I believe it just has "s" cams.