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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Yet another 914-6 GT conversion!

Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 5 2006, 02:06 PM

Armando Serrano just posted the pictorial of the conversion I am having done. Just about no stone left unturned in making this an EXACT reproduction using a really nice original 914/6. When it is done it will be concours quality, but, will be a driver as far as I am concerned! Have a look:
http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/other_9146gt_racecars_pete_jenkins

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Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 5 2006, 02:08 PM

To this:
In just over a year!

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Posted by: ken914 Jan 5 2006, 02:58 PM

Very cool! Great job, Pete!

What engine, gearbox are you going to use?

What are the lights in the front bumper? Where did you find them?

Where did you get the plates to go around the front hood pins? Stainless or aluminum?

Posted by: michel richard Jan 5 2006, 03:00 PM

I saw that, congratulations.

I'm not going nearly as upscale as what you achieved, especially in terms of original parts used, but I hope to have something that looks almost as good. See link below.

Posted by: boboli914@att.net Jan 5 2006, 03:05 PM

Beautiful car! Great color combo too!

Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 5 2006, 03:32 PM

Ken, Here is the engine...2.66L short stroke, 92mm RSR Mahle P/C...twin plug, 911R intakes and 46 Webers, The lights inside the bumper are the rare Cibie 911 hood mounted versions...the backs actually had to be cut off to fit them in them bumper...outside the bumper are Cibie 45's, 7" in diameter and about 1.5" deep...
Hood pins and plates were all mad by the restorer.

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Posted by: brant Jan 5 2006, 03:43 PM

you've got my front bumper and I want it back
lol....

nice looking car!

brant

Posted by: jgara962 Jan 5 2006, 03:44 PM

Very Nice!

Posted by: itsa914 Jan 5 2006, 03:56 PM

Just kidding WOW that looks great. When do you expect to get the car back home? I am sure there are few Chicagoland teeners that would ove to check it out in person.

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 5 2006, 03:57 PM

QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Jan 5 2006, 12:08 PM)
To this: In just over a year!

very nice!

i like them GTs in orange ...
Andy

Posted by: Britain Smith Jan 5 2006, 04:09 PM

Where did you happen to source the rubber floormats? I will be needing some of those eventually.

-Britain

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Here is mine...

Posted by: ft.lbs. Jan 5 2006, 04:22 PM

beautiful car (like you didn't know already!)

Posted by: vortrex Jan 5 2006, 04:46 PM

who is doing the build?

Posted by: morgan Jan 5 2006, 06:10 PM

hope you bring it out to some Chicago PCA driving schools.

John

Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 5 2006, 06:40 PM

Michael...I have been keeping an eye on your build, love to watch the progress...I have neither the ability or the skills that you have...

Garold, Some of your parts are in this car...I believe the rear sway bar? I will be showing it at a couple of events in the area. And will certainly be blasting it at track days...or DE days.

Britain, I don't know where the mats came from...I know the whole floor has got them glued in? I can find out when I talk to him again. By the way I like the look of the 5 gauge cluster.

Vortex, Mark Allin of Precision Automotive Restoration in MA is doing ALL of the work...he restored the Lufthansa car...funny when I was there at his shop he also had a real 917, a real 908, two 289 Cobras, a GullWing and a few other cars...couple of million dollars in inventory for work!

Posted by: bjorn jacobson Jan 5 2006, 06:52 PM

That car is smokin' hot. Excellent job by the builder.

Britain, I've seen the material you're looking for at Ace Hardware, believe it or not. Comes in a roll at about $2.99 a yard. It's wide enough that about three yards should take care of a 914 interior. I'm gonna use it in my car. If you can't find it locally I'll buy some put it in my car and shoot photos to see if it is to your liking.

Later,

BJ

Posted by: michel richard Jan 5 2006, 10:03 PM

QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Jan 5 2006, 04:40 PM)
Michael...I have been keeping an eye on your build, love to watch the progress...I have neither the ability or the skills that you have...

Thank you, but I often feel that I'm butchering more than anything else.
Your car is truly marvelous, especially the engine.
What are you using for seats, and fan shroud on the engine?

Posted by: Eric_Shea Jan 5 2006, 10:06 PM

That's not 'Yet anoter GT conversion', that's a masterpiece.

Congrats Pete.

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jan 5 2006, 10:11 PM

Eric said it right (he does sometimes)!

Posted by: Dead Air Jan 5 2006, 10:18 PM

QUOTE (jgara962 @ Jan 5 2006, 01:44 PM)
Very Nice!

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O)MG!

Posted by: brant Jan 5 2006, 11:36 PM

umhhhh....

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Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 6 2006, 12:30 AM

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umhhhh....

Your on the same team "914-6"
Sweet Pete have fun

Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 6 2006, 03:40 AM

Michael R....the guy doing the restoration made the seats as an exact copy of the real GT seats. His upholstery shop had a set from a real GT (Glenn Stazak) in for work...as long as he had them apart he took a mold of them and recreated them. To this day no one actually has definitively said whether they were made by Scheel or Recaro or neither. The Scheel seats that are seen around with the headrest look similar, but, when put side by side with a set of real GT seats...are different.

As for the engine shroud.....I do not know where he sourced this particular one but, there is a guy on Pelican under the name of "series900" who makes them which many people are happy with.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=214951&highlight=damon+engine+shroud

Brant, Looks good, no front oil cooler? Last time we talked you were looking for early 911 s heads to twin plug to make a hot 2.0? Are you still building that motor? It's funny, I never intended this project to become this involved. Just turned out that once you get started the ideas start to flow and then the money flows out of your pocket. Never had an intention to do the interior to that level, never had an intention to do the rally lights...then you think it just looks cool without realizing how expensive a set of hood mounted Cibies are and what is then cost to wire and mount them...and if you do those then you also need to do the other Cibies which are a lot cheaper to buy but, even more labor intensive to fab brackets and mount and wire....

Posted by: IanJ Jan 6 2006, 11:40 AM

Absolutely stunning.

Posted by: JmuRiz Jan 6 2006, 11:46 AM

QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Jan 6 2006, 01:40 AM)
Brant, Looks good, no front oil cooler?

There are two, one mounted behind each of the foglight grills. Cool eh?
BTW, love your car, amazing work!

Posted by: brant Jan 6 2006, 01:15 PM

QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Jan 6 2006, 02:40 AM)
Brant, Looks good, no front oil cooler? Last time we talked you were looking for early 911 s heads to twin plug to make a hot 2.0? Are you still building that motor?

Yep...
2 oil coolers but not so original.

and I still need a set of 69S heads...
the car is running with a 2.0 and 67S heads, but I want to upgrade and do a bunch of head work/cams/valves and still need a set of 69S heads as cores so that I can keep the car running while I do it.

Your car is beautiful!
brant

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Posted by: BURN-BROS Jan 6 2006, 01:32 PM

Pete!

I'm jealous.....look forward to seing your ride completed soon!

Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 6 2006, 01:58 PM

Aaron, Nice to see you on here!

Anyone who does not know who Aaron is...aka BurnBros...he is the one who made the motor for this car a reality with his rotor for the Jag 12 plug Marelli cap.

I have not yet seen the new distributor, I know he has it, and I asked him to shoot a pic and send it along. But, you saw the motor? Henry built the longblock. Looks great and it should go like stink!

I can't wait to have the motor running...

Here is a picture of the first distributor from Aaron and Henry Schmidt out at Supertec.

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Posted by: ChicagoPete Jan 6 2006, 02:18 PM

Brant, I love the set-up, that's really trick...did you come up with that? What are the benefits?...besides not cutting a hole in the floor pan? Price-wise how does it compare to say running a comp Mazda cooler?

Posted by: brant Jan 6 2006, 02:28 PM

QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Jan 6 2006, 01:18 PM)
Brant, I love the set-up, that's really trick...did you come up with that? What are the benefits?...besides not cutting a hole in the floor pan? Price-wise how does it compare to say running a comp Mazda cooler?

I did it because the fuel cell was taking all of the room for a smooth cooler exit.
(I strongly believe that cooler exit is the key to cooler efficiency)
and the vintage class wouldn't let me go up through the hood....

but I can't take total credit.
The first time I ever saw it a friend of mine in Kansas tried it with no ducting. It didn't work well for him, but we decided it was the lack of ducting that was the problem. Thats where I really got the idea from.

then later we saw a picture that the gunnar racing 914's were using this location too.

We did fabrictate all the duct work ourselves though.
the cost is high.... 2 fluidynes, more fittings, more line... 19quarts of mobil 1, not cheap.

but it allowed us to run a 15 gallon fuel cell with no compromise to the oil cooler efficiency.

brant

Posted by: BURN-BROS Jan 6 2006, 03:02 PM

Pete, I think you got the proto which is a cnc "proof" of the upper housing of the replica Dizzy that is at the foundry as we speak. It also has the bearing support and retainer like the original R . The bottom is a conventional Bosch dizzy. It is a tight fit for the 2 liter but looks bitchin...I think you will be satisfied with the result.

I had no idea you went all out on your car, I'm very impressed.