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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 03:08 PM

L97G


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 03:10 PM

Why no pic showing up...

Ferg

Posted by: BigDBass May 19 2006, 03:16 PM

Post it in a .jpg format. It's the bmp format causing it.

Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 03:22 PM

In that case, I will correct it tonight on the home puter

Ferg

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby May 19 2006, 03:24 PM

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Posted by: effutuo101 May 19 2006, 07:21 PM

Nice pic Ferg!

Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:07 PM

let's try this again...


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:08 PM

I knew beer would fix things... now we're on a roll.


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:09 PM

asdf


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:10 PM

mmmm wood


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:11 PM

mmmm strange carbs


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:14 PM

and to anyone selling a 914, when I ask if there's any rust in the hell hole or battery tray, and you say NO

THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE!!! NOT ORANGE FLAKY STUFF


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:15 PM

tray


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Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 08:17 PM

and the lift


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Posted by: drive-ability May 19 2006, 09:15 PM

Hey great!
How wide is that lift?
I want one of those

Posted by: Ferg May 19 2006, 09:30 PM

10"3 wide is the footprint of the towers.

Ferg

Posted by: LvSteveH May 21 2006, 11:35 AM

Great Pics, glad it has a good home. I love the reflection in the front bumper showing the chalk writing on the driveway. Having a car that looks nice, but isn't too nice to drive......... priceless. I really like the steel wheels on that car.

Posted by: Gint May 21 2006, 05:27 PM

Duh! I wonder why *you* would feel that way? But you are correct of course.

I gotta get up there Ferg. We need a shot of both our teens with caps. Before I change them to alloys. Oh, and... I washed mine... finally.

Posted by: VegasRacer May 22 2006, 03:58 AM

You picked a great color to hide the dirt.
Nobody will be able to tell if the car is clean or not.

Posted by: rhodyguy May 22 2006, 09:37 AM

kadrons? dunno, def old skool. not much tension on that linkage return spring. nice hell hole.

k

Posted by: Ferg May 22 2006, 09:43 AM

Thanks kevin, once I get some time, I plan on trying ot get some close ups of the carbs, and maybe a part number and do some detective work on identifying them.

The hell hole's, and the lack of rust anywhere, along with the unique color are the reasons I bought her.

Ferg

Posted by: fin May 22 2006, 09:50 AM

Nice Car!

My baby blue parts car is the color of your car underneath. Glad to see what it once was.

Are the carbs dual Weber Progressives? DGV36/32's or something like that. Take the cleaners off for the next pix and we can dial in the answer. It's a well done conversion anyway.

Fin

Posted by: Ferg May 22 2006, 09:59 AM

They could be... This is my first car of any make or model with carberator's... I know zero about carbs. I'll take some more pics tonight.

Ferg

Posted by: LvSteveH May 22 2006, 10:14 AM

They are in fact weber progressives. The return spring in question is just an assist, the carbs have plenty of spring in them, and there are two of them. I hate a heavy throttle pedal, so I went with as little spring as possible, that still got the job done. Very smooth, the terry cable helps too.

Also, the fuel pump wire that can bee seen in the hell hole was not my doing. The original owner ran the red wire to the fuel pump some time back, and I didn't bother changing the arrangement when I put the new pump in. Seems to work well.

The real trick to the carbs is getting them synched right. There are no velocity stacks to put a synch meter in, so I made a custom box that sits in the air cleaner base. You just have to remember to disconnect the breathers and put tape over the openings in the base so that you get a good seal. That is very important.

The neat thing about the carbs is that they would work great on a big four. Plenty of 2.0L fords, toyotas, etc. are running around just fine with one progressive. The irony is that as hated as weber progressives are on a 914, as long as you have two of them, they work great. It was a very limited production kit for the type 4.

Posted by: Ferg May 22 2006, 10:28 AM

Thanks Steve!

I guess I was thinking you were not positive on the set up... So I wanted to find out for myself. Shoulda asked you first if I was in question.

Ferg.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 22 2006, 10:47 AM

he just painted over it. wait a few months. it will bubble and make its presence known

mike, can you go over/under in your garage?

Posted by: LvSteveH May 22 2006, 10:55 AM

The original owner coated the entire area with a tar like, undercoating stuff back in the day to protect it. I had to sandblast it all off, and it was taken down to bare metal. Then I hit the area with a little ospho just for good measure, and finished with rustbullet (like por15 but easier to apply, $32 quart) and topcoated with the finest gold engine paint I could find.

I know you were kidding, but a guy has to defend his honor.

Posted by: brant May 22 2006, 11:20 AM

nice pics ferg!