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This is my blog and this is what I think about that... Everyone here does an pretty good job of self-policeing lately. This is not a free speak issue. This board is privately owned and run and we are all guests here. Play by the rules or go start your own board. OT Threads: Just what is considered OT? Being that this is a car board I would think just about anything not related to cars is OT. I use the Sandbox for all very OT topics. When it is car related I post in the Garage. When I post in the Garage and it is not 914 related or car related I lable it OT. If I find a site or post a picture of a car or tools or something I still post in the Garage. Because the Garage is about cars, tools, P-cars, etc. But if I need help with my computer or taxes or my want to list my favorte dance song I do it in the SandBox. Nothing in the Sandbox should be labled OT. If I find a joke that may offend someone I post it in the Sandbox in the "Do Not Look " thread. BTW: I have no problem looking or seeing naked women. But I think I should be the one that decides when I should view them. Thread Labling: Several months ago I started a thread and complained that people need to better explain the subject or topic of thier thread. Naming a thread "Look what I did" and than it being about how they built a rock garden is not right. More to follow...
This weekend is the PCA Club race at the track in Sebring. This is my annual trek to get it weighed. So I need to get a few things done before I can present it to the masses. Those 911 Club racers can to a tough crowd for a 914 guy.
I need to: 1. fix the gas drip at the pump. (done) 2. Paint the rockers yellow. Done 3. Get the trunk covered or painted black (painted today) 4. Install the dzus fastenrs on the body panels. I have three more to do. 5. Weld the tonneu cover support to the roll bar. (Done) 6. Paint the wheels centers black (Done)
Super Bowl Sunday...PAINT! PAINT! PAINT! ![]() Last night I painted the front hood, the tonnaeu cover and both one-piece sides. Results: from best to worst... Tonnaeu cover: Paint is thin but no orange peel, I'll keep it. Front hood: Orange peel, but only a few thin spots. I'll keep it as is. Left side: a few sags and orange peel, but no thin spots. Repaint it. Right side: OMG! Did I do this with my eyes shut? Sigs all over, thin spots where you can see the primer and orange peel llike 30 grit samd paper. Complete sand and repaint required. I reshot the left side this morning. Much better job. But I'll have to spend a few nights working on the right side before being able to reshoot it. Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
I primed the sides and the front hood last Saturday. Planning on final paint this weekend.
After priming I found several areas that need work but will be easily fixed before the weekend. If you think your car is ready to paint, roll it out into the sun and you'll see you hav e more work to do. ![]() Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
I'm progressing on getting it ready to paint and one item that I need to finish is the "tonneau cover" over the passenger seat area. I decided to add these two NACA ducts that I have been carrying around with me for 15 years. They are fiberglass and will mold in to the cover real easy. I don't know if they will really do anything but they may suck some air down into the engine. I'll tape some 3" hoses to them and stick the discharge end into the cooling fan.
I have to change the cover because I changed the roll bar supports. I used to have a big bar going to the top of the main hoop but that was changed and lowered to the center. This required the cover to be changed. It now can be molded to match the left side radius and I'm adding a 3/8" edge flange for strength. I'm kinda going for the 908-3 look. Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
The Gunnar 914-6 Pick-up.
These photos are VERY rare. Kevin Jeannette would not allow me take pictures of this car when I was at his shop. But I found these on another site. These photos show the car in the same condition as it was when I saw in the summer of '05. We talked more about this car than the other 904's, 935's, 906's that were in his shop at the time. He said he gets visitors from all over that go thru the shop, but I was the first to want to talk about the 914 P/U. ![]() I told him about the 914club and he said he would one day come on the board and tell the whole story of it. Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
11-13-05
Ran an Autocross today. First run: Clutch slipping like crazy. Only needed adjustment. Second run: Damn thing wouldn't start. The little battery wouldn't turn my new engine over, too much compression. Gotta change back to the other battery. So some guys push started me. Clutch better but still some slipping. Clean run no cones. Third run: Clutch is really hooking up and I was flying. Than at about the 3/4 mark, the gas pedal goes to the floor and the engine dies. I check it out and the bracket at the cable and the gas pedal has bent and the ball/socket has come off. I don't have a "stop" behind my gas pedal and when I pushed the pedal too far it bent the bracket. So I need to fab a bracket for a gas pedal stop. If I had the stock floor board that goes behind the pedal, it wouldn't have happened. I'll make it so the stop is a bolt that can be adjusted in or out so the pedal stops when the carb linkage is fully open. BTW, my second run with the slipping clutch was good enough for the 3rd overall quickest time. ![]()
Here is a list of Florida 914Club members. If you'er not on the list pm and let me know. watsonrx13: Rob Watson, Plant City- -4 '70 Fasty: Alex Magro, Brandon- wheel polisher carr914: T.C. Carr, Tampa- GT look 2.5L -6 sale pending Greyhound: Glen Clayton, Tampa Pudge: Eric Strid, Tampa KevinP: Kevin Poston, Orlando heavydriver: Jose Abella, Orlando ein 6er: Doug Waters, Indianlantic- '70 silver -6 jojogto: Joe Courey, Tampa jwaters: Miami mrobin: Boyton Beach nsyr: Andrew, Tampa ray914: Ray Oaks, Tampa- '74 Creamsicle LE Rouser: Roy Galan, Tampa- Red daily driver -4 Sale pending ![]() smg914: Steve Gaglione, Tampa- '73 Sahara Beige -4, '70 orange -6 synthesisdv: David, Miami Beach- vintage race car -4 v82go: Bob Ferguson, Lakeland- white 914-8 914rrr: Rob Quarles, was in Clearwater moved to Tenn.- '73 2.0 signal orange -4 akron_zip: (no name), Satellite Beach Qarl: Karl Ellzey, Orlando- GT replica -6 project car philinjax: Phil Sparta, Jacksonville (deceased) Quilmes: Martin Arnaud, Orlando- GT replica -6 quikkix: (no name), Jacksonville, '70 -6 72914S: Berry, Pensacola, '72 -4 kenporacer: Erik Watters, Deltona stock93: John, Orlando DJsRepS: Sarasota bhfast: Brian Holcomb, Daytona, '74 tubro project car fat73: Widebody with a Suby conversion jjs3rd914: Sarasota jax914: Jacksonville 2 cars
RAT Engine Install:
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I picked up my Raby's Aircooled Technology engine yesterday. First pic is the engine on David's floor. Second is in the back of my truck. Others are of me jacking it up to get it high enough to go on the engine stand. You can do anything with enough 4x4's.
Rob Watson (watsonx13) came over to help out. Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |