Well got another 4 hours in today.

Started welding the Egmann Kit in.

Worked on front suspension while I was waiting on things to cool off, up top. Installed the gas tank, back into the car. Added a wheel to the front of my auto-x tire trailer. Welded up the nut for the passenger side rear arm - toe adjuster. Cleaned up and straightened up a little.



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I forgot it has been so long since I used this blog.

Goals:

Simple have fun, to me as I get older, fun becomes more important. Not sure why, but I want to go out and play. I have always like auto-x, I got this 914-4 right after my daughter was born, in 1993. After a long search to find a reasonably rust free chassis. I did, I had to replace battery tray, and support, and engine shelf, but the rest was clean.

I have had several engines in these car, 4 versions of suspensions, 2 interiors, 7 sets of wheels, etc....

So now I have become more focused also.

I started auto-xing it in NASA TTE class, and have been moderately successful, with it.

Problems, suspension has too much roll, lifts the rear wheel, but I can still run in the top 2-3 in my class. I am no where near FTD times.

Solution to the above.

Bigger front sway bar, new suspension bushings, adjustable spring perches, and chassis stiffening. I have a GT kit installed on the rear, did it a long time ago. I am adding the Egmann Log kit, and rear arm ear stiffening. I am still undecided on the cage.

Oh and I have to drop the engine, after the last auto-x I was at I developed a small oil leak looks like it is from the oil cooler / oil filter area. I was unsuccesful at fixing it while it was in the car.

Afternoon progress:

Got steering rack buttoned up. Safety wired the bolts, and then re-installed the rack into the car. With out the donut it will just barely allow the U joint to slip onto the shaft and meet up with the bolt recess. stripped some more paint reading for the engmann log kit. Looked at a spare diff I have with a buddy, and got an idea for a phantom grip type device, will have to see if it will work. Need to machine a couple of parts. Primed a few areas, and tore the car even further apart, but it is going back toghter.

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Put the other adjuster sleeve onto my rear shock. After boiling the oil out of the other one, I took a more cautious approach with this one. And got it on with out boiling it over. A bucket of water and rags saved my butt. Live and learn. I then moved on to installing the elephant racing bushings I got from Eric Shea. Followed the directions the fronts where easy, the rears, a little tougher, matter of fact I am not done with the rears yet.

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