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entry Jan 2 2008, 12:02 AM
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Have not added to my blog in a while.
New news...
We moved to Northern Idaho.
It's winter and hard to drive or work on my car.
THERE IS WHITE COLD SHIT EVERYWHERE!!!!! santa_smiley.gif
More to follow.

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entry May 26 2007, 10:11 PM
The 1.7 motor in the car has a new bag of tricks.....
Its has decided to piss oil everywhere. It is coming out of the bolt through the case that holds the oil sump in place.
So rather than fix the case I'm going to put in a 1.8 that I had laying around. Here are some pix of the motors. The red one is the leaker the other is the project im kinda throwing together and see how good it runs.

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entry May 8 2007, 01:08 AM
driving.gif Project A is done....Whats next. The suspension is done swaped front and rear suspension from 1975 car to 1972 car. All new bushings..Poly...KYB's Eibachs. New front and rear brakes. Drives great.

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entry May 5 2007, 07:58 AM
Removed rear swing arms from car put them in storage for a later day. New swing arms have been sandblasted and painted and bearings have been pressed in luckily I have a huge press at my desposal. We had to set fire to the swing arm bushings to get them out cut swirl liness in the new polybushings for lube properties.
Greased em up and they slid right in.
We put in new stainless braided brake lines and did a little under cleaning it was a frickin mess on one side due to a leaky rear caliper. There are some pictures of the old swings and the new ones bolted up. I keep forgetting to take more pictures untill after most stuff is done ohh well Its my first blog and I will get better the more we do.
The EBC brake pads were great but we had to ream out one side for the PINS to go through. So we put them in a vice and went to work. It was loads of fun.

Tomarrow (SAT) morning my turbo tie rod kit will be here so I will be working on the front and my Good friend and mechanic will be doing the drivers side rear. I HAVE TO WATCH HIM.... He is kinda a monkey..With a lack of german car knowlage He is great on most stuff tho.

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entry May 4 2007, 04:20 PM
EBC brake pads just came in. Friend runs these pads street and track. I have run his car before and after he put these pads and like them alot on a 1990 honda. Im sure they will be great on the 914

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entry May 3 2007, 10:01 PM
New in........ UPS stuff. Sachs clutch 6 spring/ Pressure plate and throw out. Got a resurfaced flywheel from a member and ups broght my flywheel stuff I need to do the install/Bolts seals etc etc etc....

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entry May 3 2007, 09:43 PM
I know I know I Know KYB's SUCK KYB= Kill your back....Its all I can afford right now tho. So yeah 2 front KYB's and 2 Rear KYB's brand new $150 not to bad they will work for now untill I get some more money then I can put some KONI adjustables on. Scored on a set of springs for 20 bucks. Eibach's I think they are 165 pounders. Not to bad. I hope to have this stuff done this weekend then the clutch and flywheel project starts.

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entry May 3 2007, 09:31 PM
Got more new stuff in the mail. Eric hooked it up new Calipers/// Thanks Eric///
To nice to put on the car...Almost.....
So yeah going on the car soon waiting for more parts. Shocks on the way and new Turbo tie rod kit.

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entry May 3 2007, 09:11 PM
Got new stuff in. New poly bushings everything front and rear. New rear sway bar bushings. I gutted all the front and rear suspension off my 75 put new bushings on and Im putting it in the car now. Here is pictures of the donor car which I took everything off. Now a 914world member is going to restore it I think.

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entry May 3 2007, 07:05 PM
Here it is a 1972 914, In the beginning. Its super clean inside and outside. The suspension is stock and all looks original. (Feel like it to.) This car handles like crap compared to what I remember my 75 handling. There is no sway bars unlike my 75 that had front and rear..So I took them off and are putting them on this one Here is some pictures.

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