 Interesting Question about 75/914's, Do all 75 cars have 911 front ends? |
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| Triaddave |
 Apr 19 2018, 03:00 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 31-December 03 From: olympia,wa Member No.: 1,478  |
I read a post (april 5) about "malaga red". It was said to have a 911 front end.
My 75/914 also has a 911 front end confirmed by Mr. Dave Said as he sold me larger (19mm?) torsion bars. The bars he sold me would not fit, they were one spline off (one short of what I took out. I ended up buying 22mm bars that fit right in. My question now is if that was a common thing because the 914 production was coming to an end?. |
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| mepstein |
Apr 19 2018, 03:08 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,308 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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They did not. All 75’s came with 4 lug - 914 struts and 17.9 mm torsion bars.
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| SirAndy |
Apr 19 2018, 03:13 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,670 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(mepstein @ Apr 19 2018, 02:08 PM)  They did not. All 75’s came with 4 lug - 914 struts and 17.9 mm torsion bars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) |
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| jcd914 |
Apr 19 2018, 03:23 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
There are people that refer to the suspension system used on the 914 as a 911 suspension because it was developed for the 911 and the 914 just uses a variation of the 911 system.
Jim |
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| Triaddave |
Apr 19 2018, 03:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 31-December 03 From: olympia,wa Member No.: 1,478 |
So, How does that explain the different size torsion bars. Someone install that special for that car. My car came from Jay Hadley or more percise, his ex.
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| jcd914 |
Apr 19 2018, 03:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Triaddave @ Apr 19 2018, 02:30 PM) So, How does that explain the different size torsion bars. Someone install that special for that car. My car came from Jay Hadley or more percise, his ex. Control arms replaced at some point with 911 arms. They bolt on but use different torsion bars than 914. Might have been available cheap at the time or done as a way to bump the torsion bar size a little. There are potential a lot of reasons they ended up on the car, I don't think factory installation is one of them. Jim |
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| mepstein |
Apr 19 2018, 03:46 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,308 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) a lot can happen in 40 + years.
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| sixnotfour |
Apr 20 2018, 11:27 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,433 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Jay Hadley there is ypur answer....
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| mtndawg |
Apr 20 2018, 12:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 414 Joined: 26-January 09 From: Granite Bay, Ca Member No.: 9,985 Region Association: None
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I have a 1975 Malaga Red 2.0L, maybe that was my post? Unfortunately I don't have any paperwork with the car, but I can say it definitely was modified by someone with a 911 front end with the calipers, 5 lug rotors, etc... I think my car was used for track purposes because there was a roll cage too.
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