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> Sportomatic Transmission on Ebay, This could get interesting
Matty900
post Nov 1 2020, 09:18 PM
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Found this on EBAY for $12,000 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/392687882466
"New Old Stock" is what NOS is supposed to mean this is clearly not that, so what did it come from?
Looks like the 2nd one made and there were only about 5 made right?


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Gustl
post Nov 1 2020, 11:14 PM
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I don't know what kind of unicorn this is, but it's definitely not for a 914-6 Sportomatic
the transmission type for the 914-6 Sporto should be 914/05 and the number should be 760000x for 1970 or 761000x for 1971
I used to own the very last factory built 914-6 Sportomatic and the transmission number was 7610027

Porsche used the Sportomatic with the 911 from 1968 up to 1979/80 so I guess that's a later 911 transmission
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post Nov 2 2020, 04:59 AM
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shipping $550, ground strap ?? like a 911
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post Nov 2 2020, 06:55 AM
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I have an engine harness for that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Nov 2 2020, 09:33 AM
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I wonder what it would take to make kits of those. Ive heard of the design but this just looks interesting when you see it on the transmission.
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post Nov 2 2020, 09:47 AM
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I dunno why people wax elequently about these. They are dreadful to drive.

Let 'em die. Put one or two in a museum so we learn what NOT to do and let the others rust in peace.
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post Nov 2 2020, 10:23 AM
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QUOTE(IronHillRestorations @ Nov 2 2020, 07:55 AM) *

I have an engine harness for that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


We should pool resources.
I have the correct engine tin for a 6cyl sporto.
And the throttle pull rod too .....somewhere.


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post Nov 2 2020, 10:30 AM
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I have the oil tank


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post Nov 2 2020, 10:44 AM
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I have the oil tank

Why do you people have parts for these things...?

Don't you revive one of those in 2020, Ricky Bobby! Don't you put that evil on us!
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post Nov 2 2020, 12:00 PM
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Why is there so many giant cast holes in the bell housing area? Did these things run hot? Openings for rodent nests?
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post Nov 2 2020, 01:10 PM
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Looks to me like somebody bolted a 914-6 tail cone on a 911 sporto trans. The condition of the magnesium is not the same between them.

Maybe somebody found that 911 sporto transmissions are really worth anything, so they "converted" it to a 914-6 sporto.

You would probably put it in your car and find that you have 4 reverse gears and 1 forward. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

It is also missing the torque converter and the flex plate.
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post Nov 2 2020, 01:29 PM
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I seem to remember that there's a gear in the Sporto that's good for racing
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post Nov 2 2020, 09:18 PM
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QUOTE(IronHillRestorations @ Nov 2 2020, 02:29 PM) *

I seem to remember that there's a gear in the Sporto that's good for racing


Clay I heard the same thing ! but I'm sorry to say I cannot fill in the blank.
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post Nov 2 2020, 09:39 PM
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Could be the one I have in my racer, the 6:29 4.83 versus the stock 7:31 4.43

But that final drive must come from somewhere else; there's no way there's that many of them hanging around (and that I would actually have one) just because of six Sporto transaxles...
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post Nov 2 2020, 10:24 PM
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I have a 7:27 R&P from a late Sporto 911 that I have been thinking of installing in a gearbox instead of the standard 7:31 while using A-F-M-S-X gears configuration. This would give me a nice close ratio box, while keeping decent highway revs... But that is a separate topic... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Please carry on with the Sporto 914 discussion. Personally, I don't see any appeal with a 914 or 911 Sportomatic as it defeats the purpose... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Nov 2 2020, 10:29 PM
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my Mother had a Autostick Beetle back in mid 70's. those were 3 speed transaxle
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post Nov 3 2020, 04:29 AM
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I have parted out 3 or 4 sportomatics and found that the R&P sets would not fit a 901 type transmission. The only usable parts were gear sets.
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post Nov 3 2020, 09:59 AM
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@oldie914 I was told there are two Sportomatic, the early and the later. The later R&P is supposed to fit but the pinion shaft would have to be cut because it would be too long. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Haven't investigated more as of yet...
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post Nov 3 2020, 10:03 AM
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QUOTE(73-914 @ Nov 2 2020, 11:29 PM) *

my Mother had a Autostick Beetle back in mid 70's. those were 3 speed transaxle


More like a 2 speed with an extra low granny gear and you had to manually (semi-auto) shift gears. If you touched the shifter you activated the clutch.
The type 3 (and IIRC T4) had the better Borg Warner 3 speed fully automatic trans.
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post Nov 3 2020, 10:21 AM
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QUOTE(Montreal914 @ Nov 3 2020, 05:24 AM) *

Personally, I don't see any appeal with a 914 or 911 Sportomatic as it defeats the purpose... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

But it's interesting to note that Vic Elford, among others, chose a Sporto 911 as his everyday driver when he could have had the pick of any 911 in the range.
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