Grassroots Motorsports magazine, Dec. issue has 914 brake tech article Options

[SP9146]

I don't usually read this magazine but saw on the cover a mention of the 914 article so I bought it. Excellent explanation of the upgrades to BMW front calipers, etc.

This was actually one of the last articles in a series about their 914 project car. Has anyone read any of the articles, are they worth trying to find?

Pete

[ArtechnikA]

We have used a weld in brace for years on the race cars. Not really needed for a street car unless your tub is rusted in that area.

i have -something- going on in the pedal box of the 911. there is the usual open-car surface rust in the area but it appears structurally sound; i don't think that's what i'm seeing.

with my right foot applying constant pressure to the brake (stopped at a light, for example) i can feel the pedal move when i depress the clutch. it may have got a -little- better when i rebuilt the cluster with bronze bushings (the few surviving plastic bushings were toast) but it's still evident. i didn't see any pedal shaft wear, and the pedal box bolted securely back into place (after a liberal spraying to the area of LPS-3...).

i know i'll be back in there to replace the MC when i uprate the brakes (i suspect it's a 19mm instead of the NLA 20,5 it should have ...) and i'd like to fix whatever's actually wrong when i do.