My Official 914 Restoration, The Black Beast is coming to life!!!! Options

[EdArango]

OK.....You guys must think I'm nutz by now!!

Over the last couple of weeks my son and I have decided to keep the car and begin re-doing it. As most of us I would love to have a 6 cyl. but cash and time is preventing me from moving forward with that idea.

What I think I'll do is clean this car us as much as I can, get the rust issues taken care of (see pics)....(I don't know the the PO was thinking, there is expansion foam in all the openings in the car, such as hell hole & pass. longs)..... upgrade the engine to 2056, leave it as a 4 lug but upgrade the suspension, add a front sway-bar, change out the A-arm bearings with the Elephant stuff and I think I'll be good to go for a while.

What do you guys think????????

ED

[Tom_T]

Hey Ed - Spoke/Jerry just pointed out that when you said: "...change out the A-arm bearings with the Elephant stuff...." - that you probably meant bushings - not wheel bearings as I thought you meant.

If you meant wheel bearings, FAG is still a good street choice.

However, if you meant the various F&R Suspension Bushings - then the question again comes back to street or AX/track use - or both, cuz the AX/track will give a harsher ride but better turning performance (& may bump you into a different class).

For street, I would've preferred to stay factory on my resto, but since most or all are now NLA, I went with the Weltmeister Street level bushings for all Susp. & Sway Bar connections, but nothing has been installed yet & my rusto/resto is a long way off - so I can't speak to hands-on ride quality & handling with them yet.

If you're looking for AX/Track or both, then I can't really speak as to whether Elephant, Weltmeister or any of the others are better, cuz I just don't know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Also, if your tie-rods are shot or heavily worn & in need of relpacement, then you might want to consider a Turbo Tie-rod Kit, but IMHO stick with the Lemforder (sp?) OEM Tie-rod kit - not the aftermarket cheaper one. I initially got the latter to save some dough, but neither I nor Hans (in HB) were impressed, so I sent them back & paid the extra for the Lemforder kit. Again not in, but so many on here speak highly of it, that I'm looking forward to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) with them! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

This website is often like asking 10 lawyers for their opinion & you get 100+ opinions, all usually with some validity given different circumstances & experiences! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)