Oil Out the Tail Pipe Options

[EdwardBlume]

I decided to fire up the pirate ship today and got it started. I just let it idle for a few minutes and then noticed oil pooling up under the exhaust on the right side. Any ideas? Been sitting for awhile.

[grantsfo]

Rob you have right priorities. Your family comes first and you have some great kids. Race cars are money pits. If I had kids I'd be spending ever last penny on them. They are at that age were they really should be the focus. Hey your old Boxster kicked butt this past week at nationals. If I was in position to buy the 914 back I'd do it in a heart beat. Someone will have fun with the 914 race car.

[EdwardBlume]

Rob you have right priorities. Your family comes first and you have some great kids. Race cars are money pits. If I had kids I'd be spending ever last penny on them. They are at that age were they really should be the focus. Hey your old Boxster kicked butt this past week at nationals. If I was in position to buy the 914 back I'd do it in a heart beat. Someone will have fun with the 914 race car.

Thanks. My dream is to see both kids walk across a podium and get a college degree. Paid for.

I understand the diversion, but Dads car and the RV keep me active in parts.

The pirate racer is such a pure car at its base. During my Dad's rebuild I actually traded some parts off the racer! Like window fuzzys and rubber.

Are the trunks painted? I've been taking off the layers in the rear trunk and have found beautiful stock paint. Its actually shiny.... the goal is to clean it, inventory the components, get the compression, and list it.

I would be very happy to see it find a local home...

[grantsfo]

Rob you have right priorities. Your family comes first and you have some great kids. Race cars are money pits. If I had kids I'd be spending ever last penny on them. They are at that age were they really should be the focus. Hey your old Boxster kicked butt this past week at nationals. If I was in position to buy the 914 back I'd do it in a heart beat. Someone will have fun with the 914 race car.

Thanks. My dream is to see both kids walk across a podium and get a college degree. Paid for.

I understand the diversion, but Dads car and the RV keep me active in parts.

The pirate racer is such a pure car at its base. During my Dad's rebuild I actually traded some parts off the racer! Like window fuzzys and rubber.

Are the trunks painted? I've been taking off the layers in the rear trunk and have found beautiful stock paint. Its actually shiny.... the goal is to clean it, inventory the components, get the compression, and list it.

I would be very happy to see it find a local home...

Thats a good goal! ANd thats the most important podium to focus on!

That 914 was a pristine 34,000 mile car that had been garaged its entire life. I garaged it in SO Cal and didnt even wash it the first year. When I brought it to John Williams, Ottos he hadnt seen such a clean 914 in over a decade. So yeah it was real shiny before I tore it apart and repainted it. I picked that car specifically for the clean chassis as I didnt want to do much reinforcement when I turned it into a race car.

However 5 years being in temp garge in Bonny Doon was wearing on that car. That was big reason for selling it. I knew Boxster would hold up better. I couldnt bear to see that 914 rust before my eyes and it was still solid when I sold it. So its still a very clean race car chassis.

I wish I had had the budget I have now as it would have gone much differnt direction with that car.

This post has been edited by grantsfo: Sep 9 2011, 12:12 PM