COTM March April 2014, Poll Closed - '73-914kid wins! |
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COTM March April 2014, Poll Closed - '73-914kid wins! |
shawn914 |
Feb 16 2014, 08:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 185 Joined: 13-February 12 Member No.: 14,126 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Congratulations to Ethan ('73-914kid) for winning the COTM contest for March April.
Thanks to all for voting - great turnout for 5 superb examples of the 914. COTM voting for March - April COTM. POLL CLOSED Poll will remain open until midnight Feb 28 2014. Each nominee was asked the following 5 questions - answers appear above each nominee's car. 1. Model Year: 2. Engine: displacement and number of cylinders 3. Color: an "official" name or paint code. 4. Brand and size of wheels front and rear 5. (optional) maximum 4 words you would use to describe car/experience of owning/building |
campbellcj |
Feb 18 2014, 01:56 AM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,549 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California |
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The bigger engine was really a blast - powerful, and looked and sounded fantastic. Now the car really needed more rubber as the 205's just could not keep the power to the ground. So, I ordered some custom flares from Tangerine Racing (Chris Foley) and set the wheels in motion so to speak for some more major rework. The car went to Kundensport (Ed Palmer) in Camarillo for bodywork, paint and rollcage extensions. After a couple seasons of pretty heavy track use, the engine was noticeably down on power and showed fairly bad leakdown in one cylinder. So the engine went to Galen Bieker at WerksII in Burbank for what turned-out to be a complete rebuild and upgrading process with extensive new parts and machine work. This was a good choice as among other sketchy things found inside, the 964 oil pump housing had cracked. (It now has a 930 pump.) Galen also rejetted the Webers for top-end, and spent a lot of time optimizing the heads. Somewhere along the line the car also got Carrera calipers with vented, cross-drilled rotors and both ends, raised spindles, custom-valved Bilsteins, a Smart Racing front swaybar and additional tub bracing. I added the 911R-style tail lamps to carry the "914R" theme farther along. So, there you have it. The car has many, many more mods not listed here and countless hours and dollars poured into it, and of course that's still ongoing. I am working on the dash now and just installed the Racepak G2X data acq system last weekend. I'll probably cover the dash in perlon felt and aluminum, with a factory-looking pod over the gauge cluster. Thanks for the nomination! There are so many awesome cars and people here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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