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building an auto-x / short track / street car, making some improvements |
B2524 |
Mar 30 2012, 11:06 PM
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It's a sickness. Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 12-November 11 From: Outside Paso Robles CA Member No.: 13,776 Region Association: Northern California |
so about a month ago I bought/traded for a 72 914. a little rough here and there but a nice dry car.
the goal is to turn it into an improved car for auto-x and short track use (streets of willow) while still keeping it street legal and semi-tame. for now I decided to stay with solid rotors to keep the budget under control. so the brakes will be BMW in the front and stock ones in the rear. I'm going with Koni sport shocks all around with a used Weltmeister front sway bar. I picked up a set of new 21mm front torsion cars and I have some 165lbs/in for the rear. yeah I could go higher spring rates in both the front and rear but the roads around here aren't too smooth and my fillings are loose. here is some pictures of the work so far. this is the new suspension next to the old stuff we took out. here is a detail showing the zerk fittings we put in the front control arm mounts. here is the rear suspension arm after boxing and with zerk fittings added along with new bearings and 5 lug conversion. I'll trim the studs after we get the rear wheels mounted and spaced to fit the GT flares. here is the new rear suspension installed in the car. we left off the brakes as I will be taking the car to have the chassis stiffening kit installed. less work for the metal guy to remove the rear arms. while the suspension work progresses I'm working on another engine for the car. right now the car has a stock 1.7 with FI. I bought a 2.0 off eBay that was local and ended up being reasonable. I also picked up a set of Weber 40IDF's for it. the 2.0 won't go in the car until I get a side shifter trans sorted out for the car. right now I need to get a set of front hubs cleaned and longer studs installed. Cheers, Kent |
B2524 |
Sep 19 2016, 07:21 AM
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It's a sickness. Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 12-November 11 From: Outside Paso Robles CA Member No.: 13,776 Region Association: Northern California |
time for an update.
been busy with other stuff but still making sloooow progress. the first guy i tried to use for the flare install turned out to be a huge jerk-off. finally got them installed by an R-Gruppe friend, thanks Bob. got the front wheels finished. and mounted a few lights. the Cibie is just a place holder. i have a set of Marchal driving lights like the one on the right, i was just waiting for the second clear bulb to arrive. waiting for some headlight adjuster parts to come and then fresh headlights will go on. the plan is to restore all the little stuff on the car before i tear it down for paint. so she will be ugly for some time to come. i did score a nice chrome front bumper that sat outside in a local junkyard for some 15 years that I know of before I checked it out and bought it. $75 bucks, couldn't pass it up, backside was totally solid. i'll run the chrome on the street and a F/G one on the track. next up buy some bumper rubbers and get the race exhaust installed. Attached thumbnail(s) Attached image(s) |
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