Erik's Build Thread, 914-6 Conversion Options

[B3owulf]

This will be a build thread for my 914 build. The build is ongoing, I will post updates here and hopefully keep progressing! I posted most of these pictures before, just trying to put it in one spot for a continual thread.

The end goal of the build is to have a fun autocross car that is nice enough to drive for date night or cars and coffee. It will not be a concourse car or race competitively, just out to have fun.



This car was a stalled project that I purchased as a roller and a pile of parts. I purchased a set of wheels for my Cayman and the seller had a 914 in his garage. After going back and forth for a bit I finally convinced my wife to let me buy it. It came with a ton of spare parts and the first couple months with the car was mainly just figuring out what I had and what I needed.

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Part of the deal was my wife got to pick the color. She picked Ravenna Green and it turned out good! I spent more than I wanted on the paint but less than I should have. It looks great from a distance, OK up close, and a PCA concourse nerd would throw me out.


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Found some cool wheels online and got the windows, door handles, hood, and trunk mounted up. Unfortunately progress stopped for a while after this due to work requirements which had me away from home for a while.

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Got a few weeks back home and scored some more parts off of ebay. Got a wrecked 911, a 914 motor, and an MFI 6 cylinder. I sold the 911 and left the MFI engine with my helper to figure out.

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Got back home 6 months later and was shocked to find my 2 year old had made no progress on the build. However, I had a huge pile of -6 conversion parts from Ben and others waiting for me so its time to get after it! I will keep posting as I make progress.

[B3owulf]

Got down to the long block, very encouraged by what I saw! Going to have to order some parts but definitely feel safe going forward without a full rebuild. Oil looked old but smelled and felt fine, no sparkles.

Before taking anything off I identified I will need the MFI pump drive belt, one throttle linkage, one throttle link is missing, alternator pulley and belt are missing, one TB trumpet is damaged. However all throttles move smoothly and no obvious external damage
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Under the cam covers everything looked clean. No loose head studs or obvious valvetrain damage that I saw.
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Distributor doesnt look terrible but I think I will proactively replace it. Last thing I want when I'm trying to figure out how to get the MFI working is old worn out ignition components causing trouble.
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Took me a while to figure out what this thing was. Component for a sportomatic shifter. Wont need that!
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Fuel lines are junk but the pump itself looks good. The fuel in the injectors and hard lines was still fuel, not gunk. Still planning on sending the injectors off to be cleaned.(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.ibb.co-25879-1682889172.5.jpg)

No signs of pulled studs. Despite being dirty everything actully looks pretty good. If you see something I missed by all means let me know!
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