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]

Quick update, I made some progress on the four cylinder and got the 6 conversion parts boxed up for the moment.

I had a set of weber carbs that were quite nasty but cleaned up well, I rebuilt them with some old stock weber rebuild kits I found. I installed a new distributor, carbs, and cleaned up tin on the 1.7. Just waiting on a couple small parts and I will join it to the trans and get started with wiring and fuel (if I can get my work schedule to cooperate).

I found two stripped out studs when installing the manifolds. Looks like the engine's previous owner tried the JB weld repair. It did not work. I installed some heli-coils and we are back on track.

I listed the 2.4 for sale locally at the "wouldn't it be nice" price. If it sells it sells but I'm also putting some money aside for a rebuild. If all goes well I will have a drivable car by the end of the year and then can focus on rebuilding the 2.4.

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