Time to meet Rotary NARP, welcome to the restart of my project Options

[Rotary'14]

Hi All,

I've been lurking around for a while now and felt it's time to get off my A$$ and put a teener back into my life. I went and rolled my last project car out of my ma's garage, a 1974 2.0 914. It has some rust issues in the rear trunk and the PO had some crappy repairs done to it, but I'm not complaining. This car has been sitting for over 10 years in my ma's garage. This would be my second rotary 914. The first rotary 914 I ever had was over 10 years ago, and it survived stop and go traffic and a vacation to SF california, I live in LA. It was my daily driver to my first "real" job for 3 years. But 3 years of daily driving really took it's toll on my poor 914 and lack of parking forced me to send it to the autobahn in the sky. I kept all the parts and I'm starting the project again.

[lybones]

QUOTE (Rotary'14 @ May 26 2005, 01:02 PM)

You guys are NOT hijacking my thread!  I like the input that is happening, and like paul said,,  "pics are always good" lybones,,  I saw a pic of your car on some guy's website and that really made me want a rotary 914 again.  I love your car's look.  It seems when a 13B powered Porsche dies, it comes back as a V8,,   (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Where did you mount your intercooler? and how much boost were you running? bret,, You have one major racecar project there bro.   Doesn't the Subie engine conversion seems pretty wicked too?  Lotsa power there,, I should be putting the engine in this weekend,, so others will soon be able to see my engine bay with 13B power in it.  I want a running 914 by October,, so I can cruise to Seven Stock 8, the worlds largest gathering of the rotary faithful.

My intercooler sat face forward just in front of the brake proportioning valve. I created an air scoop that picked up air under the car forcing it back. It worked great. I was boosting 14psi. Intake temp was reading 32 celcius most of the time which was 89-90 degrees f. The engine bay looked clean. I remember the first time I heard the blow off valve "whishing" out from behind me instead of up front. Awesome! I don't how your N/A motor is going to sound. What I did was squeezed a 14" and a 18" dynomax race 3" muffler under the car which made it sound quiet like a stock Honda (except on boost, ofcourse). A quiet car is best for music listening and unsuspecting passengers (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)

Yeah Bret,

Your car looks quite solid. That's going to be one head turner when it's done. Hopefully, it stays under 3000 lbs. Power to weight ratio is Key.