This weekend's 914 work - share your progress, I installed some race parts - air filter and battery Options

[Chris Pincetich]

I was FINALLY able to get back to work on my 914 this weekend and want to share the progress and if anybody else wants to share their stories and photos from this weekend add it on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

My black 1972 1.7 is a low-mid budget AX+cruiser. If it looks cool and helps me go fast I want it! In most cases, my mods are to shed weight. I've found that having a "race car" on a limited budget can be a challenge, and a lighter car is faster with the same HP, and it USUALLY doesn't cost a lot to take weight off the car.

This weekend I installed or removed these parts

[Chris Pincetich]

Sooo, the whole air filter thing can be dabated, but my 1.7 has a 1 5/8" 4->1 coated header that relieves back pressure, so I've been dreaming up a high flow intake air filter for some time. After reading Demick's old posts about the affects of moving the intake on his 2.0 over towards the relay board, I had to include the "cold air" intake plan into my project.

Summit Racing web site "Closeouts" had high performance Green ™ filters on sale, so I got one at half price that is designed for a 6L V-8. It costs $37. That should be big enough (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

Then off to ACE for plumbing parts! Then HOME DEPOT = way cheaper! I plan on returning some ACE parts to save $10. They KEY piece for my project was the 2 1/2" 45 deg bend in black ABS that needs some sandpaper to the inside and it fits perfect on the difficult 1.7 throttle body(?) intake part. Also key was the 2.5->3.5" rubber adaptor that I drilled to fit the vacuum tube from the AR valve(?). Still need to deal with the oil blow-off tube, which used to mount to the air cleaner body outside of the filter, AR tube was always after filter, so I am confident about this placement. My next idea is a oil catch jar to plug the J-tube hole in my tin...or somewhere else.

My test drive resulted in AT LEAST a 15% increase in smiles per gallon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)