The story of a silver -6, ...My '70 914-6 Options

[JawjaPorsche]

Awesome Score! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Silver looks so awesome on a 914.

I live up here in Clayton. If you drive up here one weekend, one love to see it in person. What part of Atlanta do you live?

I bought my 914 new and I still have it. Here is link to my 914:

http://www.terrytuck.com/914.htm

Glad your dreams came true! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Terry

[Cuda911]

Great-looking car.... congrats!!

[mgp4591]

Looks great! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Any pics with the newer wheels and tires on? It's always nice to have perspective when eyeballing these things to see which setup will look "just right" when it comes to our own (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

[db9146]

Here is a pic of it before it was delivered.


Its hard to tell but this is a 225 on a 7x16, the sidewalls are ballooned out pretty good.


Here the same size tire on an 8" - the sidewalls are straighter and the offset pushing them a little further out (about 1/2 inch front and rear).

The tires are the same size (205s front, 225s rear) and the wheels are the same (all 16" Fuchs) but it came with 6s and 7s and I pulled from storage a set of 7s and 8s I had with tires the same size.

Sorry I don't have better pictures for comparison.

Its the first 914 I've had with a tailshifter transmission and I hate the shifting. I've got to figure out how to adjust it.

[bcheney]

Fantastic story and great car! Congrats on a VERY nice purchase. I love the rear flares!

[db9146]

I been working on a number of projects on it since I got it....trying to get it ready now for Okteenerfest. Some things I've done:

- detailed wash, polish, and wax,
- cleaned the underside of the engine and transmission
- replaced rubber fuel lines, filter and electric fuel pump (old one was really noisy)
- replaced ss braided brake lines that had frayed on both side in the front with stock rubber lines and completely bleed the brakes (much better now, found out it has mid-'80s Carrera calipers on the front, all calipers recently rebuilt by PMB, and a 19MM Master)
- moved up from 6s and 7s x 16 to 7s and 8s x 16 and installed new Continental ExtremeContact DWs
- replaced the rear KYBs and springs with Koni yellow sport coil overs with 10" QA1 140-250lb progressive springs (really helped the ride)
- removed the rear swaybar (it was really binding up - bent one of the mounting bolts)
- backed off one adjustment on the front swaybar
- replaced all of the shifter and shifter rod bushings and adjusted the linkage
- rebuilt the pedals with new bronze bushings
- replaced some bushings in the throttle linkage
- balanced the carbs and adjusted the idle
- installed a new Momo steering wheel and shift knob
- replaced the front spoiler
- replaced the exhaust with a 2 in / 2 out sport muffler
- installed front and rear euro LED turn and brake lights.

I still want to rebuild the front suspension and replace the trailing arm bushings before the trip along with a few other items.

[MoveQik]

Nice! I am a sucker for the subtle fender pull with 8's hiding under them! :-)

[mgp4591]

Nice! I am a sucker for the subtle fender pull with 8's hiding under them! :-)

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[HaraldD]

Hi,

I think your new wheels are also 7"..
Could it be?

My Best
Harald

[PanelBilly]

Too much fun. Owning a piece of history and getting to drive it too

[Annapolis914]

Nice work......how is the linkage and shifting since your adjustment?

If it is improved, what did you do?

Enjoy!

[db9146]

Thanks for the positive comments on the flares. There was a little metal added to make them "right", so more than just pulling them. The rears do give it a more muscular look.

Hi,

I think your new wheels are also 7"..
Could it be?

My Best
Harald

When I got it, the PO had 6x16s on the front with 205s and 7x16s on the rear with 225s but the tires needed to be replaced and they looked a little like donuts with the sidewalls ballooned out a little too much for my tastes so I pulled another set of wheels I had and put 7x16s on the front with new 205s and 8x16s on the rear with new 225s. If I had 10MM longer studs, I'd put some 7MM spacers on the rear to move them out a touch more with the flares.

As far as the shifting, I replaced all of the bushings and springs in the shifter console and the firewall and linkage housing bushings, then spent a good bit of time adjusting, driving, adjusting, driving - until I could get it into 1st consistently w/o nicking anything and make a gentle shift into 2nd so I don't nick reverse. 3rd, 4th, and 5th are okay. I think its as good as its going to get for now until I either rebuild the trans or swap to a sideshifter. My plan is to rebuild a sideshifter I have and install it with a JWest shifter that has the baseplate modified for the hand throttle of the -6. But this will be after Okteenerfest.

[cconcepcion]

Ditto post #27! Nice lookin 6. Jealous. ...

[db9146]

So with the Okteenerfest coming up, it has prompted me to get it in gear and refresh the suspension under the -6. The last time that the previous owner paid it much attention is probably back in the '80s when teflon bushings were added along with a 21mm H&H swaybar.

I started with the front looking like this


After a lot of cleaning, bead blasting, powder-coating, more cleaning, and basically a lot of work, its looking like this


- cleaned and powder-coated the 911 A-Arms
- installed Elephant Racing Sphericals
- replaced the steel crossmember support with an aluminum one
- installed a set of NOS RSR front struts I squirreled away more than 25 years ago
- added new Bilstein sport inserts
- Eibach springs
- turbo tie rod ends
- new 19.4mm hollow GPR/Tarett swaybar
- new ball joints and hardware
- new wheel seals, inner and outer wheel bearings
- new brake lines


The brake calipers where restored in December by our good friend and resident brake expert, Eric.

And a little help from my shop mutt.

[914Sixer]

Looking good !!!

[db9146]

I found a new friend when it came to stripping the paint on the a-arms before powder-coating.....HD Easy Off



Then measured and taped off the bearing area on each end of the a-arms during powder-coating, roughed up the bare metal surface, epoxied the races in place, and after letting them cure, the installation was very easy.

[db9146]

And speaking of "easy", the arms now move smooth as glass.

[db9146]

Now for the rear!

I removed the trailing arms and stripped them - I found two different types of delrin bushings on the pivot shafts, white on one side and black on the other. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Literally, I stripped them using EasyOff and then ground the welds where the swingarm stiffening pieces had been added.

Before:



After:




Then bead blasted them to get them clean, wiped them down, and powder coated them. Then installed a Mueller needle-roller bearing kit, zerk fittings, fresh hub bearings and cleaned up the wheelwells and the mounting points.



And now:




And the ride is SO MUCH BETTER!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[r_towle]

You promised you would not modify it.....hahahahaha

[db9146]

You promised you would not modify it.....hahahahaha

What? I'm "improving" it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)