Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

6 Pages V « < 2 3 4 5 6 >  
 Reply to this topicStart new topic
> Porsche 914 Automatic, I just couldn't resist...Added a video
tat2dphreak
post Dec 13 2009, 11:11 AM
Post #61


stoya, stoya, stoya
*****

Group: Benefactors
Posts: 8,797
Joined: 6-June 03
From: Wylie, TX
Member No.: 792
Region Association: Southwest Region
that's awesome, I'm so cutting an iphone jack into my ashtray, now!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
jaxdream
post Dec 13 2009, 11:49 AM
Post #62


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 974
Joined: 8-July 08
From: North Central Tennessee
Member No.: 9,270
Region Association: South East States
Dude , I think you may be able to find a shifter setup that will get it down closer to the tunnel , after all it's just standard automatic shift pattern PRND21 , with some adjusting , you could get it to work. Just take a trip to the Pick& pulls , scope out a shifter , maybe console combo to get the whole mechanisim down some, unless you're totally happy with what you have . My $.02.

P.S. I'm very interested in this setup , as it gives another option for a transmission in a 914.

Jaxdream
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
pktzygt
post Dec 13 2009, 06:48 PM
Post #63


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 328
Joined: 20-March 07
From: Chesapeake, VA
Member No.: 7,611
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Dec 12 2009, 11:53 PM) *

Porsche missed a market segment with that one! Very Cool!


I agree, it would have been neat to see how a properly engineered factory auto would have turned out. I think George has/had one of the sport-o-matic ones though.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mike Bellis
post Dec 13 2009, 07:14 PM
Post #64


Resident Electrician
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,345
Joined: 22-June 09
From: Midlothian TX
Member No.: 10,496
Region Association: None
I bet a B&M ratchet shifter would fit in there. it comes with adjustable shift arms for the tranny side.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
computers4kids
post Dec 25 2009, 12:04 AM
Post #65


Love these little cars!
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,443
Joined: 11-June 05
From: Port Townsend, WA
Member No.: 4,253
Region Association: None
After not being able to find a suitable shifter replacement, I decided to redesign the tall vanagon one that was used. I literally took a good 7 inches off the old shifter. I took several inches off the middle of the bracket and some off the extension rod. It actually was more difficult than I first thought, especially keeping the geometry and throw the same. Anyway, good for now.

I had called Jeggs and it turns out that all the generic shifters they sell, i.e Hurst, B&M are made for American cars and transmissions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


Attached image(s)
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mike Bellis
post Dec 25 2009, 12:22 AM
Post #66


Resident Electrician
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,345
Joined: 22-June 09
From: Midlothian TX
Member No.: 10,496
Region Association: None
Looks much better. I like it!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Rand
post Dec 25 2009, 11:17 AM
Post #67


Cross Member
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 7,409
Joined: 8-February 05
From: OR
Member No.: 3,573
Region Association: None
QUOTE(computers4kids @ Dec 12 2009, 07:55 PM) *

The iphone app is "speed-o-meter"...it's either free or $1, I can't remember. It's pretty darn accurate.


My bike doesn't have a speedo, so I tried several of the iphone apps. My favorite is called "SpeedBox."

Very nice find Mark! One of the most unique 914s around, in a cool way.

I agree, a nice leather boot would be the perfect finish.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
JRust
post Dec 25 2009, 01:30 PM
Post #68


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 6,305
Joined: 10-January 03
From: Corvallis Oregon
Member No.: 129
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
Very nicely done Mark. That looks much better. Still doesn't quite look like it belongs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) but is closer. How does it drive & shift? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
TC 914-8
post Dec 25 2009, 02:11 PM
Post #69


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 809
Joined: 23-May 08
From: Sequim, WA
Member No.: 9,090
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
Hey Mark, Great work, Great find.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
jaxdream
post Dec 25 2009, 02:12 PM
Post #70


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 974
Joined: 8-July 08
From: North Central Tennessee
Member No.: 9,270
Region Association: South East States
Not too bad !! I am interested in this conversion , as I would like to do this so the little woman could drive it, besides an automatic 914 would be cool !! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

Jack / Jaxdream
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
computers4kids
post Dec 25 2009, 02:42 PM
Post #71


Love these little cars!
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,443
Joined: 11-June 05
From: Port Townsend, WA
Member No.: 4,253
Region Association: None
QUOTE(JRust @ Dec 25 2009, 11:30 AM) *

Very nicely done Mark. That looks much better. Still doesn't quite look like it belongs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) but is closer. How does it drive & shift? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Now that the shifter is cut down, a 930 boot will fit nicely if I decide to go that route. I
hesitate losing the gear selector--it's part of the novelty. I'm not to sure anything is going to look correct, as 914 owners we just don't have any schema for an automati 914. I wonder what Ferry would have designed?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
ahdoman
post Dec 25 2009, 09:40 PM
Post #72


It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman)
***

Group: Members
Posts: 667
Joined: 7-November 05
From: Santa Clarita, Ca.
Member No.: 5,084
Region Association: Southern California
Mark - It looks like you've got it down just a little taller than a stock center console. Why not just try to put one around it and build from there?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Rand
post Dec 25 2009, 09:52 PM
Post #73


Cross Member
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 7,409
Joined: 8-February 05
From: OR
Member No.: 3,573
Region Association: None
QUOTE(computers4kids @ Dec 25 2009, 12:42 PM) *

hesitate losing the gear selector--it's part of the novelty. I'm not to sure anything is going to look correct, as 914 owners we just don't have any schema for an automati 914. I wonder what Ferry would have designed?


Ferry would have said, lose the plastic console! And one million other peeps here agree! Leather boot! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Hint hint. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
morph
post Jan 22 2010, 11:59 PM
Post #74


quality parts builder
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,828
Joined: 25-November 03
From: oregon coast
Member No.: 1,389
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) i like it
james
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
nomore9one4
post Jan 23 2010, 12:52 PM
Post #75


Member of the Eastcoast Thread Killers Club
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,666
Joined: 26-December 02
From: Pittsburgh,Pa.15237
Member No.: 14
Region Association: None
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Dec 7 2009, 09:42 AM) *

QUOTE(charliew @ Dec 7 2009, 09:38 AM) *

My 75 doesn't have the bumper tits they must have been a option.

"Tiny Tits™" are '76 only ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)


Nice find!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Andy


I had tiny tits on my 75 and it was original. I bought it from the original owner and it was never modified in any way.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
computers4kids
post Jan 24 2010, 10:02 PM
Post #76


Love these little cars!
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,443
Joined: 11-June 05
From: Port Townsend, WA
Member No.: 4,253
Region Association: None
I decided to pull the black cover in the trunk today which is where the starter is located at 12:00. Normally there is no starter normally located at 12:00, but the only location that would work in a 914/4--Audi transaxle conversion. I was curious if I could learn more how they made the starter work.

As you can see a "stock 914" starter was used. It was bolted to an adapter that looks like it was custom made. The starter connects to the adapter and the adapter bolts to the adapter plate mated to the 914 motor.
Attached Image

Here you can see the two 19mm bolts that secure the starter from the back side of the adapter plate (engine compartment). You can also see the shaft of the bendix gear rides on protruding through part of the adapter plate and part of the edge of the 914 case.
Attached Image

An hole was opened-up on the top side of the transmission to expose the teeth on the torque converter. You can see the two bolts that secure the starter. You can't see the bendix shaft hole. If you look at 10:00, you'll see where the starter is normally on this Audi 5000 application.
Attached Image

These next two pictures show how an extension was made to space the bendix gear at the right distance so to engage the torque converter teeth properly. You'll also notice the teeth on the bendix gear on the 914 starter is different than the end that meets the torque converter teeth. The extension is held on by three allen bolts. A notch for each of the bolts was cut in the actual 914 bosch starter bendix gear.to lock the extension in place.
Attached Image
Attached Image

I still don't know how the torque converter connects to the 914 crankshaft.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
rick 918-S
post Jan 24 2010, 10:18 PM
Post #77


Hey nice rack! -Celette
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 20,443
Joined: 30-December 02
From: Now in Superior WI
Member No.: 43
Region Association: Northstar Region
Very crude looking construction but I really really like it! This was clearly built and designed by a true free thinker. This is how real men build stuff. Just imagine how well this has werked for the former women owner. Pure mechanical function! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mike Bellis
post Jan 24 2010, 10:23 PM
Post #78


Resident Electrician
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,345
Joined: 22-June 09
From: Midlothian TX
Member No.: 10,496
Region Association: None
That's not bad backyard fabrication. I bet you could buy something to work today. The shop that did the work deffinately has a "thinker" working for them.

Very cool.

I've been thinking about an automatic for my 14. I'm not sure I could fab that trick starter set up. Not sure I would want to.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
zx-niner
post Jan 24 2010, 10:44 PM
Post #79


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 294
Joined: 13-June 05
From: Las Vegas, NV
Member No.: 4,269
Region Association: Central California
QUOTE(computers4kids @ Jan 24 2010, 08:02 PM) *

Attached Image


Is that a booster relay in there?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
computers4kids
post Jan 24 2010, 10:51 PM
Post #80


Love these little cars!
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,443
Joined: 11-June 05
From: Port Townsend, WA
Member No.: 4,253
Region Association: None
QUOTE(zx-niner @ Jan 24 2010, 08:44 PM) *

QUOTE(computers4kids @ Jan 24 2010, 08:02 PM) *



Is that a booster relay in there?


Hi Steve!
No, I believe it's connected to the Park/Neutral safety switch on the automatic shifter selector. Essentially it disables the starter when not in park or neutral.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
« Next Oldest · 914World Garage · Next Newest »
 

6 Pages V « < 2 3 4 5 6 >
Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Display Mode: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 7th May 2024 - 02:49 AM
Invision Power Board v9.1.4 © 2024  IPS, Inc.
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community!
We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ...