Tomeric Build Thread, ...new brakes, new cooler and a video! |
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Tomeric Build Thread, ...new brakes, new cooler and a video! |
tomeric914 |
Aug 1 2010, 04:28 PM
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One Lap of America in a 914! Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States |
Back in February of '08, Cupomeat and Tomeric914 picked up this lovely 916 replica and a boatload of spare parts:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280701715.1.jpg) Clean, one owner, Florida car, runs great, blah, blah, blah... When we picked it up, one carb was seized and the PO was "working on it". "Does the engine turn over?", I ask. "Last I knew it did", he says. Yea, maybe not: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280701715.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280701716.3.jpg) Our first clue was when we pulled the oil drain plug and nothing came out. It was about 20 degrees in the garage so the water on the bottom of the engine was frozen. After using a torch to melt the water, the oil came out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuK9Z7fpgic The video above shows a nice ice cube stuck to the float of the one Weber that was still in the car. The PO said the car ran hot so they remove the rain tray to get more air in the engine compartment. The filters didn't have rain hats on and there were 1/4" to 1/2" gaps around the bottoms of the filters. The PO had made up some cheesedick plate for the bottom of the filter on but didn't understand the concept of flatness. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280701717.4.jpg) That was only the beginning of the fun. I've already forgotten about all the other half-assed fixes the PO did. My goal was to get the car on the road by April and on the track by the end of the summer. The PO had relocated the battery to the trunk which I wasn't crazy about. They also did some hellhole repair that looked to be ok. I finished their repair and but the battery tray back where it should be. At the same time, I rebuilt the 2.0 engine using A LOT of the spare parts we had (heads were one of those spare parts). What amazed me was the amount of parts that were in their original shipping boxes dated from the mid 1980's with 2nd day air! They sat for 20+ years! Here is the engine in the car around the middle of April all set to go. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280701717.5.jpg) So now it has 96mm KB pistons and AA cylinders (which, BTW suck. AA used to have decent cylinders). It is now a 2056 with 40IDFs and what appears to be an old S&S exhaust setup. I put the lowest profile tires I could find on the crappy set of cookie cutters we had. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280708541.1.jpg) For the next few months I drive it and sort out the various issues, rebuild all the brake calipers, remove the brake line tee that the DAPO put in and get a nice reconditioned brake pressure regulator from PMB. Sign up for my first track event at Watkins Glen and before going there, install an oil cooler. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280708542.2.jpg) Then I found some rust in the long that needed attention. Luckily, not too bad... yet. Cut it out and repair it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm5.static.flickr.com-9101-1280708542.3.jpg) Then off to the Glen! |
tomeric914 |
Aug 14 2011, 09:45 AM
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One Lap of America in a 914! Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States |
ok, so I've been busy with a few things and haven't been updating my thread as I should.
First was installing as large of a cooler as I possibly could under the rear deck seeing as that the first one was way too small. I scored a Setrab 11" x 12" on eBay, picked up a fan and designed a shroud to hold it all. Little known place in Syracuse is Aquacut, Inc. who will cut pretty much anything out of any material. You just need to provide the DXF file. The cooler is tucked up next to the transmission. The sway bar swings next to the cooler with only 1/2" to spare. It's been put through its paces with no interference. My goal was to keep the cooler in back and not run lines to the front of the vehicle. While this works in conjunction with the stock oil cooler for the street at keeping temps reasonable, it didn't work to keep the oil temps down so well on the track. The next mod will be to relocate it to the front trunk. The other recent addition was a pair of restored Alfa Romeo GTV6 Brembo calipers and Porterfield R4-S pads from Eric Shea at PMB Perfromance to replace the M calipers. These calipers look REAL nice, are lighter by nearly 10 lbs and worked fantastic at last weekend's DE at Watkin's Glen. The car has changed significantly over the past 8 months with the addition of the 6, heavier springs, Koni adjustables in front and now the Brembos. Watkins Glen was the first event I've made it to since these changes and all I can say is WOW. Here's some video from Cupomeat's 993 C4 eventually catching and passing me. Some in the rain, some in the dry. Enjoy! I couldn't get it to embed, so here's the link http://www.vimeo.com/27610851 |
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