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> Apollo Racer Build Thread, Numeric 981 Shifter Upgrade, EZ36 to MS3 wiring diagrams
rnellums
post Sep 28 2011, 07:01 PM
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I am starting this thread to document the build of my recent acquisition of a car I am going to name Apollo. It was previously owned by a fellow out in Illinois and was sold to me via 914 LTD. From what I know It was a purpose built Auto X car, but only has about two hours of run time on the engine.

Here are the specs as I received it:

Exterior Mods:
  • Factory Steel Flares
  • Newish Silver Base/Clear
  • Fiberglass 916 Style Front Bumper
  • Fiberglass Stock Style Rear Bumper
  • Fiberglass Hood With Headlight Delete
  • Fiberglass Trunk
  • Fiberglass Painted Rocker Panels
  • Painted Targa Top
  • Lexan Rear Window
  • Lightened Door Skins
  • Original Doors, Hood, Trunk
  • No Wipers, Headlights
  • Rear Porsche Reflector
Interior Mods:
  • Koenig Race Seats
  • RaceTech Leather Wheel
  • Amco Console with Assorted Gauges
  • Welt. Short Shift Kit
  • Bolt in Cage with Door Bars
  • Simpson 4 pt. Harnesses
Suspension Mods:
  • Rich Johnson 5-Lug Conversion
  • Front Volvo Big Brakes
  • Front Vented Rotors
  • 911 Front Struts
  • Koni Adjustable Shocks
  • 914-6 Rear Rotors With Stock Front Calipers
  • 22mm Front Torsion Bars
  • Welt. Adj. Front Sway
  • 180 lb Springs w/Adjustable Perches
  • Hoosier Road Race Radials
Engine Specifications:
  • Front Mounted Oil Cooler
  • 2.4 L 4-cyl built by ROCS auto
  • 103mm J+E Forged Pistons
  • 1.8L Stroked to 2.0 Specs
  • 48mm Intake
  • 38mm Exhaust
  • Chromoly Pushrods
  • High Flow Oil Pump
  • MSD Ignition w/ Adj. Rev. Limiter
  • 44mm Dual Webers
  • Lightened Flywheel
  • Kennedy Engineering Stage IV Clutch
  • Ported, Polished Heads with 10:1 Compression
  • Port Matched Manifolds
  • Kerry Hunter Headers
  • Claimed 180 HP
  • Claimed 170 ft-lbf Torque
Transmission Specs:
  • Recent Rebuild by 914 LTD
  • Quaffe Torque Bias Diff
  • Shortened 5th Gear
Misc:
  • 5 Gal Fuel Cell
  • New Bearings and Bushings
  • Blue Brake Fluid
  • 8x15 Fuchs
  • Claimed 1600 lb Weight
And Now the pictures!
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rnellums   Apollo Racer Build Thread   Sep 28 2011, 07:01 PM
rnellums   I'll get one. You'll have to wait till nex...   Mar 6 2015, 09:16 PM
rnellums   I played a bit of gauge dress up tonight with some...   Mar 6 2015, 10:00 PM
914forme   I must have missed this in your thread, is the wat...   Mar 7 2015, 01:29 PM
rnellums   None of the above. It's from Tim. He also crea...   Mar 7 2015, 02:27 PM
rnellums   I added a silver button to my speedometer tonight....   Mar 9 2015, 11:23 PM
rnellums   Tim's custom gauges are now wired in! The ...   Mar 12 2015, 08:25 PM
rnellums   Yesterday was really productive, with the engine o...   Mar 14 2015, 10:43 AM
mgp4591   Nice fit Ross! Your new setup probably doesn...   Mar 14 2015, 10:50 AM
rnellums   So I got everything in and plumbed up. I took it o...   Apr 5 2015, 09:53 PM
mgp4591   Was the loose coil on the drivers side? If so, you...   Apr 6 2015, 12:14 AM
Chris H.   Yeah I agree, you were driving with a dead cylinde...   Apr 6 2015, 07:03 AM
rnellums   I put my exhaust hangers together tonight! ...   Apr 6 2015, 09:44 PM
rnellums   Not quite ready yet, but it's close!   Apr 6 2015, 09:49 PM
Mike Bellis   Muffler brackets look cool but they also look like...   Apr 6 2015, 09:55 PM
rnellums   Muffler brackets look cool but they also look lik...   Apr 6 2015, 09:58 PM
3d914   Muffler brackets look cool but they also look li...   May 1 2015, 07:09 PM
A&P Mech   Wow Ross! The cup holder looks awesome! I ...   Apr 7 2015, 06:12 AM
rnellums   I did a few small things this weekend, but my favo...   Apr 12 2015, 09:27 PM
mgp4591   That's a good look! Did you get your small...   Apr 12 2015, 11:00 PM
rnellums   I did! Just about good as new!   Apr 12 2015, 11:02 PM
Chris H.   Looks great! I always wanted to see what your...   Apr 13 2015, 08:07 AM
rnellums   Looks great! I always wanted to see what you...   Apr 13 2015, 09:17 PM
rnellums   So I think I have discussed this before, but I had...   Apr 13 2015, 09:08 PM
76-914   I like it. As you engineers say, KISS.   Apr 13 2015, 09:16 PM
rnellums   I was getting tired of how loud my exhaust was so ...   Apr 30 2015, 10:05 PM
Alphaogre   I was getting tired of how loud my exhaust was so...   Apr 30 2015, 11:07 PM
914pipe   I was getting tired of how loud my exhaust was s...   Jan 18 2017, 08:12 PM
rnellums   :agree: Please! Try this on for size: V...   Jan 18 2017, 09:38 PM
rnellums   No real progress to report, I've been too busy...   May 12 2015, 11:52 PM
mgp4591   You may want to consider adding flanges to your ad...   May 13 2015, 01:36 AM
A&P Mech   Wow the stickers look great! Are you planning ...   May 13 2015, 06:47 AM
Chris H.   Great job on the center muffler. It will help a l...   May 13 2015, 07:51 AM
76-914   Beat me to it, Chris. It's been on my "to...   May 13 2015, 08:30 AM
rnellums   Odometer: 49,902 mi Woof! May Since my last u...   Oct 18 2015, 08:32 PM
mbseto   That's the shortest shifter I've ever seen...   Oct 19 2015, 07:39 AM
rnellums   That's the shortest shifter I've ever see...   Oct 19 2015, 08:50 AM
Chris H.   I'm getting EZ30 envy. How many of those do y...   Oct 19 2015, 11:30 AM
rnellums   I'm getting EZ30 envy. How many of those do ...   Oct 19 2015, 11:44 AM
Chris H.   That's funny. We always want the one we don...   Oct 19 2015, 12:16 PM
grantjd   I figured I'd eventually figure out whose car ...   Mar 3 2016, 02:42 PM
rnellums   Odometer:50907 Ive been driving the car quite a b...   Aug 6 2016, 05:09 PM
rnellums   All finished up!   Aug 6 2016, 05:09 PM
majkos   Nice! LMK if u need anything, 914 parts wise,...   Aug 9 2016, 07:50 AM
76-914   Looks a lot cleaner, Ross. :thumbsup:   Aug 9 2016, 08:02 AM
rnellums   Odometer:51018 I finished putting in some aluminu...   Sep 5 2016, 04:27 PM
914forme   Odometer:51018 I finished putting in some alumin...   Dec 15 2016, 12:21 PM
rnellums   I also finally got proper flip up headlights back ...   Sep 5 2016, 04:32 PM
A&P Mech   With all that front trunk space that the rest of u...   Sep 5 2016, 06:09 PM
rnellums   I guess I am down to quarterly updates now! R...   Dec 13 2016, 09:36 PM
rnellums   I added some camp 914 trunk struts, but didn't...   Dec 13 2016, 09:38 PM
rnellums   In bigger news, I picked up an EZ36 (3.6L Subaru, ...   Dec 13 2016, 09:42 PM
greggearhead   In bigger news, I picked up an EZ36 (3.6L Subaru,...   Dec 15 2016, 12:25 PM
rnellums   I'm also in the process of refinishing some 15...   Dec 13 2016, 09:46 PM
rnellums   I have also decided to convert over to a hydraulic...   Dec 13 2016, 09:48 PM
mgp4591   Some good progress there Ross! What type of ai...   Dec 13 2016, 10:59 PM
Chris H.   There are several really good ITB threads on Pelic...   Dec 13 2016, 11:44 PM
JRust   I'll take a transmission rear diff block off p...   Dec 14 2016, 12:40 AM
matthepcat   Looking forward to this build.   Dec 14 2016, 12:52 AM
nsyr   Nice work on the clutch master cylinder setup. I u...   Dec 14 2016, 09:10 AM
76-914   :agree: You'll wonder why you didn't do it...   Dec 14 2016, 09:25 AM
BigFour1973   I'd take a clutch slave bracket and center dif...   Dec 14 2016, 10:09 PM
rnellums   Some good progress there Ross! What type of a...   Dec 15 2016, 04:43 PM
greggearhead   That things gonna sound wicked-cool. Thanks Gre...   Dec 20 2016, 07:32 AM
rnellums   I did - it's going into a guy's Karmann ...   Dec 20 2016, 08:02 AM
mgp4591   Your rerouting of the coolant lines should help so...   Dec 15 2016, 05:03 PM
rnellums   I'm already running fairly large lines (1.25...   Dec 15 2016, 05:50 PM
rnellums   Well, its definitely not as sexy (or as well tuned...   Dec 15 2016, 08:19 PM
Mike Bellis   I had a flat radiator on my first conversion 914. ...   Dec 15 2016, 11:03 PM
rnellums   I had a flat radiator on my first conversion 914....   Dec 15 2016, 11:37 PM
3d914   Ross, that motor looks gorgeous with throttle-bodi...   Dec 19 2016, 09:07 PM
Chris H.   No doubt there would be a market for it. Not huge...   Dec 20 2016, 03:22 PM
mgp4591   ITBs on an EG33 would be purty kool.... maybe not ...   Dec 21 2016, 03:37 AM
Chris H.   I'm starting to REALLY like those. What versi...   Dec 21 2016, 08:51 AM
rnellums   Ross, that motor looks gorgeous with throttle-bod...   Dec 21 2016, 09:12 AM
mgp4591   Do you really need the variable cam setup engaged ...   Dec 21 2016, 01:25 PM
914forme   Another advantage for the short six engines from S...   Dec 21 2016, 02:52 PM
rnellums   Another advantage for the short six engines from ...   Dec 21 2016, 11:11 PM
rnellums   double post   Dec 21 2016, 11:11 PM
mgp4591   Another advantage for the short six engines from ...   Dec 22 2016, 04:11 AM
rnellums   Well, I put the EZ36 on the back burner for a bit ...   Jan 16 2017, 10:21 PM
rnellums   I had previously cut a small hole in the trunk fir...   Jan 16 2017, 10:26 PM
Andyrew   I had previously cut a small hole in the trunk fi...   Jan 17 2017, 11:56 AM
rnellums   Did you use stainless wire? You should be able to...   Jan 17 2017, 12:06 PM
greggearhead   Nice work - love the clutch master.   Jan 17 2017, 08:22 AM
rnellums   Not much to update here, mostly just a lot of driv...   Oct 9 2017, 07:52 PM
76-914   Snazzy! Looks like it came with the car. What ...   Oct 10 2017, 08:46 AM
rnellums   The pump just cut out while driving, and I had to ...   Oct 10 2017, 12:27 PM
76-914   Makes sense. I changed mine because of my faulty d...   Oct 10 2017, 06:07 PM
greggearhead   Ross let me take this on the Silver Summit rally b...   Jul 9 2018, 01:55 PM
rnellums   Wow. Hard to believe my last post was 2017! L...   Dec 23 2024, 06:55 AM
rnellums   Gauges: I've updated the water temp gauge to ...   Dec 23 2024, 07:06 AM
rnellums   Suspension: I installed new Konis earlier this fal...   Dec 23 2024, 07:25 AM
rnellums   Front   Dec 23 2024, 07:26 AM
rnellums   The torsion Springs on my engine decklid were star...   Dec 23 2024, 07:49 AM
rnellums   I had originally used in in-tank subaru fuel pump,...   Dec 23 2024, 08:22 AM
rnellums   I also re-worked my fuel pump mount (previously ho...   Dec 23 2024, 08:24 AM
rnellums   I relocated my clutch master cylinder reservoir as...   Dec 23 2024, 08:24 AM
rnellums   I had never been that happy with the MR2 shifter. ...   Dec 23 2024, 08:29 AM
rnellums   The new shifter meant that a new center console wa...   Dec 23 2024, 08:42 AM
rnellums   I have wanted to refinish my seats for a while so ...   Dec 23 2024, 08:48 AM
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