what did you do to your 914 today Options

[930cabman]

My friend Tommy stopped by and took a peek at HOWARD's issue(s) and said he'd like to tackle it.






I called Bruce Stone and asked if he had a spare L/R trailing arm to replace the 'bent' one, and met up with him at Callas Rennsport a couple days ago.




De-greased it and shot some black primer on it ...






... then we'll jack HOWARD up, remove the bent arm, swap all the necessary parts and install it to see if it cures the issue (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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maybe a dumb question. How would one go about bending a trailing arm?

[ClayPerrine]

Spent the afternoon putting the idle air control components on Rusty's EFI 2056 motor.



I need about an hour to finish hooking up the wiring for the idle air control valve and hook pup the relay board and fuel pump. Then I can fire it up!

[euro911]

Mark you plan on keeping it now?

Do you have enough parts to put it back together. That would be nice, but you know you can still come on the runs with the local guys.

Best Bob b

No, gents, I sold most of the upgraded parts that were destined for the car, (a freshly rebuilt 1911, SSI headers, Banana muffler, powder-coated late front suspension, PMB calipers, ATS Classic wheels, LED gauges, etc.). I just thought to at least fix the left rear suspension so it'd be a straight tracking roller again.

It's a shame, as the car is pretty much a 99% rust free chassis - albeit having some dented metal now, I've just lost interest in finishing it.

I still have more nice parts I had purchased for it and I'll get around to posting more in the classifieds soon.

However, I still like open top mid-engined P-cars, so I'm currently perusing the market for a nice pre-owned Boxter (for exclusive use in California since the Cayman has made AZ it's permanent home) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

At least it'll be better than always driving my Toyota truck, or the 'lesbian-mobile' (Subi Outback) to Porsche events (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

When things settle down a bit and I can tie up all the loose ends here, I'll be able to join up with you guys & gals again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif)

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"Live your lives to the fullest, because we don't know how long our headroom will last,
and this I can say is for certain, because no one's going to refill your hour glass"

... Mark

[euro911]

...
maybe a dumb question. How would one go about bending a trailing arm

Long story ...

[Artfrombama]

Spent the afternoon putting the idle air control components on Rusty's EFI 2056 motor.



I need about an hour to finish hooking up the wiring for the idle air control valve and hook pup the relay board and fuel pump. Then I can fire it up!

@ClayPerrine is there a thread on this EFI conversion?

[ClayPerrine]

Spent the afternoon putting the idle air control components on Rusty's EFI 2056 motor.



I need about an hour to finish hooking up the wiring for the idle air control valve and hook pup the relay board and fuel pump. Then I can fire it up!

@ClayPerrine is there a thread on this EFI conversion?

Not really....

Rusty asked me to build a new motor for his Aubergine 73. It originally had a 2.0 engine, but somewhere before Rusty got it, the motor was replaced with a 1.7 case running a hodgepodge of parts topped by a pair of Webers. He bought a 73 2.0 engine from Perry Kiehl, and tore it down. Then he asked me to build it for him.

It has taken me way too long to do. I have a full time job in IT, and 3 914s of my own to keep running, plus maintenance on our SUV, our BMW, our Jeep, and all of the other little household items that have to get fixed. But it is finally getting finished. The current plan is for me to test run the motor here and get everything adjusted. Then I will load it into the back of a rent SUV and head to his place in Huntsville on Memorial day weekend. He is prepping the chassis for the EFI conversion engine. The actual installation should be just plug and play. Everything should be synced and programmed before I get there.

The new engine is a 2056. It uses a stock 2.0 crank and rods, a Raby 9590 cam, a complete Raby valve train. IIRC, LN Engineering Pistons and Cylinders, rebuilt 2.0 heads, a lightened flywheel, and a complete Zims EFI conversion kit. The Idle air control parts are a new design by Aaron@allzim.com ( @partsguy22 ) so I ended up making the mounting bracket for it.

We already have multiple tunes for the EFI. I am going to take the tune from @scottthephotog 's car from when he was running his 2056 and plug it into this motor. It should get us 85 to 90% of the way there. Later Rusty can take it to a dyno and have them wring the last of the performance out of it. That is, if he wants to.

If you want to see it, Rusty should be at Okteenerfest this year.

[Shivers]

Modifying the exhaust for the header I ordered. It will be interesting hanging this thing in back. No longer have to settle on where the tips ended up with the heat exchangers in place. I’ll be able to move them in for a cleaner reveal.

[euro911]

Mark, I have a sideshift engine support bar if you need one. You will have to stop by and get it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)

I had budgeted for a MSDS header for this build. Coveted these since 2017-18. I ordered the 1.65" ceramic coated header today for my car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

Thanks, Paul, but I still have at least one engine support bar, the rubber engine mounts and the front & rear shifting rods here.

Don't know how I ended up with 3 or 4 early mount bars though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) ... so if anybody needs one of those, just come pick it/them up (they're in the Avondale AZ area), or pay for shipping (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)