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OU8AVW
post Jan 31 2012, 09:48 AM
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I've been lurking here for four years, I signed up the day after I bought my 914. It's a 1971 car and I bought it because the doors clinked shut like a Porsche is supposed to. I have learned allot from this forum and I'll say it again, this is the best auto forum on the intraweb!

Work situations, other car projects, a sailboat and three kids that play Lacrosse, swim, ect I have not really worked on the car at all until recently. I have been prolifically collecting parts, knowledge, and building a network of trusted friends and vendors.

As it stands:
-I have 75% of the sweet parts I need
-Scotty B and I made a good deal to have him paint my car
-I have a running motor with 40 Webers, another fully machined motor with rebuilt heads and six new injectors waiting to be assembled and a sideshift trans.
-My good friend Eric of Willswerks in VA and I trade labor. He's a transmission guru like Dr. Evil. He also has a huge stash of NOS part's he hooks me up with
-I have a full interior with new leather seats, new carpet and new door panels
-A set of sway bars for both ends
-A nice set of 2.0 Fuchs

I need-
-Brakes
-A little pan repair
-A dash
-a few more bits i can't remember now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
-A freakin' garage!

Here's what she looks like now-

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She's supposed to be white and I think I'll go back to the original color. Here's my inspiration:

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scotty b
post Jan 22 2015, 08:44 PM
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So you'll be driving it to work Monday ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Jan 22 2015, 09:04 PM
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Not after they coat the roads in salt and S this weekend...
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post Jan 22 2015, 09:16 PM
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Looks great man! I'm sending good weather vibes you way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jan 28 2015, 08:22 AM
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Working through all the electrical gremlins. So far everything works but the headlights and licence plate lights. Still have to sort the heater and FA blowers.

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post Feb 20 2015, 03:38 PM
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Taking the Teener to a shop here in Annapolis for an alignment and professional tune.

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post Feb 20 2015, 03:39 PM
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Cleanest car at the shop. With all the cousins (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Mar 4 2015, 05:28 PM
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Tif's got the motor running pretty sweet. They said I did a great job and it's a happy motor. Problem was a bad MPS. They patched mine to make it run but Jeff has a rebuilt unit on the way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)


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post Mar 4 2015, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE(OU8AVW @ Mar 4 2015, 03:28 PM) *

Tif's got the motor running pretty sweet. They said I did a great job and it's a happy motor. Problem was a bad MPS. They patched mine to make it run but Jeff has a rebuilt unit on the way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)


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Sweet ride. Congrats. These engines run pretty damn well when they have a "good" MPS. I've seen guys try to tune around a bad MPS for a year. I was one of them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Mar 4 2015, 05:42 PM
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Or spend a year tuning around the incorrect / incompatible MPS, like me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Nice job, Mike!
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post Mar 9 2015, 11:11 AM
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Picked up the Teener today. First drive. She'll take some getting used to but all in all it's the best day ever!

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post Mar 9 2015, 11:24 AM
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post Mar 9 2015, 01:02 PM
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post Mar 9 2015, 06:02 PM
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post Mar 9 2015, 08:29 PM
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Picked up the Teener today. First drive. She'll take some getting used to but all in all it's the best day ever!



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post Mar 10 2015, 10:19 AM
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Perry's cover kicks ass!

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post Apr 22 2015, 02:28 PM
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So I had the local independant Porsche shop looking at my car over the last six weeks or so. They did allot of good work making the engine run properly, but they never got it right. The car would buck at various RMP. Mechanic said that the fuel pump might be to blame so I say, "replace the fuel pump." He says, "we want to make sure that's the problem." I tell him if you charge me $135 an hour to figure out that it's the issue then you might as well buy a new pump for $130 and install it. Then I'll at least have a new pump to show for it. I also tell the guy that it's probably the TPS making it buck.

I get a call a few days later that my car's "ready and running great". No fuel pump and no TPS installed. I pick up the car and guess what? It's still bucking and running like crap.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif)

Soooo.....

Last night I installed a new fuel pump. Car runs allot smother but still bucks

Soooo.....

This morning I installed a TPS that Rich sent me last week. You guessed it, that fucher's running like a fresh spun top. Why won't mechanics listen to people? I mean I obviously know a little bit about my car, I built the thing from scratch right?


People..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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post Apr 22 2015, 04:00 PM
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We have countless threads about "great Porsche mechanics" who can't seem to get anything right...

Glad to see she is running.

How about Katie's in Great Falls Saturday?
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post May 17 2015, 03:42 PM
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Been driving the crap out of my Teener. Seems to run better every day. Oil has been running around 200-210. I'm due an oil change and valve adjustment.

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post May 17 2015, 03:44 PM
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Perry's cover means I never have to put the top on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post May 17 2015, 03:53 PM
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Nice car, man. Hope mine looks that good one day.
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