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lonewolfe
post Aug 19 2017, 01:58 PM
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Beautiful car Mats! Great video's too. What exhaust are you running? Your car sounds great!
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post Aug 20 2017, 07:53 AM
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Beautiful car Mats! Great video's too. What exhaust are you running? Your car sounds great!


Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Its a Scart silencer on stock 2.0 HE's. Not quite the song of a -6 but damn nice for being a -4. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Aug 31 2017, 10:51 PM
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The other night when I came back into the garage after a short drive I caught this picture and got a little inspired. That moment after a drive and you turn of the bright garage lights. The silence is only interupted by the ticking noises of the engine beginning to cool down. Automotive nirvana right there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Sep 1 2017, 01:07 AM
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The other night when I came back into the garage after a short drive I caught this picture and got a little inspired. That moment after a drive and you turn of the bright garage lights. The silence is only interupted by the ticking noises of the engine beginning to cool down. Automotive nirvana right there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)



Great picture Mats! I always enjoy seeing pictures of your car!!
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post Oct 9 2017, 06:33 AM
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The 2017 season is offically over. I havnt driven the car very much since late July due to an increasing whining noise from the gearbox. Its most notable when everything is warmed up and you accelerate from a slow speed in high gear.
Passing thru a village and slowing down to 50 kph (30 mph) and then accelerating
back up in forth gear and you can hear an whining noise that is rpm dependant.

So engine and gearbox out. The gearbox was dropped off last week to a semilocal (3 hour drive one way) Porsche engine/gearbox rebuilder thats very highly recommended here in Sweden. Now to play the waiting game and praying that I dont get have to eat porridge for all of 2018 due to the repair bill. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)


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post Oct 9 2017, 08:35 AM
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Nice pics on the LED head lights, yes you jump from 3900 to 6000 luemens, but the pattern is overlapped more than I'd like too, but if you look at your picture you can see the sign in the distance better, so it is throwing more light. is it 1/3rd more? Hard to tell with overlap, but I like mine.

Sorry to hear about the trans, but I'd think the repair bill would be limited to the replacement parts and the base cost to crack the trans. Hopefully, since it hasen't truly failed yet. Will be interesting to see why you have the noise.
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post Oct 10 2017, 11:15 PM
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Nice pics on the LED head lights, yes you jump from 3900 to 6000 luemens, but the pattern is overlapped more than I'd like too, but if you look at your picture you can see the sign in the distance better, so it is throwing more light. is it 1/3rd more? Hard to tell with overlap, but I like mine.

Sorry to hear about the trans, but I'd think the repair bill would be limited to the replacement parts and the base cost to crack the trans. Hopefully, since it hasen't truly failed yet. Will be interesting to see why you have the noise.


Yes the LEDS are a definite improvment on my old sealed beam units but I'm curious how they stack up against a set of Hella lenses and quality relayed H4 bulbs.
Plus the fan noise is a dead giveaway that somethings not stock on the bi-yearly mandatory tech inspection.

I might have to make a comparison of that come spring.
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post Oct 31 2017, 11:54 PM
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While I'm waiting for the verdict on my gearbox issues theres nothing that lights up the dark season like some new old parts...

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Might have to make myself a triple combi gauge this Winter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Nov 10 2017, 03:51 AM
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Just got an update from the guy thats got my gearbox and the 4-point bearing was apparently a total loss. Somehow the bearing had started separating, Another bearing was also on its way out along with first and second gear syncros.
Around €1000 in parts and then labor cost ontop of that so probably around 2k € for the whole rebuild.
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post Jan 14 2018, 11:03 AM
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Spent about 7 hours in the car today to go pickup my rebuilt gearbox and drive home again. These are the leftover parts. Changed two bearings, two synchros and all the seals and nuts and washers.


Now I'm just waiting for a few remaining parts I've ordered before I can put the engine and gearbox back into the car. The goal is to have it drivable by the end of March.
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post Apr 8 2018, 01:11 PM
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Just wrote a update post on my 914-6 GT fuel gauge replica on my webpage.

http://matsgarage.com/?p=1329

Any questions I'll try to answer here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post May 3 2018, 04:07 AM
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Still pretty cold for the season over here but last night I got some help with finetuning while cruising at different speeds and wow what a difference those small adjustments made to the feel of the car. Before it felt slightly reluctant or hesitant on cruising due to running to rich. Full throttle was never a problem tho. Now it runs sooo much sweeter at cruise and the CHT's were just fine. Now I'll drive it for awhile like this and then we'll do some more fine tuning when I feel its needed.

Happy Days ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Now I just need those Euro tail lenses from 914 Rubber.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
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post Jun 5 2019, 11:05 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGhv9PJUGRU...eature=youtu.be

I wasnt aware my son was filming as we left a car meet tonight. He caught me spreading some lovely noise over the town... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 5 2019, 03:02 PM
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That is one sweet sounding car. Really nice build. Thanks Mat, enjoy it!
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post Jun 21 2019, 03:47 AM
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Finally got my new seats this week and got around to mounting them. They are Scheel replicas from Italian company D'Eser. Fitting them wasnt entirely troublefree. The stock rails wont fit directly because the mounting bolt c-c distance between the two rails are 360 mm on the stock seats and 385 mm on these seats. Also the seats use 4 M8 screws where the stock seats use 8 M6 screws. I designed a simple 5 mm thick adapterplate to be able to fit the seats for now.

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I end up sitting probably two inches higher than with the stock seats and the seat angle is a bit too reclined so some sort of modification will have to be done later on.

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Because the seats end up sitting higher the shoulders rub against the backpad. I've put some thin microfiber cloth inbetween to prevent rubbing damage for now.

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Access to the handbrake is also a bit more tight but it still works at least. And the seats look bloody amazing compared to my old stock sun damaged ones. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Jun 21 2019, 04:19 AM
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Wow ! Beautiful seats .
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post Jun 21 2019, 05:52 AM
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That 2" height difference could be very important to some here.
A big plus for some and a deal killer for others.
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post Jun 21 2019, 06:07 AM
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Very nice seats. They complement your beautiful car.
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post Jun 21 2019, 02:13 PM
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You should be very proud of yourself...beautiful 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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PM me...I have a little something for you!!!!

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Nice, the shape of the side bolsters pretty much the Scheels in the GT cars. Nice choice!
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