914RS4 Tube Chassis 996 Suspension Audi 2.7TT Stage 3, ADDED RECAROS Options

[Krieger]

DAMN! Can you just clear coat your car and call her the Stiched Bitch!?

[Curbandgutter]

You win the widest 914 award hands down, I love it !

Starting with the 996 suspension did the trick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[Curbandgutter]

Rudy's 914 Got the meats like Arby's & the deep dish like a Chicago pie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hey Marty, maybe I should call it Gino's East??

[Curbandgutter]

Damn, your moving right along Rudy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

It's amazing what you can do when you're not building a shop or collecting tools for a build. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Or building a chassis table, or chassis jig, or rotiserrie, or welding table, or plumbing a couple hundred feet of copper for air, or........you get the drift. I can actually spend my time building the car. I'm loving it!!

[Maltese Falcon]

Rudy's 914 Got the meats like Arby's & the deep dish like a Chicago pie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hey Marty, maybe I should call it Gino's East??

Deep Dish be like ...now in Studio City on Riverside (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

Rudy's 914 Got the meats like Arby's & the deep dish like a Chicago pie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hey Marty, maybe I should call it Gino's East??

Deep Dish be like ...now in Studio City on Riverside (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Glad slitting the fender on the crown worked out. I would have gone all the way back to the windshield post and just went RSR vented style at the rear. In any case keeping the original silhouette will look right and follow the original shape. Glad you went with it. Get a 3 inch long piece of pipe about 1-1/2 inches in diameter, debur and round the edges, use it for a dolly on the underside of the fender crown. It will look nice when you are done.


Marty stop that deep dish stuff. I was by the parlor on Monday and knew I should have stopped in for a take home pie. I have heard good things about Ginos. That picture did me in.

[Curbandgutter]

@maltese_falcon are you serious.......I had the best deep dish pizza ever at Gino's East in Chicago.....never had another like it, especially their sausage it's like no other. I'll be in Calabassas visiting family this weekend and will definitely stop by on the way. Thanks for the heads up.......even though it's not 914 related (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

@Jeff_Hail I have a crown in the fender but it's along where it ties into the face of the 916 flare. I wheeled it along the edge then put it in a die to really turn the edge See photos. Are you saying to lift the middle of the flare? By the way, it's funny that you mention the louvers since I've been mulling that around for the front fenders. That will release air from the radiators. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

@maltese_falcon are you serious.......I had the best deep dish pizza ever at Gino's East in Chicago.....never had another like it, especially their sausage it's like no other. I'll be in Calabassas visiting family this weekend and will definitely stop by on the way. Thanks for the heads up.......even though it's not 914 related (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

@Jeff_Hail I have a crown in the fender but it's along where it ties into the face of the 916 flare. I wheeled it along the edge then put it in a die to really turn the edge See photos. Are you saying to lift the middle of the flare? By the way, it's funny that you mention the louvers since I've been mulling that around for the front fenders. That will release air from the radiators. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

The second photo lets me see whats going on behind the wheel opening. I like what you are doing. The crown would be the top of the fender from the lamp opening to the cowl where you slit the fender and added material.

I was thinking hang the flare first then slit the top crown of the fender to widen the entire fender even more. It would bring the entire fender outward from the lamp to the door. Referring to rsr style would run along these lines and vent the rear of the fender at the door.

[racerbvd]

Rudy's 914 Got the meats like Arby's & the deep dish like a Chicago pie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hey Marty, maybe I should call it Gino's East??

Deep Dish be like ...now in Studio City on Riverside (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Ah man, now I want a pizza .

[ValcoOscar]

This build reminds me of this other mega-wide 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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[Maltese Falcon]

This build reminds me of this other mega-wide 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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The owner has it up for sale on InstaG
Chevy SB power

[sixnotfour]

REDRUM

[Rand]

REDRUM

butta six


It's not butta face

Oh, itza



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[Curbandgutter]

@SIXNOTFOUR OK I see what you did there. It's what Jeff Hail was talking about...the RSR look. Looks good but it's not the directions I'm going in.

[Curbandgutter]

So this is what the fronts are looking like. I decided to print up a louver system for the rear of the front fender and cover it in carbon fiber. It will be very recessed into the fender and will accentuate a curve coming out of the fender to mirror the 1/4 panel.

[sixnotfour]

I await your vision ,, I just saw an opportunity to show REDRUM , built in SoCal early 80's...sitting in Utah..

[914forme]

Okay ah, I get the design placement but this would rule me out of sitting in either side.



I sold a 1994 M edition Miata jut because my head would hit the top bow, I just did not fit. Knowing that in my 914 with the seat cushion in place, my head could hit the rear hoop. in my old race car. The tie in bars while going into the tie ins for the angles and rear bars, that would be very close to my head.

I'm a bit bummed by this for two reasons, one I want you to keep your head on your shoulders with out adding a plate to cover the crushed area, and if you do fit with plenty of clearance, I will never be able to ride in this sweet build because I would have to remove my head and place it in my lap. Thus removing my enthusiasm for the ride, and creating quite a biological cleanup for you.

Please just check your fit before you become a crash test dummy.

[rudedude]

Is there enough room in the front fender to turn the wheel?

[Andyrew]

Is there enough room in the front fender to turn the wheel?

Looks like about an inch from the wheel to the fender, Should be enough. He's got enough lip there to trim to make it fit perfectly if he needs to. Typically the 914's with wide fronts rub the inner fender.

[Andyrew]

Okay ah, I get the design placement but this would rule me out of sitting in either side.

Its only there for chassis mock up to keep the car from twisting while he's doing all this work. He's mentioned a couple times he's going to remove the A to B bars.