Just arrived in the garage: 1971 914-4 1.7 Options

[DRPHIL914]

question for you about your front blower. what was causing it to work only on 2 of the 3 speeds? i ask because when i had mine out i took it completely apart as well to put in new seals and all that , and it looked like the resistor things were fine. i dont know why but my blower only works on the low setting and ive tried cleaning contacts on the controls but to no avail. it does appear the controller is the issue but of course that would require pulling cables, so the tank would again have to come out etc so i will have to live with it just the way it is .

[raynekat]

I'll get some pics of the final fitment here in the morning.

Before I even put the controls in the dash, I bench tested them and found I was missing the high speed.
Looking closely I could see that the arm that swipes wasn't able to touch the contact pad on the high speed as the pad had been worn away badly.
To fix that, I ended up soldering a small copper patch on top of the worn pad and dremel sanded it down to the correct height for the swiping arm to hit it.
Retesting the controls showed I had all 3 contacts for the low, mid and high speed fan selection after the fix.

So when I couldn't get all the speeds with everything installed, I was pretty sure it was not my controls.
I pulled the blower unit from behind the dash and took the blower out.
There was a bit of disassembly involved, but I finally got enough access to get to the 3 different contacts for the 3 different speeds.
They are a bit like the points in your distributor.
So I just cleaned up all 3 of them (points) the best I could and without fully reinstalling the blower unit, just plugged it into it's connector behind the dash with the blower just dangling where the fuel tank might normally be.
Kind of a quasi bench test.
Didn't want to go to the trouble (and boy is it a pistol) of installing the blower unit and have it still not function fully.

Low and behold, I now had all 3 speeds so obviously one of the speed contacts on the motor itself was not allowing the juice to flow.
Just needed cleaning up.
With everything appearing to work fine, I now went and installed the blower assembly back into it's hole.

So it might not be your controller but the contacts on the motor instead.
I kind of had both issues at one point or another.
Likely not the resistor but the contacts.

Same was the problem with both of my horns.
The contacts inside the horns were corroded so badly that no electricity could flow.
A bit of time with some fine sandpaper or a dermel sanding disc cleaned up the contacts coppery clean....and the horns were blasting again.
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[raynekat]

Here are a couple pics of the corners and how they finally fit.

[raynekat]

Couple more pics of the fitment of the trim.

[raynekat]

Big picture....



Finally pretty satisfied with how the windshield fits now.
The Sekurit glass from Finland (and ProSource) is super nice and very high quality.
Fits like a glove.

Definitely going with the smaller butyl cord (5/6") was the ticket as well as using the factory trim clips.

Still a tough demanding project, but very doable by the DIY type.
I had my wife help me place the windshield, but everything else is a one man job.

[cary]

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[DTMLGND]

WOW!! This is fantastic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) !! Insanely jelly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap.gif)

[raynekat]

These are trucking their way to me as we speak.
A pair of GT hoods from Getty Design.





They look great and are much thicker so supposedly hold their shape better and will accept body working.
Still only weigh something like 14 lbs each so are still much lighter than stock steel units.

The original "Armando" GT hoods just didn't work out.
They were much too flimsy and fit like heck.
These will be up for sale soon for someone with a race car that wants the absolute lightest hoods possible.
They would have been acceptable on a race car but not on a predominantly street car.

The Getty hoods are being shipped directly to my body and paint shop did the car this past Spring.

[raynekat]

Additionally, this past week I ordered a set of rear 914-6 calipers with spacers for vented discs finished in black from PMB Performance.

The leak could not be resolved from the other set of rear calipers I was working with.

[daytona]

raynekat,
I have hood envy. I have been thinking about the Getty fiberglass hoods for my 6 conversion for a while, but was concerned about the finish. I am looking forward to your posts about your experience and view of the finish and sturdiness of these hoods.
They look great.
Bill.

[mepstein]

We stopped using fiberglass hoods on the 911 builds because they would never lay correctly when the hood was shut. The aluminum ones are much better since they have the correct curve and don't hump in the middle when latched. Too bad there isn't enough market to do 914 hoods in aluminum.

[raynekat]

raynekat,
I have hood envy. I have been thinking about the Getty fiberglass hoods for my 6 conversion for a while, but was concerned about the finish. I am looking forward to your posts about your experience and view of the finish and sturdiness of these hoods.
They look great.
Bill.

Definitely will report on these Getty hoods.
Body shop might get them in the week to 10 days, then they'll be working on them pretty quickly I'd think.
Will keep you posted.

[raynekat]

We stopped using fiberglass hoods on the 911 builds because they would never lay correctly when the hood was shut. The aluminum ones are much better since they have the correct curve and don't hump in the middle when latched. Too bad there isn't enough market to do 914 hoods in aluminum.

Aluminum 914 hoods....now those would be the cat's meow.
Likely cost about $2000-2500 for each end, so not for the faint of heart.
And you're right, there is no market for those.
But they would fit great.

I'm in the process of doing an aluminum framed ducktail from Aase Sales and right out of the box it has very good fitment.
We're doing a little bit of mods in the corners and edges, but that's about it.
We'll leave the aluminum bare with a brushed look and clear coated on the undersides.

Been thinking about going with an aluminum front lid from Aase as well.
I'm assuming that's who you are using with your front lids?

[mepstein]

We stopped using fiberglass hoods on the 911 builds because they would never lay correctly when the hood was shut. The aluminum ones are much better since they have the correct curve and don't hump in the middle when latched. Too bad there isn't enough market to do 914 hoods in aluminum.

Aluminum 914 hoods....now those would be the cat's meow.
Likely cost about $2000-2500 for each end, so not for the faint of heart.
And you're right, there is no market for those.
But they would fit great.

I'm in the process of doing an aluminum framed ducktail from Aase Sales and right out of the box it has very good fitment.
We're doing a little bit of mods in the corners and edges, but that's about it.
We'll leave the aluminum bare with a brushed look and clear coated on the undersides.

Been thinking about going with an aluminum front lid from Aase as well.
I'm assuming that's who you are using with your front lids?

Ours come from a dansk distributor. Around $2,200 retail. Very nice quality and fit. Crisp edges. It’s nice because you can use normal hardware. Still very light compared to steel.

[raynekat]

We stopped using fiberglass hoods on the 911 builds because they would never lay correctly when the hood was shut. The aluminum ones are much better since they have the correct curve and don't hump in the middle when latched. Too bad there isn't enough market to do 914 hoods in aluminum.

Aluminum 914 hoods....now those would be the cat's meow.
Likely cost about $2000-2500 for each end, so not for the faint of heart.
And you're right, there is no market for those.
But they would fit great.

I'm in the process of doing an aluminum framed ducktail from Aase Sales and right out of the box it has very good fitment.
We're doing a little bit of mods in the corners and edges, but that's about it.
We'll leave the aluminum bare with a brushed look and clear coated on the undersides.

Been thinking about going with an aluminum front lid from Aase as well.
I'm assuming that's who you are using with your front lids?

Ours come from a dansk distributor. Around $2,200 retail. Very nice quality and fit. Crisp edges. It’s nice because you can use normal hardware. Still very light compared to steel.

Guess that will be going on the 73 911 hotrod next year then.
The Aase hoods are $2250 so pretty similar price point to Dansk.
I'll get in touch with you next year when I want to purchase mine....

[raynekat]

Getting the 914 set up for winter travel....
They "might" fit with a little more work in the fender wells.
Is it April yet?
When I see something like this, I get an itching to do an offroad 914 and take it rally crossing.
Obviously I was up to no good today with time on my hands.

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[raynekat]

Getty GT hoods are in hand and on the car.

What a difference in fit compared to the other hoods I had.
These are much thicker made so show none of the wavy nature as the previous ones.
Still these hoods are very lightweight when compared with the steel hoods but still tough enough for a daily driver/street car (I'm assuming/hoping for).
The unfinished fit is already miles ahead.

Again these hoods will get the Carrara Weisse on the top with the underneath just getting a clear coat.

You can see the old front hood in the background.
Those will be for sale for someone with a race car in the very near future.

[raynekat]

Here's the front Getty hood and it's "out of the box" fit and alignment.
Again, already miles ahead of the other hood.

I can easily recommend Getty for a set of these GT hoods.
High quality and it was fairly quick build/delivery....something like 3 weeks time.
Still an expensive proposition at $900 per end plus shipping, but this is the look I wanted for this car.

[raynekat]

So it's back to Superior Auto Body here in Gresham to get all the gaps fine tuned and paint on these new hoods.

Also they will have a look at the driver's side door/window situation.
To date, I have been unable to align the side window/door such that it all fits into the door/window seals correctly.
Possibly the geometry of the door opening was slightly altered with all the work we did on the car previously.
Hopefully not.
This shop is good, so they'll have some solution I believe.

They also have the 73 911 in for some touch up work, so the garage is completely empty of sports cars for the first time in modern history i think. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Celebrated by washing the floor later in the day. Ha

Bye bye for now.

When the car returns, hopefully I'll have in hand from PMB the newly refinished/rebuilt 914-6 GT-ish rear calipers to install.
At that point, I am completely finished with my part of the re-assembly.
The car will then be scheduled for an appointment with Rothsport Racing for installation of the drivetrain, ride height/alignment, aux cooler install to finish up the build.

[Cairo94507]

Just outstanding work and outcome. You can certainly be very proud of that car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)