 Finishing A 914-6 GT Conversion Project, Great Start, But The Devil Is In The Details! |
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| Lucky9146 |
 Aug 3 2015, 10:29 PM
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Always Wanted A Bigger Go Cart  Group: Members Posts: 1,692 Joined: 22-September 14 From: Poway California Member No.: 17,942 Region Association: Southern California 
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Bought This car in Nov 2013 and unfortunately it had to sit in my trailer until May of this year to get started on it. The picture is how the car looked the way I got it and how it came out of the trailer. Factory P/N steel flares, nice paint job, a not installed 3.0 close to ready to install, Oh, and an in process conversion. Just some cleaning and put it together and yes a lot of learning/ research. Because (a) I have never owned a 914. (b) never done an engine conversion (built a few). © never picked up where someone left off (you know how its easier to put something back together when you take it apart).
I got the "bug" from a friend who took me up the Ortega Hwy in his 6 conversion and I was hooked. I decided to share my experiences with the "world" and hopefully along the way gain some insight. I have met some great 914 folks so far at swap meets and parts houses and everyone has been quite helpful. I will tell more of the story of what came with the car and what I have done so far as the days go by. Check in once in a while. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Lucky9146 Finishing A 914-6 GT Conversion Project Aug 3 2015, 10:29 PM
Lucky9146 Saturday morning started with taking a picture of ... Jun 4 2019, 12:34 PM Lucky9146 Back at the shop we started with changing the gear... Jun 4 2019, 01:13 PM Lucky9146 Next was disassembly of the main shaft to install ... Jun 4 2019, 01:29 PM Lucky9146 So now totally disassembled.
Reassembly beg... Jun 4 2019, 01:42 PM Lucky9146 Here comes the bearing clamp and bearing, nut and ... Jun 4 2019, 02:04 PM rgalla9146 I love it.
Beautiful illustration.
Done by... Jun 4 2019, 03:35 PM
Lucky9146
I love it.
Beautiful illustration.
Done b... Jun 4 2019, 10:47 PM Lucky9146 Continuing on with Saturday work which by the way ... Jun 4 2019, 10:08 PM Lucky9146 I'd like to say it went well machining but we ... Jun 4 2019, 10:28 PM Maltese Falcon Looking good, and a top-shelf technician :thumbsu... Jun 4 2019, 10:34 PM Lucky9146
Looking good, and a top-shelf technician :thumbs... Jun 4 2019, 10:50 PM Lucky9146 With that bearing clamp tightened it is time to fi... Jun 4 2019, 10:43 PM Lucky9146 Old school torque wrenches
:driving: :white914: ... Jun 4 2019, 11:07 PM Lucky9146 Well there is just two problems. This rod now has... Jun 4 2019, 11:22 PM rgalla9146
Well there is just two problems. This rod now ha... Jun 5 2019, 05:10 AM Lucky9146
Well there is just two problems. This rod now h... Jun 5 2019, 10:20 PM Lucky9146 Keep in mind I am still documenting all that went ... Jun 5 2019, 10:34 PM Lucky9146 With this additional machining complete and some h... Jun 5 2019, 10:57 PM Lucky9146 Luft 6 happened almost a month ago already and I p... Jun 7 2019, 08:12 AM Lucky9146 I just received an email from Road Scholars with l... Jun 7 2019, 08:15 AM moparrob
I just received an email from Road Scholars with ... Jun 7 2019, 07:50 PM flat4guy Love your car Jun 7 2019, 09:09 PM Lucky9146
Love your car
Thanks! Much appreciated. :b... Jun 9 2019, 06:47 AM Lucky9146 I need to finish up on the transmission that was c... Jun 9 2019, 07:11 AM Lucky9146 No gasket is supplied with the shift console so we... Jun 9 2019, 07:31 AM Steve I hope they used loctite on this screw. It backed... Jun 9 2019, 05:09 PM Cairo94507 Drooling over that.... :drooley: Jun 10 2019, 11:07 AM Lucky9146 OH MY! Last post June 9th, I wish I could say ... Dec 30 2019, 05:44 PM sixnotfour Good to see it again with Six Power....like I have... Dec 30 2019, 08:55 PM eric9144 How's that transmission coming along :poke: ... Jul 13 2020, 04:32 PM Lucky9146 My my my where has the time gone? I was looking t... Apr 7 2021, 10:07 PM Lucky9146 It's not like I totally missed everything but ... Apr 7 2021, 10:34 PM Lucky9146 We called this the "Covid Project" which... Apr 7 2021, 11:55 PM Steve Very nice!! I know our deck is home to ma... Apr 8 2021, 09:24 AM Lucky9146
Very nice!! I know our deck is home to m... Apr 8 2021, 09:45 AM Lucky9146 Pictures shot this morning of the smooth gloss bla... Apr 8 2021, 10:02 AM mepstein Very nice. Looks like black glass. :beer2: Apr 8 2021, 10:07 AM Lucky9146 I am realizing I neglected to post some things tha... Apr 8 2021, 09:04 PM Lucky9146 In March 2020 I was extremely fortunate to attend ... Apr 8 2021, 09:39 PM Lucky9146 While at Brumos I ran into our own Eric Shea, what... Apr 8 2021, 09:42 PM Lucky9146 So many amazing cars there at Brumos and this 959 ... Apr 8 2021, 09:50 PM Lucky9146 I have a friend in Fernandina Beach who I stayed w... Apr 8 2021, 10:09 PM Lucky9146 Mike, big guy I do not know how he got in and out ... Apr 9 2021, 03:33 PM Lucky9146 Got a ride in Mike's 914 and it was a brute so... Apr 9 2021, 04:01 PM Lucky9146 And of course Brumos car which I took a lot of goo... Apr 9 2021, 07:31 PM Lucky9146 One of the coolest things that happened to me at l... Apr 9 2021, 08:57 PM Lucky9146 Still catching up......
Like I said earlier, I got... Apr 9 2021, 09:01 PM Lucky9146 Here I was surprised it still had heater contorls.... Apr 9 2021, 09:04 PM Lucky9146 I thought the Throttle linkage was too close to th... Apr 9 2021, 09:07 PM Lucky9146 All Business dash with 10k tach, very wide red lin... Apr 9 2021, 09:11 PM Lucky9146 :driving: :white914:
Apr 9 2021, 09:14 PM Lucky9146 And some close ups pics of other 914's too :D
... Apr 9 2021, 09:20 PM Lucky9146 Well here is something I did toward the end of 202... Apr 9 2021, 09:24 PM Lucky9146 When I realized 2 days ago, awakened by eric9144... Apr 9 2021, 10:47 PM Lucky9146 I did all the engineering and construction and fin... Apr 9 2021, 10:54 PM Lucky9146 One of the longer term small projects I have been ... Apr 12 2021, 10:51 PM Lucky9146 Next, I needed the correct bracket for an early ca... Apr 12 2021, 10:57 PM eric9144 That roof came out incredible :first:
Like that... Apr 13 2021, 09:28 AM Lucky9146
That roof came out incredible :first:
Like tha... Apr 13 2021, 04:34 PM Lucky9146 One of my passions in life was to find a nice 911 ... Apr 13 2021, 04:38 PM tygaboy You win. That's an all time favorite of mine, ... Apr 13 2021, 04:46 PM eric9144
You win. That's an all time favorite of mine,... Apr 13 2021, 04:55 PM Lucky9146 Thanks @tygaboy and [b]@[url=http://www.914worl... Apr 13 2021, 08:26 PM Lucky9146 Not sure how much viewing threads get posted in Or... Apr 14 2021, 10:16 AM Lucky9146
Not sure how much viewing threads get posted in O... Apr 23 2021, 01:49 PM bbrock
[quote name='Lucky9146' post='2908003' date='Apr ... Apr 23 2021, 02:55 PM Lucky9146 Cool! Did you have them double space the lette... Apr 23 2021, 07:29 PM Lucky9146 As I mentioned back a few posts in #958, I had lon... Apr 28 2021, 10:09 PM Larmo63 Jim and his friends ALL have M491 cars. I saw them... Apr 28 2021, 11:09 PM Lucky9146
Jim and his friends ALL have M491 cars. I saw the... Apr 29 2021, 02:30 PM Lucky9146 Well this was fun...............
When I got this ... Apr 30 2021, 10:25 PM Lucky9146 The left side done!
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Apr 30 2021, 10:26 PM Lucky9146 Right side...
Both sides had their challenges. A... Apr 30 2021, 10:29 PM Lucky9146 And the right side done. not sure what took longe... Apr 30 2021, 10:36 PM Cairo94507 That may have been a pain in the rear to prepare a... May 1 2021, 06:59 AM Lucky9146 Thanks Michael ! :beer2:
Post up some pics... May 1 2021, 02:03 PM Cairo94507 @Lucky9146 - THat's a good idea; I will post ... May 1 2021, 06:49 PM Lucky9146 Results on the paint color decal I ordered and men... May 2 2021, 11:12 AM bbrock I think yours looks better than mine (more spacing... May 2 2021, 12:09 PM Lucky9146 As I am trying to make the underneath look better,... May 2 2021, 03:59 PM Lucky9146 A couple more close ups
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... May 2 2021, 04:01 PM Lucky9146 A baby step toward my 915 trans swap was getting m... May 3 2021, 10:16 PM Lucky9146 Posting Link from my 2021 Werks Reunion Monterey e... Nov 14 2023, 11:54 AM Cairo94507 Hi Jim,
Damn, a 915 transaxle...that would be ver... Nov 14 2023, 12:14 PM Lucky9146
Hi Jim,
Damn, a 915 transaxle...that would be ve... Nov 14 2023, 12:56 PM Steve Hi Jim!! Nice to see you at UnStock. Car... Nov 14 2023, 12:27 PM Lucky9146
Hi Jim!! Nice to see you at UnStock. Ca... Nov 14 2023, 12:59 PM Lucky9146 Unstock #3 Sunday at HRE Performance Wheels in Vis... Nov 14 2023, 01:25 PM Lucky9146 Had a good surprise this past Saturday of a friend... Jan 10 2024, 10:44 PM Justinp71
Had a good surprise this past Saturday of a frien... Jan 12 2024, 10:41 AM Lucky9146 My lovely wife made this service cover for me a wh... Jan 10 2024, 10:54 PM Lucky9146 So, My Alternator light stays on briefly after sta... Jul 7 2024, 02:28 PM technicalninja All alternators have a thermal cut in speed of som... Jul 7 2024, 02:39 PM mb911 I just had a big thread on this. Got some good ide... Jul 7 2024, 02:50 PM Lucky9146 Reporting back on my charging light stays on and l... Jul 8 2024, 10:15 PM Lucky9146 Call me crazy, but I decided to enter my car in th... Nov 6 2024, 09:58 PM Lucky9146 New Continentals were installed earlier this year,... Nov 7 2024, 11:17 AM Lucky9146 There was something I had never addressed over all... Nov 7 2024, 12:59 PM Lucky9146 I just realized this is post 1000 on this thread... Nov 7 2024, 01:47 PM  |
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