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> Found this little beauty for 1500 bucks!, 1974 Porsche 914 build
billium01
post May 22 2019, 02:21 PM
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post May 22 2019, 05:48 PM
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LS6 out of a Cadillac CTSV.

Nice !! the shop down the road from me does a bunch of LS swaps,,
they went LS fest in Vegas last weekend there was a red 914 autcrossing


Not mine. but very nice.
https://www.lsfest.com/porsche-914-ls-seat-...e-ls-fest-west/

A goal of mine is to make it to LS Fest.

Mine also has the hood vent.
it seems to work very well.

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post May 22 2019, 09:34 PM
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QUOTE(sixnotfour @ May 8 2019, 09:42 AM) *

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LS6 out of a Cadillac CTSV.

Nice !! the shop down the road from me does a bunch of LS swaps,,
they went LS fest in Vegas last weekend there was a red 914 autcrossing


Not mine. but very nice.
https://www.lsfest.com/porsche-914-ls-seat-...e-ls-fest-west/

A goal of mine is to make it to LS Fest.

Mine also has the hood vent.
it seems to work very well.

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LS fest sounds interesting. What a great motor. Like your hood duct
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post May 22 2019, 09:44 PM
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So the metal piece on the hood is to help retain it's shape as the final welding is completed. Heat is the enemy. The rear valance has been reshaped to delete the exhaust pipe cutout and blended into the flare.
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post May 23 2019, 10:19 PM
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post May 26 2019, 12:02 PM
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All welded up. Guys said there were some small defects in the hood from the heat of welding. A hammer a dolly will take care of it though. So all that's left for them to do is flare the front valance and duct the radiator. Get her back after that!
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post May 26 2019, 01:04 PM
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Great job on the hood vent. That's not an easy bit of fabrication or welding.
Really, really impressive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)
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post May 26 2019, 01:15 PM
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All welded up. Guys said there were some small defects in the hood from the heat of welding. A hammer a dolly will take care of it though. So all that's left for them to do is flare the front valance and duct the radiator. Get her back after that!


Really nice looking hood vent—complements the 914's simple lines, and reminds me of some of the great racing hood vents of all time.

Suspect this cancels a fair bit of lift at the front, as well. The much smaller versions seen at the nose of GT3s, GT2s, and GT4s are very effective. I'm sure they are wind-tunnel optimized, but I wonder which placement is preferable? I am guessing yours, which would delete the only trunk in modern Porsche sports cars have.

Quick thought: Now is the time to ace the antenna hole if you want to...though maybe you've thought of that long ago?
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post May 26 2019, 09:21 PM
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All welded up. Guys said there were some small defects in the hood from the heat of welding. A hammer a dolly will take care of it though. So all that's left for them to do is flare the front valance and duct the radiator. Get her back after that!


Really nice looking hood vent—complements the 914's simple lines, and reminds me of some of the great racing hood vents of all time.

Suspect this cancels a fair bit of lift at the front, as well. The much smaller versions seen at the nose of GT3s, GT2s, and GT4s are very effective. I'm sure they are wind-tunnel optimized, but I wonder which placement is preferable? I am guessing yours, which would delete the only trunk in modern Porsche sports cars have.

Quick thought: Now is the time to ace the antenna hole if you want to...though maybe you've thought of that long ago?


Thank you, yeah I think it will probably help out in the down force arena. Have to get her out on the track see what happens. Haven't even noticed the antenna yet. That's a good idea though. Wasn't planning on having a radio.
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post May 27 2019, 01:40 PM
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Thank you, yeah I think it will probably help out in the down force arena. Have to get her out on the track see what happens. Haven't even noticed the antenna yet. That's a good idea though. Wasn't planning on having a radio.


Three paint jobs later, I see these cars differently—as in what to do/not to do and when. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This is the stage to question every hole or bracket on the car, and the stage where I aced the antenna on paint job #2. Front of the car is that much cleaner, and who listens to FM anyway? (when you can plug a smartphone into an audio system, if you have one, or just get news/traffic on the phone)

Other hole to consider removing is for the trunk button. I got rid of mine as I had to weld up a bunch of holes from a Porsche reflector and planned to pop a new hole in. Never ended up putting it in...as I had a remote release thanks to the reflector and liked the clean look—though it was a bit too clean for me until I added a Euro emblem. YMMV, but it's nice to have choices, and pre- and post-paint choices differ significantly!


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post May 27 2019, 11:55 PM
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Thank you, yeah I think it will probably help out in the down force arena. Have to get her out on the track see what happens. Haven't even noticed the antenna yet. That's a good idea though. Wasn't planning on having a radio.


Three paint jobs later, I see these cars differently—as in what to do/not to do and when. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This is the stage to question every hole or bracket on the car, and the stage where I aced the antenna on paint job #2. Front of the car is that much cleaner, and who listens to FM anyway? (when you can plug a smartphone into an audio system, if you have one, or just get news/traffic on the phone)

Other hole to consider removing is for the trunk button. I got rid of mine as I had to weld up a bunch of holes from a Porsche reflector and planned to pop a new hole in. Never ended up putting it in...as I had a remote release thanks to the reflector and liked the clean look—though it was a bit too clean for me until I added a Euro emblem. YMMV, but it's nice to have choices, and pre- and post-paint choices differ significantly!


Hey thanks for the top tip. I'll definitely have a look at cleaning her up. The guys doing the welding are big on details like that. Thanks again.
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post Jun 1 2019, 01:48 PM
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Got her back! Rust free and ready to go.


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That.
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GREAT! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Gonna be very cool, that's for sure.
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post Jun 1 2019, 10:10 PM
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That.
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GREAT! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Gonna be very cool, that's for sure.



Thank you!
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post Jun 3 2019, 02:20 AM
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A little simple green cleaned her up nicely.
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