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> BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: MichiganMat
MichiganMat
post Oct 7 2015, 02:41 PM
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Hey er'body, Im MichiganMat from San Jose and Im building a 914.

Backstory:
This summer I had the pleasure of picking up a '75 914 chassis here in San Jose for a mere $300.
It came with with virtually nothing:
no driveline, no interior, no pedals, etc. Stripped, but solid, with minimal overhead and cost.
I've been building 911s for many years now and had an extra set of wheels and 911 front struts in my shed, so I thought hey, lets do this.
My brother and I are just finishing up putting an STi motor into our '67 912 too, so with that project wrapping up Im ready to jump into another.


The Plan:
Well, I got the car for cheap, and I've already got a perfectly good '75 911S to daily/rally/etc with, so the plan is to build a stripped down 914 racer for AX and track fun.
The car will be getting:
- Tangerine Racing rollcage, tied to 8pts, with nascar door-bars
- Rennspeed fiberglass body (fenders f&r, hood, trunk, and both bumpers)
- Mad Dog chassis reinforcement kit and hell-hole repair
- Resto-Design floorpans, seat areas dropped by 2", with custom tunnel
- Tilton pedals
- 5 lug conversion
- 16x7 Fuchs all the way around with 2nd option of 15x7ATE's with canti slicks
- /likely/ wrx drivetrain, but Im exploring my options...


Where sits today:
I picked up the car in May and I've since then I've put it on a home-built rotisserie, cut the pans, tunnel, trunk, headlight buckets, and front fenders out of it, and fixed the hell-hole area.
The pans were totally rotted, the battery tray was nonexistent, the fenders on all 4 corners had damage. Pretty easy to make the decision to start fresh, haha.
Today, most of the chassis kit is installed but I can't finish it until the roll-cage is put in. Tangerine is almost done with the cage so it'll be another week or so until I see it.
In the meantime, the plan is to clean up the wheel-wells, fix the rust in the longs, put in the trunk cross-sections, and primer the reinforcements.
Then I'll get to work on the tunnel, mod'ing the pans, installing the fiberglass, etc.


Anyways, hello, nice to meet you guys, and Im looking forward to the challenge!

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MichiganMat   BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: MichiganMat   Oct 7 2015, 02:41 PM
mikedsilva   awesome! Now let's see that 912 with the ...   Oct 7 2015, 03:05 PM
MichiganMat   awesome! Now let's see that 912 with the...   Oct 7 2015, 03:39 PM
914forme   Wow :wttc: And I would add to your list if it w...   Oct 7 2015, 05:31 PM
matthepcat   That 912 is fuch'n awesome. I want to come see...   Oct 7 2015, 05:51 PM
RobW   :agree: :wttc: :wttc: :wttc:   Oct 8 2015, 01:01 AM
MichiganMat   Made some good progress recently: - Welded in moun...   Oct 15 2015, 09:25 PM
ThePaintedMan   Cool build(s). I know you're still in mock-up ...   Oct 15 2015, 09:41 PM
MichiganMat   Cool build(s). I know you're still in mock-up...   Oct 15 2015, 10:58 PM
Racer Chris   Question for you: concerning the chassis kit, i...   Oct 16 2015, 05:03 AM
mgp4591   Looking forward to more of this build! You...   Oct 22 2015, 02:47 AM
914forme   Did not see it listed, what motor are you planning...   Oct 22 2015, 02:55 PM
MichiganMat   Finally was able to get some time on the project t...   Nov 2 2015, 10:41 PM
Andyrew   Great looking progress!   Nov 2 2015, 10:59 PM
914forme   Reason I asked what engine your running, if it was...   Nov 3 2015, 08:39 PM
Mueller   Awesome progress....terrible use of the word ...   Nov 3 2015, 10:47 PM
MichiganMat   Its been a long time since my last post, the holid...   Jan 16 2016, 03:37 PM
MichiganMat   Brought the chassis into the garage, she's fin...   Jan 26 2016, 02:49 PM
914forme   Unless you tie in the roof, you are only gusseting...   Jan 27 2016, 06:33 AM
MichiganMat   Bought the motor and trans this past week. EJ205T...   Jan 31 2016, 12:33 PM
MichiganMat   Today I worked on dropping the drivers floor pan d...   Jan 31 2016, 10:32 PM
rick 918-S   Like the dropped pan!   Jan 31 2016, 10:43 PM
MichiganMat   Ok, question for you guys: how aligned should the ...   Feb 2 2016, 09:03 AM
siverson   Neat build. I can double check, but I don't th...   Feb 2 2016, 10:53 AM
MichiganMat   Another productive weekend! I was able to get...   Feb 8 2016, 08:54 PM
MichiganMat   Made a bunch more progress in the last few days: ...   Feb 15 2016, 11:05 PM
Andyrew   Great looking progress! What are you going to ...   Feb 16 2016, 12:37 AM
76-914   "The engine is looking like it was driven pre...   Feb 16 2016, 09:13 AM
MichiganMat   The next challenge: how to plumb the radiator. I...   Feb 21 2016, 09:45 PM
914forme   The next challenge: how to plumb the radiator. ...   Feb 22 2016, 12:34 PM
mgp4591   [quote name='MichiganMat' post='2306177' date='Fe...   Feb 22 2016, 01:19 PM
76-914   Someone on here ran 1.25" SS bent to follow t...   Feb 21 2016, 10:31 PM
mgp4591   Mount it at an angle in the trunk with ducting und...   Feb 22 2016, 12:07 AM
MichiganMat   Had a couple of good nights of work lately: - Tied...   Feb 27 2016, 06:42 PM
914forme   Nice progress :beer1: Radiator the current darl...   Feb 29 2016, 04:35 AM
MichiganMat   Nice progress :beer1: Radiator the current dar...   Feb 29 2016, 11:34 AM
914forme   I'll let the people who build a good system le...   Feb 29 2016, 12:19 PM
MichiganMat   Bought a radiator! The eBay Celica Gt radiator...   Mar 28 2016, 09:32 PM
MichiganMat   Open a hole. Close a hole. Man, that lower lip is...   Apr 2 2016, 04:06 PM
MichiganMat   Busy couple of days! Bought a WRX fuel sender...   Apr 11 2016, 10:25 PM
tazz9924   Busy couple of days! Bought a WRX fuel sende...   Nov 18 2018, 03:40 PM
MichiganMat   Late to the party but im curious if you have duct...   Nov 26 2018, 03:42 PM
914forme   That is looking very nice. Like the hood opening,...   Apr 12 2016, 05:13 AM
MichiganMat   That is looking very nice. Like the hood opening...   Apr 12 2016, 09:25 AM
falcor75   Be very carefull with those noname hood pins. A fr...   Apr 12 2016, 06:22 AM
MichiganMat   I know its been a bit of radio-silence on my end, ...   Jun 2 2016, 05:16 PM
Mueller   Neat gas tank filler mod!   Jun 2 2016, 06:05 PM
MichiganMat   Where have I been lately? Weeellllll.... not work...   Aug 10 2016, 08:39 AM
MichiganMat   Picked the suspension pieces from the powder-coate...   Aug 11 2016, 08:21 AM
MichiganMat   Some good progress lately, chassis is ready to go ...   Sep 13 2016, 08:49 AM
MichiganMat   Well, the Build-Off Challenge is over but work con...   Sep 27 2016, 10:59 AM
trojanhorsepower   Looks good!   Sep 27 2016, 03:25 PM
MichiganMat   So, I ordered the wrong color paint from TCPGlobal...   Oct 9 2016, 10:12 AM
altitude411   I like it! Nice work! How was it loading...   Oct 9 2016, 10:50 AM
MichiganMat   I like it! Nice work! How was it loadin...   Oct 9 2016, 01:05 PM
MichiganMat   Sometimes you just have to say "screw it...   Oct 24 2016, 10:47 AM
matthepcat   Will be worth the risk in the end for the learning...   Oct 25 2016, 12:39 AM
mgp4591   I love the Wimbledon White - I'm looking at do...   Oct 25 2016, 01:24 AM
MichiganMat   Put some paint on the 914 chassis: - front trunk -...   Nov 7 2016, 01:03 PM
Andyrew   Paint looks good!!! Always happy with ...   Nov 7 2016, 01:24 PM
trojanhorsepower   Hi Matt, looks good! Did you burn the bushings...   Nov 7 2016, 08:04 PM
Curbandgutter   Love what you did to your lower firewall. Good Jo...   Nov 8 2016, 03:12 PM
MichiganMat   Big update: Wiring. About a month ago I was able...   Dec 23 2016, 10:59 PM
76-914   If you need an excuse to drink, this is it. Good j...   Dec 24 2016, 10:23 AM
MichiganMat   Mounted all the wiring to an aluminum panel which ...   Dec 24 2016, 04:30 PM
MichiganMat   BIG NEWS: The car is on the ground. Im trying to...   Mar 19 2017, 10:27 PM
Dion   Seeing 914Dave's harness out of the car and ju...   Mar 20 2017, 05:27 AM
Chris H.   Wow that thing looks GREAT!!!! Ni...   Mar 20 2017, 08:23 PM
MichiganMat   Had a busy weekend with the 914. Built the engine+...   Mar 27 2017, 03:57 PM
tygaboy   That's looking great! Curious about the cu...   Mar 27 2017, 04:41 PM
MichiganMat   That's looking great! Curious about the c...   Mar 27 2017, 07:29 PM
MichiganMat   Mocked up the location of the IC, yanked the drive...   Mar 28 2017, 01:15 AM
MichiganMat   Its been a busy couple of months since my last upd...   Aug 14 2017, 09:38 PM
mgp4591   Those are some serious LEDs.... are you gonna blin...   Aug 15 2017, 02:16 AM
MichiganMat   First start! 0sIbpQJs0ck But she is smokey: ...   Dec 17 2017, 10:48 PM
MichiganMat   Painting the doors took forever, but I finally got...   Dec 17 2017, 10:53 PM
Mueller   Congrats on the firing up the engine...sounds grea...   Dec 17 2017, 11:50 PM
Amenson   Congratulations! Sounds rowdy, ready to party...   Dec 18 2017, 07:53 AM
Cairo94507   Jesus - that engine sounds beautiful. :beer2:   Dec 18 2017, 07:55 AM
matthepcat   I would love to come see your car, and live in San...   Dec 18 2017, 11:32 AM
MichiganMat   Time for an update! Been busy with a few thin...   Apr 12 2018, 02:07 PM
Mueller   Cool adapter you are building for the communicatio...   Apr 12 2018, 04:30 PM
MichiganMat   Video updates of the SSM-to-CAN Arduino project...   May 8 2018, 02:15 PM
MichiganMat   Made a few changes recently: • Added a front to...   Aug 27 2018, 03:03 PM
Mueller   Cars looking great. What advantage does the racec...   Aug 27 2018, 04:28 PM
MichiganMat   Cars looking great. What advantage does the race...   Aug 27 2018, 08:21 PM
MichiganMat   It lives. First track day for the car is in the b...   Nov 18 2018, 12:01 AM
ConeDodger   P It lives. First track day for the car is in the...   Nov 18 2018, 09:11 AM
raynekat   Car looks and sounds great. Yeah, get that handlin...   Nov 18 2018, 12:34 AM
MichiganMat   Heres a pic of the car in the paddock @ Sonoma. S...   Nov 18 2018, 08:53 AM
914forme   Great to see the car get out on the track, that is...   Nov 18 2018, 09:50 AM
MichiganMat   • Rear: 250lb Swift springs over new Bilstein s...   Nov 18 2018, 11:27 AM
914forme   :WTF: Add a front sway bar NOW!!!...   Nov 18 2018, 02:00 PM
MichiganMat   :WTF: Add a front sway bar NOW!!!...   Nov 18 2018, 02:03 PM
mepstein   :WTF: Add a front sway bar NOW!!!...   Nov 18 2018, 02:11 PM
914forme   I missed the lowered car part, it is fine to lower...   Nov 18 2018, 02:14 PM
914forme   I think your close on the spring rates. Stock wit...   Nov 18 2018, 02:23 PM
FourBlades   Great project, love the look of the car. :Qarl: ...   Nov 22 2018, 01:33 PM
Andyrew   Your setup sounds exactly like mine and your exper...   Nov 26 2018, 09:00 AM
MichiganMat   Your setup sounds exactly like mine and your expe...   Nov 26 2018, 03:45 PM
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