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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
Andyrew   Your likely to get there before me.. Im still wran...   Nov 26 2018, 04:18 PM
matthepcat   This car sounds awesome. Seems like you were movin...   Dec 3 2018, 03:36 PM
MichiganMat   Took the cars out to Laguna Seca yesterday, my 914...   Feb 12 2019, 11:27 AM
mepstein   Sounds fun. What engine is the 912 running.   Feb 12 2019, 11:38 AM
MichiganMat   Sounds fun. What engine is the 912 running. Sto...   Feb 12 2019, 11:58 AM
Andyrew   Sounds like a blast! Congrats on the successfu...   Feb 14 2019, 10:28 AM
MichiganMat   Sounds like a blast! Congrats on the successf...   Feb 14 2019, 11:33 AM
andys   Interesting thread! For your track days, do yo...   Feb 14 2019, 01:49 PM
Andyrew   Sorry I was curious what organization you went wit...   Feb 14 2019, 02:39 PM
Andyrew   Also did you add just front sway bars or both fron...   Feb 14 2019, 02:46 PM
MichiganMat   Tire pyrometer: No, tire tuning will be part of m...   Feb 14 2019, 04:37 PM
andys   Tire pyrometer: No, tire tuning will be part of ...   Feb 15 2019, 10:19 AM
MichiganMat   So what has MichiganMat and the 914WRX been up to ...   Jul 9 2019, 12:47 PM
MichiganMat   Some pics of the carnage from the May BWillow date...   Jul 9 2019, 12:55 PM
76-914   Any changes to the stock oil pan coming? :beer2:   Jul 9 2019, 12:59 PM
MichiganMat   Any changes to the stock oil pan coming? :beer2: ...   Jul 9 2019, 01:04 PM
mepstein   Any changes to the stock oil pan coming? :beer2:...   Jul 9 2019, 01:48 PM
MichiganMat   And some pics from the Seca date in June...   Jul 9 2019, 01:00 PM
914forme   Dry sump in your future :poke: Reason Porsche did...   Jul 10 2019, 06:22 AM
MichiganMat   A few updates to the project: • Added an oil co...   Mar 6 2020, 11:16 PM
MichiganMat   RE: BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: MichiganMat   Mar 6 2020, 11:17 PM
Andyrew   Curious... What do those calipers look like on the...   Mar 7 2020, 10:57 AM
Retroracer   Matt - are you going to plug weld the original hol...   Mar 7 2020, 11:02 AM
MichiganMat   Matt - are you going to plug weld the original ho...   Mar 7 2020, 03:18 PM
FL 000   Cool build; just binge-read your thread. You made ...   Mar 7 2020, 01:09 PM
MichiganMat   Big updates from the MichiganMat garage! My 1...   Nov 13 2020, 11:50 AM
Cairo94507   well that sure sucks. Looking forward to the Hond...   Nov 13 2020, 12:41 PM
mgp4591   Are you looking to boost the J32 or get more aggre...   Nov 13 2020, 02:44 PM
Mueller   Hey Mat, Any reason for the smaller J32 instead ...   Nov 15 2020, 03:02 PM
MichiganMat   Big update from the MichiganMat garage: - The J32A...   Sep 2 2021, 01:32 PM
mgp4591   Great job on seeing you vision come to life! W...   Sep 2 2021, 08:40 PM
Retroracer   Great job on seeing you vision come to life! ...   Sep 3 2021, 10:01 AM
krazykonrad   Great to get an update! There is a safety wiri...   Sep 3 2021, 07:13 AM
jd74914   Let's see some pictures of that new engine ins...   Sep 3 2021, 07:31 AM
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