My slow-paced, mundane progress thread |
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My slow-paced, mundane progress thread |
RoadGlue |
Mar 16 2016, 05:23 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Welcome to my scattered 1974 1.8 Chrome Yellow project thread.
I purchased the car back in '05'sh. One of the POs had converted it to a well sorted 2.0 D-Jet autocross/street car. It was complete but a bit ratty with a tired motor. Great Koni Sport suspension with a fat solid sway bar and adjustable drop links. Otherwise bone stock. Built a fresh 2.0 with a 9550 Raby Cam and kept it D-Jet. Ran a DE Event at Thunderhill, a few auto-x's at the Sonoma County airport and otherwise used the car as my DD. During this time, around 2007, early 2008 I picked up a very clean Marathon Blue '74 2.0 from Doug Wright. I ended up putting the new motor from the yellow 914 in the Blue car in 2008 and it's sat in my garage since. Here it was as of a few weekends ago: So what's happening? My friend and machinist is currently building a 1911 from the ground up. Opened up 1.8 heads, rebuilt dual 40 IDFs (thanks George, @thepaintedman here on the World), Elgin cam, etc. I'll post motor specs in a different post. Purchased Chris's SS tunnel fuel line replacement kit w/ pump. Need install that in the next few weeks. Sourced a rear bumper from GMS and am currently repairing some issues it has and then move onto the front bumper and rocker panels. I need to go through the brakes. Should probably check the tank closely for rust issues. Need to replace the heater pull cables. Need Mark D's modified speedo drive with the extra o-ring, or source a nosecone that doesn't have a worn out drive hole. Already purchased rain caps for the carb's as I also purchased Sergio's GT lid clone. I have a mostly complete 5-lug setup (including rear hubs and s-calipers), but I'm saving that project for later. Still reading? I'm sorry. Anyways, plenty of photos coming and I'll keep this thread updated as I make progress. Cheers, |
bbrock |
Nov 15 2017, 01:21 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
This is looking fantastic! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) Exactly the way my engine looks.... in my dreams!
IIRC, the factory put thin foam gaskets between the overlapping areas on the tin. Do people bother replacing it? Now that you mention this, I remember scraping remnants of foam off the joints. I'm hoping someone chimes in on this because it would be easy to add when I install my tins. |
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