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TravisNeff
post Jul 8 2018, 06:03 PM
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Floo no mo..

The lower rear firewall compartment was full of mouse crap and the floor under there was weak. I don't want to have to re-do any of these repairs, so time to cut..

I could have got away with a short rear floorpan piece. But just a few bucks more and piece of mind, I went with the full back half.

I will have to do some patching of the lower firewall, and as luck would have it I found a crack in the long on the drivers side. At least I am all practiced up from the passenger side.


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post Jul 8 2018, 06:07 PM
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Was the crack near the e-brake handle?
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post Jul 8 2018, 06:11 PM
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When I did the engman kit there was a crack by the ebrake handle I repaired that before I hot glued the kit in.

This crack is on the bottom of the long. Lemme go take a pic
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post Jul 8 2018, 06:17 PM
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Here.


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post Jul 8 2018, 06:29 PM
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The e-brake crack is common on early cars.
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post Jul 8 2018, 07:59 PM
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I didn't have any cracks on the interior of the long but since my floors were totally rotted, the rust had made leetle teeny holes at places at the junction of the long and floor. I made some inner/bottom reinforcement and fixed er up. It's better now to accept the new floor pieces.
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post Jul 8 2018, 08:15 PM
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The stress crack is not limited to early cars, I've seen it in probably 1/2 of all 914's
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post Jul 8 2018, 08:17 PM
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Oh, I love this piece you added in!


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post Jul 8 2018, 08:29 PM
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Thanks Travis - it goes all the way back to where the rear reinforcement kit takes over. With the new drivetrain, reinforced trailing arms and big fat tires, I figured a little extra strength is worth the weight I've added. Working on the other side now... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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post Jul 8 2018, 08:34 PM
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That particular spot never seems to get any extra beef when people do the inner kit and the engine bay reinforcements. In my opinion it becomes the new the weak spot.
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post Jul 9 2018, 12:34 PM
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Cut out the offending metal. The crack is a little rusty on the bottom, but flip it over and you can see the crack in the backer as well. I would guess this is from the engman kit I put in and the 250lb rear springs I have been running. But, who knows?




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post Jul 9 2018, 12:51 PM
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Go big or go home. Scored an unused 25mm SRP sway bar. I bought a maddog front swaybar reinforcing panel that I will put in too.


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post Jul 9 2018, 12:55 PM
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QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jul 9 2018, 02:51 PM) *

Go big or go home. Scored an unused 25mm SRP sway bar. I bought a maddog front swaybar reinforcing panel that I will put in too.

Those are nice.
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post Jul 9 2018, 12:57 PM
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Another goodie, vent and jet kit for my webers. The carbs I have now are setup for a 2.0t engine with 30mm vents. I went with a 32mm vent & jet kit from partsklassic.

Also, not pictured is rear swaybar mounts from Brad Mayuer.

I snatched up a MSD coil and plug wires from Forrest.

And I picked up a 914-6 rear bumper from Hill in Scottsdale. I got to see his -6 he is putting back on the road.


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post Jul 9 2018, 01:11 PM
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I'll try not to be a slacker and not post pics.

I also ordered a tunnel fuel line kit, suspension brace heim joints, -6 shift rod kit from Tangerine Racing.



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post Jul 9 2018, 01:33 PM
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Looking good. I want that rear bumper man. So shiny (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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post Jul 9 2018, 01:37 PM
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Looking good. I want that rear bumper man. So shiny (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)


It will have to be re-chromed. There is rust and the chrome is peeling away in the top left of the license panel recess. There are some bumps in it too that need straightening. That being said, it is in overall good restorable shape. That back isn't too bad either.
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post Jul 9 2018, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE(Travis Neff @ Jul 9 2018, 12:37 PM) *

QUOTE(JRust @ Jul 9 2018, 12:33 PM) *

Looking good. I want that rear bumper man. So shiny (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)


It will have to be re-chromed. There is rust and the chrome is peeling away in the top left of the license panel recess. There are some bumps in it too that need straightening. That being said, it is in overall good restorable shape. That back isn't too bad either.

Well it looks good in the pics. I assumed you'd already had it done since it was in with your new parts. You suckered me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Jul 9 2018, 03:18 PM
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I've gotta admit, I never would have guessed that your car had 250# rear springs in it from the way it rode at Rt66.... it seemed very compliant and handled well. I'll be pushing more weight in the back end and ordered 225# springs the other day - now I'm rethinking my strategy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Jul 9 2018, 04:03 PM
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Its pretty balanced with the 22mm torsion bars up front and 250lbs in the rear. Get it on some crappy roads and you'll be bouncing around pretty good. I intend to go down to 21 or maybe even 20mm torsion bars with my new big bar up front and try 175's in the rear with a rear swaybar.
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