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> Widebody LS6 rebuild., long time 914 world car desgned and built by B. massaged and refined by Paul, now entrusted to me to rebuild and repair the front end and make my own.
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post Mar 11 2019, 12:37 AM
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QUOTE(Mueller @ Mar 10 2019, 01:44 PM) *

Crazy to see how quickly you have this back together and running.


It helps that I retired just so I could get my hands dirty a few more times.
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post Mar 11 2019, 10:31 AM
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Lookin Good Dan!

Yes I agree with be careful comment! Car spins easily I would recommend doing it a few times in a parking lot so you can feel where the limit is and getting a feel for the very narrow window of being able to catch it is.

What tires and wheels will be the race set up?


I'm pretty lucky to have an autocross track local to me. Practice laps are unlimited except for time. It has a great sweeper for checking oversteer/understeer limits.

I'll be starting out with 295s and 245s. Get a feel for the car and make sure everything is working. The second set of wheels allow me to mix and match. Currently I have 295s on the front and 285s on the rear. I'll set everything up for the biggest tire I might want to run and then go from there.

The 2 front 8" wheels are tweaked, so I'm having the tires removed and put on the other front 8" wheels. Once the wheels are straightened and I have some track time on the car, I'll decide if I want 11s/8s with race rubber or 11s/11s whatever is left will have street tire/rain tire setup.


I was running Hoosier A6 285/30/18 on turbo twist 10" wheels Rears , 255/35/18 on 8" fronts. The 11" hollow spoke turbo twist wheels that are on the car are good for 295 street tires but I found with A6 295 Rubber they were too close for comfort so went with a 10" rim and 285 instead.
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post Mar 14 2019, 11:29 PM
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it was a big day today. I finally felt confident enough that I could take the car to DMV and pass it off as a street machine. All my worries were for not, as the pretty lady barely even noticed my car on the wait to the VIN locations. She found what she wanted, finished the paperwork and handed me my license plates. It was an answer to prayer.

When I got home I attached the rear license plate and went for my first ride on the open road.
I need to work on the clutch and see if I can get the shifting a bit smoother. I might have a bind in one of the cables.
It doesn't turn very tight to the left. Maybe right too. It has a limiter kit in it, I may adjust looser if the tires don't rub.
Overall the ride went without any bad events. I even got a bit of a burnout when I got home.

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post Mar 15 2019, 05:12 AM
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A bit of burnout is great!
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post Mar 15 2019, 07:21 AM
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Looks fantastic! Nice job.
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post Mar 15 2019, 08:36 AM
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Dan - Way to go! I can only imagine how pleased you must be. Congrats!
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Dan-

Your hard work and determination is paying off. Love this thread.
I'm nobody, but for what it's worth...super proud of you!!!

And your son is up there as well.

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QUOTE(My 914 @ Mar 15 2019, 04:12 AM) *

A bit of burnout is great!


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With the 930 and I take it the 930 stub axles and CVs this should work without killing the trans.

Way to go.

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post Mar 15 2019, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE(Zippy69 @ Mar 11 2019, 08:31 AM) *

QUOTE(dan10101 @ Mar 10 2019, 12:39 PM) *

QUOTE(Zippy69 @ Mar 10 2019, 09:42 AM) *

Lookin Good Dan!

Yes I agree with be careful comment! Car spins easily I would recommend doing it a few times in a parking lot so you can feel where the limit is and getting a feel for the very narrow window of being able to catch it is.

What tires and wheels will be the race set up?


I'm pretty lucky to have an autocross track local to me. Practice laps are unlimited except for time. It has a great sweeper for checking oversteer/understeer limits.

I'll be starting out with 295s and 245s. Get a feel for the car and make sure everything is working. The second set of wheels allow me to mix and match. Currently I have 295s on the front and 285s on the rear. I'll set everything up for the biggest tire I might want to run and then go from there.

The 2 front 8" wheels are tweaked, so I'm having the tires removed and put on the other front 8" wheels. Once the wheels are straightened and I have some track time on the car, I'll decide if I want 11s/8s with race rubber or 11s/11s whatever is left will have street tire/rain tire setup.


I was running Hoosier A6 285/30/18 on turbo twist 10" wheels Rears , 255/35/18 on 8" fronts. The 11" hollow spoke turbo twist wheels that are on the car are good for 295 street tires but I found with A6 295 Rubber they were too close for comfort so went with a 10" rim and 285 instead.


Thanks Paul, I'll keep that in mind when I'm looking for tires. I'm also looking for 10" rims. It opens up more tire possibilities.
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post Mar 15 2019, 09:43 PM
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Thanks for the kind words guys.

Yep 930 trans and axles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 16 2019, 07:33 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) Wow, way to get this car back on the road and redone, I looked at it several times, and was not going to rebuild it each time I looked at it. the price was just to tempting, if it had a Boxster S transaxle I would have pulled the trigger. So glad you came along and where up to the challenge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)
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post Mar 17 2019, 06:33 PM
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Hi Dan:

Congrats, very nice job; only tracked some of your posts, but have admired this beast. I also drive LS6 914 which I will say compared to most sports cars this is a real BEAST. Should handle more like a formula car with the mid-engine yet the torque of a muscle car, real challenge will be high speed driving that an autocross won't provide; but with a well sorted car and as you learn to "keep your foot in", just hang on as you enjoy the labour of love from the rebuild. Happy Motoring. Allan

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Thanks Stephen
And Allan, very nice car. I'm still torn on red or not. Right now it's white.
Should be fun, but I have to work out some bugs.
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I think it would look great in red.
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I think it would look great in red.


I've been a Visualizing... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

But, my wife is voting for white with stripes.
My issue is if it goes to red, every time I have a stone nick I'll show white thru the red. And for a 75% track car, it will be a lot of nicks.


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post Mar 18 2019, 04:49 PM
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Stone chips are just "life's little scars" for cars. It shows they been places and probably have some interesting stories they could tell.

I say paint it red, drive the hell out of it (safely) and "let the chips fall where they may!"

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Stone chips are just "life's little scars" for cars. It shows they been places and probably have some interesting stories they could tell.

I say paint it red, drive the hell out of it (safely) and "let the chips fall where they may!"

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I like the way you think. But I still think you'd be out there with the touch up paint every time you see a nick. (and I would be too.)
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post Mar 18 2019, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE(dan10101 @ Mar 18 2019, 04:12 PM) *

QUOTE(tygaboy @ Mar 18 2019, 02:49 PM) *

Stone chips are just "life's little scars" for cars. It shows they been places and probably have some interesting stories they could tell.

I say paint it red, drive the hell out of it (safely) and "let the chips fall where they may!"

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I like the way you think. But I still think you'd be out there with the touch up paint every time you see a nick. (and I would be too.)

You could always vinyl wrap it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I loved the Screamsicle look personally but I know that isn't your bag
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Yellow Porsches are faster.
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