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post Sep 27 2019, 04:54 PM
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That is one great color and good looking car.
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post Oct 19 2019, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE(johnhora @ Sep 21 2019, 03:38 PM) *

I tell you what...ya'll have done a great job of getting this ole 914 cleaned up...
It looks GREAT!!!
Get with Michael on the carbs.... a good rebuild on the Webers will help immensely with those emission test numbers.
And for those worried about this young fellow driving it to school...don't....there's no back seat and you can only take one other person with you...fewer teens in the car means less trouble.
Good luck on this project!



My thoughts on him using it to get to school were that the good brakes and good handling would help him avoid accidents, relatively low power from a carbed 1.7 will keep him from going too fast, too soon, and having just one other seat means he can't fill it up with a bunch of knuckleheads who want him to do something stupid.
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post Oct 19 2019, 03:39 PM
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I have been traveling a lot for work so this has been on the back burner. I got some time to do some checking on it today. I bought some starter fluid to check for vacuum leaks and did not find any.

I tried spraying the starter fluid into the carb opening for each cylinder and found that spraying it into cylinder #2 doesn't do anything but spraying it into any other cylinder causes the car to bog down.

So now I know that cylinder #2 is a problem. I don't know if it is the only problem but it gives me a place to start.
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post Nov 8 2019, 02:09 PM
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After adjusting and/or replacing everything I could think of, I was not getting any differences in behavior so I dropped at Don Jackson Enterprises in Phoenix for a thorough checkup. His initial idea from driving it from the front of his shop to the back is that there may be something mechanically wrong in the engine (valves, seats, compression, rings, something along those lines). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

If it is really bad, I have a spare 1.8 sitting in my garage. I'll swap that in and rebuild the 1.7. If I do a rebuild of the 1.7, should I go big? New cylinders, pistons, and heads??
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post Dec 6 2019, 09:57 AM
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When I was working on it trying to get it to pass emissions, I found that one of the spark plugs had some kind of insert bonded to it to the point where I could not remove it without destroying the threads of the insert. I looked all over and finally found a replacement insert at NAPA. I put it in, put in the spark plug and thought all was well.

What I did not find but DJ at Don Jackson Enterprises did was that the old insert had broken and part of it had moved down into the spark plug hole to the point that it stuck out of the hole enough to cover the end of the spark plug.
It was covering the end of the spark plug enough that the spark was not able to ignite the fuel which was why it was failing emissions.

DJ got it to pass emissions so I am going today to get it registered and a plate. I am thinking about getting "NARP" as the plate. My son likes it but my wife thinks it's dumb.

What do you guys think? Should I go with NARP or something else.
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post Dec 6 2019, 10:27 AM
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post Dec 6 2019, 10:35 AM
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My Son wants the RT66 style plate which only has room for 6 characters.

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GRNMNE is available but the car is only a 1.7 with webbers. I have a hard time thinking of it as being mean and GRNPOWDERPUFF won't fit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)
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post Dec 8 2019, 11:28 PM
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I went with NARP.

I got the new carpet kit installed and took my youngest son to the Scottsdale AZ cars and coffee Sat morning.
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post Dec 9 2019, 09:04 AM
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I went with NARP.

I got the new carpet kit installed and took my youngest son to the Scottsdale AZ cars and coffee Sat morning.


Did you go to 4till4 or North Scottsdale? There were 3 914s at 4till4 when I left at 730.
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post Dec 9 2019, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE(AZBanks @ Dec 8 2019, 10:28 PM) *

I went with NARP.

I got the new carpet kit installed and took my youngest son to the Scottsdale AZ cars and coffee Sat morning.


Did you go to 4till4 or North Scottsdale? There were 3 914s at 4till4 when I left at 730.


North Scottsdale. I had not been in a long time. I didn't know it was now a membership thing where you have to pay to park in the main areas. There were no other 914's there.

If I am in town, I will try out 4till4 next month.
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post Dec 11 2019, 12:10 PM
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Carpet pics.


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post Dec 11 2019, 12:11 PM
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The new carpet makes the the car feel a lot more "finished" to drive.


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post Dec 11 2019, 12:12 PM
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post Dec 11 2019, 11:45 PM
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I fixed alignment on passenger side of engine lid. It had been making contact with the front edge of the rear trunk lid.

The engine cover and especially the rear trunk lid are/were way out of alignment.
The rear trunk hinge mounts are seriously messed up. The passenger side trunk mount bracket is most of the way broken off. the drivers side has been replaced with a big chunk of aluminum plate.

The trunk lid hinges on both sides needs to be fixed correctly before I try to fix the engine lid alignment on the drivers side.


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post Dec 11 2019, 11:48 PM
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drivers side alignment. Yes it is making contact.


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post Dec 11 2019, 11:49 PM
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Drivers side trunk mount hinge.


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post Dec 26 2019, 09:20 PM
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It's official, it's NARP!


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post Jan 20 2020, 12:59 AM
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We bought this car for my son to drive to school.
He drove it on his own for the first time at the 4till4 Cars and Coffee on Jan 4th. He's been driving it in the neighborhood and running a few short errands on his own over the last couple weeks and he's gone out on a few freeway drives with me in the passenger seat.
A few days ago, he killed it in the middle of a busy intersection with my wife in the passenger seat. That went over well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

He will be driving it to school for the first time Tuesday morning.

Mission accomplished!!
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post Jan 20 2020, 03:33 AM
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A few days ago, he killed it in the middle of a busy intersection with my wife in the passenger seat. That went over well.

ya the Mom moment...all good been there done that...congrats.I had a turbo charged Corvair..the only day it got respect is the day the muffler ell off and the hood was open in auto shop...they had no clue... Safe Drives (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Feb 10 2020, 09:11 PM
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Dual Coil springs??

Has anyone seen this setup before?

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