Damn you Craigslist V8 914 build thread, Once more down the rabbit hole I go |
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Damn you Craigslist V8 914 build thread, Once more down the rabbit hole I go |
Matty900 |
Sep 21 2019, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
After The Beer Run we hosted a few weekends ago, this happened. I was taking my friend JP to the airport. He had spent the weekend driving my 72 1.7 and was returning home to Vegas. We had a little time to kill so we stopped off at a coffee shop and he pulled up our local Craigslist to see if there was anything interesting. One of the 1st things he found was an add for a 914 with a V8. He thought it looked like something he may be interested in and the price seemed reasonable if it was half as good as it looked, so we called. There was no answer so I figured it was a fake add and I could start to expect random spam calls in the near future.
I took JP on to the airport and worked my way back to the shop to tuck my car in. Just as I was about to pull the car in, my phone rings. It's the seller from Craigslist and he still has the car. I call JP and he has just boarded the flight but is still very interested in the car. So I pull the car back out into the pouring rain and make my way up to Vancouver. The weather continues to worsen and as I am pulling into Vancouver, I get a call from my wife that they have just issued a tornado warning for the area (not a normal thing in this part of the country. ) This is a short video of what I found 914-8 https://gopro.com/v/PoOrJrOPGvB8a Attached thumbnail(s) |
jimkelly |
Oct 14 2019, 09:24 AM
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Delaware USA Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
dick, got any video of your car running with that exhaust? how quiet is it? looks real nice.
seems to sit a tiny bit lower than oil pan? |
DickSteinkamp |
Oct 14 2019, 06:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 500 Joined: 27-February 17 From: Bellingham, WA Member No.: 20,876 Region Association: None |
dick, got any video of your car running with that exhaust? how quiet is it? looks real nice. seems to sit a tiny bit lower than oil pan? The exhaust crossover is about an inch below the pan sump and just under the engine support crossmember. It is the lowest part of the car. I have 1,000+ miles on the car now and have not bottomed on anything. No need to go cross ways over speed bumps. The car is low...but not too low (my grandson would argue with that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-20876-1571100538.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-20876-1571100539.2.jpg) The exhaust system is all mandrel bent stainless. The muffler is a stainless Magnaflow that I think was made for a truck. I wanted the muffler shop to make the car quiet, but not like a Chevy 6 through a pinched tailpipe. I drive my collector cars. I didn't want it to drone in my ears on the freeway. When you get on the loud pedal it makes all kinds of good noises, but around town you know it's a V8 but it's not obnoxious. Here's a short video of the sound... 914 V8 |
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