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Ugly Duckling to a Blue Bird, Roller into a 6 Conversion |
Sway Bar |
Dec 18 2019, 05:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 17-December 19 From: Okanagan Valley, Great White North Member No.: 23,743 Region Association: None |
Greetings...long time lurker first time poster.
After staying in the shadows for a little while watching and learning I figure I'd finally take the plunge and say hello and show progress of my latest undertaking. I've spend the last many years over on the 'Bird' in regards to my old 911 and other projects but it was time to try something slightly different and get back into a 914. I say get back since I had one as a young university man and was my version of a low brow Risky Business (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) I wasn't necessarily looking for a 914 but a few things fell into place that made me finally take the plunge 1) There was what seemed a really decent roller nearby 2) I had a friend of friend offer me the spoils of a left over failed conversion attempt 3) I have the 2.4L from my 911 sitting in a box doing me no good And finally I'm also and avid DIYer. I'm no pro by any means. I drive a desk for work, but I grew up always trying to build and do things on our own so it does come a little naturally and with the complete satisfaction of my 911 journey why not another. I'm also in Canada so when winter hits I need to figure out something else to do besides watch hockey and drink beer (not that there is anything wrong with that) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Anyway, this is a great forum, love the resources, banter, etc, and figured I'd share another car/build. So, of course we all love pictures...this is what I started with. Kinda of a barn/garage find. 1972, no motor/trans, rough interior, some sort of re-spray, prior right fender accident. Key point was that besides the hell hole I couldn't find too many problem areas at first glance. So, comment away, constructive criticism is always welcome and I'm sure to reach out with a bunch of questions since I haven't figured out a few items yet for the conversion process. Cheers, Marlon |
Big Len |
Apr 22 2020, 05:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,747 Joined: 16-July 13 From: Edgewood, New Mexico Member No.: 16,126 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Your list of "to do's" looks very well done.
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Sway Bar |
Apr 24 2020, 12:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 17-December 19 From: Okanagan Valley, Great White North Member No.: 23,743 Region Association: None |
Your list of "to do's" looks very well done. Appreciate it...so far so good. Now I'm getting into the final third of it. My helper decided to give me a hand with what's been under my work bench for the last 4 years. This is what is left of of my 2.4L MFI motor. I robbed the top end and induction to build a 3.0L MFI a few years ago. That motor is a riot and sounds awesome. For fun here it is finished before installation. It's the first motor I had ever built. The idea was to make it look exactly like the 2.4. One has to know what to look for or very closely to notice. Learned a lot about MFI and it's tuning. I almost have enough MFI components to go that route again, but I think for simplicity and to stay 'close' to the original idea I'll probably use Carbs. Way easier and faster results for sure. |
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