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my trip to a Porsche specialist, very interesting 914 content |
Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:40 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
A friend of mine owns a '75 911 Targa. When he got some engine problems last week he decided to give his money to the right guy - a well known Austrian specialist for Porsche technique (engine, tranny, brakes, ...). Only problem - this guy has his shop about 300 miles away (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
So he asked me if I would accompany him with a second car - sure I did (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) He gave me his daily driver (the BMW) and took the Porsche. We started early morning and had to use nice little (and twisty) roads ... Attached image(s) |
Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:41 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
... as well as german Autobahn ...
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:42 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
... and Austrian Autobahn (photo via inside mirror (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) ) ...
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:44 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
here are both cars at a travellers' inn
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:45 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
even a Lamborghini had to bear the traffic jam (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:46 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
when we arrived after more than 6 hrs, the first car I saw was this 914-6 race car (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/drooley.gif)
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:49 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
it's a real six from 1971 and owned by a friend of mine
he decided to put a stronger engine in it - a carbed 2.7 with about 210 HP (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif) Attached image(s) |
Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:52 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
I knew this car when it was a standard six
now it has got steel flares, FG hoods, FG bumpers, a roll cage, and, and, and ... Attached image(s) |
Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:54 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
there was a second teener at this place
seemed to be nice, but not very exciting looked like a standard '75 Attached image(s) |
Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:55 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
but Toni - the Porsche specialist - told me a cool story about it
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 03:58 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
the owner of this car has a physical handicap and he isn't allowed to drive cars with manual transmission - so he ordered a sportomatic conversion
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 04:01 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
Toni took a sportomatic tranny from a 911 and built some adaptors and with some modifications he managed this conversion - so this is a '75 914 2.0 Sportomatic (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif)
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 04:03 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
Toni is well known at some Porsche racers, so he has always a couple of Porsche race cars at his shop
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 04:04 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
other view
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 04:05 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
more
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 04:07 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
last one
this was a 17 hrs trip accross Austria, but it was absolutely cool Toni is a real nice guy and a real Porsche specialist unfortunately the's about 6 hrs away - otherwise I'd visit him more often Attached image(s) |
richardL |
Jul 10 2005, 04:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 27-January 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 201 Region Association: None |
Excellent and interesting
Thanks, Richard |
ejm |
Jul 10 2005, 04:12 PM
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some of us would be very interested to see how he handled the oil pump for the torque convertor on a /4 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) |
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Gustl |
Jul 10 2005, 04:17 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
Toni tried to explain it to me - but I'm not that kind of mechanic to keep the details in my brain (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
but I remember that this oil pump was a major problem he also told me about a second pump he needed for the right underpressure for the clutch trigger (or so) another problem was the adaptor from the engine to the tranny, which was designed for a -6 engine |
ejm |
Jul 10 2005, 05:06 PM
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I can see the light at the end of the tunnel Group: Members Posts: 2,692 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 224 Region Association: None |
the clutch is operated by vacuum (underpressure?) so they would need to tap into the manifold and install the solenoid and reservoir somewhere great pics btw (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) how'd they get the 911 tub upstairs (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) |
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