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[Trackd]

Hi guys

I sold my previous track car and decided to buy a 914.

Key features that sold me on the 914
-old
-light
-rwd
-mid engine

My previous track car was a riot and difficult to class in different organizations. I bought the 914 because it will be easier to class due to the "simplicity" of the build. This will be primarily a track car however it will be street legal with creature comforts.


I am located in WNY, so old classics are scarce and the ones that did survive are on the verge in splitting in half or fully restored. Since I am an older college student, finding one in decent shape will be hard.

I found this guy in California and had it shipped to me.







While the pics looked great, I totally overpaid and it was a rusty bucket with a maco paint job. I bought this from Beverly hills car club and sales guy told me there was no rust and it was a solid car. What a load of of bs... It was also my fault for being naïve and putting faith in humanity. Next time ill go 3rd party and look at it person. Lesson learned. Moving on...

First order of business was to replace all the rust and fab a roll bar.

[Trackd]

I haven't tracked at all this year and its killing me. So I decided to rush it and put everything together for NASA event at Summit Point.

I got an alignment locally

My specs are

Front
0 Toe
-3.7 Camber
6 Caster

Rear
1/16 Toe in
-1 Camber


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I drove the car on a base map 400 miles to my buddies at Ptuning in Manassas Virginia to get tuned.

Dyno Pull after being tuned on 93. It ended up making 220 hp more than I expected.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptXrJo9JJHA



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NASAMA Summit Point

Well I did not have a great time at the track unfortunately. The first two sessions was me feeling the car. The car felt very nervous...

However I discovered My front bar was loose. After adjusting my tire pressures and dropping them to 24 psi cold and tightening my front bar to full stiff. The difference was night and day! I was able to really eat up some cars in DE3 various e90s and 911s. The power to weight combo was awesome. The back straight I managed 133mph with still some room to go. However I haven't braked that hard yet so I eased off. I managed a 1:26:2 in my 3rd session. I was really stoked to get it down to the teens. This car has so much potential! I was able to take many different lines that threw people off.

After 6 hard laps I started hearing a noise... I pitted in and it sounded like rod knock...

I dropped the pan... and my weekend was done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

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The 2nd rod bearing decided to let go.... After inspecting the other bearings. This engine was definitely neglected.. The oil also came out pitch black... with only 400 miles.. Granted... This engine was from ebay.... Its always a gamble.

I managed to borrow my friends car dolly, and towed it to my parents house in VA. I return my friends stuff and used points to fly back home to Buffalo. I was pretty bumed about it.. I was hoping it would last quite a while before letting go. These engines are pretty stout/reliable. I really should of inspected the bearings before putting the motor in.

Moving forward, I really did not want this happening again so I ordered a 4piston built shortblock with increased compression ratio to 12:1. The Shortblock will have ACL race bearings and forged internals. Lead time is 7 weeks. Hopefully I can get it before 2020 ends.

Now I gotta figure out how to get my car back.. -_-

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