Workshop Day at the Red Barn: Saturday, April 9, Get some work done or just hang out! Options

[SirAndy]

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[SirAndy]

Chris,
Thanks for hosting and for your hard work making that hood vent!

And thanks to everyone else who came out ...
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[markhoward]

Had a fun time at the Red Barn seeing all the peeps and 914’s. Chris as always, was a fine host and chomping at the bit to jump in on a project with some meat on it. The mood was more of a meet and greet which was fine in itself. Luckily, Sir Andy came through with a viable project. After some back and forth and bouncing around of ideas, the plasma table came to life, rendering a hood-mounted oil cooler exit grille that is all business. I was supposed to be on photo duty and I thought I was ok until I looked at my phone and realized I only had a few from when I first got there. Others who snapped pics please post them so I don’t look like a complete slacker. Seriously, thank you Chris for having us today. I think everyone had a great time!

[Cairo94507]

This was just a terrific day- I think the final count was 13 914's! Not bad for a little gathering at the Red Barn. Chris is a terrific host and I thank him as always for all he does. Robert stopped and grabbed a couple pies from Costco and that was well received.

Got to spend the day talking with people who all share the same passion and it was a blast.

All in, I think it was a 250 mile day for me and my car performed great. I love the new brakes and especially loved that with the correct heater lever in the car (floor) I was able to turn the heat off. That made the whole drive a whole lot less like being slow baked at 325.

Truly a fun day and thanks again to Chris for hosting all of us and opening up his shop. Watching how the sausage is made (SirAndy's hood vent) was very cool.

Now, let's talk about the trip to Petaluma. HB with the beautiful '75 copper 914 with white interior met me and Jim, with the pretty dark blue 914. Both Jim and HB are just starting to drive their cars and letting the leash get longer with each trip. Both their cars performed flawlessly and it was fun caravanning to Petaluma.

Chris' driveway looked like a Crayon ad with all the colors well represented. Thanks everyone for a fun gathering.

[markhoward]

Michael, nice camara work snapping that hawk as it took a flyby!

[tygaboy]

Mid-morning, our 85 year-old next door neighbor called my wife and asked if we were celebrating Easter early, what with all those "easter egg" cars!
Boy, oh BOY that was a fun day. Can I just say how lucky we are to have such a great community! A random collection of people, each as interesting and entertaining as the next.

Thanks to all who were able to attend. As we all know, it's great guests that make a great party. Thanks for a GREAT party! We need to do this again soon.

Now, The Easter Egg cars!

[tygaboy]

A '72 S Targa and a '58 Speedster. Yep, that how we roll at the Red Barn. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

[tygaboy]

I was getting a little nervous that I wouldn't be able to waste material and do things three times when our very own @SirAndy Andy asked for help with a hood vent for his 3.6 monster.
A fun little project, and one in which Andy had close encounter of the TygaBoy kind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
Attempt 1: We measured his current hood vent. We went through the process of leveraging my hood vent bendy vane design and worked up the CAD drawing for his vent. Then we cut the panel... Huh. How'd that happen? It was too big.
Attempt 2: Oh, of course, that's why it's too big! Let's change this and that, etc. Back to CAD, update, edit, save. Generate the G-code, cut the part. Hmmmmm. Oops, forgot about how rivets in that location wouldn't clear the ducting (that was sitting right there...! Duh.)
Attempt 3: To quote Bullwinkle, "This time, for SURE!" And it was!
Hey, it wouldn't be a day at the Red Barn without multiple versions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
But it all ended well and Andy left with a cool new vent panel. Yes, this is 18ga steel and we agreed that once he's sure he's happy with the design/performance, he'll be back and we'll cut the final version in aluminum.
Again, a fun project and a nice result.
Let's start with the part I found most riveting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

[tygaboy]

This pic doesn't do justice to how cool (pun intended) the view is when you look through the vent and down into the ducting. Remnant Sharpie marks aside, this is Full Race, baby! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[tygaboy]

Big thanks to Robert @buddyV for the pizza lunch! You're the best, my friend!
And your car looked the best I've ever seen it! Even the tires were cleaned...

[SirAndy]

... once he's sure he's happy with the design/performance ...

- Performance seems too good. Oil temp never got over 150, sitting between 130 and 150. That's a bit on the cold side, if i remember right, the thermostat is set for 170-ish.

- Design wise, the two top vanes need a center support, they were flopping quite a lot.

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[tygaboy]

... once he's sure he's happy with the design/performance ...

- Performance seems too good. Oil temp never got over 150, sitting between 130 and 150. That's a bit on the cold side, if i remember right, the thermostat is set for 170-ish.

- Design wise, the two top vanes need a center support, they were flopping quite a lot.

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Flopping is almost never good! And yes, folks reading this, Andy and I talked about this being a possibility before he left. We even talked about a couple options to address it.
Looks like we'll get to at least Version IV. I LOVE it when that happens! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[RoadGlue]

Thank you for hosting, Chris! It was great to catch up with a lot of familiar faces, and look forward to seeing everyone again soon.

@markhoward - Total hero. I'm stoked to finally have a spare! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

[Andyrew]

Looks like a fantastic day!! Sorry I missed it guys! We had an Easter thing with the kids so I couldn’t make it… Next time I’ll bring a project (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Glad Andy got some work done!!

[maf914]

... once he's sure he's happy with the design/performance ...

- Performance seems too good. Oil temp never got over 150, sitting between 130 and 150. That's a bit on the cold side, if i remember right, the thermostat is set for 170-ish.

- Design wise, the two top vanes need a center support, they were flopping quite a lot.

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Nice louvered vent. I like it.

Maybe you could lay the vanes back and reduce the free area a bit to reduce the air flow volume. But don't work harden the joints and cause fatigue cracking.

[tygaboy]

Let's not miss @roundtwo Todd's new arrival: a '73 with steel flares and a 3.0 /6 conversion with PMOs. Complete with a lovely interior, GTS seats in leather (!), real Fuchs and some other goodies! Just look at all the love it was getting. I mean, preferred parking with its own cover! Nothing but the best when you're a visitor to the Red Barn. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
And that's @Krieger Andy's lovely '75 there in the foreground. BEAUTIFUL can with subtle mods that is simply stunning.

[Krieger]

I'm so glad that I was able to make it! Great bunch of people!

[Long_ago]

Yes it was a great day.
A wide variety of cars. Everyone so helpful and nice.

Came up 5 and met Michael and Jim in Sac.
We caravaned together. A very nice way to travel.

Thanks so much.
HB

[roundtwo]

A remarkable Wrench O Ramma at the Big Red Barn. So many amazing cars each with their own unique story.
The gathering came at the perfect time ad honestly saved my spirit. Having just taken delivery on a "new" 914-6 the day before I showed up from the other side of town a bit shaken. I knew the car needed some additional tuning. But the very loose front rotor/ hub I hadn't planned for. The enormous pit crew jumped right in, tuning carbs and getting the front of the car off the ground at the same time. I felt like Ricky Bobby on race day!!! I can't say enough kind and grateful words about all of you. You're a great tribe that I'm lucky to be surrounded by.

Update- looks as if a there's mismatch of the length of the spindle and the depth of the hub/ rotor combination. I can't tighten the spindle nut enough for the back of the spindle washer to contact the outer face of the outer bearing. The washer hits the part of the spindle where the inner threads ends and the first wider taper begins. It just needs another 1-2 mm tightening but the washer bottoms out at that taper. Strut is koni type. Labeled 911 34107 from what i can tell. Not sure if the depth of the rotor is too shallow, the hub too shallow or the bearing should be thicker to take up more distance on the spindle. Something is off. More to follow.


Hope to see you'll all soon.
Cheers to you Chris for bringing us all together.

[Cairo94507]

Hey Todd,
@roundtwo Glad you are getting to the bottom of that issue. Your new car is a very nice, well appointed car. Once sorted you are going to really love that baby. It has all the right stuff for sure. Maybe check with Eric at PMB and see what he says re the front hubs, etc. Shoot some pictures and send them to him. He may be able to dial you in and of course, supply the parts you may need.

AND Kudos to Andy K. @KRIEGER for jumping right in and getting his hands dirty. Just great people all around really.

How did the engine run on your way home?

Cheers and looking forward to seeing you again.
Michael (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)