914-6 rebirth, 3/31/24 Clutch cable question Options

[roundtwo]

Rounding up my journey to resurrect the 914–6 that I purchased in the spring of last year.

Some basics. Originally a 1973, 914- 4. The previous owner did all the metal work, including flares, GT bracing inside the tub, front and rear. Epoxy primer with single stage Bahia red. He did an exceptional job in these areas.

What fell short was the engine rebuild. Short story what is the intermediate bearing was floating around the engine, pistons were the wrong ones, etc. With under 100 miles on the car the engine had to come out and be rebuilt. That’s where my journey began.

Fast forward about 8 months, the engine out and crated to Bruce Abbett in North Carolina who did a smashing rebuild on the 1976 €3.0 Carrera engine . A great referral from Michael @Cairo94507

Long block back- all the parts back on.

While the engine was out, I stripped most of the engine bay down to metal. My first time spraying with HPLV- epoxy primer, and ppg shopeline single stage after copious hand sanding.

After considerable coaching from Chris at the Redbarn @tygaboy I learned to build a
complete engine harness and replace the Pertronix wiring/ location. Love those Deutsch connectors! A very enjoyable process.


Too much other work to list at the moment.

Finally the engine is back in, all hooked up. Then… I was unable to start it. Andy @Krieger saved the day! He thought I was kidding when I said I can make the car look beautiful, but I can’t make the engine run. A fact.

https://youtube.com/shorts/9avfyEaIwcU?feature=share

I’ll back post some pics.

Currently waiting to get in the door at Hitech in San Rafael for PMO tuning though it’s a long wait til mid April.

The initial 20 minute break in completed, but it’s just not running well. Uggg! Hard to be patient at this point.

Fabricating a gt style engine lid meanwhile. The previous lid was super jankie with kitchen cupboard door handles on it.

Thanks for looking and all the 914world knowledge along the way. An awesome bunch of people.