teener tuesday puget sound teeners, or whats going on in the pnw Options

[sportlicherFahrer]

Hopefully the next outing will be with both of our cars present!

The wheels came with the car, and are true early 914 wheels. Polished up decently and have very little damage.

[98101]

Pics as mentioned. Has a fresh 1776cc CB motor in it put together by Nate. Advertised power rivals a 2056.

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I like that! It reminds me of riding in our (similar) squareback as a kid. Does it have the castle on the steering wheel?

My wife insists on driving an automatic, and also rejected my idea of a used police car. So our family car is a boring LS400.

[sportlicherFahrer]

It had the factory wheel in it, but she doesn't like it much. Will probably change it to a Formuling wheel I have.

Sounds like you need to find yourself an automatic Square! The type 3 automatics were much more like a regular auto than the auto-stick stuff they did with the bugs. Too bad they aren't the best DD anymore with values going up and SUV's multiplying like mad with more and more terrible drivers.

[98101]

So it only coughs under load? Too bad the weather is terrible today. Would be interesting to check plugs, jets, and linkage. From what I understand, Dell's are very close relatives to Webers. Took a little bit of trial and error to figure out where my carbs were happy.

Yes, the backfires -- which may be sometimes through the carbs, or sometimes "afterfires" through the exhaust -- happen when driving but don't usually happen when the car is idling. The distributor does not appear to have any vacuum advance, so I'm not even sure how it's supposed to work for ordinary street driving.


Here are a couple videos from today. Please let me know how you'd interpret them.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AC53RRrXOU


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

[rhodyguy]

If it will work get a wrapped 914 wheel.

[sportlicherFahrer]

Sounds like it is at least idling okay. Hard to tell what distributor you have installed. I had a 009 dizzy in mine for a bit. Ran like garbage when I rolled on the throttle under load. I have a factory cam still, so I put my old Djet dizzy back in and hooked up ported vacuum for the advance. Smoothed it out quite a bit. Not sure what kind of advance curve that engine would like, but if it has a standard 009 it may like a factory dizzy more. Hard to say without really doing some hands on test and tune. There are a lot of factors that can be in play like spark plugs, valve adjustment, float settings, jets, linkage, and timing. I'm still relatively new when it comes to dialing in the carbs.

Kevin: That would look really cool. The hub splines are the same IIRC, but the hub depth and how it meets with the column is wrong.

[PanelBilly]

It been way to long since we all got together for some teener time. This weekends the weather looks good so I'm proposing we do a gathering. Saturday or Sunday. North or south. Let's see who's got the time in their schedule and then figure out the details.

[PanelBilly]

There's a cars and coffee Saturday in Puyallup at the Starbucks on meridian. I'm going to check it out. 10-12

[rhodyguy]

I can make this one. See you there billy.

[championgt1]

Which Starbucks? There must be a half dozen of them on meridian.

[PanelBilly]

4423 S. Meridian

[rhodyguy]

Sort of across the street from Best Buy. Dress for the weather. Pretty cold on south hill this AM. 26*. Good day to have functional heat exchangers.

[championgt1]

Me and my boys will be there.

[rhodyguy]

Super. See you there jack. Prob would'nt recognize the boys these days.

[bradtho]

I hope you guys had fun this morning. Nice winter day for it.

Will anyone take my final parts off my hands? I got most of an early 4 bolt front suspension. it's too heavy to hassle with shipping and I just need it gone.
- powder coated early pinch bolt struts for 4 lug
- rotors with plenty of life left
- nice set of stock calipers with good brake pads left
- I've got a fresh air box with a working fan and a bunch of overspray from a bad paint job. you know the overspray is gold!

I know you're all CSOB's so this is FREE, FREE, FREE! You could even try to talk me into delivering. I need the space, I only have a 2 car garage, and...

I got a new car last week. I went down to portland and bought an 86 targa. it's in incredible condition, I'm loving it and have had the top off all week long.

I don't have any pics yet but you know what they look like it's a stock guards red targa.

[rhodyguy]

Interesting group of cars. 1 914. Mostly hopped up american late model. 30ish yo group? Cadillac CVTs sedans sure are a popular item. Quite a bit of car for not a lot of money.

[98101]

I think they are salting the freeways in the Seattle area, so I'm not taking the 914 out much.

The famous John Walker had told me to check back with him mid-December, when he thought he might be less busy. So today I did. He did not literally say "F*ck you and your Dellorto-infected 914," but that's kind of how it felt. He was particularly turned off by the Dellorto carbs that came with my car, which I am not especially attached to myself.

John suggested Gerber Motorsports in Ballard might have time for me and my amature hod rod. So I went there, high-lift Web cam going "badabadabadabada."

I felt encouraged to see a beautiful 1973 914 for sale outside Gerber Motorsports. Inside the pristine shop (cleaner than the Swedish Hospital Emergency Room in downtown Seattle I visited last month for different reasons), I saw technicians working on late model Porsches up on fancy lifts. The shop manager apologized and explained that his technician with the most air-cooled experience had recently retired. They really didn't know what to do with my 1970 914. But they'd be willing to do a safety inspection. That's better than nothing, so I agreed to drop the car off next Tuesday for that.

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This sounds like a complaint but it's not. Perhaps all 914 drivers today are nonconformists. This is the price we pay for not being boring. Still, I could use a local mentor so I don't screw this car up worse than it has been already.

[PlaysWithCars]

I think they are salting the freeways in the Seattle area, so I'm not taking the 914 out much.

The famous John Walker had told me to check back with him mid-December, when he thought he might be less busy. So today I did. He did not literally say "F*ck you and your Dellorto-infected 914," but that's kind of how it felt. He was particularly turned off by the Dellorto carbs that came with my car, which I am not especially attached to myself.

John suggested Gerber Motorsports in Ballard might have time for me and my amature hod rod. So I went there, high-lift Web cam going "badabadabadabada."

I'm surprised by that response. I thought that John was known for working on the older cars.

If you're willing to make the trip to the east side, you might check with Chris Powell. He definitely works on the early air cooled cars. Don't recall seeing any 914s in his shop, but I'm sure his team is capable.

[sixnotfour]

Walker is not a 914 fan.....I like John Walker, its rare he even looked at it..

[Eddie914]

The weber carbs on my 914 cough and sputter a lot at idle and part throttle ... but run GREAT at WOT. I'm happy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I would be happier it I did not have to drive to all over town to get ethanol free gas (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Too many carburetors begging for pure-gas!

Eddie