Fat-4 build Options

[Barry Johnson]

Alright guys, been doing a little work on the '14, and its a few days away from firing up. Or, at least thats what I hope will happen!
Ordered my plug wires, and I have a new cap, rotor, plugs, and fluids.
If someone in the area has a set of wires I can test with, let me know!
I'm going to put in those new parts and just kinda, "test" it out. See what breaks, what catches on fire, and what plain doesn't work.

The car is a california car, and been in storage since my younger brother was born. Plates from 1988!
The battery was from '86. Interesting stuff on the car, but its all stock.

I'm gutting the bitch and making it a little corner-whore basically. If you look in the classifieds, you'll see my posts with some great stuff for sale, at what I think is pretty cheap too. If you're in Washington, feel free to PM me and come by and buy stuff off the car.

I have harnesses, MOMO Corse seats, and the aforementioned parts to go on it. More stuff like a roll-bar (any recommendations?) and suspension will come later.

For the engine, I'm just going to run with the stock 2.0 until I learn the car and/or blow it up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif).

Messix (Troy) took me out for a ride in his stock 1.8 '75 and I was grinning ear to ear after some good cornering.

For the engine, I have access to an 84 type-a crank... With the stock cylinders, that bumps me up to what, a 2.3?
I'm going to run BIG cylinders in this, and will need serious cooling. 102mm baby!

102mm jugs with the type-a crank, what would that put me to, in theory? Its late, I'm not doing math right now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Not sure what I'll do for electronics, but I'll handle that when I get some cash.
Any suggestions on cams and what I can do with the valves?

I guess I should give a little info about myself and my auto-addiction too...
I keep a log of every car I've ever been behind the wheel of, and its somewhere over 400 cars right now, but I'm Porsche all the way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif).
My history is with 928s, and I'm completely comfortable with Porsche wrenching and modifications. I've done a full timing belt and water pump job with new plugs and an oil change in 4 hours on a 928. I have some track time with PCA instruction in the 928 too.
My two other projects are a 951 thats getting a turbo that raises eyebrows to say the least...
(IMG:http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/thebj/BJin951enginebay1.jpg)
(IMG:http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/thebj/951T4Upgrade3.jpg)
Thats a standard T3 next to it, for comparison.

And a 928 S4 that has more value in stereo gear than some of our cars are worth, and it has some other goodies on it and in the works. Either a paxton or a rear-turbo will be added to the mix. Here's what it looks like present-day:
(IMG:http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/thebj/My928inshop.jpg)
(IMG:http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/304000-304999/304268_230_full.jpg)

I'm on my 15th car right now, and have 6 currently, as well as a 200cc 2-stroke dirt bike. Some of my favorite past cars...
(IMG:http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/thebj/MyS500front.jpg)
(IMG:http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/thebj/MyAudiV82.jpg)
(IMG:http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e394/thebj/MyL6Side.jpg)

So, thats my intro!

Whatcha guys think about the 914 engine plans though? Its all speculation until all foreseeable kinks are worked out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif).
I have heard from Jeff that going above a 96mm bore will make cooling an issue, so thats a big concern for me. I just really like the idea of taking something stock, and morphing it into its max.
Should be interesting!!