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> The official chappy 914-6-gt-turbo carrera thread, The car is real scary to drive, clutch is broke in, im not!
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post May 14 2008, 04:30 PM
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lookin Great David!....one of these days i gotta spend some time on the cars....
this is inspiring!
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post May 15 2008, 08:24 PM
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I will have my onboard fire system delivered tomorrow, i plan on installing it on Monday.
This maybe overkill. But these threads convinced me otherwise.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=83444&hl=

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=403204

Stay tuned........
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post May 17 2008, 02:20 PM
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I decide that i will mount the SPA fire bottle in the front trunk I might improve on the mounting bracket i was surprised that it's not that heavy duty. I ran the discharge line down the center tunnel with the SS fuel lines. I will splice in one nozzle under the fuel tank and aim it at the fuel line fittings. I decided not to put any in the cabin i have the hand held Halon mounted on my seat, and if i had too, I would rather discharge that in the interior than the foam.
I will focus the other nozzles in the engine bay with some that will spray the bottom of the engine on both sides, one to spray the fuel pump and fittings the fuel filter and accumulator, and the other nozzles will focus on the fuel distributor, WUR and injectors. I have 6 nozzles to spread out to aim and fire in those locations.
I will mount one cable release in the cabin.
The other cable release is suppose to be mounted on the outside of the car for track workers, I will mount it but not hook it up to the bottle unless i plan on tracking the car( i would hate for some joker to pull it ). It will be in an inconspicuous spot that is easily reached i can mark it's location with a decal if ever needed.


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post May 17 2008, 04:21 PM
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Chappy,

I think this is a good idea as all the time you have in your car how could it be bad. Have you made sure that your insurance is going to cover your car for a stated value just in case, god for bid something would happen to your car? I hate to bring this up but fire is not the only thing that could happen. Stated valve must be established and proper amounts of insurance should be paid. Both of my Porches are with America Hobbyist Insurance. They give you 2,500 miles a year

I looked up the unit on the Pelican link and it looks a little different than yours. I see that company has a smaller unit that would cover the Engine or one zone, a two zone and a three zone covering the fuel cell. Where are you at with the idea of the electronic master battery cutoff switch of the full pump as shown in the Pelican link?

We are all so excited for you to get your baby finished this summer. This is your year. We have learned a lot of tricks from your assembly thread.

Thank you so much,

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post May 17 2008, 05:20 PM
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I have an ignition cutoff switch on the dash but I plan on having a fuel pump switch also.
No plans for a master switch at this time. I am running out of space on my dash.

In regards to insurance i am going to shop around for it. Right now i have regular car
insurance, since the cars not on the road yet it will be hard for me to get it appraised,

I dont even know it's value or worth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


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post May 17 2008, 09:53 PM
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All I had to do with my car was take a picture of it from each side and show them the engine and tell them how much I wanted to insure it for. My car had not run for 17 years. They did not care. The Automobile Club sent me to them. No money. I said $20,000 to start. This was 1.5 years ago. I will increase as work is going along. They agreed.

You could say $40,000. today and deal with a higher number after independent appraisal. If under writing goes with it, and from your pictures they may very well do it. It may cost you $450. A year. I am not saying you car is only worth $40,000. It is just a place to start and it may go in place easy. I am big on insurance. It has covered my ass more than a few times.

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post May 17 2008, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(Maltese Falcon @ Oct 2 2007, 11:41 PM) *

I think it's about time for our cars to have on board fire systems (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Yours @ over 400hp and mine getting tweaked right now (over 550) with high pressure CIS , it's fire season ! I've already replaced 5 fuel lines ( fuel rot) while running my 3.2 biturbo engine since 1995. Some failed lines were aeroquip (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
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Marty, i will lead now you must follow..... : (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Fire Systems are kinda like airbags for your car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post May 20 2008, 08:35 PM
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Well i have the system in, i ran out of cable clamps and i will have to wait till the engine is in to figure exactly where to aim the nozzles. I plan on making some light weight nozzle support brackets to finish it off.
I placed 3 nozzles on top and 2 on the bottom. I have one left that could go under the fuel tank at the fittings, but i may not use it.
I put some pressure on the shop to get the engine back together, i will now be a pest about it because i have seen this play out before, when the racing season starts the engine wont get done till October, they have already started racing the past two weekends. Once more he said it should be done in the next two weeks( he started telling me this in February).
My dash is full i am done with things to switch on and off. I have under the covered switches from left to right- LC-1 AF/R calibration button, tranny cooler pump, intercooler fans, boost retard, ignition kill, and fuel pump.

The pushon fittings and tubing worked smoothly and did make things very simple.

I hope i never have to use it, but glad it's there if i ever do.


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post May 20 2008, 08:41 PM
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post May 27 2008, 03:05 PM
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Stopped into the shop today, my engine is half assembled, cant be to long now...
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post May 27 2008, 03:38 PM
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QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 27 2008, 02:05 PM) *

Stopped into the shop today, my engine is half assembled, cant be to long now...


You have all the cool guy race stuff and the not so cool guy sets.and whats with the carrera things ...its a roadster....but dont get me wrong GREAT CAR AND VERY NICE WORK ..IMPRESSIVE MACHINE
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post May 27 2008, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE(6freak @ May 27 2008, 04:38 PM) *

QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 27 2008, 02:05 PM) *

Stopped into the shop today, my engine is half assembled, cant be to long now...


You have all the cool guy race stuff and the not so cool guy sets.and whats with the carrera things ...its a roadster....but dont get me wrong GREAT CAR AND VERY NICE WORK ..IMPRESSIVE MACHINE


The Carrera GT is a roadster too, kinda like a 914.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post May 27 2008, 04:54 PM
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QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 27 2008, 04:05 PM) *

Stopped into the shop today, my engine is half assembled, cant be to long now...

that rocks.

winter's been hanging on waiting for you...

i'll see you and ollie on the road before the lakes clear!
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post May 28 2008, 11:10 AM
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QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 27 2008, 02:52 PM) *

QUOTE(6freak @ May 27 2008, 04:38 PM) *

QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 27 2008, 02:05 PM) *

Stopped into the shop today, my engine is half assembled, cant be to long now...


You have all the cool guy race stuff and the not so cool guy sets.and whats with the carrera things ...its a roadster....but dont get me wrong GREAT CAR AND VERY NICE WORK ..IMPRESSIVE MACHINE


The Carrera GT is a roadster too, kinda like a 914.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


I get it now ..the new Carrera GT the bad a$$ Carrera GT ..So anyway AWSOME MACHINE ever consider paint`n the rockers and valance the same color ??mines color matched and it looks awsome that way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)
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post May 28 2008, 11:22 AM
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I am going to keep the rockers and rear valance black but the front GT valance will be the body color.

I had a Orange 914 with stainless steel rockers that i also liked the look of.
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post May 28 2008, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 28 2008, 10:22 AM) *

I am going to keep the rockers and rear valance black but the front GT valance will be the body color.

I had a Orange 914 with stainless steel rockers that i also liked the look of.


OK Mr Chappy it will still look great ..go get um (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
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post May 28 2008, 08:41 PM
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The front valance finally got painted today, i cant wait to post pictures of it. i will roll the car out and takes some photo's of it tomorrow.

Could i really be this close to having the car done. Been over 3 years....
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QUOTE(iamchappy @ May 28 2008, 06:41 PM) *

The front valance finally got painted today, i cant wait to post pictures of it. i will roll the car out and takes some photo's of it tomorrow.

Could i really be this close to having the car done. Been over 3 years....



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3 years Ha! been 15 for me , but I'm getting closer too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
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post May 29 2008, 07:54 AM
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Really, Paul, What's taking you so long....Get busy.......I may need to visit....
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post May 29 2008, 08:25 AM
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Chapster... how much was that fire system?
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