The Project Anklebiter Build Thread., 8/29 Lid latches and glamor shots... Options

[plymouth37]

Did you know the 16bit WRX computers only use the rear O2 sensor for emissions purposes? The JDM cars don't even have it. Time for more simplification and weight savings!


Got a shiny new plug for the bung, this will be a good spot for a wideband once I start tuning.


There! Saved a couple ounces and shed 4 more wires!

[KWPorsche914WRX]

Mr. Stokes...

I hope this post finds you well. It sure has been awhile. It is your old friend Keith from Vegas. Hit me up on PM. I am thinking about selling my 914 and wanted to talk with you regarding value before I go any further. Since we last taked, we have left the house in Henderson where we all used to live and moved to Colorado Springs. Hope to hear from you soon Dana.

Buds of old,

Keith Wilson

[Ferg]

Mr. Stokes...

I hope this post finds you well. It sure has been awhile. It is your old friend Keith from Vegas. Hit me up on PM. I am thinking about selling my 914 and wanted to talk with you regarding value before I go any further. Since we last taked, we have left the house in Henderson where we all used to live and moved to Colorado Springs. Hope to hear from you soon Dana.

Buds of old,

Keith Wilson

Keith! Good to hear you are still around and in CO Springs. We had lunch at Hooters with LVSteve when I bought his Gold 914 years ago.

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[76-914]

Did you know the 16bit WRX computers only use the rear O2 sensor for emissions purposes? The JDM cars don't even have it. Time for more simplification and weight savings!

Same goes for the EZ-30D 6cyl.

[KWPorsche914WRX]

Mr. Stokes...

I hope this post finds you well. It sure has been awhile. It is your old friend Keith from Vegas. Hit me up on PM. I am thinking about selling my 914 and wanted to talk with you regarding value before I go any further. Since we last taked, we have left the house in Henderson where we all used to live and moved to Colorado Springs. Hope to hear from you soon Dana.

Buds of old,

Keith Wilson

Keith! Good to hear you are still around and in CO Springs. We had lunch at Hooters with LVSteve when I bought his Gold 914 years ago.

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Hey! How ya been???

[Chris914n6]

Just to clarify, all OBD2 cars have an after cat o2 sensor. It's sole purpose is to verify the cat is installed and working. Appropriately coded P0420 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

Looking forward to seeing the car in person this WCR.

Did you know the 16bit WRX computers only use the rear O2 sensor for emissions purposes? The JDM cars don't even have it.

[plymouth37]

Just to clarify, all OBD2 cars have an after cat o2 sensor. It's sole purpose is to verify the cat is installed and working. Appropriately coded P0420 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

Looking forward to seeing the car in person this WCR.

Did you know the 16bit WRX computers only use the rear O2 sensor for emissions purposes? The JDM cars don't even have it.

True, however the later drive by wire 32bit wrx/sti use the rear O2 sensor as a secondary input to correct the air/fuel ratio, while the earlier cars just use it check your cat health/existence.

[plymouth37]

Mr. Stokes...

I hope this post finds you well. It sure has been awhile. It is your old friend Keith from Vegas. Hit me up on PM. I am thinking about selling my 914 and wanted to talk with you regarding value before I go any further. Since we last taked, we have left the house in Henderson where we all used to live and moved to Colorado Springs. Hope to hear from you soon Dana.

Buds of old,

Keith Wilson

Hey buddy! Good to hear from you, you should start a thread here on the world, I bet we could dial in your car's worth together!

Tom's is a pretty relevant recent sale, went for around 30k, I bet yours is probably in that ballpark.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=335699

[KWPorsche914WRX]

Mr. Stokes...

I hope this post finds you well. It sure has been awhile. It is your old friend Keith from Vegas. Hit me up on PM. I am thinking about selling my 914 and wanted to talk with you regarding value before I go any further. Since we last taked, we have left the house in Henderson where we all used to live and moved to Colorado Springs. Hope to hear from you soon Dana.

Buds of old,

Keith Wilson

Hey buddy! Good to hear from you, you should start a thread here on the world, I bet we could dial in your car's worth together!

Tom's is a pretty relevant recent sale, went for around 30k, I bet yours is probably in that ballpark.

Thanks Dana! Tom's car is nice, very nice. Do you think that due the the various magazine articles on my car raises the value at all? I have a standing offer right now for $25k but I think it is worth more. I put $60k into it and just can't let THAT much $$$ go down the drain.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=335699

[plymouth37]

My 930 boost sender wasn't working, and verifying correct boost is pretty critical as I dial in the car. This was a parts bin freebie from when I worked at Renegade, a new one is like $180 so the goal was to restore the one I had. I found the issue as soon as I pried the cover off, the little piece of aluminum that holds the end of the return spring had snapped off. (Circled in red)


I drilled a tiny hole in another piece of the case in a spot that would tension the spring in a similar way to the original then temporarily installed it to tune it.


There are a few tiny metal tabs inside the sender that you can bend to adjust the min and max travel of the potentiometer. I pressurized my intake and verified the gauge against a second pressure sensor I rigged up. it took a little poking to adjust it but it reads correctly now.


After a test drive to ensure it worked well I painted the cover I scratched up prying it off. and soldered a longer wire in. finally I put it all back together.


Then I installed it. Eventually I would like to drive my gauge off of the Subie MAP sensor and eliminate all of this but this will work for now!

[plymouth37]

My car is too small, or at least these seats are too high, time to address that!


I picked up some cheap Bride knockoffs, i was being optimistic and tried just mounting them with the stock rails.


Predictably they sat way too tall...


So I took out my angle grinder and removed the floor support.

[plymouth37]

I threw some paint on the floor, I will probably add a floor support back in there, haven't figured out how crucial it is yet.


I mounted the seats on their runners, they are already pretty low but I lowered them an additional inch in the rear to replicate the 914 seating angle.


then I bolted them to the floor using monster fender washers



I am going to reupholster and modify these so these are perfect, I fit in them pretty well as well, next step belts!

[76-914]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif) I almost missed this update. Wish you were local. I'd love to get an up close look. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[2mAn]

What are you going to do when its actually "done" ... so much work modifying every single item on the car

[horizontally-opposed]

Nice work, and choice on seats!

Not sure how crucial those cross-beams are, but a race shop felt they were important enough to save when we lowered my driver's seat. Got about 0.8-inch while keeping sliders.

From post #75 on:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...80724&st=60

And some more recent pics here, in post #44:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...37884&st=40

[plymouth37]

What are you going to do when its actually "done" ... so much work modifying every single item on the car

Don't worry, it will never be done, just wait until I disassemble the whole thing again before paint (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[plymouth37]

I bought some Schroth 4-point harnesses with anti-submarining technology, I eliminated the original upper seatbelt mount so a 4-point solution made sense, also this isn't really a full blown race car so I wanted to avoid a 5 or 6 point race harness.


They mount to the main hoop that passes through the firewall, typically your belts should be between level or sloping up to the seat less than 20 degrees, mine are about dead straight.


Here they are, next problem to solve is replacing the handbrake I had to eliminate to get these seats to fit in the car...

[plymouth37]

I need to move the handbrake in-between the seats now that I have wider seats. Browsing ebay I found one that was perfect for adapting to a 914, it has a built in mount for the cable ends, and the perfect recess that corresponds to the wiring trough in the console.


Here is the unfortunate victim that gave up its handbrake handle for the build, thanks Ferrari! Second Ferrari bit on the car, that has to be worth a couple hundred horsepower right?


The Ferrari handbrake mechanism has a pully wheel that the cable loops around, I replaced this with a more normal equalizer, this requires a more conventional end on the cables. To make a more conventional end on the cables I cut a chunk of a bolt and drilled a hole in it, then threaded the cable through.


Then I blasted it with a nice hot blob of weld.


To relocate the handbrake to the center you need to buy a second passenger cable to replace the driver side, here is the handle base with the cables and equalizer installed.

[plymouth37]

I have to say I am pretty darn happy with this. It is about as close to a bolt in solution as I could find.


It is reasonably ergonomic and controls the brakes perfectly, there is another thing off the list! Woohoo!

[sixnotfour]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) thats fuchin awesome... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)