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> Bcheney 6 Conversion, 75 / 6 Conversion
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post Oct 6 2008, 09:11 PM
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Brian, is that you in the background with the bald head?
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post Oct 7 2008, 05:15 PM
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No...that's a guy trying to calculate how many more months it will take me to get my car running so I can come over to Tampa and do donuts in your front yard!
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post Oct 7 2008, 06:56 PM
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QUOTE(bcheney @ Oct 7 2008, 04:15 PM) *

No...that's a guy trying to calculate how many more months it will take me to get my car running so I can come over to Tampa and do donuts in your front yard!



OMG, I'll be retired and living in The Villages by then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Dec 6 2008, 02:04 PM
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Here is a picture of the holiday progress on my 6 conversion....If you look closely on the far left you can see the fresh 2.2 under its red blanket sleeping peacfully....Someday I will drive this car...


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post Dec 6 2008, 03:23 PM
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Where's the car?
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post Dec 23 2009, 07:23 AM
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I'm back on this project....It has been a long year with many distractions. I'm awaiting an engine wiring harness from Patrick Motorsports....it should arrive just after Christmas! That will allow me to get moving on the engine install. My sideshifter shift rod is being modified by Rich Johnson as we speak...I have a set of headers that don't allow use of the stock shift rod without some slight changes. I installed the sleeves for my elephant bushings the other day. Front suspension is ready to bolt up. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!


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post Dec 23 2009, 10:54 AM
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Keep up the good work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)
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post Dec 28 2009, 08:24 PM
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Today I got both control arms installed with the Elephant Poly Bronze bushings. Here is a picture of my "freshened up" Leistritz Sport muffler with Wurth Zinc coating for that OEM look! I then went to work on cleaning up my front hubs...got'em ready for install tomorrow with Zimmerman discs and rebuilt and plated M-Calipers.


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post Dec 29 2009, 12:23 AM
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Looking good! I know how it is to have these projects stall-out. I just got back to work on my -6 conversion this past summer after it basically sat for 3+ years.

Keep us posted on your progress!
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post Dec 29 2009, 05:52 AM
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Brian if you're not careful you might finish your car by 2012 !!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Looking good keep going. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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post Dec 29 2009, 04:47 PM
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More progress today... I got the the front hubs, bearings, discs and M-calipers installed. It feels good to actually move this project forward!!





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post Apr 4 2010, 05:37 PM
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OK....it's not much to report...however, it is progress. I cut the hole in the engine shelf for the oil tank to engine oil line today. Cleaned up the and painted the exposed metal surfaces from the cut. TC bet me that I wouldn't get anything done this weekend....
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post Apr 4 2010, 06:30 PM
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Very nice! I love reading about another car being brought back. I love my 2.2. You have to peddle it a little harder then by 2.0 4cly, but the result is well worth it!

Might have to see about changing over to fuel injection. That might be fun.
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post Apr 4 2010, 06:31 PM
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Keep going Brian. Today I messed with the carb settings specifically opened up the idle jet settings. Opened them up about half a turn each and that really transformed how she ran. Can't wait to have our yellow cars side by side. What does TC owe you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ?
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post Apr 4 2010, 07:16 PM
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Well done B!!!
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post Oct 25 2010, 05:26 PM
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Ok... thanks to words of encouragement from Eric Shea and some parts from Bruce Stone I have made some progress on my -6 conversion. I relocated and changed my brake pressure regulator due to the fact that I'm using a RJ -6 Engine mount. My car is a 75. I had to obtain an early model 70-72 brake pressure regulator since the one that came stock on a 75 had one output line that came out of the regulator facing the firewall. This set up would not work in the relocated postion (too many tight bends would have been needed with the new hard lines. I never learned how to weld...So, I used through bolts, neoprene and regular washers, wavy's a "spacer nut" and a couple of yellow zinc nuts to mount it up. Here are a few shots to prove I actually work on this conversion from time to time.


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post Oct 26 2010, 01:40 AM
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I was following your thread as well and have vowed not to give a completion date again for any of my 914 projects. I've been trying to get this completed, literally for years. Stuff just happens to divert our best intentions and laid out plans. The point is to just keep on moving forward with these projects, even if it's only in the mind. I have "driven" my project many, many mental miles on various tracks. For me, it's what keeps me going and reading other threads like yours to know there really is hope. Keep up the good work.
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post Oct 26 2010, 11:58 AM
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Hi Brian. Nice project. I just started on my six conversion and a conversion thread. The summer is gone, so let's get going. My goal is to have a running six by the summer.
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We had a customer who did a complete restore on his 914. When he was asked for a completion date, his answer was always "Monday". It went like that for years. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) He had to actually bring the car over to show us before we would believe it was done.
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post Nov 6 2010, 08:18 PM
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Well...I had some issues the last few weeks that needed attention and I finally was able to get the accessories mounted up to my motor. It's starting to take shape. I purchased heat insulators, gaskets and new studs for the intake manifolds from PMO via Pelican. They intalled nicely. I want to ring in the new year with this sucker in the car. Wish me some luck...enjoy the engine PORN (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


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