Congrats, major victory going from near 0 to 150 psi

Done with @Abes914 triad muffler installation. Test fitted a Minilite 15x5.5 with 195x60 tire and it is rubbing inner fender lip of passenger side. Maybe need alignment and try to test fit driver side tomorrow also.


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@ndfrigi Dang those minilites look good though!
The passenger side is usually tighter on clearance, hopefully you can work iout the tire rub

Hi Eric @eric9144 probably Abe’s car just need alignment specifically for camber.
Abe is buying the set of minilite from me since I will be using the 15x7 VTO wheels.
If those 195x60 on 5.5 minilite wheel will not fit Abe’s car, I will just install those tires to my 15x7 VTO since it fit nicely on my 74 Bahia red with a slight pulled fender.

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Can’t say thank you enough @ndfrigi

Sunday drive

Car runs much much better. The car feels tight and stable. Shifting and downshifting is on point. Car feels awesome! And we still have a few more items to do (ok, a lot more items to do).
I am very excited.

Gassed up this morning and took the very long way home.

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Nice you are enjoying your car again buddy @Abes914!
Yup more on your list to do with the car but little by little and enjoy every improvement(s) with it.


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Nice Car.....can you tell us anything about those gauge bezels? They look great, especially with that wheel and the pedal boards.

Nice Car.....can you tell us anything about those gauge bezels? They look great, especially with that wheel and the pedal boards.
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Thanks!

The gauges were used. Someone had it for sale a h few years ago. Supposedly it was a group buy many moons ago.

There is something similar in the vendor section here. Not sure if they still make it.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=348987

Our first meet, a picknic with some VW owners, we are not ready for a Porsche Meet yet, but I liked the color and how it stands out.

Good Sunday.

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I just noticed that my build thread is about to go over 40,000 views. That's an awful lot of people looking in on my project. I'm such an off the wall builder and the car is coming out awesome
I can't say Thank you enough for all of the visitors that have looked in just to see what the fuck I do next.
Thank al'yal just for looking.
Sure would like to drive it more than in and out of the trailer.

Just got engine completely disconnected to drop it in next day or so, removed stubborn right exhaust header tonite, left tomorrow, then HE's.

Will start cylinder head and cylinder/piston removal next for top-end rebuild.

GN

I finished cutting the Gurney Flap out today. Looks great.

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Thanks to Mark @euro911 for suggesting that I make it adjustable from the cockpit.

You are definitely more than ready for a Porsche event. She looks great

Sounds like a calling card for a DD

Drove our 73 1.7 for the first time in months… started right up and ran perfectly

Fired up and drove both the factory six and my conversion this morning before it got too hot. Both had not run in a month and a half, and both fired up and drove fine.

Drove it about 40 miles this morning, then continued working on a mounting system for the super lightweight GT lid that Sergio crafted. It has no hinges, so after reading several posts and borrowing a few ideas, I am making a system where it will be held on by 3 pins. Granted....right now it looks a bit rough, but I think the end product will look pretty decent. It will not only be easier to work in the engine bay w/o the hinged lid, but will also be easy to remove this setup in order to go back to stock.


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I went to a nice car show yesterday lots of cars good people good times

Fitting the flap on the rear wing. Works better than I expected. Falls freely from anything close to vertical. Now I guess it's time to install the servo.

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My build thread is almost up to 40,000 viewers. Shameless plug but thank you anyway...

Had my RH interior door panel off,I had previously did this to add sound deadening strips to the door it was unfinished job now done.
About to put back together but noticed a poor fit of repop lower support under the handle,this part never fitted well ,so checked why.
Fiberglass liner was made all wrong so I repaired it with resin and glass,had to reglue the covering as in the short time it was off the glue all let go .
This is another case of stuff bought from SMC who I have had no end of issues with and no longer deal with them.
Anyway on a better note took my Corrado out for a drive after changing all the brake fluid and sorting the handbrake and adjusting the cable shift box ,real fun to drive with 150hp on tap in a rather light car,much more torque than the old 16v 1.8.
Off and on been restoring this car for about 18 months with repower (2.0L 16v ),clutch and lots of work from then on and still going.
For those who are still interested I sold this 87 GTI 3 years ago ,it was fully restored by me,it sold to a guy up north and is now selling for WAY more than I sold it for.
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Still working on the hinge for the Gurney Flap on the rear wing. Just about got the servo mounted, I broke a part and did a nice little repair job. Now I am just about ready to cut the tape from the roll. I haven't quite figured out how to keep it all straight and the center dry, but I l'm working on it. Looks like half at a time and mask the center.

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Drove up a hill a few times...

https://youtu.be/oqba3dcxp5k

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Did some more tweaking on the GT Lid. Just a few more adjustments and then attaching the hood pin scuff plates. Then paint or powdercoat.

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wow! that is nice Craig!

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Did some more tweaking on the GT Lid. Just a few more adjustments and then attaching the hood pin scuff plates. Then paint or powdercoat.





wow! that is nice Craig!
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Thanks Noel....Sergio did all the hard work ....but per my request, he left it unfinished, so I could work on a mounting option before paint. He does a great job.

Rolling rolling rolling, get those doggies roiling rawhide. Put more parts back on to make this a roller and it is very close to go to PMB Performance to finish. The v8 vision is now a RAT 2170
With light suspension and brakes

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Almost like the Woody Allen movie with the VW bug in the cave

Learned about a Slide hammer and fixed some engine bay dents!

bravo!!

That's a great move for that car, @burton73 !

A great move for this car as I am near 70 and its just too hard for me now.
My buddy mark and I did put all the suspension in front and rear and engine and trans and have War wounds to prove it.

Bob B

Nice Bob, I just finished the rear wing and it's adjustable Gurney flap. Probably install it tomorrow.

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Gosh I am slow, but tomorrow my build thread is probably going to go over 40,000 Viewers.

Installed new vintage license plate frame. From what my research found, it is a one year only frame from 1971.

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Just got the wing ready to go back on the car.
When I left the thread I looked to see how many people have stopped by to see it
39,998. Should be over 40,000 by the time I'm done with lunch.
WOW just WOW. What a wonderful fallowing.

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Another Elephant Bite, bites the dust. And 40,000 VIEWERS ...

Getting her ready for Werks Reunion on Friday. Spent about 4 hours getting her to look nice. My car is not a trailer queen so we will drive her down to Monterey, about 250 miles, then give her a quick wipe down on the lawn. Hopefully she represents well for our community.

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I am busy trying to resurrect my car from its protracted slumber...
goal is to drive to RRC~

Drove it about 75 miles, worked on getting the scuff plates mounted on the GT Lid, and installed my new cell phone holder....Thanks! @Johannes !


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Took the 914 to a car show locally on the island. Good turnout, 914 didn't win anything. 356C next to me took third place for German cars.

Fun day, great weather.

Got some new plates for the car.

wow! nice plate and nice tail light!

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Here my car story

Added an exterior kill switch. Now the grill and side vents have to be primed, painted, and trimmed out.

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I put the rear wing back on the car to run and locate the wires. Once I got the wing in place I ran the wires and used a plastic wire clip with double sided tape to hold it down and led them to the wires coming out of the air box. So I only have 2 connectors in the hole circuit. One at the servo and one at the air box. I need more heat shrink. Pictures after sunrise.

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More pictures in my build thread.

That was very nice. Well done.
Matt

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I now need a new coil… easy fix..
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While at it, I will have an oil change, new sparks, oil temp sensor replacement, valve cover check for leaks, webers jetting reviewed, and final timing check. Before INSPECTIONS

@CCE - Nicely done. Congratulations.

stranded yesterday after cars and coffee, wouldn’t start. fuel pressure was good pump primed, no click or anything at the start position , so figured it was ignition switch, which ended up being correct.
i had just put the tow bar on last week so i got to test it out and towed the car home. pulled the steering, and the switch. Did some research about replacing it. i found that the Pelican article only applies to early cars. More search i found the correct description
for a later car.
-pull the steering wheel , 27mm socked for steering wheel,
pull the switch assembly , first disconnect the wires from the back,
then remove the signal and washer wiper lever assembly by removing the 4 small flat head screws.
- remove the 6mm hex screw underneath and the whole ignition switch assembly will pull off - oh remove the circlip first inset key and turn to first position this moves the steering lock me hand lets the assembly slide forward, once out off the steering shaft , from behind remove the small screw holding the plastic ignition switch and pull it out the back (key should be back in the off position until new switch is put in and you reinstall the assembly.

So props to Jeff Patterson of type4revolution in Pooler/Savannah Georgia , he had a used but like new German 6 pin switch that i was about to go over and get to install today!!

i know i’ve seen other threads of others going thru this with the failed cheap switches. anyone able to source a new German switch? Pelican says they have one,

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