Fitted the new Group 4 Wheels PAG 'Campy' wheels and Toyo R888R rubber today. 6 x 15 ET36. Personally I love the look (and the fact it's a brand new wheel aimed at narrow body 914s and early 911s. Available in four and five lug, too!)





www.group4wheels.com

https://www.group4wheels.com/store/15-Heart...mpys-c151553359

Drove her hard today, saw 118 indicated for a couple seconds. 2056 with Elgin cam twin Webers 28 vents. 185/65 x 15 Michelin skins. Was still climbing but getting light.

Getting anxious for the 2.7 conversion hopefully get some seat time this season

@KSCarrera looks great!

totally horn.

Oh my dog, those are soooo tough

Started my younger son on stick shift in the 914. He got a huge kick out of it - big smiles all around!

Awesome. Start them young. Logistically, due to having two cars at my camp site this week, i needed my 18 year old son to drive my /6 back from Laguna Seca to my home in San Jose solo. He had an option of coming home the flat way up 101 or driving hwy 17 through the Santa Cruz mountains. He made it home. Wanna guess which way he drove?

Really nice!

A paparazzi took my picture, again… in my Sunday drive, after a meeting with some VW friends

But I really liked this one.

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nothing too exciting, put new schnor washers in the CV bolts in right side and new gasket, safety wired so that should keep them in place . got lucky and found them loose , only because i was checking something else! turns out i didn’t install a gasket last time these were off 6 months ago DACO! well we all make mistakes got lucky and fought this before it became a major accident.

GT Lid-

I am guessing the same route that any of us would have taken, given the chance!

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My new project was delivered over the weekend. I brought it into the shop to get started.

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Those look fantastic! Unfortunately, the 4 lug versions are pretty heavy and don't come in that trick gold color or I'd strongly consider these for my car.

They do now and the weight is noted as the same as the 5x130. 7.05 kilograms

https://www.group4wheels.com/store/PAG1560-...stud-p562984117

Drove my '74 stock around NW suburbs of Boston with my daughter as passenger - perfect day.

Tied into a dead Kienzle clock that was in an ebay center console I picked up last year. Dated 7/72 and had never been opened as witnessed by the "enclosure" over one of the 3 nuts on the plastic back. Front bezel still factory crimped.

Immediately saw the broken "fuse" joint and temporarily reconnected it. Added 12v power but nothing. Started manually turning a couple of the gears and got a little action. Hmmm...may be onto something here.

A quick tiny squirt of wd40 got things going and it actually scared me for a second when the spring actuated portion clicked.

It was pretty clean but a little gentle swabbing around with a q-tip and a little more wd40 and it's been running like a top. Pretty cool!

Was thinking about uncrimping the bezel and giving it a repaint but the inside of the plastic is pretty clean and the needles are not faded so I'm going to leave it alone and chalk it up to patina.

I currently have a quartz VDO version in my 74. This is a bit early to be technical about it but I think this is going in - very fun to hear the tick tick tick and I love that it's been brought back to life!

Removed the engine and trans yesterday as part of my complete restoration of my 73.
The half shafts were really the only thing that kinda got in my way. But the whole time I spent removing it I kept thinking to myself this is gonna be a bitch getting back in someday...

Some pull the shafts for removal of the engine. I leave them in but I use wire and tie them up and back. Keeps them out of the way.

On the 26th I entered my car into the Original Mels Diner Annual Hot Rod show in Auburn. We had a great time and my car won the "Sexy Sport" award. The show was 95% Hot Rods. I had 2 favorite entries, a '35 Ford Pick-up that won Best of Show and a '67 Chevy II Nova with an LS 427 that was just well done. I was so impressed by the '35 Ford, I neglected to take any photos....

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Another weekend, another hillclimb - and another PB!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ8hpc3_cxQ?si=ybTLwvjwxk0JRAXP

If this is what you do for fun, I wanna be you.
Congratulations on the PB

Finished the sway bar install on the BB. Only ruined 2 end link bushings before I figured it out.

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Drove the beater Tangerine car to work and to run errands.

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Take the starter off, makes it easier with the half shafts in

Installed the Tangerine Racing Cable system.

Been Jones'n for some early doors. Found a guy about an hour away who was selling a pair along with a small parts stash for $200. Ended up with 2 pretty decent early(hence lighter) doors along with a bunch a parts....some trash...some not too bad.

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Its funny you said that it was definitely right in the way, so yes, I did take it out and it helped a lot.

@jhynesrockmtn Looking good!
What springs are you using with the Konis?
I'm about to install the same shocks with 100# springs and was trying to figure out which of the two height settings to use. Looks like you're on the lowest setting? What's your ride height like?

I spent 2 hours after work replacing a shift bushing and readjusting the shift linkage on Elwood.

Adjusting the shifting on a tail shifter is a bitch!!!! I can see why the made the side shifter components.

I actually had a separate thread on the springs. You can see that here

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=366832&hl=

I haven't gotten the car all together or on the ground at this point :-)

put the new rear valance on the car, after doing some body work on it and repainting it. And then I realized how dirty the car was so I washed it.

So today Mark S and I worked on his 2170 RAT Eng. He made custom pizzas, even has his own boxes printed. These were dam good. Only takes 3 min in his pizza oven when he is set up

Bob B

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Started out yesterday afternoon to bleed the rear brakes. Did calipers, rotors, MC, lines, etc months ago and pedal was still a little soft so figured it was time.
Turned into a serious case of 'while I was in here...'

Bled both rears, got some bubbles, pedal seemed a little harder.
Replaced brake pad retaining pins and springs with new ones.

Decided I would finally install the new muffler I got from Ben/mb911 almost 2 years ago.
Pulled the old one off, HE to muffler gaskets looked like they were leaking, so need to find new ones.

Check the transmission plugs to make sure they will come loose, and check the oil level. All good there.

While muffler was off, I noticed the heat shield looking pretty crusty. Don't think it has ever been off the car. Screws are in the rear trunk, but... It is full of '914 stuff' that I have been carting around for the past 30 years. Same with the frunk.

I had picked up an old cabinet that a neighbor was throwing out about 2 months ago. Three ft wide, with drawer and 2 sliding shelves. Thinking at the time it would be a good place for the 914 stuff. It of course was sitting behind the car...
So move things around in the garage, place the cabinet, and transfer stuff to it. Fewest things I've had in the 914 in a long time.
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Back to the heat shield. Three screws came out easily (two still covered in the putty); 2 needed a little coaxing, last one wasn't having it. Vise grips, rust dissolver, drill, nothing worked. Finally had to grind the head off. Shield came out, spent more time getting the remnant of the screw out of the speedclip.
Cleaned off the loose rust and painted it with rust preventative.

Staring at the open trunk lid, I noticed the spring latch also looking a little rough. Pulled it off, cleaned up some rust, took all apart and cleaned/lubed, painted the mounting plate.

Back under the car, thinking the rear trans mounting bolts haven't been touched in 30+ years and I may be dropping the engine/trans this winter/next spring, so maybe I should see if the bolts will loosen. Fortunately they did without too much effort. But now I'm looking at the rubber mounts... At least 35 yrs old, if not original. Time to pick up a set at the 914Rubber sale??

That's when I called it a day.

Mounted my alternator 5 or 6 times, maybe more, because I'm an idiot. First time through and even with videos, I screwed up the sequence of tin and engine parts during re-assembly.

Also made pizza. I'm better at that.

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Great looking pizza

Bob B

Finally got the set of pistons for the 69 911s 2.0 motor going into our 6 narrow body clone.

Also picked up a rear 6 valence from a member… the shipping box is amazing.

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Finally got to work. Inboard springs are off the 72 tail shifter shifter. Short shift in also, still need to make the 1/2” spacer. Someone suggested heating up the plate to red for drilling. Then harden it afterwards. Thanks, that was the ticket.

Had the car in the Pacific Coast Air Museum Wings and Wheels car show on Saturday.
Noticed that there was another unusual 914 in the show, large gray winged one!!

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I wondered how much modifying I’d have to do to use an old heater lever for a hand throttle. Boy was I surprised. Looks like the toughest part will be modifying the lever from a appearance group to the non appearance straight lever. Unless someone is adding a console and needs the offset one and wants to trade.

Changed my mind and turned one of these

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Into one of these. Hand throttle

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Time for a suspension refresh. Koni adjustable shocks and struts, turbo tie rods, ball joints and control arm bushings.
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Replacing KYBs and stock springs.
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New shocks and 100 lb springs installed.
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Hope to start on the front end soon. That will be a much bigger job...

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Maybe a little version of the 917 balsa wood shifter knob to top it off.

Nice work on the throttle

Thank you

so is this only for a carb car or can you do this for stock FI d-jet car? i as because you know how when you get the heat sink effect on the CHT when restarting a car thats hot it doesnt want to idle at first , have low idle too much fuel , so having a hand throttle to hold the idle up until it balances back out , which usually takes a few minutes and you ahve to feather the pedal until it does. so i might consider this if possible. so more detailse please! i already have the extra heater lever, so i need to know how to hook it to the throttle cable.

Phil

2 surf boards on that sucker?? ok, i have not done that ( i only have one board )

looking great nice display!!

The hand throttle has a rod that goes to a small pad on the pedal assembly where the throttle rod connects. When you pull the throttle arm up it pushes the attached rod forward and that applies pressure to the throttle pad, like stepping on the gas pedal, and the engine RPM's rise. I have always used them on my FI 6's.