My clock runs on a budget. A Karen Carpenter budget

i’ve had a lot going on but was able to make it to our local car club and hotrod children’s charity car show in beautiful Habersham, Beaufort SC, this past saturday.
took the 914, met some other very nice P-cars and owners , the ‘86 944 Turbo is a ONE owner!!!! the green 356SC is a 2-owner and the white 993 is a 2 owner, all cars that are getting driven -and original paint even.

Phil

wow, very nice and clean... what did you use to remove the factory black coating?

John

We had a nice break in the weather today. Sunshine, no rain, and temperatures in the mid-40's. Took a sixty mile drive and watched my odometer roll over to 90,000 miles. I have had this car for almost 37 years and it still makes me smile.

Finally got around to recovering my seats with 914Rubber kits:

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I'm pretty pleased with the result:

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They look great

Liking this look, I saw another Olympic blue car at Okteenerfest with these seats and am REALLY considering it.

A little cool, but still got in close to 70 miles today. Might be the last top-down day of 2023.

Well, I put the 911SC 3.0 tune sticker on the fan. I put it so it could be read by looking down and not upside down. Not sure if that is right but I like it. Fixed the GT horn button and I took it out for a short drive. Stopped by my 914 brother Alan @914 that lives 1 block away as the crow fly’s and we went for a short drive. I can drive even without my shoulder replacement. I had to prove that I can drive it. No racing but I can enjoy my car somewhat. Birthday tomorrow and that makes one year ago that Eric and Diane delivered my car to the Porsche Experience.

Best Bob B
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Well

Bob,
Thanks for the ride in your "6"..
And
Alan/914

Stripped

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@napasteve Steve, those look GREAT! Can't wait to see them IRL.

I finally got around to doing a 4 cylinder compression test.

1.100 psi
2. 130 psi
3. 120 psi
4. 130 psi

I'm hoping the metal squealing noise is piston/barrell related in cylinder 1.

Did some more wiring to my MegaSquirt setup. Picture of the engine compartment but I am fully on the interior wiring Click to view attachment

Ben,

That is looking very clean, nice job!

-Dan

Programmed the PMU so I have one-button, wireless wipers!
All covered in an upcoming episode on my channel.

Nice… doing the same to our BB, but started at the back.

What product are you using? not on your L95K example I hope

Made an exhaust tip for my new exhaust system. I wanted something reminiscent of the old bombsight megaphones.

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re-installed my steering rack and front suspension. Swapped for later struts/ball joints/brakes


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lol no, our bumblebee. The PO rattle canned the trunk with some type of bedliner product, so we wanted to see the underlying damage. There was a couple of bad trunk floor patch repairs and way too much extremely hard bondo.

We are using a citrus product in liquid and gel… works well when the plastic wrap is applied overtop.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LF8T6P...=UTF8&psc=1

Gathered up more parts to sell

Got it up in the air and PB Blasted all the fasteners for the front end as well as the header/exchangers and exchangers/muffler connection.

Getting ready for the winter projects:
* Rebuild front end
* Resolve exhaust leak, which I believe is at the header due to a cracked "ear"

I never liked the inner carpet panel on the targa top. I had painted the outside with black bed liner several months ago….and it came out awesome. I used a .2 tip and a HVLP gun… and thinned the bed liner to get the texture right. All new seals too.

Today I did the inside with faux leather/vinyl… and I love the way it looks. Vinyl is from hobby lobby… $15. It’s a nice finished look. It’s also light. Targa top is refurbished…. Paint, seals…the works.

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Nice!

Looks great….on both sides

That top looks terrific.

The end of another chapter. After 23 years of a wild ride, I pulled my euro 3.2 this week in preparation for the 3.6. I’ve been dragging my feet for two years doing this because the 3.2 runs so well. I still need to pull the wiring harness and brain. I also want to do another leak down with pictures before I put it up for sale. I am in no hurry to sell it.
Two years ago PMS resealed the engine, new chain ramps, all new seals including head gaskets and rebuilt the rockers, chain tensioners, etc. Over $4600 in parts and labor. The leak down was less than 5% so they didn’t recommend overhauling it at that time.
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Is that cart jack thingy pretty handy for engines, or what? Used mine to pull my 1.8L off the engine stand and place it on my break-in/test stand without any assistance. Saved my back too!

I have the harbor freight 1000 pound lift table and a bendpak scissor lift. Super easy to remove the motor and trans and yes the lift table makes it easy to get an engine on an engine stand.

Ran engine with new top-end rebuild again yesterday w/new EMPI 40 carbs w/no chokes or enricheners. 2056 now. 123ignition Dizzy.

Started easily & runs perfectly in 50 degree temps.

Loving my 914 more than ever.....

GN

Messed around with some wheel choices…..
5 lug Fuchs
4 lug Fuchs
Panosports
….next to pick colors/finishes

Continuing to strip the BB, getting ready for the body shop.

Finally 2024... engine rehab or join the 3.2 Club...

The 3.2 is the best no hassle air cooled motor for these cars. With a Steve Wong chip they rev like webers and run forever. Too bad they’re so expensive.

Replaced the crunchy old sun visors with a nice pair I'd been storing for years...

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A small job, but a big change for me from kind of a philosophical perspective...I was raised to set aside the best stuff "for good." This year I finally realized this is as good as it gets.

Happy New Year's Eve Eve!

I have a few,, just wasnt ready to go there.. I have triumph thottle body kit complete.. so thats , where i may go..

Started disassembling the front end. Hubs off, drop links off, ball joint out on one side (remarkably easy with a borrowed socket and impact wrench). Then tried to pull the tie rod ends at the wheel end of the tie rods (where the ball is) and they just will not budge.

PB blaster, heat, BFH with a nut to not mushroom the threaded end but they are just not moving. Looked in this forum and some swear by a BFH on the side of the receiver on the knuckle with a second hammer to back it up on the other side but that was a bust as well. Probably not hitting it hard enough.

Letting is sit overnight after some more heat and PB. May borrow a tie rod end remover from my FLAPS or just buy one. They seem to be pretty cheap. Beating on the thing just makes me nervous.

If I’m reading this right, you’ll need a pickle fork.

Started thinking about the rear diffuser. This is not an easy task. If it works well I will be able to leave the rear wing off. The diffuser will go under the exhaust flanges and I am trying to tie it into the rear bumper.

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This is copied from a drawing that I have which is incomplete and I have no way of giving credit to the artist. I chose the exhaust flanges to hang the front of the diffuser because they are accessible and it will make a good mounting point. The bottom of the diffuser is flat and the top edge is a compound curve. Cutting flanges on the curved top edge of the strakes for the attachments points will reinforce the bottom of the diffuser. All of this should be very interesting.

This maybe hard to believe but this rust was under the primer, also saw what appeared to be a couple of small spots of surface rust under the stock rear shock tower seam-sealer.

The trunk panel appears to have been sanded, and then primed… is it possible that the sanding was done at the factory to remove rust before painting?

I put in a new fire extinguisher in the Blue 2.0
Thanks Ben ( @mb911 ) for the mount.

My '75 example had the same sort of rusting, but it was in a spider pattern. The finish paint did not indicate any issue with the base. Glad I got down to bare and I'm sure you are too

Exactly!

Pickle fork for the win! Thank you!

new years day in north antarctica.
clear blue sky. 20 deg C.
got up early. put another 50 kms on it over a good hour or so.
near deserted roads. bliss. pulled some good acceleration runs up to about 65 mph on inner city dock lands roads and blew the cob webs out of the frighteningly powerful stock 1.8 . no cameras. no camera cars.
got the engine toasty hot. love the sound of a 914 ticking exhaust when you pull up near home under a shady tree smelling the scent of warm engine oil.



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Yes they work good but destroy the grease boot but ok is you are replacing them , if not careful heat is your friend with the right tool will do it,cheers.

Interesting as my car has started to pop under the paint in the same pattern ,I seem to think I have that issue but not all of the car ,however my car was fully repainted back in the late 90's so maybe sloppy work and the fact the primers weren't waterproof like the epoxy around now .
Wonder if light media blast would remove the rust spots ? .

Very glad those worked. I am having 50 laser cut right now. Should be ready in a week or 2