I seen these two driving down 87 I gave a thumbs up I was on the ducati...

Nothing to the 914.

I picked up a 2000 Jetta for $300 with a major ATF leak. I searched the web and read all the horror stories about pump seals and torque converters...

Turns out the pan was loose and fluid was just pouring over the gasket. 15 minute fix!


Bought it from a friend when a shop gave them an estimate of $1300 to fix it. My friends took my money and bought a new Jetta. Win, win...

You have an awesome motorcycle.

Painted my top today, turned out to be more of a paint then I thought it would be

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Replaced my broken brake res. cap, turns out the new one is not as deep as the original one. Dangerous to tighten without creaking it easy (again).
And replaced my passenger window crank with an original one after 2 aftermarket ones broke...

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I am pleased with how it turned out.

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Looks good. Hey that kids bike and scooter are too close to your 914. Accident waiting to happen.

It was Porsche Saturday as I met up with bcheney at my Engine Builders New Shop, so my guy could evaluate Brian's 911 Engine problem

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then over to St Pete where my friend John got his Car from Camp914

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Got my newly refurbished trailing arms mounted today! Thanks to Eric and Pmb for putting the new 5 lug hubs on and the new bearing pressed in as well. Next to put on the new calipers and brake Lines from PMB.

Very nice, Eric does nice work!
Looking good

Jeff

Today was the first day in a very long time that I worked on my car myself...

I changed the clutch cable, which is an un-fun job on any 914 but even worse with a full rollcage.

Supposedly Terry Cables don't break... (Granted, this cable may have been 10 years old. I went back to stock this time.)

I also installed a Triad muffler I got a while back, in place of megaphones, so I can test drive a bit on the street before heading to the track in a few weeks.

Terry cables do break, I've broken one in my car, and one broke in a buddies. They chafe inside the tunnel because they run unsheathed through a metal tube and under high tension. Mine didn't last long, and I'm going on 3 years of daily driver abuse with my stock GEMO cable..

I test fitted the Revolutions

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Paint the centers of those rotors

I didn't think those were going to fit without pulling the fenders. How do they fit?

They fit OK with the 7s both on one side - the 8s don't fit

Said Goodbye to the HSR Car Off to England

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Love your Car hopefully mine will look like that one day!

What's the story on that blue one?

I was wondering if you had the wide ones on, looked like there was plenty of room, but that explains it.

Do tell about the blue one

After having my 914 in storage for 18 months I finally got it out and drove it. Shit, I forgot how fast it is after using my 70 Ghia for a DD while I sorted out its many problems.

The Blue One wasn't mine! It was from a Seller about 2 Miles South of me and It's going to the same Buyer in England. It's a 70 or 71, pretty crude track car build start. Had a Roll-Bar/Cage, Bus Motor that he told the Buyer was something else, TailShifter that was converted to SS, but still had the TS Rear Cone. The Seller was a Pain in the Ass - the Car was full of parts & he would bolt the motor/tranny in for Transport. The guy in England asked me ( & George helped) to get the Motor & Tranny set into my car vs having to crate it up. Then the Seller held up the shipping for over a week & 1/2. Then he was a jerk to the Transporter

I go to hop in the 914 yesterday and the paint on my rear trunk lid is all cracked and such from it being so cold, a good chunk of it has blown off so far. I guess I'll have to repaint it. It's weird that the same thing didn't happen to the front.

It's painted with some kind of automotive spray paint from home depot, it's held up pretty well for a few years.

My 5 year old daughter insisted me that we use the blue car going to her doctor's appointment. Well here is a picture of her after doctor's check up in Kaiser. Drove it for a 25 minutes side street one way. And what I noticed after removing the rain tray this afternoon from the engine hood, my temp stayed only to a maximum of 210 degrees.

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After a week of freezing weather, we went up to the 20's today. I started it to warm it up, it started right up. I expected a struggle with the carbs at this temp.

Fixed my turn signals. It was a bad connection in the hazard switch.

Fixed my headlight high/low toggle. It was unplugged at the relay.

And my speedometer died.

Finished my door panels.
hand layup carbon fiber.


Here are the bare sheets that we made with vacuum bag & a piece of glass.
The template is laying on top. We rough cut the sheets with a tile saw to that shape, then trimmed them down with a belt sander.


Pass side panel:


Driver side:



The top lip has no hole for a window.
The top lips were vacuum bagged over a wooden positive mold
Drivers top lip:


There is no hardware inside the door except the latch.
It is so cool to slam the door and have it sound like a drum.

Went to the DMV and finally Titled it in my Name. Insured it for $25k, Drove it to Work

Stripped the Trim off the car to get it ready for Paint

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That is the original color of mine. Keep us updated!

Today I drove my car for the first time in >2 years! Just a quick test drive on Mulholland with a little photo op. I'm sorting out a bunch of details. Tidied-up some wiring, rolled the fender lips for better clearance, put on a Rennline alternator/fan band, etc. I may put on the graphics tomorrow.



(Shot before the new alternator band)

Hello
The Engine looks Great... Fine Color on the Car..

Did the first shakedown run through the neighborhood yesterday in my '71 after a 2yr+ build. Made it all they way around the block and back up the driveway and into the garage without anything failing or falling off. Probably the first time the car has moved and stopped under its own power since the '90s.

Changing dashboard of track car,........not my first time but I curse every one that ii do.
Read recent post that said its easy, IF you are not claustrophobic or have cage and race seats. Oh what fun
Here's a question-----how many of you reinstall all 9 nylon nuts..?
Only saving grace is it's not summer

Beautiful car!!!!
Please post more pictures.

Nice job Shu,

That's gotta feel good!

Absolutely love the fender treatment.......just plain gorgeous!

I've been trying to do more work on the car, so I adjusted the valves successfully myself last week. Unfortunately, I didn't have new gaskets and I got a pretty big leak after putting the valve covers back on. Today I got around to putting in a new gasket which fixed the leak. I know it's a small thing, but it's nice to actually fix something myself.

Ripped out the last of the old battery->fusebox wiring, wrapped the wiring in new hi-temp split loom, bolted in the 914ap speaker panels (nice parts!). Removed the ancient passenger harness and replaced it with a new Schroth number. Hope we never need them, but better safe than sorry.

Tried to find somewhere to mount my $20 eBay amplifier, but nope, too big, too heavy. Hopefully the PA275 that's in the mail will be light enough to hang off the old DIN rear pin.

Installed a Painless F5 fan controller... then realised that Rengegade used a 3/4 NPT fitting for the sensor on the radiator and making a 3/8 to 3/4 adapter using a 3/8 to 1/2 and 1/2 to 3/4 adapter results in something that will almost certainly not work. Bah.

Built a panel to mount the GM ECM and assorted other bits for the TBI conversion in the trunk.

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Taught my homebrew LED instrument panel to read the data stream from the EBL Flash in the GM ECM; will let me do away with the speedo, tach, coolant temperature sensor wiring, read trouble codes, etc. Still a shocking ratsnest, but that's prototypes for you...

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Cleaned all the greasy fingerprints off the fenders and decided to call it a day. Everything lights up, so hopefully it'll start again.

Order the thicker gaskets from Mark at 914rubber.com. They DO NOT leak

Are those Tangerine flares or your own concoction? Fenders look great! Also what size wheels and tires? Other views please and congrats on the fine work and first drive!

Yay! It runs... now back to the wiring.

Installed new brake hard lines and caliper hoses on the R/E. Took about three minutes!

Awesome Product Eric!

Nothing falling off is a very good thing!

The 'BB' is still on the battery charger

Put new cryogenic-treated brake rotors on the Tundra last night

i got the cover yesterday, and i have to say i am very impressed. it fits perfectly. thank you Perry

Adjusted the clutch and drove it on some errands. 45º and dry, top off, heat on full - toasty warm. White haired old lady in Costco parking lot got a big grin when I pulled in next to her; she told me. "love your car, especially the color."

Went for a drive up the 46 west of Paso Robles and above Cambria with the girlfriend. Puts lots of miles on the car around the central coast, and more to come tomorrow.

Live it up! Take the roof off!

Gave away an FI wiring harness to someone in need.