Yea, I kind of stole it from the GT style 1/2 cage mount then changed the down-tube angles since I am so big and my seat is pretty much up against the firewall...
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I built it with some inspired design aspects that I have seen before from various track cars in the last couple years...

What brand and style of fuel hose do you use? We've converted over to the SAE 30R9 hose here. Seems to be holding up pretty well.

Looked at the 914... drove the Spyder... temps going to mid to upper 110's in a couple days so doubt I'll be driving it for a while!!

As it's all very stock so have always used Wurth cloth covered hose, but clearly they just can't handle the high levels of ethanol we now have

As the pump is tucked away and not really visible I think I will switch to a double wall and hunt down some SAE or Euro equivalent as SAE stuff is thin on the ground here. Fingers crossed it's not the pump. Thanks for the tip

I cried a bit after some more pre-op.... Back inches of both floor pans (aft of the inner brace) are shot and the firewall around the clutch tube (and elsewhere) need patches as well. Am assessing the risk of major surgery versus a holistic approach.

Dave

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Don't remember that as a Porsche exclusive option back then...

Last time I was out at Cary's shop I broke in his newly upgraded blast cabinet with my engine tins. Then life got in the way and I haven't worked on my car since. This weekend the rain stopped so I cleaned all the dust off and shot it all with some self etching primer.
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Then the engine tins and some other bits got a good dose of Sunburst Yellow. The valve covers and brake dust shields etc got a squirt of Regal Red. (note to self. your spray technique needs work) A little drippy and some may need sanding down and a touch up, but it is not going to rust now!!!
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Then I got down to biz stripping all the crusty covers off the engine harness in anticipation of a dip in the sonic cleaner for inspection and repair of any trouble I find. (I hope 914 Rubber makes the boots to replace the ones I just sacrificed)
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I think Cary has a P-car function next weekend so I won't get to actually work on my car. But I can work on the CV's and have them ready to go too.

I didn't hear from you on Friday so I assumed they were making you work 6 days. They look great ................

As a licensed landscape architect in multiple states, I wholly approve of the garden art pieces and subtle placement in the landscape expression of your rear courtyard.
Particularly the wind chimes with a surreal resemblance to, dare I say,... car parts..

Happy Father's Day to all who qualify.


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And back to what did you do to the 914 today......

I discovered my robust firewall bushing milled out of SS for my shift rod was a little too thick and would not allow full free movement of the shift rod front and rearward. this resulted in third gear popping out of gear.

Solution was to take one half inch out of the shift rod maintaining the precise alignment of the two cone screw holes. then my pal, Keith914 came over to the shop to help me get the gears aligned with the shifter.

End result: From shifter arm bushing to side shift console bushing and everything in between - all brass, bronze or stainless steel. No slop and the action shifts like a contemporary 993 in terms of precise throws.

The 901 still has a fault code in first gear........... That insidious crunchy sound of eating a saucer of bb's (or grape nuts) is still there if I push the torque / but if I don't push it - or use 2nd for take off, everything is good to go.... and go fast.

The day before, I drained the break in oil from the tank, lines, and sump and filter. I measured what came out to be precise as to what to put back in.

The 6 took 14 qts on initial fill.

A total of 10.5 quarts came out. The front oil circuit thru the Mocal was obviously trapped.

The oil was clean and without anyindication of contamination of any sort / no filings on the magnetic sump plug and no fine screen filtered particles.

I put 10.5 quarts of fresh oil back in. I adjusted the MSD Digital up another 500 RPM's on the Rev Limiter (to 4500) / And after another 500 miles I will do the same thing and go to 6500.

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I'm fibbing here a little, didn't do anything today to the 914, too hot in the garage so I spent tonight studying for my UL508 cert...

Made these yesterday.

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No front turn signals?

Nice, Mike

UL508 ... you do energy mgt?

Love that front hood. Did you make it yourself, or buy it somewhere? Is that real carbon fiber or a wrap?

Had new tires put on the 914 2056. They told me they wouldn't put my 2010 tires on because they were too old. But they did not tell me that till the car was stripped of its rubber and on the hoist.

Drove part way home and the engine died. I am chasing ignition gremlins in the 914 and the 911 now.

After a couple hours the tow truck came...At least Hagerty paid the bill.

Installed Wevo 915 shifter. Hopefully it will solve the hitting reverse issue when shifting from 5th to 4th.

Went for a Ride!
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Best response in days!

Driving all over town. Last Wednesday picked up two 911 engine cases from Bearing Services downtown. One in the frunk, one on the passenger floor.

Some day ...

Completed the installation of the Engman manual trunk release today. That was an excellent kit; everything fit right and it went in smoothly. Big thanks to Stratplayer for the kit, I really like it !
Now to find a new home for my electric rear trunk solenoid and rear reflector

posted it again and lowered the price

Joined PCA

Used her like a pick up truck. 85 miles all over PDX with the top off.
Dyno driveline to North PDX for new u/cv joints.
Made an attempt to find a floor jack repair service. Building was empty.
A couple trips to hose store for stuff.

By the time the day was done the exhaust was getting a bit loud.............. I welded up a crack before WCR. Lifts were full a Rothsport so I brought it home and put the rear end on jackstands and off the Bursch came. It had a hole about the size of a pop can top.
Just so happens I have a spare and swapped it out................ back in bidness.
Super In Law and I are heading to Forest Grove this am. Open air motoring.

I installed bdstone914 SS brake reservoir strap, 2 minute job. Original strap rusted beyond belief.
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I recently painted mine whilst installing a reservoir for the hydraulic clutch conversion - wasn't as rusty as yours though.


Noel dropped off a 2L SS HE here this morning and I got to check out his Boxter.



Still looking for a passenger-side SS 2L HE (hint)


Also purchased a Rennshifter for the 'BB' (thanks, Steve)

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With the weather being so nice and warm, washed the Ghia ... then stuck a cover back on it, so the local birds can't shit all over it again

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I cleaned the gearbox and fitted the new drive shaft flange seals. Also fitted new thrust bearing. The engine is now in the garage so i fitted the new clutch, no chance of it flash rusting in the garage.

Almost ready to join the engine and 'box and fit it. i think it will be the first time in 22 years the car has had an engine in it!

Put it on the lift in prep for pre-RRC maintenance. I'll actually start working on it at 5AM tomorrow when it's only 90F. It just hit 100F at 10AM on its way to 113F. On a way cooler note; we just returned from ten days in the pines at Flagstaff and the code to our vacation rental was 0914.

I had the day off work so I gathered up my two kids and headed down the PCH from Monterey to Big Sur and over the Bixby Bridge.


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Took the Cockroach to visit a well muscled cousin. The cousin started life as a 4

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Today i cleaned off the underseal and repainted under the trunk in readiness to fit the engine and gearbox.

Cars & Coffee in San Clemente
Saw Ken and Caesar

Took the wife for a 25 mile tour on the back roads in perfect weather. This was the first drive since buying the car 12 years ago that everything worked the way it should with only one minor exception, at 25, the speedo Needle would quickly bounce up to 30 and the settle back at 25. When going 30+ not an issue. Since even small issues drive me crazy, this drive was simply great. Of course if the speedo continues to do this, off to the shop, but I'm smiling now.

Put these on!!! 10 inch coilovers with spring helpers. Love how it seats!!! Tomorrow......test drive!
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Installed the stacked vacuum elbow from 914Rubber. The old one was pretty ragged. Click to view attachment

sorted out the horn and fog light relay wiring / and picking up a transmission in Riverside today later....

I schultzed the underside of the trunk and cleaned up the heat shield ready to be bolted back on rather than welded.

So close to finally getting an engine/trans back in after approximately 22 years without them!

Finished pulling the entire wiring harness, minus the fog light and heater motor bits which will be grafted into the Subie harness. Good to finally get it out of the way!
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Alright. Good to see your still after it. Get the wiring out of the way and the rest will be downhill.

We went down 101 in to Oregon. It was a GREAT drive!

Spent some time working on my own car ...............
1. Replaced the failed fuel pump.
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2. Swapped out the Mini Light wheels I bought from Doug.
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3. Then installed the recovered seats and hand stitched visors I had done 7 years ago.
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4. Then had a spirited drive home ..............

My front bumper top was in pretty bad shape so I decided to spruce it up. 3 of the 5 bolts were rusted out so I hit up the hardware store and Pep Boys and picked up some stainless fender washers and M6x1.00 machine screws and tac welded them together. Cleaned out as much loose rust in the holes of the rubber top and filled it with Dap rapidfuse glue and permatex black silicone before installing the new bolts. Sealed them up with more silicone flush with the openings.

Cleaned up the top area and took some Dupli Color bumper/trim paint and and resprayed it. Extremely happy with the results so far even though it still sounds like a rain stick due to all the loose rusted steel inside!

Will install once I've got my fogs and horns cleaned up.

Tore down my 1.7. 20 yrs of rusted piston/head problems no wonder it would not turn over.

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Got the '73 ready for big C&C in north Scottsdale tomorrow AM. They want red white and blue cars, so taking the bahia red '73!!

We're rebuilding my wife's 1.7L motor to a 1911. The P&Cs from it are available if you're planning to refresh yours as a 1.7L

Today I drove to Bruce Stone's shop in Riverside and purchased then picked up a replacement tranny (transmission.........) to use while I have my box (transmission....) refurbished.

The tranny (pictured) is a converted tail-box so we both believe that the innards are most likely upgraded or at least checked out while being converted to a side shift box.

Oh Yeah,... and I spent an hour in the glass bead box cleaning 40 years of grime off the box / if it is going in my 6, it is going to be clean and oil free........