Nice upgrade there!

Mine's been on jack stands too long waiting for a part... put it back together with 2 new rear wheel bearings and had it out for a test drive yesterday. No more growl! Success.

for the 1st time in 2 weeks. The Ortega was actually moving well.

I got my parts person to find 1 part of 3 on my list. So wheel bearings are go now I need to find best value for money deal on pads and rear discs.

I also took off the passenger side rear trailing arm to examine the shaft in order to see what, if any damage there is, luckily the shaft looks really good so I'll order standard bushes for those, few quid saved.

Looking good! Curious, what are you going to use for engine management / ecu? I'm doing a subie swap into my off road car and Im kicking around a couple ideas, none are very cheap.

A drive through Ortega is always fun. I drove through Santiago Canyon from cooks corner to Orange and back. Fun,fun,fun.....booyaa

Nothings as cheep as the factory ecu. Especially when you factor in the price of a tuner.

Purchased working setup from 914world member here on forum. ECU is a Stinger 4 from Outback. They provide a base map for getting Subaru swaps rolling so you are not starting from scratch. Lots of tuning features available in the software if you want to go deeper in engine mods (i.e turbo) which is in my radar. Pricey unit but impressive.

Fixed some gas leaks and set the idle.

Mark (euro911) hasn't posted to this thread in over a week. I'm thinking we might want to send the Dogs out to look for him.

He went to the desert with a horse with no name.... hope he didn’t get lost out there..

You mean he went ON a horse with no name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg

And if you don't know the words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpSdePGgVyQ

Been working on Dianne's CT-90 - going through the fuel system and rebuilding the carb ...

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... planning to take it to AZ in a couple of weeks, but then ...





















... while looking for some parts on line, ended up picking up another CT-90 for $400.

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... like I needed another project, right?

No wonder none of your 914's run.

Cleaned up the floor pan on my GT conversion..

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Saturday installed the fuel tank on my 72 1.7.
Today installed and powered up the Blaupunkt in
my 73 1.7.

Mark, Thank God your back! I thought you went to and the Hogs gotcha. Dave (Blue6) was trying to get an APB put on your but he lost all of his influence since he retired. Elyut thought you might have worked on your 914 causing a quantum shift in the time/space continuum. Guess we all got worked up over nothing.

When will work resume on MY 912?



At this rate, it may be ready in time for when I financially recover from Project 914 in 2028.

Added Rockford Fosgate 6” speakers to the pods under the dash. For small speakers they sound fine.

I have to bring some parts back to CA for Dianne's car, a well as some 356 & 911 parts that potential buyers are waiting for. I'll be perusing the shelf units for other pertinent Porsche items as well - and I'm sure there's some parts I've forgot to put on the list

Should be back in CA by mid-December ... and ya know, I could use a hand with the 'BB' iffin you're in the hood

Anytime, I should be in a festive mood by then.



Have a great trip and make sure the 912 is kept safe in your absence.

We had nice weather today after rain yesterday in El Dorado Hills, CA. I installed 4 new plastic rollers on the driver's side window; adjusted the new weatherstripping around the driver's window so it "seals" better; replaced the door lock mechanism in the driver's door so it locks with the key and stays locked when the outside handle is pulled a few times (it previously would unlock itself after pulling the outside handle a few times!); remounted the driver's side rear view mirror so it is solid and doesn't vibrate when on the road. This old 1970 Porche 914 is getting there! Certainly runs great after the rebuilding the engine. Now I just need to clean up and mount the used Bursch exhaust I found.

Changed the seats out in Carerror. Made up and installed the pedalboard and tach cover.

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New old seat.

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I thought I'd share the unique PO temporary clutch tube firewall repair on Mike's car (Warpig).
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Super In Law and I are designing a temporary firewall repair kit. Here's the first version of the weld in plate. We're also going to create a copper or aluminum sleeve to slide in the clutch while we're doing the welding, The plate will get a washer to weld to the tube for a stabilizer.
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More to come later .................

When I had to replace my clutch cable, I found that the tube must have broken away from the bulkhead inside of the tunnel, although the tube appears normal at the engine bay's side of the bulkhead.

There is a dent in the center of the floor pan just forward of the bulkhead, so I'm suspecting that a PO ran over something (parking lot tire stop or something) that may have sheared off the tube

I installed Wilwood M/C & slave cylinders and threaded a hydraulic hose through the bulkhead, so I'm not too concerned about it, but maybe I'll cut that section of the floor pan out to investigate/repair some day, just to see what happened anyway

Sprayed my rear trunk.

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Wow, that trunk looks fantastic. Are you doing this work at home?

Whoa .................... Nothing like new paint.

Mark stopped by a couple times so we could finalize the hoses and clamps on the new master cylinder. On the last trip out he brought me the first pieces on the frunk channel pieces that I asked them to create. Nice ................

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Don't ask me about the $$ numbers. The only number I know is that they'll come in
3' 4" sections.

Posted on wrong thread .................My Bad

My bad x 2 ...............

Thank`s .Yes every thing is made in my little garage.Here is the trunk a few weeks ago.And after a lot of work
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Looking good ,L20e? Mine is the same colour, it's a satisfying moment when the paint goes on. My garage is 5m long & 2.3m wide, small garages make some jobs twice as difficult. Still fun though.

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Looking good ,L20e? Mine is the same colour, it's a satisfying moment when the paint goes on. My garage is 5m long & 2.3m wide, small garages make some jobs twice as difficult. Still fun though.

Haha , my garage has the same size .This is Nepalorange L20c.

Adjusting door gaps, interior cage-into-door fit Check ¡Click to view attachment

Put in new switches and working on the loom

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Pic​ of the new loom with dry boxes​ to come.

A few more details of my GT build. Fuel filler and oil cooler setup (GT shroud covers cooler)
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Making rainbow spaghetti, this looks more like an elephant. I better take another bite. Needs garlic.

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Got new custom exhaust mounted to A1 header!

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Very nice exhaust!
(You'll need to park on a mirror so everyone can admire it!...)

Put the toys away for the winter yesterday. As this space is heated I can work here all winter both on the 914 and the boat. We'll hit the ground running in the spring !! Click to view attachment

Been busy. Out with the old seals, in with the new.
New paint, new wheels. Taking care of some bad connections in the turn signal lights, and maybe creating some gremlins (is it SOP for the turn signals, when key is off to power the respective running light?) I’ll deal with that in a thread.

Also taking care of a bad trunk hinge and roller.
Updates as it’s more completed.

Engine is finally installed. Now shifter, headers, cables, fuel, wiring. Hopefully firing up soon. Never driven a 914-6 so I am pretty excited.

Yes

Today, got circuits, brake lights done, horn works but not bolted down. Got some lights working but nothing together.

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Rainbow spaghetti into relay's and circuit breakers​.

Hornie, try a WOLO 400. Easley the most piercing moment you will ever have in a car. Under $40 at O'RILEY'S.

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Mounted and wired a B&M oil cooler

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