I thought since the holidays are over, maybe I should start a new project with the car. I haven't done much to it in about 8 years. So. I'm in for it now. I hope the long. and the jack pad look as good on the pax side.

Nice Post

What wheels you gonna run as five lug?

Is that an oil cooler in front of the muffler with the hose duct leading to it?

Sorry to go off-topic, just curious.

Oh God, I worry when I see you with a screwdriver in your hand. Should I put EMS on alert. And Bill, yes that is ducted air from a NACA vent on his side valence. IIRC, He wrote about it in a remote oil cooler posts recently.

You of all people need a 914 on jackstands! Mach 0.

These.

What are you using for the 5-lug suspension?
Re-drilled rear hubs?
911 front end?

good looking wheels!

911 front struts. 914/6 stub axles. Vented rotors.

You gonna have to pull the fenders a little?

Nice!

Vented rotors in the rear?

What year 911 front? 3 or 3.5inch calipers?

How wide are those wheels?

I just went through my 2nd 5-lug conversion. One of the most funnest upgrades. Takes our little cars further from being a NARP and closer to being a real Porsche. Plus the big boy wheels really look good on the car.

Nice Elliot! Good to know that you're working on your car. When does the Chalon kit arrive? Is it coming over with the V6 you're installing?

The steel fenders will be replaced with fb ones with GT flares.

I've always loved the look of the Chalon kit. Till I tracked down the maker of this kit and he agreed to make one for my car. I think $15,000 is a pretty good price installed.

I'm not sure what year the front struts are from but the caliper mount bolt holes are 3 1/2 inches. The wheels are 7 1/2 and 10 X 17.

Making a little more progress. I got the left rear trailing arm off and am replacing rear wheel bearings and "while I'm in there", trailing arm bushings. The old bushings came out really easy, compared to the original rubber ones I replaced about 10 years ago. Probably get the left side installed before taking the right side apart. I find it easier to do it that way.

Elliot, you may want to consider a more stable support for the car than that lawn chair under the muffler.

Ahahahahahaha

Ken

Elliot on the bench!

New 914-6/GT calipers loaded with Porterfield pads...

Beech chair and furniture dolly. My poor mans creeper. Problem is when I recline it back there is a danger of...

That is awesome!

Friggin Hilarious... where's the cup holder?

That's fantastic! If HF get's hold of that picture, they might just patent your idea out from under you and start selling a chair and dolly as a kit.

Glad you posted this, I will be following your process for mine one day. If I ever get another car and get the wrecked one out of my garage.

Here.

Getting the left front side taken apart. So far, so, so-so. Maybe some new tie-rods. Or at least some new boots.

Nice to have the correct tools. I don't often use this but when I need it I really, really need it.

These are off to the races. Or rather getting new races pressed in.

These just came in the mail. Veeerrrry niiiiice. Thanks Eric.

Who does your nails?

If you fall asleep under a 914, you have Narpolepsy

Good one Mark.

(notice how the pilot spells beach)

Nice rear calipers. Are these for vented rotors?

Yeah. It'd be a bad omen for the aircraft manufacturer to spell its name "Beachcraft"!

Hi! I'm Elliot and I'm a narpoleptic.

Si.

See...

http://www.pmbperformance.com/catalog/item...552/9663436.htm

Thanks, those calipers look fantastic.



Eric,

So one can use 4.5mm spacer under the rotor (like I did) or spacers under the caliper ears?

If spacers under the caliper ears, will the rotor hit the rock shield?

Also does the rock shield bracket still go under the caliper ears or just use smaller spacers?

Sorry for the questions. I'm not satisfied with the centering of the rotors when using the spacer under the rotors. Even with the small hold-down screws, there is a lot of play in the rotor and I need to use my run-out gauge to properly center the rotor. It is very time consuming and if the screws loosen (there's no lock washers and I didn't use thread lock), the rotors will go out of center when the wheel is removed and will need adjusted.

There has to be a better way to mount the rotors. I like the idea of moving the calipers back vs. the spacer under the rotor.

Maybe we should take this topic off line.

Yes.

Someone said "necessity is the Mother of invention". And pressing my trailing arm bushings in was a "Mother"!! I had to "invent" a press with some wood blocks, large sockets, an 8 foot length of square tubing and my lift. It actually worked.

Nice! Usually the trailing arm flies across the garage a couple of times.

Rube Goldberg

You do know HF sells 20 ton shop presses pretty cheap

I put the rear wheel bearing in the freezer for 6 hours. Slipped in like butta. This falls under, "nice to have the correct tools catagory". If anyone on the west coast needs to borrow this puller/press, let me know. I've only used it three times in 9 years.
Cheers, Elliot

They're nice but how often would I use it? Besides my garage is 17'X17'.

More often than the bearing puller...

Falls into the "nice to have the correct tool" category.

If you do buy one, I'll store it for you

I see a couple of tools there I'd like to borrow when the time comes ... I want to rebuild both 914 suspensions ('71 & '75).

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Per usual, I like your style - buy some cool wheels then build the car around them

Starting to put it all back toether. The arthritis in my hands is killing me. Who's idea was this anyway?

Elliyut - you have the same rear shocks that I have. Have you ever adjusted the height on them?

It's been in the low 80's down here, great for arthritic hands ...


... and knees, and ... ...


Looks like you'll have that done in no time

Going with screw-in rear studs?

What finish did Erc apply to your calipers

I'll be pressing in wheel lugs. I'm not quite sure what length yet. My "S" calipers are beiing anodized. I'm waiting on front calipers and rear rotors. In the mean time I gotta start thinking about cutting my fenders off. Yikes!!