Congrats on the progress and build. As to the sequential shifter, can you please elaborate on trans/ shifter ...factory is not sequential and to my knowledge, there's only one outfit in Europe that made a setup for the 996 trans that is sequential. Thanks

This SQS Sequential Shifter is an adapter kit to the factory 996 GT2 Transmission, meaning it keeps the clutch in between shifting, but instead of throwing the gear lever in an H - pattern, you're shifting back and forth for secure shifting, every time.

More detailed info here:
http://www.sequentialshifters.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M216DVI-TgU



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHSkpKJ1nv0

Oh ya, the EVOMS guys. Yes thanks for pushing my memory cells -

Here are some high - res photos of the Sequential Adapter, and a mock up of how it'll look in the car, eventually...

Wow, sexy

Cutting out the tunnel top is a great way for access to add needed controls and such. Are there any plans to fab a cover for the top or just leave it open ??? GR8 build so far !!!! Should be a hoot !!!!!!

Jack

Wicked cool!

Seeing that tells me I definitely need to cut the top of my tunnel out too. There's a lot of room there to lay things out nicely if you have ready access to it. Adding in some braces every 10" or so should help make up for any lost rigidity. No?

This thing is gonna be a monster!

Jack,Doug, sectional plates are being re-attached to the top of the front and rear tunnel areas.
These will be removable , so we can always go back in for running lines or other added cables+ circuits. The new plate that will be the foundation for the shifter is made from .250 cold roll metal plate, which will be welded in place.
If you don't have a way to put a top back onto your tunnel, I would not cut it off. It adds rigidity to the unibody.
Marty

Intake now finished up with RC injectors, rails, throttle body, tps. Aka the "Flying Mailbox" !
The Daytona velocity stack will not be used in our forced induction engine.Click to view attachment

Windage screens installed in the cnc dry sump oil pan...Click to view attachment

A work of art!

Guys like that make it seem so easy. "Of course, don't all your welds automatically look like a perfect stack of nickels?"

Major league envy here...

--DD

Seam welding every part of the car:




As you can see in the background in the car, every seam has been welded:


Inner long / Cabin stiffening kit welded in:



Here is the rear quarter panel almost ready to fit some monstrous wide fender flares:

Radiator came in:





Finally, after several weeks of welding, all the seams are now fully welded:





Here is the mock up of the strut bar braces that were welded in. And yes the wood is only a temporary holder for alignment. The actual strut bar that connects to these braces will be cnc'd from an aluminum block:



AND THE GRAND FINALLY!! WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR... (well at least 14 months for me):

The engine in its completion!

Quick specs:
2005 Cayenne Twin Turbo motor, bored out from 4.5 to 5.0 Litre.
All new / upgraded everything internally.
Wilson Intake Manifold (yes the same intake manifold used on the 2010 Winning 24 Hour of Daytona, Prototype Cayenne V8 N/A powered car!)

Holy high-power!! That is SICK!!! Congrats!!!

Pure PORNsche....

Hello fellow forum members, sorry for the temporary leave of absence on updates. There have been massive amounts of progress on the project vehicle, and we’d like to take a moment to share it with you.

Back in July of this year we flew out to Texas for a meat and greet with Ben Lozano, one of the great guys behind Lozano Brothers Porting, and no that is not a typo, there was a lot of meat in Texas. A LOT OF MEAT! First things first of course after a 5 hour flight is to eat like a local.





After the best BBQ I ever had in my life, we finally made it to Lozano Brothers Porting to view the engine in its final form.








While we were there, we were treated to some of their other projects that were around their place of business.
2 ready to race Cayenne V8 N/A Daytona Spec Engines:


Used Cayenne V8 Engine Blocks:




And of course you don’t leave Lozano Brothers Porting w/o a quick history lesson from Ben Lozano himself.



Below is one of the most prestigious trophies in the history of motorsports, the Manufacturer’s Trophy. The story behind this one is as follows,
After the Action Express car won the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona, the award ceremony immediately commenced of course. When the presenter announced the award for the Manufacturer’s Trophy, Porsche Motorsport North America declined to accept the award, based on the facts that one, they did not supply the winning car’s power train, and two, Porsche (to this day) do not support or promote their V8 engines for racing purposes. So, who else was left to accept the trophy? None other than Ben Lozano himself of course! Not bad from a band of brothers from the Lone Start State.



…When in Rome.. or should I say The Americas!





Didn’t I say this was a meat & greet trip?



I don’t always believe what I’m told.




After leaving Texas, it was time to get back to work. Here we cut out some of the metal in the body to feed the radiator lines through the front into the inner longs and out the rear into the engine compartment.




Removing all of the caulking in the vehicle. At least 8 – 10lbs of caulking removed in total.



Oil Cooler mock – up: There will be 2, one on each side.




Once the engine arrived back at our headquarters in California, we immediately shipped it to our long time associates over at AASCO Motorsports for the necessary mating hardware.

Tilton Triple Carbon / Carbon Clutch:





And the mating plate itself:



Just over an inch in width:



And Voila! A World’s first. Cayenne V8 TT mated to an inverted 996 GT2 Transaxle. A moment we’ve waited for, for so long, that we stayed way after closing time for the guys at AASCO. Sorry Vince, hope you can understand!



More cage work progress in the rear:









And a quick glimpse of the wiring progress so far. Who would've thought Mercedes Benz made parts for Porsche? Well, it wouldn't be the first time..



Many more pictures to follow!

All the best,
Matthew E. Schneider
MSDS Inc.

WOW!

That's all I got.

This is the most over the top outstanding build I believe I have ever seen. The quality of the work and the extent of detail is mind blowing.

This is exciting,the building of the ultimate Porsche V8 914.
All the right stuff.
Wow.

This thing is going to be really cool!

OMG . I can't wait to see how that sits in the car. How do you plan to do the engine lid? That is obviously going to stick out the top. Not that I care as I know you have some killer plan. I can't wait to see it man. Seriously sick build

there is still a little bit of the 914 left in there !

Lots of Karmann and lots of Porsche drive train, alive and well in this 914 .
Just a little different in the power to weight ratio
Marty

Hello World!

Here's a look at the progress so far.

We've cut the doors for the roll cage / "NASCAR" style door bars. Please excuse the 40 year old paint and surface rust. This will all be taken care of in the painting process soon to follow.





Here you can see the wooden mock up for the rear support bars. This was then cut to fit in metal and welded in.





The Tangerine Racing Heim Rod Braces have been welded in.



The inner longs were then cut open so we can send the radiator lines through them from the front to the rear.






The trailing arms were welded to their stiffening kits. We custom built the jigs for them while they were being welded to reduce any structural movements when they were expanding and contracting from the welder's heat.





The Dual Element carbon fiber wing from APR came in as well. It measures 71 inches across and is a really neat piece that we can't wait to attach to the car.













Quick interior shot



Also had sometime to install the Carrera GT exhaust tips into the bumper.

(For reference)











Thankfully the fiberglass rear bumper is European spec so we we're able to have a wider spread between the exhaust tips.











There will be an inner extension of exhaust tubing the comes out from the Carrera GT tips. Pics of this later.



Stay tuned!

Matt

SO is the new time line to have it done for RENNSPORT Reunion?

Yes. We have already reserved our area in the vendors area to debut the car at that time. Please stop by to see it for yourself!

There will also be a second vehicle in our booth that is pretty cool as well. It has a V8 and uses futuristic magical hybrid technology.

Beautiful build! What size rectangular tubing is your rear chassis supports? They look strong enough to handle what you're doing to it!

This has always been a dream build of mine. Very cool.

Konrad

Thank you for your comment...the left +right longitude are
1×4 , the smaller side pieces are 1x3; both are .120" ga.
The mating back piece that is welded along the rear trunk section is 2x2 angle @ .250" ga.
Marty

I just caught up on this thread and now I am hungry
Thank you for letting us all watch and for making our dreams come true. I always tell people "the 914 is the ultimate project car." This is one ultimate project. Now I want to go to Rensport Reunion for the first time.
Just please don't share how much this build would really cost!!

I use a contractors EMT bender and tubing to create the sample bends for the cage work. Then the samples are used for the real bends which are mandrel formed in 1.750 x .120" wall.Click to view attachment
Marty

Awesome build....

The license plate is just PERFECT .... I'd rivet that sucker on so it doesn't end up on someones garage wall!

When the Cayenne was introduced, Matt sketched this concept on a paper napkin at Big Sur campgrounds. The final livery will be penned in a few months.
Marty
Click to view attachment

More welding chores this weekend:
On board air jack system, our car uses 3 total. The red looking "Beer stein" is a pit jack-stand that adds extra security during longer pitting. The air jack piston travels downwards approx.9" . With the car at 5" ride clearence, we should get another 4" ground clearence for tire changing. Click to view attachment

Hello fellow 914 World members,
I thought it was time to give you all our April progress update, so let us dive right into it!
We are continuously welding in the roll cage pieces. Here you can see the finishing touches on the cabin to rear pieces.




Next up is the dash. Upon further inspection, we hit a road block when it came to finishing the interior roll cage work because we were unable to fit the dash in after the roll cage would’ve been welded. So, we had to complete the dash in its entirety before we were able to continue the interior cabin roll cage work.
The idea for this dash was literally 3 years in the making and I’m very happy how it turned out. The idea behind the look of it came from GT racing cars, where they use what looks like the OEM dash, but highly modified for the car’s racing needs. We used alcantara and carbon fiber, sourced from a fellow board member. You know who you are! And thank you for helping us achieve such a design masterpiece. There will be a carbon fiber lower dash addition (not pictured) to hold all the switches.




And back from the upholster:


And installed:




FASTEN SEAT BELT!!

The Haltech Engine Management Elite 2500 came in. This supersedes our older Platinum 2000 unit and will offer us more tuning capabilities:

It even comes with a USB Key!

The LED taillights came in from Spoke too!


Once the roll cage work is done, we will be moving on to Air Jack placement :


That’s it for now!
-Matt

9 inch airjacks, 5 inches of clearance and a 4 inches or ram stroke left over? Aint gonna work with full suspension droop to get the tires off the ground unless you limit the droop with straps. With straps at all 4 corners you creating another conundrum; tire lift when you really don't want lift. Straps on the rear ok, on the front its gonna go from sticky to no steering faster than you can pucker.

I love the dash!

Nice build.

I hear you Jeff on the suspension droop, but we are having the JRZ suspension tuned + set by Kerry at ERP. He is building in our "stops" internally in the shocks...so not a problem.
Have you checked your pm lately ?
Marty

What an amazing build!!!! This thing is going to be a beast!
More inspiration for my build.

I'm in awe.......cant say anything, total jaw dropping....

Thanks guys for the kind words.
Not posting much on the build right now...but here's one Click to view attachment

...one moreClick to view attachment

wow...that is one-helluva cage...the tubing is bigger than my exhaust!

Sweet!

You should build in pivots on the entry and exit of the cage to make easier access.

You better get moving on this. The G & R is less than two weeks away.

Elliot on your way to the GR, I know that you are stopping into the shop to give me some Elyut critique, yes ?
Check your pm
Marty

I'm jealous of people with 914 skills!

I just want to see this thing! Any updates?

Thomas

Apologies for keeping this thread dormant for several months. We've been working on the car and also getting ready for Rennsport at the same time. No this car will not be attending =(. BUT Maltese Falcon's 914 - 6 GT Twin Turbo will be!

You can see some more updated pics in the "what did you do to your 914 today" thread for in meantime.

Will update this thread with more pics soon.

Thanks!

Matt