Fitment on to the grill, it's all about representing the 914 '70's Style
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Your fabrication is pure Art, outstanding !

Making custom brackets to hold the Aviaid 12 quart oil tank in its new home
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Time for the DuPont Krytox grease + c/v joints to meet
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More main chassis wiring, this 8-gang cable will serve the rear tail lamp housings, trans temp + water temp gauges, low O/P warning light (big red one)
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Reverse light switch connection
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Nice Oil tank location, cool that you have room to put it there, I'd imagine there's a lot less plumbing that way
Keep it coming!

Just enough room there for a .250" piece of aluminum plate which will help keep oil tank damage to a minimum, in the event of a wayward axle

Errant axles can wreak havoc alright. Lost a transmission in my 914 when a CV knocked the starter clean off the bell housing....

This project continues to amaze!!

Amazing work there Marty. You certainly have set the bar very high!! By the way, where did you source the expanded metal. The one I've been able to source looks like yours but it appears to be a lighter gauge.

Hi Rudy, when I built the engine grills, several alternative suppliers of expanded metal were considered. The final style that won was of course the OE 914 grill. I used 2 914 grills to come up with what you see in the pics; sourced through
@Garoldshaffer and @Bdstone914
There's something about retaining a bit of old school 914 charm

Rear viewing camera location is the former trunk latch
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Very helpful when suited up with Hans Device and backing up; and as a big screen rear view mirror !
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Man this car looks so trick, everything is how Porsche would have done it. I love it! That rear view camera is going to be so useful. How big is the screen for it? Thanks by the way on that expanded metal. I'll have to source it differently since I need quite a bit of it.

Rudy, the screen is approx 6 x 10", and will accept a total of 2 camera inputs...so another camera placement will be a future option.
Have a good 3 day Holiday...I know you'll be in that garage

Made these quick-release connection circuits for the rear tail-lamp housings. Since the Left and Right housings are removed whenever the quarter panels are R+R, this system is way quicker than messing with 10 push-on connections. Yes this car comes with a new color coded schematic, several of them
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Small but major issue with the spec-mfg C/V boot -flange and 10mm bolts; just not made right ! The dia of the boot "Seat" where the clamp pulls the boot tight, is so tall that the bolts get canted...so one can not work the bolts into the joints. Even worse deflection when the clamp is installed.
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Making some custom rings from 2 ¹/²" sched 40 steel pipe
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Then using a small piece of 2 ¹/²" c/r .065" tubing, swedged to slip into the c/v boot flange, place the rings on the opposite ends for a New clamping area, =straighter shot for the bolts
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Just need to finish welding these components together, coat and get back to fitting the 300M Sway-Away axles to the rocket. Bolts are happy and can enter horizontally/ non binding
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More wiring/ more Firesleeve, just about everything running through the mid and rear area of this build will need good protection...hotter than Mrs. Fields cookie kitchen
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Wow just wow..........Man the level of craftmanship here is way up there! Beautiful, beautiful work.

Going to use this Gen-2 style; made from sched 40 2 1/2" pipe
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Nice snug fit
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Inside view
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Setting up for MIG welding in the "Rotator"
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Burn 'em in !
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1 down , 3 to go
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A little throw back to my days spent down at Lions Dragstrip. This fender cover has been on all of my proj's, since Nov. '71. It was the "Doorprize " for my run that Sunday morning !
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'69 SS 350 with some "Work"

American Racing 'Daiseys'....... mmmm

And of course your work is outstanding ....as always.

Thank you Sir ! it only took me 2 years to make this E/T improvement (over showroom stock).
The Traco valve train components, head gaskets and some keen advice from Travis & Coons !¡
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Finished products !
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That's quite the bump! The Traco complete engines were absolutely amazing in their power output and those parts and their advice are proof.

Was totally worth the learning curve on that SBC 350 @mgp4591 , the Traco guys welcomed local gearheads to share knowledge with; at the rear roll up door on Jefferson Bl. usually with an engine on the dyno at full song. Their immense back parking lot shared parking with the "Suits" from Hughes Aerospace (just up the hill)...and Travis + Coons were friends with all of those "Pocket Protector" dudes as well.
At my 1971 pay scale of $1.85/ hr., here I am with my prized Craftsman torque wrench !!
After the heads went back on, the following Sunday at Lions in eliminations, I took out a 12 car group of Z28's from San Diego
Fenton mags on the car at this period @rgalla9146

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Last of my Camaro thread hi-jack...
Traco built the TransAm engines for Roger Penske (Javelins + Camaros) so I embarked on building a Street tribute to Sunoco Camaro chassis #9908H046
(Sold for approx $1M in 2016).
I sketched out this thumbnail sheet in late '73, but the project never got rolling. Around New Years Eve '74, I lost the Camaro in an understeer slide in Laurel Canyon and she never tracked the same since the impact. My neighbor loved the car and off it went; I took delivery on a new 914/ 2.0 in February '74.
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Great build thread - I recall seeing this car at Monterey Historic races several years ago

Complete with acid-dipped body, wherein Penske added the weight back into other Strategic suspension-to-roll cage points...in order to stay within legal weight limits. GM had their engineering Hands in Penske's TransAm Camaros as well.
Win on Sunday / sell cars on Monday !
Marty

New Year's Eve, time for one more sketch; rear trunk area. Several things going on, hope y'all can read my chicken scratches ! Most of these components have already been sourced...the intercooler dimensions will be determined (then custom built) once the final placement of the turbos are sitting in place.
In the last few months we've been making + routing the custom wiring harness throughout the car.
Have a great and Happy New Year everyone !
Marty & Matthew
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Thanks for the update! Been awhile. I've been checking a couple times a week. Either you need to update more often or I need to get a life. lol. Can't wait to see some new pics.

Wiring a car def not boring, but Yes lots of time on target !

Easy but not painless...
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Junk in the trunk...
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...more pics as we make more progress
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The car is looking great! It looks like it's getting sooooo close to being done. I can't wait. Thanks for the pics.

I love watching this build. All the best for 2022!

Konrad

That's it for Sunday !
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It's still a little surprising to see the V8 essentially fit in the same space as the flat 4. It doesn't even look like the motor is crammed up against the firewall or the transaxle is moved back to make more room for the motor.

@NorCalScott Yes it is a tight fit in there, we worked with our friends Aasco in OC, Calif for the mating of Transaxle + engine. They came up with the billet 19mm thick adapter plate, which didn't cause much loss of space (towards rear of trunk). They also engineered the clutch pack and hydraulic T/O/B. There will still be some angle to the cv's, but we have sourced spec built joints + axles to deal with that.

WOW Marty looking amazing!!! That thing is going to be brutal. Twin Turbo V8 damn!!!