Good to hear! Black Forrest is a solid company. Sold John a LE Creamsicle a couple years ago to restore. It was one number off his BB so seemed like a great fit to restore. They will get you squared away for sure

Nice!

Oh, I have a long history with Black Forest...Lets just leave it at that.

Sorry aboot your ongoing issues...
How about a D sports racer?

"...with me and Nadine having a shot at Southeast Div Championship 1st and 2nd in GT2 class."

GO NADINE! You can kick his butt - Huey will help you do it!!!

so here's what the broken piece looks like close up and off the car...

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Such a common issue. Glad you caught it before catastrophic results.

It sucks to get old ...........

We tore one off my DD about ten years ago. In my case a street car with a stock 2L.
But it was running 205 Falkens, I don't think that helps. I think I'm going to add the stiffener and braces to the car I'm restoring now. Design Weak Point

Sounds like your in good hands and will be back on the road soon.

I see an opportunity to get a plasma cutter if you don't have one, everyone with a 914 has a welder... but not everyone has a plasma cutter.

I don't even have a welder!!

I really want to get a small shop that I can start doing most of this stuff myself...I just don't have the space...

Good it's getting fixed

Update: one thing we found was that the bushings on the trailing arms were completely shot too...as in they fell apart when it was disconnected from the chassis! So, we're putting in the Elephant Racing Poly Bronze bearings - same as what's already on the front...

Got Huey back from Black Forest Racing this weekend, all seems great! Thanks guys!

Also found that the cams were WAY out of time from our previous engine builder (yes, the same one that can't get Papa Smurfs engine from spinning rod bearings if you've been following)

So...how to test out the new suspension point and stiffening kit? Lets go Racing!! SCCA Time Trial this coming weekend at Roebling Road!! I have a chance to win the Southeast Division Championship in GT2 class, and Nadine has a shot at Second place in class if we do well....

Time,money,effort.
We all at some time,have to suffer the idiots of the world,and press on.
Think of it as a trial or tribulation on the way to a better 914.
A discovery that a certain level of understanding of the unique design of the 6 had not been reached.
The reason why a winner's circle builder is who you want,or a solid gold warranty.
I can empathise,having had to recover a few blown,er,grenaded "race engines".
pita.

Hugh will be thrilled to know Huey car is back on the road!

Wait, you found out your rod spinning motor guy is not all he thinks he is?
Bummer, time to shop for a new guy.

Last Update: no need to continue this thread any longer....

Did the SCCA Time Trail at Roebling Road this weekend with Huey...ended up 2nd place overall for the Division Season Championship in GT2 class - Nadine 3rd.

Huey may not be the fastest car we have, but he's certainly the most reliable...No issues all weekend!! What we learned is that his suspension needs major upgrading - at one point it was mentioned that he needed a keel to keep from rolling over so much!

Winter project: shocks, springs, torsion bars...


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Go Huey go!! Glad to hear all is well.

--DD

My front bushings were binding after about 15 minutes on the track.
It sounded like I had a front trunk monkey with a ball-peen hammer.
You could hear the banging getting worse in the gopro videos until I would eventually spin the car.

The last time I got it back to the paddock and jacked the car up immediately.
The RF wheel stayed up in the wheel well and had to be pushed down.

I was going to replace the bushings with the Elephant racing poly bronze bushings, but one of my carriers was out of round (presumably causing the binding).
So I was going to get the PB bushings AND the carrier upgrades from Elephant.
When you added that all together it was the same price as the sphericals, so I just got them instead.
Pretty much the very DAY AFTER I ordered the sphericals from Elephant, I found these for about $100 less:
http://www.tarett.com/items/914-products/9...rfbk-detail.htm

Havent had it on the track yet with the new bushings though.
I will do the rears over the winter break.

Got any pics of the repairs? What stiffening kit did you use? I am probably headed down this same path...

I am so very sorry, but we will not honor your request to end this thread without more information.

I could just ignore you Rich and it would go away quietly...

I'll get pictures when it gets back up on the lift. First, we replaced the entire inner console with a new one from Restoration Design. Then I got the entire strengthening kit from Chris Foley (Tangerine Racing). However, I learned that many of the parts cannot be installed if you have fenders already - you can't get to the outer sections with the fender in the way!!

So...I have a bunch of left over parts if anyone needs them. I'll sort out what exactly this weekend...might even get Huey up on a lift and take pictures!

I disagree.

Those are made by Rebel Racing...I have their rears in-the-mail now. Those fronts are expensive (FWIW: They're $350 from Rebel direct)!

Tony

to disagree

Glad Huey is back !!

Yup.

How do you not correctly time a motor, I did timing belts on Ducatis for years, and Desmo valve adjustments. Sad some of these dudes can't put a timing chain on?