Sorry to hear it isn't running yet, but DAMN every time I see a pic of your car, it makes me

Not sure what you have tried, but on my webber 3.0 once I cleaned my fuel tank and installed 3 new fuel filters I rarely had any issues in 10 years... most common was a plug idle jet. Good luck!

Any news Stephen ?
We need a British 914 fix.
Visited Yorkshire Dells, Manchester, Robin Hood Bay and Hull in December.
Beautiful country. Narrow lanes. Wonderful people.
Our cars are similar but you take the detail crown easily.
My 3.0 and 916 (Bott) trans rest silently while I fiddle a '68 2.0 to good tune.
More please.
Fantastic work.
Spring is fast approaching.

After I had my carbs dialed in by someone who knew what they were doing, the car ran the way it should. I’d guess you’ll be real happy when the car gets back.

Good luck, there are a few good Porsche folks out your way, who did you send it to in the end if I can ask?

Thanks, It's with Simon Rudge in Essex. I've know him for quite some time now so I know it's in good hands.

I've tried everything to be honest. Originally the carb was a little bunged up. Having fuel sitting in it for a while didn't to it any favours. My fuel tank is brand new as are the filter and all the fuel pipes.

I got the good news today all is good with the car and it was my shoddy work on the carbs causing the issue

I've never been more relieved knowing it was just something I'd done wrong.

The car is now off for a rolling road tune later this week and then back home, just in time for the imminent arrival of some better weather I hope!

That’s bloody awesome!!! Fantastic Stephen.
Happy for ya! Enjoy it and looking forward to more posts.

Woohoo! That's great news.

Thanks chaps! I was so happy to get the news as I had prepared for the worst and to be honest I can't afford the worst right now

Woo Hoo! I'm never too embarrassed to have one of my mistakes corrected. I seem to make enough of them.

It turned out there was actually more wrong with the car than initially thought although nothing too serious.

After the carbs were rebuilt again the car went to the rolling road but things didn't go to plan and it was discovered the distributor wasn't at all well.

With what we're all facing now the car, with it's now functioning distributor, won't be heading back to the rolling road for a while. So as it was running well enough to drive, earlier in the week I collected it.

Huge thanks to Simon Rudge for his assistance in getting the car up and running.

Once again sharing the same garage as 23e Heure's GT


The car was about an hour from me in the North Essex countryside. It was a beautiful day and the drive home on deserted country roads was fantastic and just the ticket from being stuck indoors.

Obligatory stop for a quick photo.


Whilst the car was with Simon I also got him to install a Rennshift performance shifter. Such an improvement and one I'd thoroughly recommend to any 914 owner.



So far the performance of the car meets my expectations but I'll do a full write up at a later date when everything it properly dialled in and we can get back out on the roads again.

That is just a beautiful car.

Wonderful news! Another bar-setting 914 is on the road!

You have done such a wonderful job on your car. Nothing more to say except:

So happy to see it on the road! Looks great! You did a fantastic job.
Gongrats

Thanks guys. Still plenty of fettling to go yet and sadly as we're on a lockdown here in the UK, no driving.

Great news Stephen - what a relief !
Look forward to catching up one day when we are all allowed back on the road !!

Cheers Chris. Very much looking forward to some summer drives!

Opportunities to get out are obviously few and far between right now, but there's no harm in extending an essential trip, is there :wink:

Nice!

Great picture in the wild.

Isn't it fun to drive with a 6? Congrats again

You need to shoot a video so we can here it roar

..."underneath and the arches have been sprayed with a black polymer sealer that actually has kevlar fibres mixed in it. It's strong stuff and will provide the level of protection and sound insulation I'm after."

Hi. I know it's been a couple of years. I'm wondering exactly which product you sprayed in the wheel wells to achieve that texture. Is it the same Raptor liner you used for the top? Thanks.

Some great pictures! So good to see this 914-6 on the road.

Hi Dave, the product used was called speedliner which also had Kevlar fibres added in. I don't know if speedliner is available outside of the UK. It is essentially a British version of Raptor.
I hope that helps.

This is a a good pic of PMO's which use IDF floats instead of the IDA floats.
If you're going to run carbs you need to know how to do this chore.
Nice build.

Doesn't look like I can get that product over the counter here in Canada. Raptor should be no problem though. Thanks a bunch. Hey, fantastic job on your car

Stephen, I just read the 29 pages in the last few days and it has been incredibly interesting and motivating. Thanks for sharing your journey!
Cheers from Stuttgart,
Antoine

Wonderful to see another project ready to be enjoyed on the road. I’d too like to see a video with sound.

What a great looking car!

As or carb sorting on a fresh six…been there done that. Had them gone through on the bench by someone who knows Webers before install, but the car drove horribly until I booked a day on the dyno. That day picked up drivability (big time, which was the goal), but also power, moving from 135 hp at the rear wheels to 169.9. The carbs were so much nicer to live with after that, and have been tweaked ever so slightly since. Pretty nice now, but any estimation has to be tempered by the fact that they're…carbs.

Well done, Sir! Yes . . .we crave that video with proper, glorious sounds!

I think they call this a thread resurrection!

The journey is never over and it's time for a well overdue update. Although not an update I wanted to do.

Since hitting the road with the finished car it hasn't all been good. In fact, I've had very little enjoyment out of it since completion and sadly I've only covered just over 1000 miles. Most of those were spent wondering if the engine was going to get me home due the rattling sounds it was making and the ever decreasing oil pressure.

During the summer last year after heading back from a local car and coffee meet things took a turn for the worse and the car was seriously down on power. Having exhausted every option available to me I pulled the engine out of the car, stuck two fingers up at it, closed the garage door and walked away.

It was months until I got back stuck back in after I'd gained some enthusiasm and rapidly running out of time to get the car to Le Man for the Classic.

After many hours of research I encouraged to do a DIY rebuild of the engine. It still scares the hell out of me saying that but the more I get stuck in the more my confidence builds.

I'm just on the strip down and investigative stage at the moment, but I'm enjoying the process and learning lots along the way.


That day about eight months ago when I decided enough was enough!




Ancillaries off and getting down to it.






The first unexpected surprise! - 3.2L heads






New workbench with little space left already!




Next step is to split the case - this shot was taken before I got a new engine yoke.




More updates soon as we get inside this thing!

Son of a B$!@#%, really sucks to have to pull an engine.

Not seeing any smoking guns yet which means it could be rod or main bearing?

Oh no Stephan!! Sorry that happened. Uggh, my current worse nitemare.
Well you dived in Sir. Hats off to you! I know you’ll sort it.
Keep the pics and lessons coming.

Enjoy the journey.





The rewards will be great on the other end.

Unbelievable Stephan !
I'm happy to see you back but wish it was for a happier reason.
I kept up with your thread and loved every minute.
Here we are years later and MY long awaited engine (3.0) proved to be
'not so healthy' too.
Sooooo..... back out it is and the start of a deep dive.
Best
Rory

Stephan,
Good to hear from you but sorry for the circumstances.

We shared many like experiences at the time on our cars during our builds, although you are a far better metal worker than I.

I went though my 3.0 and would be happy to provide any info I can to help.

Best to you

Certainly sucks but you've demonstrated your ability to master EVERYTHING you attempt and it's a safe bet that "successful engine rebuilding" will soon be added to your CV.

Can't wait to see it back on the road and you with a big smile!

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

With help we split the case last night and essentially found an engine in very good condition. I'll post photos later. No evidence of any wear to the crank or any bearings just a few very light marks. We'd already inspected the pistons and cylinders to see no issues.

The worst wear was founds on all the timing gears on the intermediate shaft which is what I expected as it was a timing chain like noise that was driving me mad, they will all be replaced with new Porsche parts.

All in all, I think I got away lightly and the shopping list, although lengthy, could have been a lot worse and more expensive.

Next step is to clean everything and get some parts to the machine shop for polishing etc.

We're certain the loss of power is not attributed to the condition of the engine, which is great news. We do have other thoughts and will address those as we put everything back together again.

While apart get a full engine balance done and check the valve guides.

Absolutely, all planned.

While in there you might want to think about re-plating the cylinders and adding some 9.5:1 CR pistons, opening up the ports on the 3.2 heads and a set of healthy cams. That would wake the engine up, likely getting you over the 200hp mark.

A link to my 3.0 engine build here.

Short stroke 3.2

Have you taken apart the oil pump yet? See if the two nuts holding it together are loose. I had a similar power loss problem with my 3 liter. The nuts that hold the pump together were finger tight.

As tempting as that is I'm happy with the power as it was. It's a 930/10 so already 204bhp. Plus with a 901 box I don't want to push it too much.

Not yet, that'll be tomorrow. I'm fairly sure I'm going to replace the pump for piece of mind.

Pump is easy to inspect and with no major engine failure probably in good shape. If good just clean and reuse. Keep all the gears in same orientation while dissembled. Lots of information available on what to look for when inspecting.

john