For those of you who don't know, 914club members who come here must sign the garage fridge.

I got a new one tonight. Thanks for stopping by Leo, Liz and Alex:

Nose in primer:

OK OK... I'm a lame-o. My husband and I can't seem to keep track of the damn cables that connect the computer to the camera! If I can't find it by the time I have to go to work today, I'm going to go buy ANOTHER one!!!!!!! Dammit!!!

I'll get the rest of the engine pics posted by Monday!!!!




Sorry! I just discovered the new smilie!!! I love it!

Wet sanding the primer:

Bottom of the engine after initial cleaning:

What cleaning product was used for the "initial"cleaning? (and does it work well?)

I'm not seeing enough, we need more exposer.
:PERMAGRIN: Joe

QUOTE (JOHNMAN @ Nov 6 2005, 09:45 PM)

What cleaning product was used for the "initial"cleaning? (and does it work well?)

Half a gallon of laquer thinner and a tooth brush.

It works well, but takes patience.

Joe , Try mineral spirits. Put it in your spray gun and narrow the spray pattern. It cleans the aluminum nice.

QUOTE (Joe Sharp @ Nov 6 2005, 09:45 PM)

I'm not seeing enough, we need more exposer. :PERMAGRIN: Joe

What more would you like Mr. Sharp?

QUOTE (rick 918-S @ Nov 6 2005, 09:55 PM)

Joe , Try mineral spirits. Put it in your spray gun and narrow the spray pattern. It cleans the aluminum nice.

I haven't tried that.

Of course I would like to see more cleaning of the bottom end.
:PERMAGRIN: Joe

I just get this shit-eating grin when you are around....
Joe

QUOTE (Joe Sharp @ Nov 6 2005, 10:02 PM)

Of course I would like to see more cleaning of the bottom end. :PERMAGRIN: Joe

We'll save that for the calender.

Hey Joe,

Thanks for your hospitality.
Sorry we didn't have more time.

Thanks to Liz and Nikko for a great dinner.

And the sunset can't be beat.

The garage looks great and I am going to use your "special, secret" for coating the A-arms on my car.

BTW the fridge is a cool idea. I think I am going to have everyone that passes through my area sign my stomach.

QUOTE (Leo Imperial @ Nov 6 2005, 10:44 PM)

Hey Joe, Thanks for your hospitality. Sorry we didn't have more time. Thanks to Liz and Nikko for a great dinner. And the sunset can't be beat. The garage looks great and I am going to use your "special, secret" for coating the A-arms on my car. BTW the fridge is a cool idea. I think I am going to have everyone that passes through my area sign my stomach.

Yeah, next time plan to spend the night and we can

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 5 2005, 02:58 AM)

i know 911r offset was like 49 or something. no spacer and you could fit at least a 205 on it and have room to spare

I had couple of years ago 911R Fuchs in my 914 and there were no way to run them without spacers. The ET of 911R Fuchs is 49. The optimum for 914 is something like 35mm. I think my spacers were about 12mm. Without the spacer the wheel would have rub the trailing arm.

Lapis Blue Metallic!!!

Close up:

nice

Now THAT is a bad-ass color.

is that undercoating? too cool.

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 7 2005, 07:48 PM)

is that undercoating? too cool.

It's undercoating with primer and paint over it.

Come on youngin', read the thread (and look at the pictures).

QUOTE (914RS @ Nov 4 2005, 03:40 PM)

And for those who didn't think 225s would fit in the back: 66mm studs, 21mm spacers, 7x16 Snowflakes (-40et) with 225/50-16s. It's spinning to make my point. The margins are thin, but it's definitely going to fit:

Snowflakes huh, didn't know my rims had a name...

Mine spin REALLY good

SKS in the back:

Last:

I bet that will really help cut down on road noise. I like it!

The engine is fine on a generic engine stand with out a yoke?

QUOTE (thesey914 @ Nov 9 2005, 01:56 PM)

The engine is fine on a generic engine stand with out a yoke?

Yes.

Great! Off the trolly & onto my stand. What size are the gearbox threads M8 x1.5?

QUOTE (thesey914 @ Nov 9 2005, 03:29 PM)

Great! Off the trolly & onto my stand. What size are the gearbox threads M8 x1.5?

I did grind the cylindrical mounts on the engine stand so the raised ring on the block would fit.

They're not M8s, I thinks they're M10s or 12s.

Good news! Liz's 2.7 passed leak-down with 4% across the board cold!

More progress.

Ass in primer:

Front on her feet:

A little high:

Makin' some serious progress there Joe (and "Turtlegirl")!!

Did you all set a date for the roll out of the finished car?

I do not recall reading one.

I have enjoyed following this interesting project.

Chip

Where did that carbon fiber hood come from on that yellow 914?
-Chris

I'll take that one. Getty designs. All the ones I've seen from Getty have been extremely high quality. They're also CF through and through. Not a CF skin on a FG lid. Good stuff.

QUOTE (turtleman @ Nov 15 2005, 09:30 PM)

Did you all set a date for the roll out of the finished car?

It will be driven to WCC '06.

Paint on ass:

BluByU,
Lookin Good,

Off to the body man:

I thought you duked it out with that guy (body shop man)

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Nov 16 2005, 10:26 PM)

I thought you duked it out with that guy (body shop man)

paint shop same as body shop?

QUOTE

the painter who shot the RS will be doing the exterior.

I thought there were some words and Joe ended up finishing off some stuff himself

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Nov 16 2005, 10:37 PM)

QUOTE the painter who shot the RS will be doing the exterior. I thought there were some words and Joe ended up finishing off some stuff himself

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 16 2005, 10:38 PM)

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Nov 16 2005, 10:37 PM) QUOTE the painter who shot the RS will be doing the exterior. I thought there were some words and Joe ended up finishing off some stuff himself

That's all correct, but he's since apologized.

Liz's car will be shot in town where I can keep close tabs on the progress. I made him sign a statement saying that he understood the hard deadline was Jan 15th.

We frequently have beers together and I think it will be different this time. We'll see.

I love the color and can't wait to see pics of the final paint job! Great job you two!

About 3 hours of work with some good chemical stripper from the local store and the decks are naked:

Joe and I went to Mike's (bodyman) garage this evening to see what he's up to.



He's making some progress! He's worked out the gap between the front left fender and the cowl, and was pulling out some stretches in the fender towards the now-non-existent side marker light. Here are 2 pics, but we forgot the camera... you'll have to make do with the phone pics, sorry!

2nd pic