Thanks for the inputs....and for listening...it makes me feel better.
Those in the bay area know more about the car and what I had planned for the build....and what I want it to be.
The car was specified at the start. Basically turn key. As we have gotten into it, pieces are missing, can't be found, aren't quite up to my standards, etc. So I've changed the specs.
Power steering has been in there from day one. Two reasons, my wife Doris co-drives the car and there is a difference in effort from power steering to even a light steering manual 914, especially in autocross. Second reason, I want PS to be different. I have a dream 914 in my mind, I have the funds, it's my lifelong toy...so what the hell!
Not very good on the pocketbook, but it's still fun!
JWE is a 911 shop. They don't get many 914's. But they turn out AWESOME race cars. I've talked to several folks who like and dislike them for various reasons and all of them say they build safe, fast cars. And they are only 2 blocks from my house. With my wife driving as well on the track and us getting faster and faster as drivers, I want a safe, well designed car for us to play with for the next several years.
I do wish they would put more priority on it. Jerry Woods himself is handling the design of the car, basically because he thinks its a fun project and he wants to try to build a nice 914 (He hasn't done one in several years). The problem is that he is involved with all of their national stuff and with all the high buck cars (believe me, my car is peanuts compared to some of the other projects going on!)....so I can see how it all goes.
But I have spoken with JWE again to get this thing moving. If I had to do it over again, I don't know if I would....but maybe. But I do believe the build could move faster. As the car is assembled, there are several problems surfacing. Oil cooler locations don't match body work. Reinforcing of the car needs to be re-engineered to bring it up to current safety regulations etc....
I don't hold this against anyone, it is a ground up build...but I also don't believe in no work for 2 to 4 weeks then a few days and then another 2 to 4 weeks.
Frustrating is the word.....
I think I need a
Bill P.