..so hope you enjoyed pics..didn’t publish everything but you get the gist..Huge thanks to the guys over at PMB! THANKS ERIC AND CO…
Just ordered the Rennspeed shifter with protostick option. The pedalboard and passenger floorboard with pedal covers along with auxiliary 3 gauge pod (as I plan to eliminate the console and install 3 auxiliary gauges in the dash where the radio would go) from THOROTEC all in anodized black. I am not running back pad or carpet in a the car so everything needs to look finished (I had interior painted to same standard as exterior) Please let me know what you think or questions you have..

BTW shout out to and big thanks Michael (Cairo 94507) you have been my guiding light and go to guru throughout this build! Thanks for answering all my texts and endless questions! Can’t wait to go for a cruise with you and your amazing 6 although it will be hard for me to keep up with you after you install that new beast of a motor!

This is the first time I have read through this thread - one question:
Did you have the car dipped to start with? If so, how did PMB keep it from rusting while doing the metal work?

@frankieshooz - Thank you for the kind words; my pleasure to discuss 914's always. Your car is looking great. Before you know it you will be behind the wheel enjoying all that work. Can't wait to see it in person.

Steve L, no the car was not dipped. I do believe the car was media blasted. Not sure what media PMB uses but I this is definitely not the first time at the rodeo for them so there is a level of trust that that I have in knowing what they are doing. As far as preventing flash rusting goes I don’t know the answer to that.

Flash rust shouldn't be a problem in UT. In TX, SC or FL, etc, yes. Touching with bare hands is guaranteed to make bare metal rust no matter the climate. Great work as usual Eric. "You're in Good Hands with..........." , No, that's Allstate. You're in Great Hands with PMB!

Sounds like mine, engine scope creep made an after-bodywork-was-finished change needed for a front cooler.

PMB should stamp those metal shrouds. Remind me a lot of the one-off Scotty made long ago. LOTS of work if not a stamped part.

Seat on right looks better IMHO but what the hell do you like. This is on your dime. In the end you will have spent a large amount of money at PMB. Do what you want to do.

I spend a lot of time looking at my PMB 6 build in my cave and that gives me great pleasure.

Bob B owner of PMB build of number 41

Vintage Seats are awesome. I installed a set in a 72 Targa.

Picture of the Scheel seat strip naked by Dale when did the modification to widen it slightly, it looks really bad inside, nasty welding but this boy is 50 years old.

Best Bob B
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Hey Frankie - its water under the bridge at this point but you did not need to do that cutting.

I have one of Eric's 2.3i engines in my car. I have a simple Setrab oil cooler in the car under the rear trunk. It keeps my oil temps well in check. i have the fan pack I can put on if needed, but I'll take 200 miles on hot humid summer days this summer and oil never got above 220 with the passive setup. With the fan packs it never got above 115. Zero cutting needed for this setup. Its simple, and its effective. The Setrab /NASCAR cooler is a bit more expensive then the cheaper coolers on the market. But no metal work, no complicated plumbing, and a fully usable front trunk.

You already have the metalwork done, so it does not make sense to take that back. BUT you can stop there if you want and keep the entire front trunk for storage. I've found this to be helpful for taking trips in the car with my GF.

By the way, you are going to love the engine. Its the same amount of power as a 2.7 /6, but minus about 100 pounds.

Food for thought.
Zach

Cool build thread for sure. Probably my favorite colors on 914's are the blues.

Looks good!

So went over the prep work for the interior/cabin this morning (thanks Tom!)Being the weirdly OCD guy i am and because I decided a while ago not to go with carpets and a back pad we decided to do a beauty panel over the tranny tunnel from the console box forward. Just wondering if anyone else out there has done this and if so if they could share some pics. I know some of you will suggest just putting in the appearance package gauge console, but I prefer the more open look and am going to mount the gauges in THOROTEC’s gauge pod in the dash.

Has anyone warned you about the level of noise in the cabin with a bare metal interior? One of my 914s that I used only for autocross for the last 15 years (the tangerine car going back together at PMB) had nothing on the interior but the door panels and the center carpet piece covering the tunnel/wiring. It was a very harsh experience. So much so that now that I am rebuilding it its getting full carpet AND added sound deadening even though I still plan on autocrossing it. For me the comfort is worth a little bit of added weight. Having 914s with bare metal interior, full interior, and full interior with added sound deadening I can say that there is noticeable difference in the feel and comfort level the further you move from bare metal.

Hi James, yes. You are not the first person to mention this. However, I run my FD3S the same way and it does not bother me in the least. Maybe I am a little more deaf! LOL. I figure worse comes to worse I can always take the route you are doing and add that stuff down the road.