Yep, I agree with the use of a extra filter with a race car. Not too many 6's blow on the street though. The oil comes out of the engine on the right side and depending on your cooler, your lines may exit on the right side as well. Personally, I like the thermostat as close to the engine discharge point as possible to quickly respond to engine temps, so I mounted the thermostat there. I just feel it responds better there. Maybe I worry too much.

Mounting it up front works for a race car since they rarely do stop and go driving and are open most of the time. It is for sure easier to mount the thermostat up front and avoid additional plumbing in the back.

Bottom line is there are 50 different ways to plumb them depending on the use and the hardware used. I only suggest considering the application and hardware before using a generic picture. The picture gives a great overview of the theory. There is nothing wrong with the pic, but there just might be better alternatives depending on the application and was the point I was trying to make.......

Buh-ling Bling! Wheels are done, Thanks Al Reed. HRE311's centers powdercoated cosmic grey & lips polished! Looks wicked!

OOOOOHHHHH, Those are beautiful

Thanks Lou!

Hey check this out, I woke up to find my neighbor, a 3' tall Heron, standing on my back fence!

Lucky you. Every once in a while I look out my window to see a heron standing on the edge of my pond...watching my koi.

Haven't seen it in a while though. I think something may have happened to him

She's a roller, kindof.......what you guys think? Still a long way 2 go.

way cool!

That is looking great Marv!

It's going to sit sooo nice. Really coming out great.

Who did you get your fuel cell from?

Jim Patrick - Patrick Motorsports.

OK, OK... we all officially hate you

Your car sucks and so does your view. I'll bet you married a troll as well

Marv, all in jest of course. Looking great.

I can't wait until this thing is fired up.

Really cool....just add some wheelie bars!!!


just kidding....really looks nice. Wow.

The photo above of the front wheel reminds me of a funny car front end, the body is so low over the tire.

I think your car looks great. This thread has been really enjoyable. More photos, please.

marv that view looks to be from Bear Creek. very nice place the car looks very nice.

Bernie

Sweet rid Clid. Please post it on jackstands just to simmer down the envy factor please?

You, can't!!!! I am trying to be patient, probably be next spring B 4 completed.Yeah, it looks wicked in person, but really there are no torsen bars in the front suspension right now. I am probably gonna run it pretty low. Bernie Yes Bear Creek, love it. Sorry no jackstands, its been living on a "lift" since March.

Great work and progress!! I'm loving it.

Hey what size of brakes do you have?? i was looking to upgrade mine with some nice brembos but i dont know what size will fit, i have 15 inch fuchs, what size are yours and how big are the discs??

Nice car by the way!!! its looking great

Data from Rennsportsystems: Brembo GTP Lightweight - 2 Piece Brembo Racing vented and cross-drilled or slotted 12.3" (313mmx28mm) rotor with Brembo Racing lightweight billet aluminum hats. These rotors are true "floating" rotors using Brembo’s Racing derived technology that allows extreme performance with very low weight and reduced rotating mass. Will work with 16" Fuchs.

What size are your rims and tires and there offset.

Rims are front 8X17 don't recall offset/backspace, Rear 9X17 15.4mm backspace. These were made for early 911 so offset/backspace should be similar to Kinesis or BBS for early car. Tires are Bridgstone front S-03 215/45/YR17 rear 245/40/YR17 These wheels are NLA as the hoops were discontinued a couple years ago. The cool thing is they are direct bolt up no spacers needed!

Thanks, I will keep my eyes open for simular. The Linsey or Mirage fuch wheels are another option Im looking at.

First work on the project in quite a while. I got recharged after Ron & Glens windy swapmeet last Sunday. There are so many cool people in this (914)world, I am stoked to be a part of this community.

Two almost perfect turn sig housings made into one perfect one, thanks Hershel.
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Finished rear turn sigs complete & installed.

keep the pics coming!

Hi Marv, glad to see that you are back at it. Keep the pictures coming.

haha marv! yeah buddy! get on that car!!!

Good seein you again man.
Now finish your damn car!

Where did you pick up those bumpers? I believe you said that they were FG? I was looking for the source the other day but turned up nothing.

Thanks for the comments guys. Lou you missed a good time at R&G swapmeet.

Eric...r/e bumpers: the rear one was on the car when I bought it I donot know from where it came. The front one is my own, I have (own) the mold for it. No plans to make them commercially.

Here is something you don't see every day..............a real GT headlight kit, Armando Serrano and I got together and bought them from Germany earlier this year. I plan to be installing soon.

that is quite... INTENSE marv

Here is some fabrication from earlier this week. Modified oil cooler mounting bracket, orig bracket was hack. Fabricated some more block offs from carbon/kevlar sheet. a good week for my teener.

Thanks for the info. Keep on updating your thread. I (and I am sure many others) are living vicariously through your project b/c I know I will never have the time (or $) to go through my 914 the way you are. At this point this thread is more like art than anything else.

Beautiful work. Are there any pics of the oil lines transitioning from the rear of the long into the engine bay? I'm assuming this takes place in front of the oil tank? I'm doing a /6 conversion and I'm having trouble visualizing this transition and a pic or two would be great.

Marv, Here are your signals. I have the gasket you needed, I cleaned an extra up, looks like new. I've sent an e-mail your way as well.

Martin

Glad to see you back at it, your build thread was one I could not put down.

pic 1 Todays fabrication. Aluminum grill for oil cooler exit air flow, this was more complicated than than it looks.

pic 2 Carbon kevlar block offs installed.

pic 3 NHS (North Hollywood Speedo) beautiful art work. The thought behind this was to have the needle straight up and down when at red line . Looks sick! They also made me a great combo gauge with oil temp, oil pressure, and fuel

Very Cool!

Sweet! It's been a while since I have checked up on this thread. The car is looking great!

Very nice.

Back to paint shop Saturday 12/15. Been waiting since the last summer for an opening. Doors get completely re-worked gaps get addressed. New front FG bumper gets paint. Some new touch up for welded brackets for 914 GT headlight openers.

Ferg

what Ferg said!

Nice work ..nice color ..nice car ..

marv,

keep on it You know your gonna love it in the end!

Just spent a really enjoyable hour reading through this thread. Wow, what amazing work! Very impressive, surely progress has beenn made in the last year or so Such a shame it stopped so abruptly....

That will so be worth it.

For one of my favorite threads

Can't wait to see this car done

Anyone know what happened to Marv?

I just went through this thread for the first time ( a lot of good pointers for me), but no Happy Ending

T.C.

Not ending yet! Ok.. Got my fires stoked to get back on this. I have no time to do this project, but have been talking recently to Jim Patrick about PMS finishing the car for me. I am sure that he could finish this in his sleep, its so close. I just got to get everything boxed up and moving towards AZ, got to find a car hauler that will move a roller and pallets of shit. Wish me luck.

Very nice Marv! I can't wait to see some video!