I have always loved the 914/6 GT's and will be converting this orig 6 (below) to an updated GT plus try to build a TTOD capable AX’r.

It will be pretty much be a straight up racer, no heat, no radio, no nuthin, almost a full GT car but with no roll cage. To get to TTOD I felt that I needed a few things I did not already have, such as more rubber beneath me, more low end torque, closer gear ratios, LS diff, more tuneable suspension, body stiffening, yadda yadda, you get the drift.


This first pic is when I bought her in August 02, she's a factory six with a 3.2 and 915 trans, 911s suspension, was PCASDR 99 & 2000 AX champ for class HI.

Ya need slicks for TTOD....

buuut...

Cool stuff!!!

Same thing im doing... cept I got a lowly v8... and I KNOW that I cant get TTOD with the 50k 911's and 914's running around...

Marv! A teener guy in Murrieta!! Cool shit man! I will be home in a couple of weeks, definately would love to stop by and check out your project and shoot the shit!
-Jared

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straight up racer, no heat, no radio, no nuthin, almost a full GT car but with no roll cage.... I bought her in August 02, she's a factory six with a 3.2 and 915 trans, 911s suspension, was PCASDR 99 & 2000 AX champ for class HI.

Great starting point!! I like your style and am looking forward to watching your progress!

Very nice!

My car came close to TTOD SCCA locally with a street legal car....and a damn good driver(not to be confused with me).

Your car is too damn pretty to do what I did in my continuing attemtps for TTOD. It would also be very uncomfortable to drive anywhere. You prolly don't have enuff fender to get the tire you need.....that's just a guess.
You risk breaking up your chassis without the stiffness required by monster tires.

Having said that, if you have a small enuff pond, it can be done with a street car, me thinks. Trekkor has done it...no offense, Trek.

March 2005, Car is stripped except for wheels & steering wheel. Going to the sandblast booth here. We found that this car had 7 paint layers, mucho bondo, and a couple of really hack body repairs. We estmate that we removed over 100 lbs in paint, the paint was 3/16" thick! (Go back to the first post for a clue as to who did this custom (HACK) paint work.

my .02: black adds needed detail and makes a nice contrast to the silver you've chosen - hence black sail panel trim, rockers, and valences. Also, black between the fuchs spokes. Agree? Otherwise it reminds me of this crappy apt when I was in school. Between tenants they would shoot another layer of paint. But they wouldn't mask anything. Everything got coated with the same cheap shiny paint - walls, doors, trim, light switches, cat and dog...

March 2005, Here 99% of paint has been sandblasted off. Metal work to start. Guy in pic is Brian from Temecula Rod & Custom, he is a master metal worker, claim to fame is he appeared on early Monster Garage episodes.

May 2005 Some of the metal work completed. Note how the steel front spoiler is custom flared at the end to match the GT flares.

Pic: Rocker panels custom flared to match GT flare, extra structural bracing added to fight cone damage at AX's.

July 2005 Finished metal work, tub on rotissere with some body filler & being prepped for paint.

11/22/2005 Paint on tub finished, Carrera GT Silver. Tub to go on lift this Friday, assembly starting yay!

Looks beautiful. Love the color!

I was wanting the same silver (w/ flares even), looks awesome!

How well did they get in the area under the headlight buckets? That looks like it would be a total PITA.

Andrew (the paint meister) is an artist, for hard to get areas I think he used a wand tip, kinda like a garden sprayer, plus he could turn the tub upside down purty easily.

Next pic: full shot of painted tub, on rotissere.

Pic: shot of rear suspension seam welding.

Brake porn: Brembo GTP lightweights, 12.3" full floating rotors.

Can't wait to see this at the track.

Love to have those Brembos as a spare set

How much coin for the body work and paint if I may ask?

I would rather not say, but I probably could of bought a pretty nice original 6 for the amount spent, just on paint & body work alone.

Heres the wheels I'm gonna run, HRE311 17X9 & 17X8, custom offset/backspace for early 911, should fit perfect, I hope. These will goto Al Reed for a repaint and makeover after fit up checks out.

Thanks I have a guesstimate now which does indeed help. How long did it take to get it back to a roller?

I'm just bringing y'all up to speed right now.
Its kinda a roller so to speek right now, she's on a "rolling cart" and will go up on a lift at my buddys shop this Friday for final assembly to begin.

After a few weeks wait she is finally on four wheels.

Work has started , removed tar for new undercoat/linex type coating. Checkout the welding on the engman long kit install.

Starting on setrab front oil cooler install.

Update, wiring loom modified & installed. 12/21

Undercoating as floor sealer. 12/21

lookin' good!!!!

youre insane

Very Nice.

I love seeing a project coming together.

Way to move on this


KT

Looks Great.

What is the brand of the undercoating that you used on the interior, how was it applied, and how thick is it? Is it for sound deadining?

Sound deadning for undercoat. Forgot to look at brand name.

12/23 Installed Engman fuse panel, back side pic.

12/23 Center tunnel wiring loom finished. Tunnel painted to match outside of car, will remain exposed like shown.

marv - title changed

You are doing one unbelievable job!

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marv - title changed

thanx again dubbleA

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You are doing one unbelievable job!

Thanx, Tis a labor of love

Marv That looks GREAT. When will it be complete??
Mark

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Marv That looks GREAT. When will it be complete?? Mark

Good question. I'd guestimate a few more months

Its at my good friends Tom's shop in Temecula, so its not like I can jus' walk out to the garage an work on it.

Fortunatley though his shop is across the street from my business so I can walk over & work on it. Tom and I work on it in the evenings & some week ends. He's also a master P car mechanic and has every cool tool known to man, so its a bit easier than a at home garage build.

Cool
The pictures look GREAT. Once I get a few more miles on my car and the weather is nicer we will have to come down.
Have a good New Year
Mark

12/31/2005 Got some good work done, cut several holes in the car for oil lines, modified fuel cell & rubber mounts, finished fabricating rubber mount oil cooler bracket plate.
Pedals assembled, they look wicked! BTW anybody know what those two bracket pieces are on the right? I had them powder coated for some reason, now I don't remember where they go.
Happy New Year all.

the bracket things look like the ones on the rear trunk hinge pivots/rollers....

1/7/06 Bulkhead fittings and -12 45AN fittings test fit. I decided to run the oil lines thru here instead of inside the cab. these will snake down next to the wiring harness by the fuel cell in a heat sleeve.

1/7/06 Inside wheel well. -12 bulkheads and AN 90's Small hole is radio antennae wire hole.

1/7/06 Time to make a big hole.

1/7/06 The biggest cut I have done on a teener 9X18" hole. This exit hole is 20% larger than the entrance hole in the front of the tub, for mo better flow baby.

1/7/06 Mount oil cooler to custom fab rubber mount base plate and installed thermostat.