If it's still dry in the morning I think you gotter.

No luck at all, big leak happened at the flywheel seal yesterday while out for a drive.
I ask myself WHY didn't i check it when the engine was out. I started to pull the tranny this morning and will do the repair with the engine in the car, I hope my new clutch didn't get soaked with oil, but i think it probably did, the bell housing is a mess, what a waste.

Sorry to hear man!

I've never been able to seal up my T4 engine as now matter what I do, I seem to find a puddle after it has been sitting for a long while.

My 993 engine is starting to leak as well. I guess now is the time to start the leak chasing parade...

Damn I was hoping you had got it, sorry you have to do this.

Irv

I just got done getting the car back together tonight, i dont think i can handle anymore setbacks. I have had 3 surgeries 2 in the past two weeks and i am still crawling around under the car pulling on the stitches and having to devise ways of lifting things and putting force on stuff without straining myself. I must be crazy but i just have to get this car on the road for the summer.

I've replaced the flywheel seal twice because of my rushing to slap it back together. I was able to take care of a few things that needed addressing besides the oil leak, i replace a helicoil on one of my exhaust studs with an ezlok, there sort of like a timecert but removable and very heavy duty, no way it will ever pull out. I added two small electric fans to my transmission cooler and re-fabricated the ducting to make it easier to get to. I also made a new oil breather out of a stainless steel subzero water bottle, my other one was way to big, this one looks cooler than the big money ones and it was only 2.99 at Walgreens.

I'm having a beer now then i am going cleanup, change my surgical dressings, go to bed, and will test the car tomorrow.

Do not push to hard Chappy, been through many surgery's myself and they make you pay if you push it to far. Glad to here ir is back together. Hope you got it this time.

My stuff is nothing like what you've been through but it has been scary none the less.
I had melanoma cancer removed from my leg 4 weeks ago and they went back again to take more last week, then last Friday i had Mohs surgery done on my face, they remove a good portion of my left cheek i will have an Edward Sissorhands look to me when you see me next.
The good thing is they caught it soon enough, my wife made me an appointment to see a dermatologist last month, all the doctors i have seen have reminded me that my wife saved my life. I am very grateful that she did this for me, i owe her my life, and will forever be her slave.
I know i would of never done anything about it until it was to late..

I am on the mend now and cant wait to check out the car you got from TC

Great news! car is on the road, zero oil leaks, underside of engine is dry as a bone.
Now just need to put some miles on the clutch to see if it can hold a blast off.

Driving around has been great! no more hosing the engine down with brake cleaner after a drive.
It's going to be hard driving it around easy for the next 500 or so miles to break in the Kevlar clutch, i only slightly touched boost last night and the clutch slipped immediately i got the peddle in as fast as i could and was off the gas. I will report more as i log some more miles....

Man i love driving my car, i have about 400 miles of stop and go driving on the kevlar clutch now, i WOT boost in 2nd through 3rd last night and the clutch held tight this was at 11 lbs of boost so i turned it up to 13 and it still held fine on my next run i am going to turn it up to 14.5 now and see how it goes. I will stay out of boost in 4th and 5th for a few more hundred miles just to be safe on the clutch, but things are looking promising so far.

That's great Chappy.
Pulling for it to hold .

Irv

Man, at our altitude and air density 14.5 lbs of boost is a ton! Good to here the clutch is holding.

Nothing quite like free water injection, car feels like a rocket sled...

Damn am i enjoying my car, just got back from an evening drive, perfect weather, top off, great tunes, and the car just totally rips, clutch grabbed all the gears i threw it through. If i didnt have a few frosty beverages after i got back home i would jump back in it and take it out for some more fun......
I cant wait till tomorrow.......

All is well with the clutch grabbing through 4th, i am reluctant to drop it into 5th until it looks wide open and safe on the highway entrance ramp, i also wish not to lose my license, all i need is about 1/4 mile and i should see top end and slow back down.
I turned the boost up today on the MBC but i have not yet seen where it it's at, bad weather was moving in, earlier today i was hitting 12.5 lbs with the clutch holding, i am shooting for around 14.5 to 15 lbs.
The car makes my short hairs stand up,very exciting......

I feel your joy! Nothing quite like the boost kicking in...

Have fun!!! You're having fun... have more fun! Like you need me to tell you that. Ridiculous.

Out of curiosity, what do you estimate your peak HP to be with 13 lbs. of boost?

Man I am JEALOUS, I admit it freely...

Should be close to around 400hp at 14.5

I feel like a kid who just got his license, i drive around come back to the house, sit in the driveway for a few minutes in the car, back out again and drive around some more.

Driving my car is more fun than girls!

If you don't mind me asking, out of curiosity, what would you ballpark figure the cost of taking a stock 3.0 and converting it to the same turbo setup you have. This would include a total rebuild, new P&C, all fuel injection system upgrades, clutch, etc.?

Have I told you I am soooo jealous?

Mine sits on jack stands awaiting its stock 3.0....

I think it's time for a new video...

Also, I think we're ALL jealous, it's not just you moparrob!

Cant be done cheaply, you can save a lot by using used parts in good condition, and fabricating yourself. Difficult for me to estimate the cost to many variables.
The advantage of using 3.0 engine as i did, I had it and it had to come apart, it makes more power and hp than a 3.3, bigger valves and ports, SC cams and crank, and because of the longer stroke rods, spins quicker and freer than a 3.3 engine.
Downside is all of the things you have to add to it, and machine to make it work.
IMO You would be better off looking for a good used 3.3 engine.
This is what i had to do:
3.3 pistons and cylinders/rings from a 91 C2
machine to offset 3.0 rod bushing for stroke.
new bearings
new valves/guides
high performance springs and retainers
twin plug heads
930 oil pump
Supertec head studs
flywheel starter ring
Twinplug distributor
KEP stage 2 pressure plate and throwout bearing
Renegade Kevlar clutch disc
Bosh 044 fuel pump
MSD BTM ignition
7th injector
MSD RPM switch and pressure switch for 7th injector
Complete Intake fuel head and injectors for an 86 Euro 930 Turbo 3.3
fuel accumulator and filter
K27 Turbo
scavenge pump
Tial wastegate
Tial BOV, although the 930's BOV would work if intake is fabricated to do so
Intercooler
fabrication of exhaust and intake pipes with assorted silicone pipe connectors.
LSD transmission
And big brakes to stop the thing......

You can use your stock 3.0 by adding the 7th injector adding the MSD BTM electronic
ignition and running no more than 8 to 9 lbs of boost short duration, or 6.
Then all you would need are the Wastegate, Bov, intercooler, Turbo and fabrication
for it all to work, I originally started out on this endeavor using parts from and old BAE turbo kit. This can be done for under 4,000. All worked very well until the oil pump seized which had nothing to do with the engine being turbocharged.

I think if you add up the $'s yourself you can see why a 930 3.3 engine or turbocharging the stock 3.0 without adding all of the stuff i did would be the way to go. At 8to1 compression running 8lbs of boost the engine will make up to 350hp.

GOPRO HD camera not in the budget right now, i will try my hat cam trick again soon.

Three things:
1) You can't turbo a 914
2) it looked better in black and red two tone

Oh wait that's only two.

Three things:
1) You can't turbo a 914
2) it looked better in black and red two tone

Oh wait that's only two.




Qarl

If not who.............

Miles............

Chappy

That's great, glad the clutch solved the slipping issue. Can't wait till the turbo is in our car. Still waiting for parts. Seems to be recurring theme with my 914's, ttrach destruction and the new one make us wait, Given a choice of the two I will take the waiting.

Keep driving it and enjoying it, season end is approaching fast.

Heres, one for Get Off My Lawn....

Nice to see there is a good contingent of 914's in Minnesota! (a fellow MN native now in SC-(New Ulm)) - so i wanted to ask you, where do you go from Minnetonka to run that thing out ?

just finished reading thru this whole thread! nice documentation- and awesome
car that had to be hard to wait so long , but worth it!

now trying to figure out what to do with my 2.0- a big bore kit - Suby- or your approach,

enjoy the great weather while you can, because i know the snow is around the corner .-

Phil

Have to be very careful and pick my spots.

Boost ran up just a hair past 15 today, adjusting it back now, hopefully a 1/2 lb, that's where i will leave it.

Yeppers, that's the one I member, red n black.
BAE's rule ;-)

..............wow!!....what a laundry list
Porschedelic!!(959)

My car kinda scares me....sure got my heart pumping tonight. I wanted to check the boost pressure but had my hands full and didn't dare take my eyes off the road. I am sure in time i will get used to it but right now i am uncomfortable, I sure would hate to crash into something accelerating like this.

I'd guess Sammy.

I bet your right......

I can't wait to see this in person some time!

It's just a matter of time before something breaks. Axle, CV, or transmission. The other day the air was heavy and cool i had the engine heated up. I found a nice long highway entrance ramp clear so i rolled into boost in 2nd gear - when i threw it into 3rd, the front end lifted enough to get very light, i held on and shifted it into 4th and let up as i was shifting into 5th when i reached the end of the ramp onto the Highway.
I was surprised the tires didn't spin when i hit 3rd i was close to a wheelie, i've never had the car lunge up that high before, it always lunges but not like that, the ramp was pretty flat not uphill.
So i am worried i will be stranded somewhere, something will break i am surprised it hasn't, i know i will have beef up the axles, CV's and transmission.

The blowoff valve releasing the pressure in between gears and the turbo all spooled up hitting it hard when the throttle opens again is really something i wish all of you could experience.

Maybe a cutdown G50 is in your future? They are supposed to handle 330HP.

Supposedly, anyway.

I have my Carrera up to 262 at the flywheel, or at least that is what the charts and gauges said.

It handles my 3.2 fine. I want a 914 that lifts the front end in 3rd!

John

maybe you should lengthen the throttle cable and remove wot til you're comfortable or turn the boost down a bit more. sounds like it's a handful.

k

Chicken Chit I wish I had your problem, I'm still engineless

...turn the boost down?!!? wtf?

I will have to throw some $'s into it and and make it right. I knew going in that the transmission and drive train was going to need some upgrading but it has to wait until i am done doing the remodeling work on the house.

Was a beautiful day at the car and coffee at the Automotorplex on Saturday. Ollie and i had a great time. Huge turnout of cars and people the most i've ever seen there. The most often comment on my car was Bad ASS!

http://automotorplex.com/

chappy... that's because your car is Bad ASS!

Chap, stop turning down the hp/Tq. on your marvelous machine as a safety compensator.
If you are still running a 901 box, you will eventually throw an axle and destroy a lot of real estate under your car.The 915 set up with 930 cvs and sway away axles will be adequate for sustained 20 psi boost, there are even 930 boxes that can fit our 914s.
I shift up at 158 mph from 4 to 5th at 20 psi with a 916 box, and all I need is a therapist.
Marty

Better late than never, congratulations for an awesome project.
Having put a turbo on my own 914 some 30 odd years ago, I appreciate your achievement.
For me a 915 tranny was a must. Still, at 2 bar boost on bumpy tracks, the teeth would strip off 3rd gear. Well-used 930 CV joints held up, while new ones would seize during the first race.
I can still hear the waste gate blowing during up-shifts. Fond memories!

Wow Von K
loved your creation that returned to its GT specs. History