Great news with the crossover pipe I thought it sounded super when I was down but a bit quieter is probably a nicer ride.

What shop did you use for the chrome?

I wonder if we could round up a few more of the regional people and plan a drive, Sequoia park maybe?

One of my next projects on this car is to re-gear the transmission. I need a higher geared 5th. 1st is pretty much useless right now. Here's a suggestion that one 914 member suggested...he said it made a big difference on his v8 teener.

You lock out 1st
2nd is stock
3rd is a flipped 4th (V)
4th is a flipped 3rd (N)
Throw away the stock 5th ((ZD) and install the H or HA flipped

I was able to recently able to pickup an H gear for a good price, so now I've got to make some gear decisions.
Here is the stock gearing in my 901 case. My tires are 23.5 inches.


Here is what I am thinking...I know, the topend is insane, but the RPMs should be good at 70. A (locked out); F; N; V, H
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Here is a cutout 901 just for fun...not mine

Wow Mark, I told you it never ends. Where did you find the 5th gear at a reasonable price?

what is the purpose in flipping 4th to 3rd?

We'll have to talk about this gear ratio stuff in detail, I have the same problem.

I'll be working at a Food Max west shaw in Fresno, I'll drop you a PM to get your # maybe Wed or Thurs night we can get a burger, I can come your way, I Have to see your car in person.

Tony

That makes sense, Fliping means moving the position on the " drive and Idler" along with the order on the cluster. Right?
So when I get there, which will be some day soon, where and what do I look to buy for the 5th gear?
I do agree 1st gear is useless with a V-8, but I do use it for the uphill starts, parking lot, slow stuff. I know it is very fragile but do you really want to lock it out?

T

To lock out first or not?

For me, using 1st gear occasionally & responsibly on acceleration is not really the issue. Since I'm the only one that drives my car, I don't see a problem with leaving it...Could be really handy in stop and go traffic or up a serious incline in stopped traffic.

However, my biggest concern is accidentally downshifting into 1st....going from 4th to 3rd can easily translate into disaster if you downshift from 4th to 1st by mistake. One might say "what idiot" would do that...no one with a v8 intentionally, but with the loosy-goosy 901 shift mechanism it's not that difficult. One slip like this and and your tranny would probably implode...then you have real problems.
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Someday when I hit the lottery, I will add a Renshift on for sure...then it's probably no longer an issue of accidentally hitting first. I tried to see if one could put a "lock out" on first gear, like you can in reverse but couldn't find anyone that said it could be done. I think having a Renshift with R and 1st locked out at all times would be perfect...the driver has to intentionally unlock those gears when moving into them.

Dr. Evil had a great article how to semi-permanently lock out first inside the transmission. I know some guys literally remove the 1st gear...not sure why though, perhaps just good insurance?

With a little luck, I came across a new 350z grill on ebay and walked away with it for $51 with shipping.Click to view attachment

Beautiful car!!! So beautiful that I was hoping that you wouldn't mind if I borrow your 350z grill idea?

I was planning on using a billet grill from a chevy truck, but it's looking like it won't fit very well. I did find a 350z grill that had 13 bars instead of your 16 bars to give it a little different look. I'm mostly concerned about how well did the curvature match the 914 bumper. What did you have to do to make that grill fit? It looks like the top bar on the 350z grill is shorter on the ends than the lower bars. Did you cut the rest of the bars to match in length? How did you mount it?

Thanks,
Sean

Here is a pic of mine using the 350z grill. I gotta admit mine is held in place at the moment with Zip ties . Still even without my valance I think it turned out nice. Really is pretty dead on with the foglight grills for spcing between ribs

Yours looks to be the 13 bar version. Do you remember where you bought yours from?

Mark/JRust,

I seen they list a 02, 03, 04, 05 350Z grill application separately from a 06, 07 application. Are they in fact different? Which one should I get?

Thanks,

Andys

Thanks to one of our member vendors, Raul, I was able to install his reproduction door sills...a nice finishing touch.
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One of the things that has been bothering me is the noise level at an idle and the resonation in the cab below 2,000 rpm. Currently, I have new turbo mufflers with the pipes going up and over the axles after dumping out of the headers. There isn't much room to play with for larger mufflers or anything else....so I started doing a lot of reading on the net about sound waves that accompany exhaust gasses. I didn't want to kill to many horses but wanted it quieter.

As a result, I decided to have a crossover pipe, sometimes called an H pipe installed between the two exhaust branches. There is a lot more to it that just welding in a pipe that connects the two, length, size of pipe, and position along the exhaust route all play into it. Now on most cars there is plenty of room...not is a v-8 914! My crossover pipe begins by branching off the elbow on the high side of exhaust pipe that goes over the axles. It then heads towards the rear of the car above the turbo mufflers across the rear of the car and then back up the other side. A junction was placed in the middle of the rear of the car so when I need to work on one side of the engine etc, I can disconnect and drop the exhaust either the left or right sides.

Bottom line, what a huge difference the pipe made...it did exactly what I had hoped for! My exhaust is still throaty, but mellowed and the resonation is gone at all rpms...that was a bigge. I could not tell any performance change, but the car sounds sweet and perfect for driving now...even my wife will come along
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First of all - the car is simply beautiful. I love the color with the polished fuchs - even the black euro emblem - great total package.

I am havinf a hard time picturing your exhaust set -up, even with the pics. I am very interested in it. Anyway you could post a diagram?

Thanks!
Scott S

Well I just had a really enjoyable hour reading through your thread

Nice Mark, Great buy & definately well suited for all the parts cars you bring home. It's been a while so you should be coming accross one this week .

Seriously though it's a nice trailer. Be kind of a pain to open your car door to get out. Guess that is only the case if you drive it up. With your winch that will be a piece of cake. Good score