yay summer, finally getting back to the car.
first off lookie what i found huge black window, both the male and female.


retrofiting bumpers! pretty easy took a note card to the 72 parts car lined it up with the edges and marked it accordingly, then brought it over and drilled it out with a 21/62 drill bit. just a little bit bigger then the bolt. worked great for the rear, fronts needed some adjusting.






front retrofitting.




and here we got bored.

Hell yeah man, it's all about the old bumpers, and I know you're gonna go blacked out, right?

Awesome, I know how you feel living only a few miles away when you say, "Yay summer" we really have it lucky with this California weather and being able to work outside till like...... 8:30

yea gonna paint the bumpers black, hahaha were definitely spoiled here in ca with nice weather, its actually pretty weird that its so cloudy this week. as for that drive we can go up and down the coast once were both done. maybe hit up a canyon or something.

we cut out the front trunk for the radiator. thinking of cutting out the circles underneath as well.

so i was removing the gas tank and there are 3 wires connected to it, seems like its for the fuel level sender. anyways is there a way to unplug it? i dont want to go snipping the wires if i dont have to.

They pull straight up, you can pry them up gently if they are corroded.

had to removed the expansion pack before removing the plug.

been slacking off but finally put in my order for the KEP adapter plate. trying to decide how i want to cut the inner fender for the radiator exhaust. either cut up the red sections and drilling holes in the center section looks like that part is reinforced. or just cut up the entire section in green like what i see most people do.

The large reinforcements are for the 75/76 impact bumpers. You've backdated, so they're just dead weight now. Drill/cut right through them.

just picked up the adapter plate, timing belt water pump seals are done. i need to modify the hard fuel lines but not quite sure how yet.

damn aint that the truth


adpater plate on with flywheel oh yea and story, got the seals from dr. evil THANKS DR EVIL. put in the seals then the stub axles the engines all done timeing belt replaced rollers and bearings and seals as well as sparkplugs just need to pick up the spark plug wires and put everything back together and figure out how to run the fuel and coolant. started to install the adapter plate however we didnt have the clutch alignment tool looks like we'll have to finish it up next weekend.






shrinkwrap?


transmission was dirty so we took it to a self car wash to use their engine degreser however this particular place didnt have it so we went ahead and sprayed it down with the pressurized soap.

We also stripped down the intake manifold, cleaned it, and then painted it w/ some high temp red paint. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow or sometime this week.

dude you guy's are cooking man ....so I think I want the red car to be a subi pusher. let me know when I can stop by and get a close up view

Progress



This will be the exact position our engine is gonna sit in the engine bay. At the moment only the tranny is attached to the body. We're gonna work on modding the small car engine mounts. We tried to mock up the engine bar w/ the mounts but the small car mounts overlapped by a guesstimate of 1/2-1". So we're gonna use 5/16 thick angle stock and create some sort of mount to adapt the small car mounts to the stock engine bar.

I got bored and rendered a image of what our project will look like when we're finished:

Engine+Tranny have been united w/ the body.

sAweet! i've heard you guys talking about this project, and this is the first time i've every seen this thread. looks like some great progress man.. !

SOT...are you selling your panel bus? I thought i saw an ad on craigslist of one same year, color, and condition like yours.

We got the motor mount mocked n tacked and then we took it to the local muffler shop and they professionally welded it for $25.

Bump...

Is that the mount from smallcar?

The two side pieces are. I intended to use it as well, but then chose to keep the exhaust crossing in the front for the turbo plumbing, so needed to use a different mount.

Looks just like my small car mounts that i used in my N/A conversion.

Yup! We got the idea from Amenson's project thread. The only thing we did different was just notch the driver side arm for the shift rod hole in the engine bar. Amenson notched both arms providing the intake manifold clearance. But to our discovery if we did that the water pump outlet neck would not clear the engine bar. I'll take more pictures later on.

Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentHey looks good man, it's a lot of work isnt it? I'm starting a similar build right now, I picked up a N/A 2.2 for $150 and I am mounting it to a Audi 5000 transaxle which is suppose to handle up to 450-500 HP, which is perfect for when I can afford a STI engine. Keep up the good work.

Thanks! Good luck on yours as well! You should setup a project thread so we could compare notes n such.

its been awhile! graduated and started working full time. so far i've thrown down a first coat of paint, needs another 3 or so. spark plugs, new wires, alt belt are in, looking to pick up megasquirt to run the engine. just picked up a radiator today.

glad your bad to work(on the 914) I was getting worried ..now get your boy D down there and help you out

Found some time yesterday after class to mock up and mount the radiator:

mocked-up:


Top View:


Front View:

Next thing on the list is some shrouding made out of sheet metal.

Thats a nice sized radiator! What is it out of?

PS Rubber isolators for the radiator are your friend. The radiator should not be touching metal.

It's a dual core aluminum radiator for a Miata. I need to hit up Home Depot for some rubber bushings at the moment i'm only using rubber washers.

Managed to fabricate the radiator shroud a few weeks back:






then we got bored and started blue taping

double posted...oops.

Looks great!!

Thanks! Same with yours! Next we've gotta route the coolant hoses.

16x7 +40 offset 4x100 bolt pattern Volk TE37 in gun metal gray, i think we're gonna go w/ 225/50/16 sized tires. These were installed with 4x130 to 4x100 bolt pattern adapters.

Volks on a 914. Pretty cool.

BTW I bought the red car from Dale show in your first post.

Regards,

Michael

holy cow, you shipped it out to SC? wouldnt dale be surprised to find both his 914's are japanese powered lol. cant wait to see yours running! f20c in a 914 incredible. hopefully i'll get mines running soon as well.

Cool project guys, where did you source your wheel adapters from? Any concerns or issues with them?

We found the guy on eBay, and it just so happens the guy was local. So we were able to go in person to give him the dimensions and paid cash. We got'em off this guy: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wheel-Adapt...sQ5fAccessories So far we have no issues, but we've only had the car stationary. So we'll see if they will affect our alignment later on.

lowered the front end. super low, got the arm to be parallel.


built a gt lid, took about a coupleof hours not too bad, except for the center part, the 2nd grill pops up, so i took a few nuts and screws to fasten it down looks pretty good to me.

Cut the opening in the bumper and valance for the radiator:

80's ford f150 fuel pump.

Volks does sell 5X130 pattern TE37 18" wheels weighs about 18# each, but the offset are for 90 or newer cars. some thing like 50-60mm offset; they are 8.5" wide or 9"wides.
I don't like to use spacer or adaptors, especially for a track car.

Wish they had 16" with the ocrrect offset for 5X130 pattern.
My 16" SRS wheels for my VW are only 12.5# each.

Porsche OEM wheels are so heavy!

I'm hoping you are running some rubber on the mounts for the radiator. It should have rubber on all points connecting to the car. If not the flex will kill your radiator sooner rather than later .

Great progress overall! Keep it up

5x130 is the 911 bolt pattern, not willing to shell out the money for that conversion just yet, also 18" is quite big for the 914.

Yes i would not run spacers on a track or any race car, but this isnt one.

my volks are 16x7 and they weigh 12 lbs each.

yes we'll be adding rubber to the mounting points, when we find suitable rubber pieces but that isnt a priority right now, i really just want to get it running.

thanks for the comments guys.

currently i have the megasquirt 3 made, waiting to be installed, just scared of doing the wiring really, so its holding me back, also im trying to finish up other parts of the car. thinking of hosting a bbq so i could get some help reinstalling the shifter, throttle cable, clutch cable, and restoring the brakes, not sure if people in the area would be interested, but i'll make a separate thread on that when i have the parts for it.

I just finished reading your thread (to date) and it was fascinating. Reminded me somewhat of Rique's but your project seems a little more "accessible" in terms of budget and choices. Thanks for posting it.

There must be something in the water in Southern California that produces braniac kids. It is also very generous of you (and all [most] of the posters of build threads) to entertain us with a slideshow of your work. Articulate and energetic young people like you inspire and amaze.

What kind of bbq

And I pulled the tranny out of your red car before you bought it! Odometer showed something like 43K IIRC. It was a solid bodied 914.