what did you do to your 914 today Options

[r_towle]

The RAT Engen came back from PMB for me and Mark Sonners to take down to find out why it has a tick in it. Sounded like an exhaust leak but it had low oil pressure so we will find out. This was a Jake build not just RAT parts.

Best Bob B Burton

Is this your engine, or are you the engine builder?

Rich

[r_towle]

Today we took Elwood (the Factory Six) to Park Place Porsche in Dallas for the Porsche 75th anniversary celebration.

Betty and Elwood, both lookin' good! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

Looks great.. runs like (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif).

Cylinder #5 is not firing. Changed the plug, and wire, no joy. Took the gas torch and fed acetylene into the #5 venturi on the car. The miss went away.

I think I have a blocked passage in the left carb. I have to pull the top after work today and see if I can clear it out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Did I ever say how much I dislike carbs.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

After you fix it again, which I am sure you will (clean)
Might I suggest you install a fuel shut off in prior to the carbs.
then when parked, shut off the fuel and let the carbs suck all the fuel out till the car dies.

Works really great on a 356, keeps the carbs from gumming up.
Starting does require a bit more cranking...but yah...

Matt, working with Mark at Exotech in Plaistow nh, just installed an easily reversible ITB solution with a dedicated brain onto his 914/6 race car.
when air cleaners are on....its hard to tell.
Starts and runs perfectly now, versus carbs...which don't always do that.
If you want to see it, I will find the thread he posted, I think its on the PP forum, possibly in the 911 engine forum...one of the threads on ITB.
I will follow suit, just wanted to see how easy and simple it was to tune.
they did tune it at a track, but now they know how to tune it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
found it
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-engine-...sion-kit-2.html
Matt Romanowski is the poster.


Rich

[mmichalik]

Drove the hell out of the 74 on Friday. Took it down to Cruising Grand, in Escondido CA for a bit as well.
Purchased new rear springs and bilstein shocks for the 75. Will be putting those in over the next couple of weeks.

[Mueller]

Still 914-less, I did however show the wife some on Craigslist over the weekend, there is a green '72 1.7 in Reno that I am interested it, no idea of the true condition of it since only a few outside pics.

[930cabman]

Still 914-less, I did however show the wife some on Craigslist over the weekend, there is a green '72 1.7 in Reno that I am interested it, no idea of the true condition of it since only a few outside pics.

Take your time and find the right one, it's looking for you

[KSCarrera]

Replaced both front engine mounts... Three seasons of 5000rpm launches had taken their toll! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[MM1]

Today we took Elwood (the Factory Six) to Park Place Porsche in Dallas for the Porsche 75th anniversary celebration.

Hi Clay,

Stunning 914! What's this color? I love it . . . is it metallic?

-M

[ClayPerrine]

Today we took Elwood (the Factory Six) to Park Place Porsche in Dallas for the Porsche 75th anniversary celebration.

Hi Clay,

Stunning 914! What's this color? I love it . . . is it metallic?

-M

It is a 2006 Boxster blue. Rusty painted it that color before I bought it from him. We love the color, but it is not the original color, so when we have the rust repairs done, we are going to take it back to the factory color. The original metallic blue is a bit lighter.

[burton73]

The RAT Engen came back from PMB for me and Mark Sonners to take down to find out why it has a tick in it. Sounded like an exhaust leak but it had low oil pressure so we will find out. This was a Jake build not just RAT parts.

Best Bob B Burton

Is this your engine, or are you the engine builder?

Rich

This Eng was in Oscars blue 914 with the big Frog lights on it and flairs on it. Going into the 74 blue 2.0 that I had inside my shop for 12 years.

Mark Sonners and I are doing the work on this used RAT built eng. Trying to find out why there was oil starvation and the ticking sound. Who knows what the hell the ticking sounds is from. We are taking it down very slowly looking for witness marks. Some stuff doesn't look exactly right there's no wire to the thermostat flaps. We will post pictures and ask questions as we have a RAT Jake DVD

[Cairo94507]

After driving her for about 9K miles I decided to open up the front GT oil cooler opening more like a standard GT opening to allow more air flow. Previously I just had the GT valance opening and the bumper was stock; it blocked about 1/3 of the top of the round body openings I use for air to enter the cooler. In traffic and at slow speeds the temperature would creep to about 200 degrees.

So I bit the bullet and sourced another bumper from @DRPHIL914 and had it shipped to Ben McFarland @MB911 along with a template for the opening I wanted on the bumper. Ben did a terrific job and at my request shipped it to Ogden Chrome for the chrome work after I called and spoke with them and they gave me a "as much as $1,500" quote for their chrome work. OUCH! But I wanted it to be nice so I said OK.

Ogden received the bumper and emailed me the work would be $2,700!!!! OK, I love my car, but $2,700 for a front bumper that is in pretty good condition to start with is just other world crazy. I had them ship it to me.

The bumper is now en-route to another chrome shop that saw a bunch of pictures I sent and gave a much more reasonable quote and promised a triple-chrome show finish. We shall see how it comes out.

For now, here is a picture of that modified bumper mounted to my car to check fitment before it went to chrome:

[914Sixer]

Sounds like Odgen Chrome has being doing too much work for Bitchin Rides

[r_towle]

Not sure but I bet the cost of chrome in highly regulated states will go up until they just stop doing it.

[914Sixer]

Got with it and did some relay boards. Lots of nit picking (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)

[Shivers]

After driving her for about 9K miles I decided to open up the front GT oil cooler opening more like a standard GT opening to allow more air flow. Previously I just had the GT valance opening and the bumper was stock; it blocked about 1/3 of the top of the round body openings I use for air to enter the cooler. In traffic and at slow speeds the temperature would creep to about 200 degrees.

So I bit the bullet and sourced another bumper from @DRPHIL914 and had it shipped to Ben McFarland @MB911 along with a template for the opening I wanted on the bumper. Ben did a terrific job and at my request shipped it to Ogden Chrome for the chrome work after I called and spoke with them and they gave me a "as much as $1,500" quote for their chrome work. OUCH! But I wanted it to be nice so I said OK.

Ogden received the bumper and emailed me the work would be $2,700!!!! OK, I love my car, but $2,700 for a front bumper that is in pretty good condition to start with is just other world crazy. I had them ship it to me.

The bumper is now en-route to another chrome shop that saw a bunch of pictures I sent and gave a much more reasonable quote and promised a triple-chrome show finish. We shall see how it comes out.

For now, here is a picture of that modified bumper mounted to my car to check fitment before it went to chrome:

He did a real nice job. I did one of these and it was not easy to get it right.

[Cairo94507]

@Shivers I agree; Ben is one heck of a fabricator. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[DRPHIL914]

After driving her for about 9K miles I decided to open up the front GT oil cooler opening more like a standard GT opening to allow more air flow. Previously I just had the GT valance opening and the bumper was stock; it blocked about 1/3 of the top of the round body openings I use for air to enter the cooler. In traffic and at slow speeds the temperature would creep to about 200 degrees.

So I bit the bullet and sourced another bumper from @DRPHIL914 and had it shipped to Ben McFarland @MB911 along with a template for the opening I wanted on the bumper. Ben did a terrific job and at my request shipped it to Ogden Chrome for the chrome work after I called and spoke with them and they gave me a "as much as $1,500" quote for their chrome work. OUCH! But I wanted it to be nice so I said OK.

Ogden received the bumper and emailed me the work would be $2,700!!!! OK, I love my car, but $2,700 for a front bumper that is in pretty good condition to start with is just other world crazy. I had them ship it to me.

The bumper is now en-route to another chrome shop that saw a bunch of pictures I sent and gave a much more reasonable quote and promised a triple-chrome show finish. We shall see how it comes out.

For now, here is a picture of that modified bumper mounted to my car to check fitment before it went to chrome:

@Cairo94507
wow that looks great! good work from Ben on that, and it will clean up nicely. that alignment and gapping above and below look really good, glad it stayed true and straight thru all the shipping etc.
I had a similar one to this that needed about the same amount of work and it cost me $750 for the triple chrome that was 4 -5 years ago, so i guess $1000-$1500 wouldn't be bad, mine was done by Tri-City Plating in Elizabethton TN . Who ever Oscar was using back when he was doing a bunch of bumpers was doing some nice work too, not sure who that was but maybe check with him and see if they are still doing this work.

Phil

[mb911]

Wow 2700 is crazy. Glad you found someone else. I have now done over 100 of these GT bumpers so I have it figured out. That said Michaels was 100% custom to his pattern.

Just shipped another bumper out this morning to another client.

[Freezin 914]

Played around with wheels, steel (way I bought it) to Fuchs 2.0 to 5 Lug Fuchs, just fun to experiment I guess.

[cali914]

trying my hand at polishing my rims.

[cali914]