All the cool kids are doing it..., Low budget progress thread (Slow Race prep.) |
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All the cool kids are doing it..., Low budget progress thread (Slow Race prep.) |
BMXerror |
Sep 17 2007, 09:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,705 Joined: 8-April 06 From: Hesperia Ca Member No.: 5,842 |
Well, with all the work that I'm doing to my car lately, I might as well start my own progress thread.
Backstory I bought 4702912742 from my pops about a year and a half ago for $600 dollars, but it wasn't a steal. It had been sitting for about five years and needed a lot of work. He A couple years later he had been looking for a teener for a little while and picked this one up cheap at a dealership in Pomona Ca. He drove it for a while, but it had tons of problems, and soon he decided to sell it. However, the person who test drove it blew first gear, and out to the back yard it was sent. Fast forward five years to when I was financially ready to get a car to start racing. Long story short, after deciding that I wanted the 914 instead of an older Miata, I told him I was interested. He said that if I bought him a set of mufflers for his bike, we'd call it even. After that I spent about another 4K just getting it drivable. I replace all four rotors, rebuilt all four calipers, replace the brake lines with braided steel, replaced the hard lines that I broke, replaced the master cylinder, resealed the motor (after my socket and extension locked the motor up), bought two trannies for it (the first one was no good), put a new clutch and pilot bearing in it, put new rubber on the ground (Khumos), fixed and lubed all kinds of latches and hinges to be able to get into all the various compartments, replaced most of the vacuum lines and fuel lines.... the list goes on. These were all just stock replacements to get it running well. I further had to fight with the injection system for a few months until I figured out that I had it hooked up wrong. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Of course, this is the very abbreviated version of the story. As anyone with one of these things knows, the words it takes to describe what parts you changed don't even come close to showing the blood, sweat, and yes, sometimes tears that you put into your work. But anyways, it is running decent now (the motor is still a little tired) so it's time to do some improvements. After all, racing is what I bought the thing for. So I'll try to bring anyone who cares up to date on some of the things I've been working on. Mark D. |
Eric_Ciampa |
Jul 11 2008, 10:51 PM
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CHAMP914 Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 3-April 03 From: Placerville, CA Member No.: 511 Region Association: Northern California |
Problems??? BTW, if you are looking for a cheap racing seat (and I mean cheap) give me a call. A buddy of mine had a Sparco installed in his 914 before he had to abandon his project... But, before leaving it behind he took the racing seat and mounted it onto the base of a typical office chair (completely reversible). Well he moved and now I have it sitting in my garage. I don't have any hardware or belts but it looks like you have everything else. If not, I will post an add in the classifieds. Oh, and whats (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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BMXerror |
Jul 11 2008, 11:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,705 Joined: 8-April 06 From: Hesperia Ca Member No.: 5,842 |
Problems??? BTW, if you are looking for a cheap racing seat (and I mean cheap) give me a call. A buddy of mine had a Sparco installed in his 914 before he had to abandon his project... But, before leaving it behind he took the racing seat and mounted it onto the base of a typical office chair (completely reversible). Well he moved and now I have it sitting in my garage. I don't have any hardware or belts but it looks like you have everything else. If not, I will post an add in the classifieds. Oh, and whats (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Yeah, I tried to attach some pictures that were two big (forgot to resize them), but instead of just telling me they were too big, the site just got completely nutty. It started posting the replies even though I didn't ask it to. So I edited them to 'Technical difficulties' and '>:(' so as not to repeat myself. But then I re-edited them with the material I wanted, and when I changed the attachments on one reply, it changed them on all three! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) I think I confused it... it sure confused me! lol Anyways, yes, I'm very interested in the seat. Please PM me pics and a price. I got approval to run what I've got up in Marina from a guy who's organizing it, but it's looking like Marina's not gonna happen for me. It sucks, 'cause I REALLY wanted to make that this year, but I SERIOUSLY need some suspension work done, as the lack of swaybars really killed me at my last AX. Everything is over budget on the car, and I can't really afford the sway bars AND the trip up there. I'll try to hit some local events next month. If you're reading, sorry Dan! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) What was I saying? OH yeah, so I'll probably need a race seat to run down here for the time being. Thanks for offering a helping hand. This club rules! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Mark D. |
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