Bought a 914 race car and need help to Id the year of some parts Options

[porsche4me]

Hello - I have a new (to me) 914 race car that was made from at least 3 parts cars - and Now I am trying to buy parts and need help..... The body - no a- pillars no windshield ---- front pass fender has a welded plate for the cage over the vin --- no bumpers and holes drilled all over the front area --- I destroyed a firewall shift bushing that I bought (did the hot water and all) and now I think it could be for the wrong car year.

-- How to ID the body year ???? pass side floor has seat hinges , if that helps.

I also need help with front end id, how to tell if the front susp is early or late ??? and calipers ??? ------ the rear trailing arms, how to Id early from late --- I have the calipers off the car --
I got 4 trailing arms and 2 complete front susp -- with the car , but need to id them to buy spare parts....


is there a good place to see pixs??? I have searched sites and googled but never come up with what I need -----
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[porsche4me]

Wow - great info guys ----- I will shoot lots of pixs ---- The car is J Jacksons old race car -He wanted a better chassis for his 300 hp autocross car --- this car was losing it right rear alignment with the huge 6 - 12 inch sticky tires and 1:20 min blasts --- It will be my www.chumpcar.com racer for this year ----- I have (2) 2.0 liter motors with side shifters of unknown condition --100 hp maybe --- 205/50/15 -300 treadwear tires- great cage --- good seat ---- 15 gal fuel cell ---- and parts of 3 cars ---- the body is all one car ---- the upper pass fender vin is under a cage plate ---- I forgot the easiest one in the world -Door Jam !!! Dooh ------ but the shift bushing was hard as a rock ,even after I damn near boiled it ----- I hope it was wrong size --- I changed one 15 years ago on a street car (all one model year parts) that was not too bad....... this one and I had a fight to the death --- I won , but ...... now I need another bushing ---its FUBAR...... the rod seemed to fit pretty well slid nicely..... now on to the front susp ---- how do I tell early uprights from late ---- I think I put the early frontend in ..... because I wanted to do the 320i change - but the other 2 914's in crapcan racing were both running stock calipers and low cost pads and did well on brakes ---- SO i will run stock calipers and porterfield R4S's on the front and rear --- what do you guys think of front calipers on the front and rear with an adjustable proportional valve on the dash.. the car has a "T" in the rear brake lines .... the stock valve is gone ......

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now on to the front susp ---- how do I tell early uprights from late ---- I think I put the early frontend in ..... because I wanted to do the 320i change -

It's how the ball joint is attached to the bottom of the strut.

If the bottom of the upright has a slit in it with a thru bolt (pinch bolt), it is early.

Later cars do not have the slit and use a "double taper pin" with a nut to hold it in place.