Apollo Racer Build Thread, Numeric 981 Shifter Upgrade Options

[rnellums]

I am starting this thread to document the build of my recent acquisition of a car I am going to name Apollo. It was previously owned by a fellow out in Illinois and was sold to me via 914 LTD. From what I know It was a purpose built Auto X car, but only has about two hours of run time on the engine.

Here are the specs as I received it:

Exterior Mods:

• Factory Steel Flares
• Newish Silver Base/Clear
• Fiberglass 916 Style Front Bumper
• Fiberglass Stock Style Rear Bumper
• Fiberglass Hood With Headlight Delete
• Fiberglass Trunk
• Fiberglass Painted Rocker Panels
• Painted Targa Top
• Lexan Rear Window
• Lightened Door Skins
• Original Doors, Hood, Trunk
• No Wipers, Headlights
• Rear Porsche Reflector

Interior Mods:

• Koenig Race Seats
• RaceTech Leather Wheel
• Amco Console with Assorted Gauges
• Welt. Short Shift Kit
• Bolt in Cage with Door Bars
• Simpson 4 pt. Harnesses

Suspension Mods:

• Rich Johnson 5-Lug Conversion
• Front Volvo Big Brakes
• Front Vented Rotors
• 911 Front Struts
• Koni Adjustable Shocks
• 914-6 Rear Rotors With Stock Front Calipers
• 22mm Front Torsion Bars
• Welt. Adj. Front Sway
• 180 lb Springs w/Adjustable Perches
• Hoosier Road Race Radials

Engine Specifications:

• Front Mounted Oil Cooler
• 2.4 L 4-cyl built by ROCS auto
• 103mm J+E Forged Pistons
• 1.8L Stroked to 2.0 Specs
• 48mm Intake
• 38mm Exhaust
• Chromoly Pushrods
• High Flow Oil Pump
• MSD Ignition w/ Adj. Rev. Limiter
• 44mm Dual Webers
• Lightened Flywheel
• Kennedy Engineering Stage IV Clutch
• Ported, Polished Heads with 10:1 Compression
• Port Matched Manifolds
• Kerry Hunter Headers
• Claimed 180 HP
• Claimed 170 ft-lbf Torque

Transmission Specs:

• Recent Rebuild by 914 LTD
• Quaffe Torque Bias Diff
• Shortened 5th Gear

Misc:

• 5 Gal Fuel Cell
• New Bearings and Bushings
• Blue Brake Fluid
• 8x15 Fuchs
• Claimed 1600 lb Weight

And Now the pictures!

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Nice welds! Maybe you can flip that fan around and power the car with it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Should work fine with a tight fitting plenum. I'm glad your going a different path here. We can eventually come up with a good combination of known working components by trying new/different techniques when possible. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[rnellums]

Nice welds! Maybe you can flip that fan around and power the car with it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Should work fine with a tight fitting plenum. I'm glad your going a different path here. We can eventually come up with a good combination of known working components by trying new/different techniques when possible. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

My neighbor(same one with the fan) was kind enough to lend me some time on his 240 Miller for that welding. What a nice machine! I'm headed to the junkyard tomorrow to scope out what radiators fit the dimensions I'm looking for. My current fall back is the 00-05 Toyota Celica radiator, but tomorrow will be eye opening.

Monday marks the start of the wiring work!