Ex BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: Brett's 914, Got engine installed and working on wiring! Options

[brettrarnold]

Background
This car was the first car that Brett drove when he was 13 and was given to us in 2014. It had been sitting idle back in Indiana under a family friend's carport for the past 15 years before Brett went back to Indiana and towed it out to Colorado with his father in July 2014. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

When we got it, we didn't have a garage to work on it and it sat idle being stored outside for another year until we could afford a house with a garage. Colorado is pretty expensive so after we got a house with a garage, we then needed to save up more money to work on it.

Also I must mention in my ignorance, there were 3 distinct phases of thinking for getting this car fixed which I now find funny and are listed below

Phase 1: I will tow this car out to Colorado and get it the engine running for maybe $2,000 and have a working car.
Phase 2: Holy shit after researching this is impossible and will have to pay somebody to fix it for $15-20k.
Phase 3: I have enough local support and 914world resources and can fix this myself for around $10-15k.

Build-Off Challenge
So Amy and I are going to be tackling different aspects of this car so the posts will be coming from both of us. I will handling the rust/engine work and Amy will be on Interior and Exterior. Also she may help with some of the posting so we will start each post with name.

Brett
Step 1 (Complete) was to remove the engine and assess the frame rust situation. Never having removed an engine from a car, this was an extremely daunting task. The steps listed in Pelican Parts tutorial - 914 Engine Removal Made Easy is by far the most difficult thing I have done to a vehicle thus far. Hell I don't even know the difference between a camshaft and a carburetor much less a CV joint or a clutch cable. But after staring at it for about 2 weeks, I decided to just start unhooking shit and labeling. Made a ton of progress and finally got the engine about 95% unhooked. Had a friend come over to help me out and we actually got it out. WOOHOO!!!

Step 2 (Complete) is to strip out all the interior. I ordered chassis braces and other misc items from Tangerine racing and am still in the process of identifying all the rust areas that need repair.

[76-914]

Unless you plan to AX the stock brakes are fine. I haven't seen Jeffs914's harness' but I can tell you that you can make your own harness (if you have a donor harness from the Subaru donor car) for pennies then tie into the existing 914 harness. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[rnellums]

Unless you plan to AX the stock brakes are fine. I haven't seen Jeffs914's harness' but I can tell you that you can make your own harness (if you have a donor harness from the Subaru donor car) for pennies then tie into the existing 914 harness. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Even in an AX the brakes should be fine. My understanding is that stock brakes have plenty of stopping power, but since they aren't vented and are fairly small they'll over heat and fade faster than the upgrades. An autocross is short enough that heat fade may not be a problem.



For the harness, He's got someone in the know who can pare down an ez30 harness in about and hour (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif). I even have a few spare ECUs...

[brettrarnold]

Unless you plan to AX the stock brakes are fine. I haven't seen Jeffs914's harness' but I can tell you that you can make your own harness (if you have a donor harness from the Subaru donor car) for pennies then tie into the existing 914 harness. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Even in an AX the brakes should be fine. My understanding is that stock brakes have plenty of stopping power, but since they aren't vented and are fairly small they'll over heat and fade faster than the upgrades. An autocross is short enough that heat fade may not be a problem.



For the harness, He's got someone in the know who can pare down an ez30 harness in about and hour (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif). I even have a few spare ECUs...

Ha I didn't even know what AX meant. I wont be doing much autocross racing and if it becomes a problem I can always choose to upgrade later.

Appreciate the help everyone, Ross just let me know if I need to get anything.

-Brett