914 2.0 > 3.0 GT Conversion, On the road! Options

[defianty]

I've another thread running on another forum and I thought it a good idea to have one here too as this forum has taught me so much over the years. Quite frankly I'd never have started it without the knowledge you guys have shared. Thanks.

Some of the earlier posts are a few months old but I'll repost them in order here up to where I am right now. From there on I'll post simultaneously.

I've had the car now for coming up to 11 years. It hasn't had much use in the last few years due to personal circumstances but I've always wanted to do a flared six conversion, the dream I know a lot of guys share here. At the end of last year that dream started to become a reality (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

I tentatively put feelers out for an engine. Barely a week later I'd done a deal on a rebuilt 204bhp 3.0SC engine that was now fitted with PMOs. Exactly what I wanted.

I intend to do as much work on the car as possible, sure I'll need professional help down the line, my welding skills are limited. But I'll be giving it my all and I hope my perfectionist nature helps me achieve the results I'm after. The only part I know I won't tackle is the paint, that part will be done by a professional.

As a reminder this is how the car looked. It's a good car, not perfect but a very clean, solid example that had paint about fifteen years ago, it had also been converted to carbs many years back. There was a couple of small bubbles here and there but so far after further investigation I'm yet to find anything major.

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Starting the strip down.

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I'm looking forward to the journey and sharing it with everyone.

[defianty]

The last mechanical part to look over was the gearbox. I had always had issues with mine in the past and I knew it needed attention. My initial plan was to rebuild it myself but after spending a fair amount of time reading up I decided it was best to get someone else to do it. I did buy a replacement gearbox a few years ago but that also had issues although it was much better than the one I had. The plan will be to make one good from the two and replace other parts where necessary like the syncos. I would just do the easy part and do some cleaning.

Removing paint that had been put on years before.
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More time later than I care to mention!
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This really didn't want to clean up very well....
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... so I dropped in off for vapor blasting.
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I'm hoping to drop the boxes off for rebuilding soon so will update on the findings later.