Labor of Love: A Build Thread, Or: honoring my fathers 914-6 Options

[BillJ]

Hi everyone. I have been posting here and there about my recent re-discovery and acquisition of a car that I have known since I was 15 years old. In 1987 my father bought his fourth Porsche. A 914-6 born in 1970. It was a bone stock car in white over black that had been driven a little under 100k miles. It was well taken care of and had no rust. After driving his yellow 73 2.0 on the track and in PCA racing he wanted to retire that largely stock car to the street and get a dedicated racer.

The 6 was immediately sent to a body shop to get a chasis stiffening and flare treatment. An IMSA airdam was installed along with a rear spoiler. He took the BBS 7s and 8s off his 944 Turbo and shod them with cantilever slicks from hoosier. He then found a 2.8 RSR Bosch mechanical FI high butterlfly stack monster engine from PAR porsche in NY to motivate the car. Redline was set somewhere north of 9k rpm. Here is a pic of the original build:



He drove the car in many events for around 20 years. During that time i bought his old yellow car and i turned that into a race car as well. We even drove together (in different groups when i had the yellow car) at some events. We would also share the racing duties with the 6. In 2008 he sold the car and moved on to other cars but this one has always held a special place for me.

Two years ago I ended up meeting up with John who had bought the car from my dad. He was great and generously asked if i would like to join him racing for the year as co-driver. I jumped at the chance and we got (and get) along really well. At the end of the season he offered the car to me and, after selling the silver 75, was able to make the plunge.

The emotional bond and connection to my dad who passed in 2018 that this object evokes is strong and in some ways unexpected.

With this thread i hope to honor that tie to my dad by sharing maintenance, improvements, and continued racing with this special (to me) car. And I hope my dad can see it all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[BillJ]

Well a mixed bag but mostly good today. Started off the day learning that i could not get to the dyno before the event. Not a huge deal as it had tune time on engine stand rig and in the car a bit but would have preferred to do more diagnostics.

Then was doing a gravity bleed on the brakes and dropped the bleed bottle all over the fender, myself, and the floor. Super not fun that!!!

However had some pluses too. Got a really hard brake pedal after a friend came over to help. I could not get one from pressure nor gravity bleeding and was giving me fits. Very happy with that.

Lastly I put the "Dunpy" stickers that our very own #40 hero reproduced. Not placed where the factory car had them but i like the location i picked. @Maltese Falcon

With the GT lid installed and the air cleaners in place I am essentially ready for next weeks Jefferson 500 races at Summit Point.

@DRPHIL914 - John in Denver did my engine. Had the heads done at extreme Heads in Florida (they provide heads to Singer for their engines) and the twin plug distributor from JB Racing also in Florida. AA for Ps and Cs and the 66mm crank was from Johns personal stash. Reused the PMO 46s that were already there as welll as the case. Did get a new shroud made as my old one was pretty beat. New coils and msd digital boxes.