Safari 914 project, “Sufari” Options

[East coaster]

I’ve been out of the 914 game for quite some time. The last 914 I built was back in 2006 and was quite a build. I’ve had about a dozen 914s over the years and my 2006 build was to be my ultimate 914 (for me at least). It was a GT flared 3.6 six conversion and was a great car. I sold it in 2015 and moved to other things. I’ve been getting the itch to build another teener for a while, but to go in a different direction. I’ve seen a couple Safari builds and that seemed interesting.

I picked up pretty well worn ‘72 914 for the base of my project. My plan is to build a budget conscious (it’s all relative) Subaru powered Safari mod. I plan to go with a normally aspirated 2.5 Subaru from a 1998 Forrester along with the Subaru tranny.

I’ve been working on removing rust and getting the tub suitable for my plans. This will by no means be a concours resto type build, but should prove interesting.

Here’s the base car being picked up for the project start



I stripped it down and sold the engine and tranny (it was a partially completed V8 conversion). Then started cutting out rusted areas a welding in new metal.

Some Radom rust repair pics in no special order….

[East coaster]

And moved on to some suspension fun……aka Safari lift

Raised the attach point on the rear trailing arms by 2”



Then moved to fron struts and lowered the spindles to the max

[waltonsm]

And moved on to some suspension fun……aka Safari lift

Raised the attach point on the rear trailing arms by 2”



Then moved to fron struts and lowered the spindles to the max

Are you planning to cut and weld the trailing arm to add camber back? You could lower the inner suspension console/mounting point too. I considered making a reversible insert in the inner ear for my build. I still might do it if I find I don’t have the adjust range I need.