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914-6 rebirth, 5-20-23 updates |
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Mar 21 2023, 02:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 9-February 20 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 23,905 Region Association: Central California |
Rounding up my journey to resurrect the 914–6 that I purchased in the spring of last year.
Some basics. Originally a 1973, 914- 4. The previous owner did all the metal work, including flares, GT bracing inside the tub, front and rear. Epoxy primer with single stage Bahia red. He did an exceptional job in these areas. What fell short was the engine rebuild. Short story what is the intermediate bearing was floating around the engine, pistons were the wrong ones, etc. With under 100 miles on the car the engine had to come out and be rebuilt. That’s where my journey began. Fast forward about 8 months, the engine out and crated to Bruce Abbett in North Carolina who did a smashing rebuild on the 1976 €3.0 Carrera engine . A great referral from Michael @Cairo94507 Long block back- all the parts back on. While the engine was out, I stripped most of the engine bay down to metal. My first time spraying with HPLV- epoxy primer, and ppg shopeline single stage after copious hand sanding. After considerable coaching from Chris at the Redbarn @tygaboy I learned to build a complete engine harness and replace the Pertronix wiring/ location. Love those Deutsch connectors! A very enjoyable process. Too much other work to list at the moment. Finally the engine is back in, all hooked up. Then… I was unable to start it. Andy @Krieger saved the day! He thought I was kidding when I said I can make the car look beautiful, but I can’t make the engine run. A fact. https://youtube.com/shorts/9avfyEaIwcU?feature=share I’ll back post some pics. Currently waiting to get in the door at Hitech in San Rafael for PMO tuning though it’s a long wait til mid April. The initial 20 minute break in completed, but it’s just not running well. Uggg! Hard to be patient at this point. Fabricating a gt style engine lid meanwhile. The previous lid was super jankie with kitchen cupboard door handles on it. Thanks for looking and all the 914world knowledge along the way. An awesome bunch of people. |
roundtwo |
May 21 2024, 10:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 9-February 20 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 23,905 Region Association: Central California |
Made some progress over the last couple months …
1. Redesigned the jankie parking brake set up. Went with Chris Foley’s Tangarine Racing emergency brake kit. I needed to move brake cable brackets, had the stock parking brake cables shortened, welded the parking brake stops onto the trailing arms and the tubing for the brake cable extension. Added some metal brackets to support the cables. 2. Harvey Weidman, restoring my 15” wheels, adding RSR finish. Went with Pirelli CN 36s front and rear which Harvey is mounting at the moment. Picked these tires because they have a good speed rating, very drivable on the streets and light track days. Will pick up tomorrow in Oroville- the gods willing. 3. Restored the Targa top. Went with TranStar for the texture. Finished in SEM trim black, shot with HPLV sprayer set up. One can of Transtar was just sufficient to do the whole top. It’s a little tricky to achieve the correct texture. I ended up spraying from about 2 1/2 feet away to get the right texture. Once try, very lightly sand to flatten out the bumps. Used 600 grit. Clean, clean, clean, and then hit it with the SEM. On day two of drying. 4. Flywheel had some funky teeth. Replaced with a new Sebro fly wheel. Went with a stock weight ,not lightened, for drivability. Flywheel and pressure plate getting balanced as a package by a local vendor to ensure it optimized. 5. Bluetooth 123 distributor in and programmed. That’ll take some playing with, but I think I have a pretty good advance curve and map. Oh, added vacuum ports left and right to the lower intakes off the base of the PMO’s carburetors. (46 with 38 Venturi’s) Hope to have it fired up in the next couple of weeks. |
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