The Official 914 World 3 Rotor 914 Build Thread, Otherwise known as round and round we go...... Options

[soloracer]

Well there has finally been some progress made on my car so I thought I would start a build thread about it for those who are interested. I'll try to keep it updated as I go along.

I'll start off with an introduction to the project for those who don't already know. I bought a 914 with a Sheridan Motorsports wide body in an E-bay auction. The car was being set up for a Porsche 6 to be used on the track. It came with the wide body, a 915 transmission (mag case) that was converted to side shifter with a Vellios kit and the ring and pinion had been flipped. The front suspension is supposed to be from a 911 - don't know the year yet - and the car has a brand new set of Kinesis rims that appear to be 17x12 in the back and 17x10 in the front. Also included were a set of new tires 315's in the back and 285's in the front. The previous owner also had put a front mount oil cooler and a somewhat poorly welded roll cage.

Here are some pictures of the car:

[soloracer]

Just a quick update. The engine will be going to the rebuilder in the next week or so. I also spoke to a cage builder and if all goes well we will come up with a game plan for the cage. The though currently is to do a 4 point in the interior with bars going through the back window to the rear towers and to the front towers - although I'm not sure of the routing to the front towers. There will be door bars but lower than the edge of the race seats. A bar will run along the floor on both drivers and passenger side (front to rear) and will be stitched to the longitudinals to add rigidity. At the firewall a typical diagonal bar and horizontal bar at the floor and just below shoulder height will be added. I also asked for extra at the firewall to prevent the engine from entering the cabin in the event of a rear end collision. At the front a bar will also go under the dash.

The thought is to keep the car driveable for the street if I so desire and with the ability to just add more bars in the doors and elsewhere if I plan at a later date to make it a wheel to wheel track only car.

Any suggestions for a cage are welcomed.