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:

[John]

You need to measure the cv joints on the 911 axles you bought.

I believe that you would be using 1974-1984 911 CV Joints.

With a little creative machine work, those cv joints will fit on 914-6 axle shafts. (That is what I am using).

You may also be able to upgrade to the late model 911 Carrera axle assemblies. These assemblies include the outer stub axle replacing the one you already have installed. You just need to make sure the trans output flange will mate to it (this would be a good application for those PMS CV joint adapters because 911 axle assemblies are slightly shorter than 914 parts and the adapter would even it out nicely. PMS also sells the later model 911 axle assemblies (with the integral outer stub axle).

On the rear 911 e-brakes, (they are in place in the pictures) I am not sure how the Vellios e-brakes were actuated. I made my own belcranks that actuate the 911 e-brakes on my car. A few pics of that are in my BLOG.

Your car has some interesting parts on it.