Bought a 914 race car and need help to Id the year of some parts Options

[porsche4me]

the dog bone holes were drilled after factory ----- to run early bumpers --------- you guys rock --

[jjackson]

It's a 76 that I bought from a guy in Cary, North Carolina in 2000.It was already stripped ,bent, and never raced.We autocrossed it for afew years as a 2.0l four and then converted it to a six.The car trophied at nationals in FP once due to the efforts of Perfection Plus.We tressed and later broke the rear longtitudinal on the passenger side.It looks like somebody is doing a lot of cage and structure work.We decided that we needed a better chasis to chase FP with.Gave the car to a local enthusiast-who sold it.I'll look to see if I can find some paperwork.J

[jjackson]

I just went back and read all posts-that was pretty impressive ID in a short period of time.porsche4me-I did not know that you had already posted-when I posted.It looks like you are on the right track with your cage work-Good luck-the car needs to be fast again.There is a good chance that the front suspension pieces are some work that was done by racer chris.We had to take everything off this chasis-could not possibly start all over.All my cool fast parts are either on current car or wooore out.J

[porsche4me]

Thank you Mr. Jackson - great to text with you - - What part did you break on it ---- Harry was a very nice man --- I understood that there was flex in the right rear --but I did not think that it was busted -- any help would be great --- I did not want to pester you about this old body that you were done with ----- Someone from Perfection Plus and I had a short conversation one time -nice dude - and your racing sounds fun ,, but not in my budget ---- I have tracked down a bunch of pictures of you racing that car and theyt are great --- inspires me to go out in the cold garage to work on it.... I am trying to make it look less like an ex-race car - and more old street beater with gt flairs..... the idea of the series is to run 12 to 24 hours in a $500 race car ---- Plus all the safety stuff, fuel stuff, brake stuff and wheel/tires are not included in the $500..... I hope to race the car proud as a 914 freak ( I have had 8 so far, all rusty Southeast cars) it will have a Beatles yellow submarine theme.... 4 periscopes - Secretly functional - one to each carb- one for the driver and one to the externial oil cooler in the trunk

[porsche4me]

You are correct about it being stripped out --- that thing did not have a nut-bolt or wire in it.....but I love her ---- I had a 73 parts car a 75 parts car and harry included a 70 parts car ----- I stripped all of them out and now are confussed about what I put on the car.......

[jjackson]

Any information you need-Do not hesitate.When you apply force at passenger side rear-upwards you can see a lot of flex happening-also side to side on this side.We ran that way a while-New the car had quit handling and did not find this easily.The car seems soli d in all other locations-Never had hell hole issues or jack point issues.Funny to me how that car was a 76 that we ended up with dog bones and fiberglass early bumpers and now those bumpers are coming off the new car and being converted to late bumpers.Life sure is ironic.If you ended up with the coilover front setup-we ran 944 turbo front calipers and with the spindles done by Racer Chris, the 15 X 7 fuchs from a 944 would clear everything.There was a set of boxed trailing arms that were on car the last time I saw it.J

[porsche4me]

Thanks --- it will be all 4 bolt stuff ---- I found 8" wide steel 4 bolt (4x130) that will be my wheels ----- heavy - holly crap heavy ----- and I found a place that mounted the DZ101 205/50/15's on them ---- nothing legal treadware in the 225/50/15 I wanted ---- at a good price....

[Chris Pincetich]

To read some excellent posts on brakes and early vs. late struts, use the search function and find stuff written by Eric Shea.

I just autocross, but read lots here about all racin, and most 914s with less than 150 HP and TIV power do fine with stock brakes and Porterfield pads AND great ducting to get as much cool air to them as possible.

The "car of the month" thread has some awesome pics of Racer Chris' prepped SCCA track car w his custom duct work all over. Inspiring!
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More pics!
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[Dr Evil]

'75/'76 chassis for sure.

Dead giveaway is the support under the headlight bucket to hold the larger late model bumper shocks ...

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PS: It looks like the VIN could still be found on the pass. front fender top.

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[SLITS]

now on to the front susp ---- how do I tell early uprights from late ---- I think I put the early frontend in ..... because I wanted to do the 320i change -

It's how the ball joint is attached to the bottom of the strut.

If the bottom of the upright has a slit in it with a thru bolt (pinch bolt), it is early.

Later cars do not have the slit and use a "double taper pin" with a nut to hold it in place.