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> Signal Orange 914-6 3.8, (was: rebuild after Willow Springs bump)
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post Nov 20 2011, 10:59 PM
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post Nov 21 2011, 01:19 AM
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Good luck with the fix Steve. Mine looked like yours for 4 years after metal work. Dont loose momentum.

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Dolly should be strong enough. Mine went about 15 miles and it looks weaker than yours. The hard part was moving it up the Flatdeck on 4 casters.
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post Nov 21 2011, 05:57 PM
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When I opened this thread I was hoping it wasn't about Steve's orange 914 that I remembered. But it was, and that sux. Does it still have the 3.6?


There's an old saying: "if you can't afford to push it off a cliff, don't put it on a racetrack".
Note to self, get an old beater for track days.
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post Nov 21 2011, 07:45 PM
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Not trying to derail your thread.

I just met the owner of this car that broke the inside front upper control arm just going into turn 1 at Willow Springs last month. He walked away (well, got checked out at the hospital) with no broken bones or lacerations. This is more the "push it off the cliff" type of accident. The car rolled multiple times and then went end over end. Very scary and pretty amazing. It turns out that the little roll bar is surprisingly effective.


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post Nov 21 2011, 08:08 PM
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QUOTE(siverson @ Nov 20 2011, 08:58 PM) *

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With all the metal cut out in the front end, If I were you, I would put a brace across the front between the front suspension pick-up points similar to what was installed in the GT cars when they added the front cooler and cut out a large portion such as you have. The ones I have done, I have used tubing. The factory actually had a sheet metal piece formed that created a box structure.

Just my free advice...
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post Nov 21 2011, 09:42 PM
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good progress!
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post Nov 21 2011, 09:45 PM
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QUOTE(ewdysar @ Nov 21 2011, 05:45 PM) *

Not trying to derail your thread.

I just met the owner of this car that broke the inside front upper control arm just going into turn 1 at Willow Springs last month. He walked away (well, got checked out at the hospital) with no broken bones or lacerations. This is more the "push it off the cliff" type of accident. The car rolled multiple times and then went end over end. Very scary and pretty amazing. It turns out that the little roll bar is surprisingly effective.


"A man's got to know his limitations". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Nov 21 2011, 10:38 PM
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> With all the metal cut out in the front end, If I were you, I would put a brace across the front between the front suspension pick-up points

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing and several other improvements, "while I'm in there".
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post Nov 22 2011, 06:55 AM
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Good luck with your journey... I think you are going down the right path.

BTW - there is a 914 / 6 GT build with a million pictures on the bird site. Just in case you are looking for some inspiration.
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post Nov 22 2011, 04:45 PM
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Steve. Glad your coming along with the " fix". Hope to see you out at the track in 2012.
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post Nov 22 2011, 04:54 PM
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> Hope to see you out at the track in 2012.

Maybe in some un-loved Boxster than nobody cares about!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

-Steve
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post Nov 22 2011, 05:36 PM
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QUOTE(siverson @ Nov 22 2011, 02:54 PM) *

> Hope to see you out at the track in 2012.

Maybe in some un-loved Boxster than nobody cares about!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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Looking good Steve! Great progress!

PS and a little off-topic:
I saw you're on the same Boards as my Dad! I recognized your name when he pointed out 'some guy with an Orange 914' commented on his progress thread! Small world!
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post Nov 22 2011, 06:02 PM
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Thats what this site is about, Saving these cars

Go Steve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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post Nov 22 2011, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE(Socalandy @ Nov 22 2011, 07:02 PM) *

Thats what this site is about, Saving these cars

Go Steve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)





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I just saw Jim Patrick at Daytona and we talked about your car. I'm glad you're going to save it.
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post Nov 23 2011, 08:24 PM
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Good to see that you chose option A. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)

As was stated previously, it's good to save these cars.
I'm sure we will see the progress on your rebuild.
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post Nov 28 2011, 10:03 PM
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Finished the tear down this past weekend and got the car to EAB today. Adding some straps and 180 pounds of concrete (still in the bags (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ), helped alot to make the car more balanced on the dolly.

I've also emailed Toyota and suggested they re-brand their bed options as: (a) long bed, (b) standard bed, and © 914-width bed. I haven't heard from them yet.

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post Nov 28 2011, 10:05 PM
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At this point, I was 70% sure I was going to show up on fail blog tomorrow morning...



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post Nov 28 2011, 10:06 PM
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But it worked out ok.

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post Nov 28 2011, 10:08 PM
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Hopefully it will be back together when he's ready to face forward in the car seat...

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post Feb 17 2012, 01:55 PM
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Slow progress at the shop, but it should be on the Celette bench in about 2 weeks. The front end cleaned up ok, and a lot of the bad spots on the fender are going to be removed for the flare anyways...

-Steve

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