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> what do you think of this 914-6? [I bought it!], back to original Irish Green now
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post Dec 14 2014, 09:05 AM
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I have thought about the sound deadening foil-backed material for my Six. I believe I even sent a roll of it with the car when it went to Scotty's. We will be doing this as it keeps vibration and noise down inside and makes the car more comfortable to drive.

To be honest, I can't ever see my car sitting outside in the rain either. I think we would likely do the sound deadening material as siverson has done on his car. I know the school of thought regarding trapped moisture, but my car is not going to be a daily winter driver. How real is the threat of trapped moisture given those parameters?
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post Dec 22 2014, 02:00 PM
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> How real is the threat of trapped moisture given those parameters?

I did cut all edges/bends so there are no air pockets.

I think it is much better material than the factory tar, and provided you keep water out, even floors with the factory tar don't look that bad after 40 years.

So, I'm obviously betting it will be ok - only install flat sheets (when in doubt cut it out) and keep the water out of the car.

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post Dec 22 2014, 03:38 PM
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I got a lot more done on the car this weekend.

- Finished the sound deadening.

- Hacked together 6 black vinyl strips to sit below the carpet.

- Took me three attempts at building a speaker mount to get one that would fit. It's tight in there!

- Cleaned up the brake handle and seat rails.

- Starting installing the carpet.

- Installed the back pad and seats again and took him on a short drive.

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post Dec 22 2014, 03:39 PM
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Blacked out the shiny stuff.

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post Dec 22 2014, 03:40 PM
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How it mounts.
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post Dec 22 2014, 03:41 PM
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Vinyl and carpet.



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post Dec 22 2014, 03:43 PM
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62S written on the back pad... ?

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post Dec 22 2014, 03:48 PM
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Terrific. Looks like 625 to my untrained eyes.
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post Dec 22 2014, 07:47 PM
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What's the chassis number again? Might have something to do with that. Might not...

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post Dec 22 2014, 07:55 PM
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#377 (9140430377)

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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Dec 22 2014, 05:47 PM) *

What's the chassis number again? Might have something to do with that. Might not...

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post Dec 22 2014, 11:17 PM
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Dec 22 2014, 10:48 PM) *

Terrific. Looks like 625 to my untrained eyes.

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post Dec 28 2014, 11:05 PM
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Now that my front trunk is pretty and super clean, might as well put it to work hauling some flat tires. Doh...

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BTW - that is an OEM front trunk seal that replaced the super garbage repro seal. It is MUCH better.

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post Feb 20 2015, 12:13 AM
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I've put another 1000 miles on him or so now.

After some evening cleanup, I drove the car the first time without the intake airbox and WOW that's really loud. But this isn't my "loud/fast" 914, so I put it back on.

I tried to make a comparison video of no airbox vs with airbox, but it didn't really turn out - you can't tell a difference on the video. But regardless, here is a short video of some 914-6 2.0 sounds:

With airbox:

http://youtu.be/sbuZiksBq0k

It really does sounds about 3x faster than it is! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Feb 20 2015, 09:24 AM
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NICE!

Gorgeous car, looks and sounds perfect!

Will have to go thru your thread and get more inspiration. Hope your little guy loves it.

will have to send you a few PMs once I get back on the reassembly horse

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post Feb 20 2015, 09:30 AM
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Yeah great job Steve. The color is so rich. It looks like candy. Well worth the investment. Who painted it again?
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post Feb 20 2015, 11:00 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) nice sound
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post Feb 20 2015, 11:59 AM
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Love that paint !
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post Mar 5 2015, 08:00 PM
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Thanks!

> Who painted it again?

Collisions Plus in Escondido, CA. They do mostly new cars & collisions, but also always seem to also have 1-3 vintage cars being worked on. They were recommended to me by European Motorsports (a mechanic in Vista, CA). I'm pretty happy with things and will be bring my orange car in for some work.

Having said that, (a) the rear trunk has some very small pin holes in sections of the paint and isn't as smooth as the other panels and (b) there are some new rock chips in sections that doesn't seem like it should have chipped that easily.

They have been pretty standup guys and are taking the car on Monday to fix a couple of those issues. And to paint the Mahles.

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post Mar 5 2015, 09:43 PM
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QUOTE(siverson @ Dec 13 2014, 06:38 PM) *

i was going to do just the back pad, but thought id try everything.

100 sq ft roll, probably 30%+ wasted.

Yep, did it as well..
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