Just arrived in the garage: 1971 914-4 1.7 Options

[cary]

Cherish every minute .................
Seems like they're gone in a blink of an eye and all you do is think about how you'd do things differently .............

[raynekat]

Changing direction on the color for the car.
Looks like the light ivory derivatives are out.....and a modern Porsche color may be in.

Thinking about a non-metallic M9A.
Which translates into chalk.

What are your thoughts?
Looks incredible on the newer cars.
Wonder about our 914 as well....

[mb911]

Love it.. Bummer on the primer.. Never seen that happen before..

[mepstein]

Just picked up my new back pad straight from Germany and Porsche.
Our local dealer here in Portland, Sunset, gets very good prices on most of the factory parts.

Really looks nice and the vinyl is perfect in appearance.
I tried to repair my existing back pad, but in the end, it wasn't in that great of shape and my "sorry" attempt to resurrect it just wasn't cutting the mustard.

Two of the local hotshoes checking out the new cockpit digs.
I think they both give it thumbs up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

That pic is worth the price of the build. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

I wonder if the primer was old or someone mixed two brands together. It's hard to fuch up epoxy.

[raynekat]

Not sure what was wrong with the primer.
The body & paint shop thinks the metal was not very clean underneath it.
Hard to believe as supposedly the primer guy spent all this time hand scuffing the 1st primer that had been laid down months prior just to get a good tie-in. Could he have missed wiping it all down before shooting the primer?
Guess we'll never know.
All I do know is that next time, I'll let the body & paint shop take care of cleaning off the flash rust and they can epoxy prime the chassis themselves.

The 914 will belong to little sister when she gets older (if she's good).
Older brother will get the '73 911.
Lucky kids.
They better be good when they grow up or all bets are off. Ha (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
They will both get some experience behind the wheel of an early 70's Porsche. Not too many other kids will get to say the same.

[raynekat]

Updates:

Engine is complete now.
Final power figures are 228 horses at less than redline....so likely more is still available.
This is with the Dansk single outlet sport exhaust.
To me these are exceptional power numbers for an 8.5:1 stock Carrera RS engine.
Factory rated them at 210hp.
When using the factory stock Leistritz single outlet, peak hp was 221 and trailed the Dansk across the entire rpm band by at least 5hp.

I'll be using the sport exhaust I'm sure!

You'll see some good views of the amber fan shroud that Damon Series 900 fabs.
Also the restored fan and fan housing that Mark Motshagen so beautifully does.

Factory 914-6 engine tin with mods for the MFI pump belt.

Ben's beautiful 1-5/8" HE's.
1-5/8" size was the right call with this 2.7 MFI engine vs. factory 1-1/2" primaries.

The "special" Sachs sport clutch pack that according to the engine builder is super light but very robust.

Last to install are the heater hoses and the hot air hose that feeds heated air from the HE to the MFI pump thermostat.

I'm very happy with this part of the build.
But then....Rothsport never fails to get it right....down to the very small details.

[raynekat]

Body/paint shop updates:

Superior Auto Body out of Gresham, OR has been hard at it for about 2 weeks now.
Starting to make some good progress.

To be honest, I did not start with the best of chassis's but decided to just "go for it" in the end.
Let's just say I've saved another 914 from the crusher.
Very few straight panels at all on this car.
So you'll see a "fair" degree of body filler....hahaha. For real.
This is all skim coat so there will be no thick sections of body filler anywhere.
Even the top of the targa panel had been walked on it appeared.

In general, the main part of the chassis was in pretty good shape.
The driver door needed to be opened up with their monster porta power to get the door gaps correct.
Like I said the top of the targa had to be addressed.
Big suction cups pulled most of the dents out with body filler making it perfect.

The biggest issue were the "so called" greatest GT hoods ever made known to man.
Yeah right.
I'll keep the vendor anonymous at this point, but the hoods were grossly over lauded.
Fit was extremely poor, but that's typical of fiberglass.
What was really disappointing was the construction techniques were just simply abysmal.
The gel coat was not nicely applied to the mold as were the subsequent layers of fiberglass.
The actual shape of the hoods especially the rear one were very substandard.
The shop has done a lot of work to get them looking drastically better using Corvette panel materials.
There were voids or pores everywhere that needed attending to such that the later paint job wouldn't be adversely affected.
Next time I'll try Getty....that's all I'll say at this point.
Very, very expensive (~$2800) GT "replica" hoods that just weren't worth the money.
This shop will get them usable but at what cost?
Live and learn.
One of the many expensive lessons learned on this build.

[raynekat]

Next week, the body/paint shop will start shooting primer everywhere.
Then comes the Raptor undercoating tinted the final paint color and seam sealing the entire chassis.

Got a look at the latest paint sample today....B9A.
Best to date.
It's a white with a bit of blue gray to it.
Called Carrara (correct spelling) White....found on the new Porsche models.

Things are definitely moving ahead.

Hopefully will have the car back from the body/paint shop in Mid March.
Then I'll do my thrashing on it.
Already am naming/describing that time as "helter skelter."
Rothsport could begin integration of the power train and completion of the car in May.
Still a chance we'll get this car to the WCR here in Oregon this summer.

[raynekat]

Sorry for the low quality pics....they came from the paint shop.

It's masking time.
Guess the main takeaway is that the body work is moving on down the road, and it's time to get the primer on the car so we can do one last bit of block sanding.

Expecting some seam sealer to fly next week along with the body color Raptor undercoating.

Looking forward to the B9A getting applied to a very straight body in the very near future. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[mb911]

Looks great and my car will be similar with s skim coat..

Love the pictures of the engine.. It shows off the heat exchangers. Might need to use the pictures for my website..

[mepstein]

Looks great and my car will be similar with s skim coat..

Love the pictures of the engine.. It shows off the heat exchangers. Might need to use the pictures for my website..

I'll add it in if we have permission.

You might have to mount a mirror on the engine firewall so you can see the fan. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[raynekat]

Yes, a mirrored engine firewall might just be the ticket!

I'll try to get some better pics of Ben's 914-6 HE's here in the coming months.

[jmz]

Good work! Love the seats. ...looks like the passengers do too.

[cary]

Got a look at the latest paint sample today....B9A

Cool ................. Good Choice. But then I'm a little biased. LOL.

[Fatboy007]

Bought a 71 1.7 liter today.



Car is in relatively good shape as far as I can tell.
Likely some hell hole and rear portion of the back trunk rust repair needed, but appears to be minor.
Time will tell.

My current plans are to get the fuel system and FI sorted out (me).
It cranks over, but doesn't start.
Then go through the brakes from stem to stern (PMB).
After that....drive it.

The original color is light ivory, but has had a repaint in pearl white years ago.
Will get the body work done and do a proper respray.
I've already got a set of 15x6.5" Minilites to install.
The suspension will get a good going over....likely Elephant Racing setup.
Re-do the interior with a more supportive driver's seat.
Refreshed gauges (Hollywood Speedo) in 356 fashion.
Double wrapped RS steering wheel.
GT lightwt door panels.

Eventually, a bigger four will power the car.
Would like to keep it all 4 cylinder for the time being.
I've already got a 911 sitting in the garage that tics all the 911 boxes off.

I'll keep a log of the progress here with pics.
This is a big, big project.....no doubt.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) Sweeet

[itchybro]

Re-do the interior with a more supportive driver's seat.
Refreshed gauges (Hollywood Speedo) in 356 fashion.

Thanks for the tip on Hollywood speedometer!

What sort of seats are you contemplating?

[raynekat]

Re-do the interior with a more supportive driver's seat.
Refreshed gauges (Hollywood Speedo) in 356 fashion.

Thanks for the tip on Hollywood speedometer!

What sort of seats are you contemplating?

Seats already completed.
GTS Classics and Stefan put together these.
Believe they are the Watkins Glen model made especially for 914's to fit in the back pad.

[raynekat]

Bodywork is pretty much completed.
Chassis and various parts are nice and straight and flat.
Primer put down.
Just need the guide coat and one final sanding, and we'll be ready for seam sealer, undercoat and spraying some color.

[raynekat]

Pretty amazing how flat they got those horrid fiberglass hoods and how well they fit on the car now....install pics later.
Many hours went into filling and sanding, plus some heat to get the fiberglass to lay correctly.
The undersides will still be raw fiberglass with only the tops and edges painted body color.

[cary]

Wow ....................
I can see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel