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> 914 2.0 > 3.0 GT Conversion, On the road!
defianty
post Aug 26 2017, 10:54 AM
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Thanks for the positive comments guys.
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post Aug 26 2017, 11:44 AM
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Following, great inspiration!!

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post Aug 26 2017, 12:02 PM
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QUOTE(Cracker @ Aug 26 2017, 05:44 AM) *

I don't know how I missed this (or do not remember) but what a GREAT job on finding solutions around the problems - especially the gauges! Very interested in following it form now on!

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I missed it too and agree that was some amazing guage work. Really like the milk jug solution and I always miss some of the inprocess pics as well. Great work! You have weighed in on my GT project and I will continue to follw yours.
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post Aug 27 2017, 08:42 AM
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QUOTE(Lucky9146 @ Aug 26 2017, 07:02 PM) *
Great work! You have weighed in on my GT project and I will continue to follw yours.


Really enjoying the engine work you're doing. Luckily I bought my engine already rebuilt.
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post Aug 27 2017, 08:43 AM
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I'm starting to obsess over detail (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) but in my opinion that's what makes a good car.

I was planning a car free day today as we have family over shortly. But, being able to draw and having a vinyl cutter made this very easy and start to finish took less than an hour.

It'll look smart next to the new fuel gauge (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post Aug 27 2017, 11:07 AM
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You also added a wrinkle finish to the gauge pod?
Looks great.

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post Aug 27 2017, 12:06 PM
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No, that was how it was finished. To be honest I assumed that was original. Can anyone confirm.
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post Aug 27 2017, 12:08 PM
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Could be a later surround Porsche used ABS in latter years.

What vinyl cutter did you use? Been thinking about getting one for paint masking and etching. Also is that just model paint?
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post Aug 27 2017, 12:22 PM
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QUOTE(914forme @ Aug 27 2017, 07:08 PM) *

Could be a later surround Porsche used ABS in latter years.

What vinyl cutter did you use? Been thinking about getting one for paint masking and etching. Also is that just model paint?


It is metal with a wrinkle finish actually. I think I'll leave it as is as I quite like it.

My partner does a few craft bits as pieces and bought a Silhouette Portrait cutter. Bottom end of the range really but it does the trick when set up correctly.

The paint was Plastikote, I had an old can if white laying around.
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post Aug 27 2017, 07:50 PM
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Great project, and love the quality of your work. I'll definitely keep watching your progress.
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post Aug 27 2017, 08:02 PM
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Love the 914 GT fuel gauge !

No 8K tach?
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post Aug 27 2017, 08:20 PM
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QUOTE(pete000 @ Aug 28 2017, 02:02 PM) *

Love the 914 GT fuel gauge !

No 8K tach?


Yea noticed that 4cyl tach.
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post Aug 28 2017, 01:04 AM
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Hopefully I'll get an 8k teach at some point. I'm yet to find one for reasonable money that doesn't need a full refurb. When they come up for sale over here people are asking big money.
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post Aug 28 2017, 10:44 AM
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Very nice work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

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post Oct 1 2017, 10:05 AM
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Time for a September update I think.

Lots has gone on this month and it's seen me get to a stage where there's is little left to do other than work on the shell of the car. The coming posts are of various bits and pieces that have been finished off.

Getting close to finishing off the front oil cooler install. I wanted to use the original mounting holes on the oil cooler shroud so I made this adaptor plate.
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Being a very early US 73 2.0L my car sadly didn't have sway bars that became standard. Having driven 914's with and without there was no way I wouldn't be installing one. I initially found a original one but then changed that with this Weltmeister as I wanted to extra performance that offered. Installation was fairly simple.

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post Oct 1 2017, 10:05 AM
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I finally bought an engine stand and got my engine off the floor from the palette it had been sitting on for almost a year. Although covered it had been a bit neglected so it was time to give it a clean up and add the new tinwear and ancillaries.

For starters I had the valve covers powdercoated
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Then installing the tin wear.

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This wasn't staying red
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That's better!
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PMO's going on.
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That's it almost done - SC decals added
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I'm just waiting on my conversion wiring harness to be made by Perry Kiehl.
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post Oct 1 2017, 10:06 AM
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I've been doing the seat rails for months, seemed like a lot of work for yet another something no one ever sees, but they certainly needed some TLC.

Worse condition than I remembered.
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Stripped down, frame blasted and painted. Bright parts replated.
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Refitting those springs were a bit of a nightmare but I finally came up with a solution after bending a couple of screwdrivers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Oct 1 2017, 10:06 AM
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New custom made Hayward & Scott heat exchangers arrived. Such a shame they're going to be hidden away under the car.

Hayward & Scott are fairly local to me and were really good. I called them a few months ago to discuss what I was after. They mention they had just finished a couple of sets for a US customer and I was more than welcome to pop in to take a closer look. During my visit I placed an order.

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post Oct 1 2017, 10:07 AM
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The last mechanical part to look over was the gearbox. I had always had issues with mine in the past and I knew it needed attention. My initial plan was to rebuild it myself but after spending a fair amount of time reading up I decided it was best to get someone else to do it. I did buy a replacement gearbox a few years ago but that also had issues although it was much better than the one I had. The plan will be to make one good from the two and replace other parts where necessary like the syncos. I would just do the easy part and do some cleaning.

Removing paint that had been put on years before.
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More time later than I care to mention!
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This really didn't want to clean up very well....
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... so I dropped in off for vapor blasting.
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I'm hoping to drop the boxes off for rebuilding soon so will update on the findings later.
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post Oct 1 2017, 10:07 AM
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So with almost everything else completed and stuffed into every nook and cranny in the house it was time to get back to bodywork.

About the only part really left unexplored was the underneath of the floor. The top was almost perfect so I was hoping the underside was in a similar condition.

Looks promising!
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The brown parts are just underseal residue. The floor is again almost perfect - 99% original paint and just a tiny bit of very light surface rust.

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