1972 914 Build Options

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Finished first round of guide coat and blocking and now the car is in full primer. Ready for the second round of guide coat and blocking, then a third one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

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I turned my attention to the wheel wells to make them nice and pretty before I spray on the Raptor Liner. I already ordered the tintable 4 liter kit and it should show up early next week.





And some full shots to see it in its current state.

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Underside of the car is now finished, just waiting for the Raptor liner to show up and start spraying some color (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

[Root_Werks]

There's something about a bare, ready to paint 914 tub that makes my heart flutter a bit. Nice progress!

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There's something about a bare, ready to paint 914 tub that makes my heart flutter a bit. Nice progress!

Thank you very much! I also love looking at cars at this stage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

So last week I went down to European Motor Works to pick up my engine case, heads, crankshaft and all my other parts that Jorge was very kind to fix for me. I want to say thanks to Jorge and his crew, they did an awesome job. Here is a list of what they did:
Align Bore
Drill and tap the oil galley holes
Deck the Case
Regrind 2.0 Crank
Rebuild and Balance 2.0 Rods
Surface and CC'd Heads

Set it up on the bench to do a final clean and hopefully start putting it back together next week.



Jorge also gave me a modified type 1 oil pump but there is always that one fastener that doesn't want to cooperate (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

[Dion]

A body in “white” & a proper power plant. Coming together beautifully Pedro.
Like the Datsun! Keep it coming.

[TRS63]

This body is looking fantastic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Looking forward to the next steps (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Antoine

[76-914]

Great build and well done. You move quickly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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A body in “white” & a proper power plant. Coming together beautifully Pedro.
Like the Datsun! Keep it coming.

Thank you very much Dion! Little Datsun has been with me for a while, I also restored that one and hopefully it will have the 914 join it on the road soon.

This body is looking fantastic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Looking forward to the next steps (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Antoine

Antoine, hopefully soon I can get it to paint and then start the assembly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Great build and well done. You move quickly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Thank you very much, greatly appreciated! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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Not too much to show this week but I did get a few things done. I blocked the hood and sprayed some more primer on it. I think after this second round of blocking it should be really good. Also got a little bit of work done on the firewall, for some reason it had some small dents that were bothering me so I decided to fix them also.

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Had a productive day yesterday, I was able to get most of my engine assembly complete. Everything went smoothly thanks to the great work from European Motor Works. Assembly was made easier thanks to all the great resources here and the videos from Ian Karr, thank you for putting out such great content (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Anyways here are some pictures of the assembly process. Frist one is the bare case half.



Here we have the crankshaft, crank and the permatex aviation sealant all ready for the other half of the case.




And finally the two case half's joined and torqued. I also installed a Type 1 oil pump that EMW modified.

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Moved on to cylinder and piston installation, I started with the #4 cylinder. Verified my deck height to be .04 in. and that the cylinders were even to have a good seal with the heads. Everything checked out ok.






Bolted on the heads and installed my lower cooling tins.



Installed the Billet Taco Plate I got from Rich at 914 Werke. I love this thing, very well made (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

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I forgot to add these pictures of where I left off that day on the engine build.

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So before spraying the Raptor I wanted to finish priming the body. I finished blocking everything after the second round of primer and I only found a few spots that needed attention. Here is the 3rd primer round and the guide coat applied. From here I will be blocking with 220 and then 400 and 600 wet and it should be ready for paint.

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Finally we have some color and most of the hard work has been finished. This week was getting the underside done, I went to the paint store and they were able to match the Raptor to the color I will be spraying on the car. Since I wanted a smoother texture, I modified a spray gun from Harbor Freight by drilling the tip out to 2.0 I also reduced the raptor liner by about 5% and that seemed to give me the texture I was looking for. I was very surprised at how well it covered and how easy it was to spray. I bought the 4 quart kit and I still had a bit left over once I was done. I did the floor, lower engine bay and the wheel wells.

[brant]

way to go
saving another one.

and that is a great looking truck!
brant

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way to go
saving another one.

and that is a great looking truck!
brant

Thank you Brant, some of your parts will be going on this one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Shivers]

Hey Pedro. That came out great, I was wondering about these bed liners as a undercoating. Price is right and being able to tint it is awesome. Nice job.

[bkrantz]

Very nice. Reaching the point where you are putting on paint, and assembling parts, is a great milestone.

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Hey Pedro. That came out great, I was wondering about these bed liners as a undercoating. Price is right and being able to tint it is awesome. Nice job.

Hey thanks Shivers, in my eyes it's very economical. The kit cost me $113.00 on Amazon and it came with a free gun even though I didn't use it. Paint for tinting it was $35.00, so $150.00 to do the whole underside of the car is pretty decent.

Very nice. Reaching the point where you are putting on paint, and assembling parts, is a great milestone.

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) it does feel great to get to this point. I've been studying your build with great pleasure and I will definitely be using it as a guide for when I put my car back together. Yours is such a great build.