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WTB: Converting my 914 to 5 lug
Looks like early 70s 911 stuff is the ticket and re drilled rear hubs. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Actually, just about any air-cooled front will work; I have an early 930 front on mine. The re drilled rear hubs will withstand anything you can throw at them. Drilled mine in the early '90s and they're still good. Unless you're going racing, no need to overkill like I did. One more thing: Boxster brakes on the front and rear (no emergency brake on mine)! I swear it'll stop on a dime and give you a quarter in change.
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I know I've seen parts for sale recently on either 914world or Pelican. Can't recall which.
Only real difference is whether you want 3" struts or 3.5" struts.. these relate to the brake calipers.. "early" is 3". later (SC, Carrera) is 3.5" Not sure if early carries a premium as folks restore longhood 911s and want correct vintage stuff. Not sure if they are still available, but Brad Roberts or some such vendor used to sell upgrade kits for 914s. Didn't mess with the whole front suspension, just some kind of hub adaptor iirc. And then there is this: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=324104 While I am told this is sold.. is this what you were looking for: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=322911
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After this driving season my shit box will proceed towards the attached photo. So I am working on sourcing parts while trying to find a shop to go through the car and do the body work. |
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Racer, do you know what the guy was looking for for the lot of parts? |
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Rear sway bars.. its like asking what oil to use. With that, I chime in for using a rear swaybar. That said, my cars have never been aggressively rear sprung, so a bar always keeps it steadier for me. On this website is a pic of my stock 914/6 when the rear bar was not engaged (bushing failure). it was in one of the running slide shows. Not sure if its just cached on my machine now though https://pcapotomac.org/ And yes, to build a car like the green one pic'd is a tens of thousands of dollars of work proposition. But Irish Green sure looks awesome. imho, boxster brakes are overkill unless you are going really hot 3.2-3.6 motor. 930 brakes are nice.. or just SC/Carrera brakes. While I won't comment on prices, Doug Arnao used to be a fantastic brake/suspension guru when I lived in NJ if you have questions. (http://www.vehiclecraft.com/Brakes/vciweb0.htm ) These guys have a bunch of great 914 "stuff" http://www.tangerineracing.com/ and I've been partial to these "smooth" flares vs GT flares...
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Dave - 1970 914-6 Past - 2000 Boxster - 1987 944 - 1987 924S - 1978 911 Euro SC - 1976 914 2.0 - 1970 914 1.7 / 2056cc Last edited by racer; 02-12-2018 at 10:06 PM. |
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Get the 3.5" the 3" is from the really early cars and the brakes aren't as good. 3" can be easier to find because not many people want them. Also, look for the newer style control arms because the way the ball joint attaches is better. However, if it is just a street car, the 3" stuff is good, as well as just drilling the 914 rotors because let's face it - people complain "Oh you have to get the drilled every time you get new rotors" but are you planning on driving it enough to wear out a set of rotors?
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not looking to get "adaptor" pieces but looking for the entire assembly as posted earlier. Thanks everyone.
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If that's the case contact Rich Johnson (a914guy) he has packages.
I used him when I went with my 3.5" front setup and boxster front brakes. BTW - brave man going with a flared car...they look great though. I guess mine will be easier to spot with skinny fenders as a rare non-flared /6 conversion and if you want a roll-bar, I have one I'm not going to use with the current direction of my car.
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'64 356 SC '73 914 2.0 (2.8/6 conversion in progress) '65 Falcon 80 ‘19 SQ5 Gone but not forgotten: '02 S6 Avant - trans blew, but rebuilt as a 6-speed by new owner '99.5 A4 2.8QT - tree fell on it after 20 years ‘74 MB 280C - traded for paint/rust repair/6-conversion mods on the 914 |
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Thanks Nathan, I reached out to him. I need to research a shop to do the work now(body wise)
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