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Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/6/22 9:32 p.m.

Hello! im new here to GRM but im not new to this project. This is/was a 1972 porsche 914 that i absolutely gutted. I hand built my chassis in my garage; No chassis bench, no fancy tools. About as grassroots as it gets. The goals for this thing are: Under 2000 pound, 400hp, 500hp on a push to pass button out of a subaru 2.5 liter connected to a subaru 5 speed converted to rwd mid engine setup. I put a 986 boxster suspension under it for improved handling. All the body panels will basically be fiberglass and very wide body. It should make about 1000lbs of down force, at least i hope so. Any questions about goals or what ive done so far go ahead and ask!

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/6/22 9:36 p.m.
newold_m (Forum Supporter)
newold_m (Forum Supporter) Reader
2/6/22 9:41 p.m.

Wow! Looking amazing, looking forward to reading more....

egoman
egoman Reader
2/6/22 10:33 p.m.

Been following you for some time now. Keep going please!

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand UberDork
2/6/22 11:10 p.m.

Definitely looking forward to more details on this build.

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/6/22 11:23 p.m.

In reply to egoman :

no problem. 

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/7/22 3:06 p.m.

Got to work cutting out some tubing i have began to hate the look of. The tubes that go from the main chassis rail to near the shock towers got removed. Instead i will be welding in a tube that will go from the front cross bar to the shock tower. It will probably make more sense when its in so trust me this is for the best. 

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand UberDork
2/7/22 3:15 p.m.

Is this Center seat?

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/7/22 8:02 p.m.

In reply to nocones :

indeed, with plaid seat:

gumby
gumby GRM+ Memberand Dork
2/7/22 8:29 p.m.

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/7/22 8:55 p.m.

Wow!! Is this the one from the aero thread?

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/8/22 1:32 a.m.

In reply to Robbie (Forum Supporter) :

Yeah this is the one, may have made good on a promise from the aero thread today... :)

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/8/22 11:19 p.m.

 Finished up the front end minus some welding and i think it turned out great! the shock towers look good, so now on to the rear.

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/15/22 6:50 p.m.

Posted a new video on the Ziptied youtube channel where i regularly do summary videos and other 24 hours of lemons foolery. It can be seen here:

AAZCD-Jon (Forum Supporter)
AAZCD-Jon (Forum Supporter) SuperDork
2/15/22 8:06 p.m.

Very nice. I'm following along to get inspiration for a couple 914 project cars that I will probably get to work on this summer.

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/20/22 11:05 p.m.

Worked on installing the flippy lights among some smaller stuff. And so far so good! My friend tygaboy, builder of racerbenz plasma cut me out the brackets and saved me a ton of time. 

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/24/22 11:07 p.m.

Built a replacement subframe for the rear suspension to allow my to fit my headers in there. I need extra space for a larger diameter tube than standard to allow for HP room to grow. I also think this has a better cleaner look for the car. 

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
2/25/22 10:59 p.m.

Now both of the flippy lights are in and getting ready to popup

Tazz9924
Tazz9924 New Reader
4/25/22 11:12 p.m.

Im back again this time hopefully for a while… we will see but i have a lot to do!
Todays work has been on starting to mount the nose and splitter. My solution is going to be mount it like our cars at work where the nose is completely removable, so that will look cool. (more on this later) 
Ive grown to require what ever big tubes i put on the car must be fancy in some way. so i decided to flow with the line of the tube that comes down from the strut tower. So far so good, i had no ear plugs or safety glasses at hand today so ill notch the tubes tomorrow!
Also you will be seeing some cad, laser cut parts and a lot of cool other parts in the near future!

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
4/26/22 9:44 a.m.

Looking great.  I love the look of the Flippy lights just hanging out in space.

Keep it up. 

dherr (Forum Supporter)
dherr (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand Dork
4/26/22 10:11 a.m.
Tazz9924 said:

Worked on installing the flippy lights among some smaller stuff. And so far so good! My friend tygaboy, builder of racerbenz plasma cut me out the brackets and saved me a ton of time. 

Now I can see the 914 parts wink

Very cool build, subscribed!

Placemotorsports
Placemotorsports GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
4/26/22 10:35 a.m.

Love everything about this.  Can't wait to see it complete

Somebeach (Forum Supporter)
Somebeach (Forum Supporter) HalfDork
4/26/22 11:14 a.m.

Very cool build. 
 

How does the push to pass button work? Is it a separate tune in the ecu? 

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
4/26/22 12:04 p.m.

I have a question: what is going on with the zebra stripe walls in your garage? They are TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!

Purple Frog (Forum Supporter)
Purple Frog (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
4/26/22 12:09 p.m.

Radiators will be where?

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