Discovered that my dad had sourced a muffler hanger. That is a nice find. To be precise, I think it is a 914 2.0 hanger. My understanding is 914-6 hangers were unique in that the ends were cut vertical rather than being angled. The 914 different yet.
A strong first day tearing down our 914-6 engine. After doing some basic organization of workspace, tools, and documentation, we got to work. Following the guidance in How to Rebuild and Modify Porsche 911 Engines 1965-1989 we were able to get down to the long block. Which means the camshafts and heads are still in …
The terms are often used interchangeable, but there is a key difference between a transaxle and a transmission. Rear and mid-engine Porsche have a transaxle. Our transaxle isn’t original to the car, but is number range appropriate. A bit dirty from storage but California Motorsports (CMS), where we plan to take it for evaluation, say …
What color was original plated hardware on a 1970 Porsche 914-6? Silver or gold? If you look at photos of cars in their current condition, or even hardware for sale, it is quite a mixture. I’ve seen some threads on hardware and kits, but they seem to be focused on personal preferences rather than what …
While it’s clear that a wide variety of model numbers and even remanufactured starters would have worked, I seemed to be cursed with the desire to keep things as original as possible. After quite a few enquiries, I found a starter with the correct 0001212208 model number for our 914-6. Thanks to 914Werke out of …
After my home workbench rebuild of the distributor, I decided to send it off for testing. Yes. I am trading money for some piece of mind. Largely because I remember what it was like to own an unreliable car and not know if you will make it to your destination. Or worse yet, be sitting …
I took Sunday to try to restore the Marelli S112BX distributor I bought off eBay. There isn’t a ton of info out there are these distributors, but I was able to find some help. PartsKlassik offers a rebuild kit, which is great given that parts were hard to come by for some time. It doesn’t …
I started compiling a list of things to do while the engine and transmission are out of the car. Ease of access can sure simplify things. What I discovered is “let’s just rebuild the engine” and get it on the road has become quite a project! I came up with a pretty lengthy list. I’m …
Just for giggles, I thought it would interesting to create a reproduction of the dealer window sticker that would have been on our car. I modeled it after 1970 sticker examples found on Jeff Bowlsby site and used the historical info I got from Dave Pateman for options. There have been some variations over the …
TLDR; Porsche 914-6 built prior to April 1970 would have CDI and a Marelli 911.602.022.00 S112BX distributor. I guess it should come as no surprise by now that identifying something as common as a distributor is not that straight forward. 914-6 came with models from a couple different manufacturers, and those come in different flavors. …
