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gms
05-01-2009, 06:05 PM
Dug, Randy & I bought an old POC/SCCA racer from Henry at Supertec (http://www.supertecperformance.com/) in Southern CA. It was delivered today, here are the details:

1973 Porsche 914-6 conversion race car chassis 1973 914-6 conversion. Race car rolling chassis.******No engine or transmission.******* This car was raced in the early 80s to mid 90s. The chassis has no rust, steel rear fender flares and fiberglass two-piece 935 nose. The doors are steel and the rockers are aluminum. It has camber plates but the coil over uprights are missing. What you see in the pictures are stock 911. The trailing arms are reinforced and have the Velios conversion. This means the stub axles, CV joints and axles are of the 930 variety. The cage was being modified when the project stopped so it will need to be completed. There is a duel master cylinder pedal assembly with adjustable brake bias knob. The car is equipped with a front oil cooler (Setrab?) and -12 braid stainless lines. The chassis is cut for a 914-6 factory oil tank but the tank is long gone. There is a new old stock fuel cell (Fuel Safe) in the car but it has never been hooked up. The front sway bar is a 24mm Charlie bar. These were the best you could buy back in the day. The rear wing is a factory 962 piece that was purchased directly from Porsche Motorsport. As you can see, it has a hole in it that can be easily repaired. The wheels are Etoile and although they show some age, they have never been spun in anger. (never on the track) This car was designed to use the tyres from an Indy Lights Lola so the tyres should still be available (10x15 frt., 14x15 err.) There are some brake parts and miscellaneous items that go with the car. The big aluminum piece in the pictures is the front pan. This car was very competitive in its day. It even started on the front row at a POC enduro along side and in front of RSR, 935 and 911 Turbos making at least 300hp more. This car ran 1:28s at Willow Springs when the track was 2 seconds a lap slower than it is now. It did this with a 280 hp 3.0 MFI engine and a mediocre driver. You need a GT3 and a good driver to do 1:28s now.

(Photos by Dug)

gms
05-02-2009, 11:07 AM
Here are some interior shots, it has:
10K tach
2 combo gauges
dual master cylinder pedal cluster
front to rear brake bias adjuster
Mark Donohue steering wheel
(Photos by Dug)

gms
05-02-2009, 11:12 AM
some more interesting body detail pix
(Photos by Dug)

gms
05-02-2009, 11:15 AM
the 962 wing
(Photos by Dug)

gms
05-02-2009, 11:24 AM
The Ginther windscreen and other detail
(Photos by Dug)

gms
05-02-2009, 11:25 AM
Headers
930 axles
Brakes
Under body work for the nose
(Photos by Dug)

South Elgin 914
05-02-2009, 01:16 PM
That is a pretty awesome car Glenn! I like the wheels. It doesn't look like it would take much to put it on the track. Does it have a fuel cell? Any pictures of the front trunk and engine compartment?

gms
05-02-2009, 07:57 PM
That is a pretty awesome car Glenn! I like the wheels. It doesn't look like it would take much to put it on the track. Does it have a fuel cell? Any pictures of the front trunk and engine compartment?
It has a fuel cell, it was raining when Dug got it so he did'nt want to get it wet.

This car likes similar to a 908/03

PJenkins
05-03-2009, 09:03 AM
This car look really cool and I was thinking the same Glenn, that it looks like a more modern 908! The genuine 962 wing is something. Is that to say that a 962 is only as wide as a widened 914???

Henry has some pretty neat stuff. I recall a conversation with him that he also has a Porsche powered Elva? Anyone see that in his shop or have pictures of it?

Peter

dug
05-06-2009, 02:44 AM
I uploaded some more shots...
Here's the rear:

dug
05-06-2009, 02:47 AM
The front trunk with fuel cell, oil cooler shroud:

dug
05-06-2009, 02:53 AM
Front cage attachments

dug
05-06-2009, 02:55 AM
Charlie bar

dug
05-06-2009, 03:20 AM
Front cooling ducts

dug
05-06-2009, 03:21 AM
Rear trunk

dug
05-06-2009, 03:23 AM
Body work with tape removed

gms
05-08-2009, 08:58 AM
Dug sent this, I like it

dug
05-08-2009, 11:41 AM
I suck at photoshop.

Burn-Bros
05-10-2009, 12:30 PM
Glenn, Dug. I have a couple of pics of your car both in early and current livery. I'll scan them if you're interested.

gms
05-11-2009, 12:34 AM
Glenn, Dug. I have a couple of pics of your car both in early and current livery. I'll scan them if you're interested.
Thanks!
:)

JKH
05-19-2009, 09:18 AM
Oh ya :D too cool

gms
05-21-2009, 09:53 AM
Oh ya :D too cool
That's the one!

dug
07-02-2009, 05:56 AM
http://www.avonracing.com/images/tyres/cross_15_s.gif
While I was investigating tires for my six #1902, I ran across some sizes that will fit this beast.

Avon has sizes listed that will fit the rims:
http://www.avonracing.com/car_page.aspx

The front rims are 10 inch and rears are 14 inch IIRC.
So, it looks like we could run the 11/25-15 and the 13/25-15.

AIM tires at sears point lists AVON in their product list.
http://www.aimtire.com/typ_category.asp?Unique=39996%2E1552199074&ObjectID=6368
They don't specifically list the regular slicks, only vintage in a size close to ours, but it looks like it's gonna be around $300 per tire.

Sounds high initially, but that's only 2x what "normal" size tires cost, and these are 2x wider:)

Man that is going to be fun!

cheers,
dug

gms
07-06-2009, 09:31 PM
Here are the pix of the car before the new look.
Thanks Aaron !