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2018 upgrades – part 2.

The next big upgrade concerns the evacuation of warm air from the front mounted oil cooler. Previous owners had made a cowling but since I upgraded to a larger Setrab oil cooler it no longer fit and I didnt like that it took up soo much space with ventilation hoses going to holes leading into...

Equal parts excitement and gutwrenching anxiety… Dyno day !

I’ve worked on this car for almost 4 years now. And suddenly you are there, all the boxes on the to-do list are checked. Well at least on the “essential” to-do list. Theres the secondary list with things that can be improved on later when the car is working. I was finally ready to let...

Finicky exhausts, a 914 speciality.

Oh come on, two updates in less than a month? you’re spoiling your viewers duuude! Yeah yeah I know, but then again you never know when the next one will come… So, 914 exhausts…not the greatest design ever made… Since the 914 is aircooled, it has no coolant to generate heat for the cabin. Thats...

Missfortunes and stuff….

Ok, havnt updated here much lately. I had a dyno appointment for the 9th of may. Rented a trailer, loaded the car the day before and left home at around 4:30 am to get to MaxxTuning around 8 o clock. Got there in time and got the car unloaded and onto the dyno. Ran fine...

and now back to our regularly scheduled show….

Wow….hey….you’re still waiting for updates? Ok, my bad, kinda been busy, well not superbusy but still busy-ish. So after getting the car running and the clutch issues solved I made a list of stuff to fix: * Put plastic on the door insides to weatherseal them. * Mount the doorcards * Hook up the carbon...

Engine temperature

So when I bought the MaxxEcu almost a year ago now I also went ahead and bought two Type-K temperature sensors to be fitted underneath the spark plugs. I figured I wouldnt need them for the first iteration of the engine but now I’ve changed my mind and this past weekend I set to taking...

End of 2015 catchup post.

Hello…its that damn lazy 914 owner writing again. Hasnt been much updates here has it? I started doing all the engine electrics in september and then we suffered a water leak in the house so that took alot of energy, time and money so last last two months the car has been severly neglected. All...

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