Tim's 914

My 914 started life as a '72 914 and has been converted with a '65 911 2.0L engine which I to 2.2E specs. Owner: Tim Martin, Sunnyvale California.

Original Pictures

First day

Body

Brakes

Battery Tray

Engine Swap

Engine Disassembly (part 1)

Engine Disassembly (part 2)

Engine Assembly

Fuel System

Ignition System

Interior

Shift Linkage

Suspension
Time for new torsion bars. The back has 180lb springs so I figured the 18mm stock bars in the front were ready to be replaced.

Triple Gauge

Custom Wheels

Misc

Spare Parts

Torsion Bars

Notice they were rubbing the tubes near the center of this picture. That's really not good as they can actually break because of this wearing and you really don't want that to happen while driving. A note for you weekend mechanics: 914-4's have bars with a different number of splines on the end then 914-6's or 911's. So don't buy 914-6 torsion bars for your conversion unless you're replacing your A-arms with them!