Roger's '74 Porsche 914 Project "Bebe"


Engine:
355 cubic inch Chevrolet 4 bolt main. Approximately 350HP/350ft. lbs. torque. Cooling by high volume Meziere electric pump to a Griffin 3" aluminum radiator. Dual fans encased in custom aluminum and fiberglass ducting.

Transaxle:
Porsche 901 with extra fast 5th gear (flipped H gear) and 1st gear deleted. Calculated top speed of over 180MPH at 6K RPM's... Renegade adaptor plate, flywheel, and clutch package.


Front suspension: 
911 Carrera with Elephant Racing 21mm torsion bars. Carrera Aluminum crossbar and turbo-tie rod ends.

Rear suspension: 
Koni adjustable nitrogen shocks, 140lb hypercoil springs, Coleman adjustable perch's, 911 turbo axles (110mm CV's) hubs and stubs with adaptors for the 5 bolt conversion.

Brakes:
Front- Full 911 Carrera with Porterfield pads. 
Rear-Rotors are custom milled 911 vented and cross drilled.  Calipers are Eric Shea built spaced calipers to retain stock emergency brake. Porterfield pads.

Tires and wheels:
Porsche 996 Twin-turbo hollow-spoke alloys. 8X18 and 11X18's with Ernie's Alloy's aluminum spacers.
Michelin Pilot Sports 295-30-ZR18's in the rear and 225-40-ZR18's up front.		  Attached Image
 
Car build pictures


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  New Edelbrock 750cfm. Temporary throttle linkage shown.



 

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Shortened Corvette mufflers.  Perfect fit.

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Some old pics showing where it all began.

 

 

 

Custom aluminum work

 

 

Roasted those tires the first day out.

   

 

Carrera front suspension with Bilstein gas struts. Replacing rear wheel bearings

  

 

 

Axle adaptor plates.

High torque mini starter

Rear calipers before they were rebuilt by Eric Shea.

 

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Fenders fastened with 2 part epoxy and temporarily screwed to hold tightly in place for curing.

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Experimenting with different colors.

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 The newest engine incarnation. Less cam and intake making it much better on the street  

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Rear trunk hinges repaired and pneumatic struts installed 1/08

New High Energy Ignition (HEI) installed 2/08

Next steps:  Cooling line re-route and proper paint.

 

Questions or comments?

roger@grubb.net