Monday, April 02, 2007

Porsche 914-6 Monterey

Not the Monterey! That's what the mechanics at Specialty Motorwerkes will say when they hear its going away. Anyway, that's what they always say when it shows up as well ...

Yes, the 1973 914-6, worked on since 1988 and sporting Ferrari's Fly Yellow since 1993. Multi-year autocross champion, great HP/weight ratio of nearly 1/10 (~190/2000 lbs. empty). I keep trophies, but plenty of parts to go with car (struts, 911 calipers, torsion bars, etc.)

Handling, lateral g, and SOUND of this car has to be experienced. The picture shows the max lean in a fast corner.

914-6 conversion, clean 1993 - Autocross & track champ, street legal. Beach Boys Monterey body w/ 930 airdam, slant nose, 916 valance, box rockers, Euro lights. 2.7 CIS w/ upgrades (fuel, injection, tensioners, headers, oil tank. Full welded cage, Momo seats, wheel, Rennline pedals, shifter & linkage, rebuilt 901, 930 axles, S alloy brakes, 911 struts, bars, stiffeners, CamberTruss. Bartosh leather dash & 911 gauges, 911 door inserts. Fuchs 15" Kumhos.

Featured in 1993 European Car. See the article images: Page 1 Page 2

The original conversion was done by Mark Bartosh of SoCal, who had done a nice job of making a 914 touring car for his wife. Mark made 914 kits, and his shop also made the custom leather 911 gauge set dash, and the 911 style door inserts. Its a cool interior, with Rennsport pedal set, good shifter kit, Momo seats and D wheel, 5 point harnesses.
What else can I add quickly - the custom cage is a work of art, welded and gusseted, with a Chromoly hoop. The chassis has some stiffening from the stiff kits, but not all. One of the early adds was the Camber Truss to stiffen across the rear shocks. The shifter has been worked with short-throw and bushings, its as good as a 73 gets, except for the usual first gear stiffness.

The body is a one-off Monterey slant-nose cabrio style from Beach Boys Racing, like the feature show car built for the 1992 Monterey Porsche Parade. Its a stock 930-type nose, rear flares are cut from an SC and welded in, and the 916 valance. Euro lights were originally with the car.

They sold one set of pieces outside the shop, and I got it and ran the car since 1993.

Its a dry-sump 2.7 CIS engine, no mods - just updated chain tensioners and fan, blueprinted injectors, Euro fuel distributors, custom distributor curving. The car always starts right up after a winter sit, its very drivable and torquey. I've never drag-started it to get a true 0-60, and have never calculated true HP. It could use an LSD - but the 930 driveshafts hold up pretty well.

The conversion includes strong 5-lug hubs and real Fuchs 15" alloys, with 225/50 Kumho's all around right now, which was a mistake (in search of even more oversteer, as if needed!) Suspension is not radical - a stock rear bar, 23 mm front torsion bars, 21 anti-roll bar. 1990 911 struts, early 911 S alloy calipers. 930 steering rack, bump-steer adjusters.

Oh yeah, the wipers don't work - motor gave out, and i rarely drive in the rain with being an open car. I just outdrive the rain, or trailer it if needed. The fuel sender has never worked perfectly either, or the VDO clock, but they sit in the dash with working wiring which I sorted out years ago. All the critical gauges are OK, brake and headlights operate just fine.

$13,250 Email me: (peter@poetics.org), look up my phone #, or contact via blog post.






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