Hey man you want a 914 tub?
I got a 70 tub that you could swap all your parts to.
Ain't perfect or nothing but I am about ready to get rid of it cheap.. real cheap.
Close enough to you for your to stop by and look at anyway.

Hey Joe
Yeah, I'll come look
We were supposed to get together 6 months ago, anyway. My how time flies.
I won't bring up Hurricanes and stuff....

Yeah, so I had a 63 Bug sitting on a 71 IRS pan. 4 wheel discs, complete rebuild of the suspension, f/r sway bars, etc.

I had a 2270cc T4 with a DTM kit and lots of goodies in it.

Trans was a Rancho T1 with 3.88R/P and a Bus .82 4th gear. Car purred on the highway. Holy crap. At 80, I'd downshift into 3rd and it'd PIN you back into the seat.

http://www.qtm.net/~persot/63_bug/clean_63_1.jpg

http://www.qtm.net/~persot/63_bug/whole_pan.jpg

http://www.qtm.net/~persot/tcp_t4.jpg

And yes, that is my UGLY mug... :)

Here are some movies...

Makin Noise...
I had an exhaust leak still at this time...

Launch...

4th gear at 5000rpm

Startup with a Flowmaster 40 series

Yeah, so I MISS that car. It was loads of fun. I bought a 914, sold the Bug, kept the motor and stuck that in the 914. Then, I decided to run Megasquirt, so out came the peaky 2270 and I'm now building a stock motor... :confused:

That's another story though. :)

Tom

How much did the trans set you back?

I bought the trans used from Shad Laws, of LN Engineering. It was in his Fastback with the 2.7L mill of his.

I think he paid nearly 1K for the trans. It had every goodie that Rancho could put in a stock cased T1 trans.

It was nice...

Tom

Hey Tom. I thought you were gonna put a Carrera motor in the 914??

I'm doing a 1911 Turbo for my 72 914...

Later,

Eddie.

Well, I was... But the $$$$

I think I may build a 1911 now that I think about it. Just gotta get the heads opened up.

You know... MegaSquirt handles boost pretty well... :cool:

Maybe I could follow your footsteps and turbo it :D

Tom