The 1974
Porsche 914. My car is a 74 2.0 which I named Little P. I have
had her now for just over 2 years and I’ve loved every
minute of it. Not one moment has been spent in regret with that
car. She is my first car and I hope to keep her forever.
It’s a very sensual, mysterious, indescribable feeling when
you drive a 914. Little P, sometimes referred to as Tiffany(named
after the first girl I fell in love with), is in excellent
condition and has had many modifications done. But her one true
virtue is her condition. Perfect interior, only very minor
SURFACE rust, very straight body, and the engine usually starts.
Here is a list of modifications that have been done:
- Engine
rebuild 13k miles
- Rebuilt
original 2.0 heads
- New
seats
- New
silicone bronze guides
- Hi
rev springs
- New
exhaust valves
- Original
crank counterweighted and balanced
- Original
rods resized and rebushed
- European
compression – 8.0:1
- Lightweight
Euro pistons
- Reground
cam and lifters
- Rockers
shimmed for correct geometry
- New
push rod tubes
- New
911E aluminum pressure plate
- New
throw out bearing
- New
clutch
- New
handbrake
- New
pilot bearing
- Aluminum
valve covers
- New
flywheel
- Fuel
pump moved to front of car
- New
fuel lines and filter
- New
C.V. joint seals
- New
fuel injection relays
- New
transmission mounts
- New
throttle position switch
- New
motor mounts
- New
contact trigger points
- New
idle air valve
- Rebuilt
throttle body
- Rebuilt
distributor
- New
plugs, wires cap, rotor, points, condenser
- Bilstein
shocks
- New
bushings
- Bump
steer spacers
- New
tie rods
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- 22mm
front torsion bars
- 22mm
adjustable front sway bar
- 16mm
rear sway bar
- 180lbs
rear springs
- New
rear rotors
- New
cross drilled front rotors
- 4
piston front calipers
- New
front wheel bearings
- New
E-brake cables
- New
speedo cable (which I have since melted)
- New
clutch cable, clevis pin, release arm pivot
- New
throttle cable
- Yokohama
A-022A tires
- Bursch
glasspack exhaust
- Euro
light kit
- New
sunvisor pivots
- New
short shifter
- New
shift rod bushings
- Replaced
windshield washer system
- New
Lloyd Porsche floor mats
- Momo
steering wheel
- Momo
shirt knob
- New
pedal pads
- New
aluminum dead pedal
- Rebuilt
pedal box
- 22mm
911 master cylinder
- New
E-brake cables
- New
speedo cable (which I have since melted)
- New
clutch cable, clevis pin, release arm pivot
- New
throttle cable
- New
vacuum advance/retard diaphragm
- New
thermo bellows
- .97g
Latteral Acceleration
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So Tiffany is
a pretty wicked car. She and I have a strange relationship
though. Some days I’ll sit there cussing at the top of my
lungs at her, and others I’m ready to sacrifice virgins to
her. Generally, I am in complete admiration of that car(almost
exactly like the realtionship I have with the real Tiffany!). A
lot of other people dig her action too. I paid 6000 for her, with
receipts and documents stating that over 14k has been invested.
I’ve had all sorts of offers too, anywhere from 1600 to
8000. Still the most intriguing offer was 1700 and two 911s.
Interesting
to how people react to the car. Mainly the appreciation comes
from other 914 owners, but I’ve had 914 guys ignore me
completely, and 911 guys wave and comment at me. So there is a
great deal of mixed emotion about the car.
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