How to Restore & Modify your Porsche 914 & 914/6

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Car enthusiasts have long recognized the Porsche 914 as a rare combination of German engineering, mid-engine sports car handling, and bargain-basement pricing and economy. People are drawn to the car by its sleek, sporty looks, but the thrill of buying, restoring, modifying, and maintaining a 914 is what makes them into diehard fans.

How to Restore & Modify your Porsche 914 & 914/6 is a sure-fire, practical guide to maintaining and maximizing your 914. Noted automotive author Patrick Paternie packed this book with advice on finding, buying, restoring, painting, and modifying the 914. From the development of the mid-engine, economic sports car to maintenance and performance tips for the 1.7- and 1.8liter 914s as well as the potent flat-six-powered 914/6, this hands-on guide packs it all between the covers.

If you are in the market for a Porsche 914, this book is your map. If you already own a 914 or 914/6. then add this book to your garage—it blueprints your Porsche's maximum appearance, performance and value.

With more than 300 detailed photos and how-to sequences, this guide includes:

• Selecting and buying a 914.
• Restoring and modifying suspension and brakes.
• Replacing and maintaining clutch, transmission and shift linkage.
• Understanding and boosting engine performance and fuel systems.
• Maintaining the appearance of your 914.
• Racing your 914.
• Porsche 914 exotica, from bolt-on body kits to full-blown makeovers.

And everything else you need to know, maintain, enjoy, and maximize the potency of your Porsche 914 or 914/6.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• What is a 914?
• Buying a 914
• Body and trim
• Interior
• Lighting, electrical
• Suspension
• Brakes
• Engine
• Fuel injection, fuel system
• Clutch, transmission
• Wheels and tires
• Taking your 914 to the race track
• Maintaining your car's appearance
• Exotica
• Appendix
• Index

This information-packed guide tells you what to look for when buying a 914, and helps you decide what to do with it once you have it!

Whether your goal is a restored stocker, a modified street car or a club racer, this book covers both restoration and modification to body and trim, interiors, lighting and electrical, suspension, brakes, engines, fuel systems, transmission, wheels and tires, and detailing for concours participation.

A history of the model traces the evolution of the VW/Porsche collaboration to its demise in the mid-1970s.

How to Restore & Modify your Porsche 914 & 914/6