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Posted by: Charles Deutsch Sep 12 2003, 05:32 PM

Anyone have one of http://store.cip1.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=C13-5005&Category_Code=02-06-03-04 for rolling around their T-4 motor?

Posted by: Racer Chris Sep 12 2003, 05:40 PM

looks a bit cheesy to me

Buy 4 casters and screw them to a board. Add a couple of small pieces of wood to stabilize the engine. Done for less than half the price.

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Sep 12 2003, 05:44 PM

Can you say...furniture dolly?

Posted by: Mike D. Sep 12 2003, 05:44 PM

I have one. got it a pamona a few years back. It only fits type I engines...

-Mike D.

Posted by: sj914 Sep 13 2003, 02:26 AM

It doesn't look very sturdy with just having three sides. A wooden furniture dolly would probably be cheaper and safer.

Posted by: ArtechnikA Sep 13 2003, 05:39 AM

just curious about this :

" 914 Trivia The 914 was the first production Porsche to have rear coil-over shock absorbers and semi-trailing arm rear suspension. The mid-engine configuration precluded the use of the traditional torsion bar suspension used on earlier Porsches. "

this statement is AFAIK correct with regard to the semi-trailing arms. but if the point is coilover vs torsion bars in back - go have a look at a 904 ... (no semi-trailing arms in back, tho - wishbones and radius rods...). also mid-engined.

Posted by: URY914 Sep 13 2003, 06:16 AM

I think the word "production" may be the key. Was the 904 considered production?

Paul

Posted by: ArtechnikA Sep 13 2003, 06:35 AM

yup. they made about 135, available through the dealer. many were sold into racing but there were more than a few licensed for (and driven on) the street.

Posted by: URY914 Sep 13 2003, 06:38 AM

I know that there were street cars but maybe they didn't consider them "production" Just a thought.

By the way I flipped my oil cooler over so it doesn't drain back. Thanks for the tip.

Paul

Posted by: fiid Sep 13 2003, 06:45 AM

I screwed 4 castors to a fork truck pallet. This works very well and it can actually (although not advisable) support the weight of the car. It does make nasty cracking sounds though.

Fiid.

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Sep 13 2003, 08:17 AM

Taken from Excellence Was Expected...is the word of Ludwigsen being challenged...?

its OK...I have found other exaggerations and semi-truths...

Posted by: ArtechnikA Sep 13 2003, 08:38 AM

it's NOT EASY making any book, and a big "comprehensive" and "authoritative" volume about a carmaker that didn't even keep records a lot of the time is a substantial challenge...

i have the first edition Excellence Was Expected, and the new & revised edition is on my Christmas list -- if i can exercise enough restraint to keep from just going to buy it before then !

at least this isn't flat-out wrong technically -- there was a statement in Frere's '911 Story' regarding the aluminum suspension cross member and front geometry of the I-Series and later cars that had be going off in a totally wrong direction for a while. turns out the crossmember is identical in all the important dimensions and the suspension geometry change was made to the tub itself...

Posted by: Rob Ways Sep 13 2003, 09:55 AM

I have one, and its a worthless piece of crap. It's too high, it doesn fit nicely underneath the case, and fully loaded, those small wheels don't move very easily. A jackstand and a friend works better.

I think the concept could be done for a 914 engine but it would have to take more thought.

Posted by: mharrison Sep 13 2003, 05:26 PM

Any mechanical engineers or just excellent welders want a project?

How about making a frame that fits the base of the engine well. Attach this to a swivel that will fit the top of a floor jack? Or maybe just build this on a scissor jack type device like a motorcycle jack? We've all R&R'd these engines with a floor jack and it's not too hard, but wouldn't something better be awesome? Make all for casters to rotate as well as adding a lock and/or brake to them. The scissor jack Idea would make a good stand to store one on as well. It just wouldn't have the heighth of a standard stand.

I wouldn't think this would be too difficult, but I'm not a welder by any strech of the imagination.
(I can weld it if it's broken, but it won't be pretty. I am the king of Gorilla welds!)

Just a thought.

Posted by: MarkV Sep 13 2003, 05:49 PM

This place http://www.vwalley.com/sells a rack that goes on a floor jack. I don't think it is big enough for a Type4 though.


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