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One of my buddies said his wife told him his 914 race car (currently in pieces) was like a puzzle with lots of pieces but no picture on the box. We decided that the turbo is a puzzle with a nice picture, but you have to make all the pieces. Well, I managed to get a some more pieces made this weekend.

I'm going to be keeping the CIS system to start with. The idea being to keep the engine as stock (reliable) as possible so I can get the chassis and aero dialed in without worrying about engine issues. Once it's driving well I'll start working on more power. Eventually it'll get electronic ECS, twin turbos, electronic boost controls, 600hp argh, argh, arGH, ARGH, ARGH!!!!!

But for now its more

Keeping the CIS means re-arranging things to fit in a 914 and one of the things that had to move was the CIS unit itself. I made the bracket to hold the unit off to the right this weekend. The turbo fits over the gearbox with the compressor side on the right. A short 90 deg. hose will connect the turbo to the CIS. The compressor outlet will feed straight into the intercooler that will sit over the center of the engine. The pics show the CIS mouned in it's new home and the turbo in it's final position, though still on blocks... (I don't have any jackstands small enough )

The other pics show the finished trans mount. Front and rear "ears" boxed in to provide some extra fore-aft stiffness.

Enough rambling, here are the pics...


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