 914 Chassis-stiffening kit, Labor involved |
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| bluhun |
  Oct 29 2012, 02:17 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 23-January 06 From: San Rafael, CA Member No.: 5,464 Region Association: Northern California  |
Can someone give me an estimate of the number of hours of labor that a good Porsche shop would require to weld in all of the panels in a chassis-stiffening kit?
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| mepstein |
Oct 29 2012, 05:04 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,876 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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You need to find a good welder, not necessarily a Porsche shop.
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| timothy_nd28 |
Oct 29 2012, 06:23 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,299 Joined: 25-September 07 From: IN Member No.: 8,154 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours.
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| partwerks |
Oct 29 2012, 06:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,611 Joined: 7-September 06 From: Grand Island, NE Member No.: 6,787 |
Make sure everything is sealed between the plates and the chassis, otherwise it may create secondary problems down the road with rust if it finds an entry way in.
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| scotty b |
Oct 29 2012, 06:33 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
done properly I would geusstimate at 7-10 hours start to finish. This is removing the interior, stripping the paint from the longs and rear panel, etch priming them with a weld through etch primer. Cleaning the new panels and etching them. welding it all in, then final paint. 7 being the car cam ein with all of the interior alrwady removed, and the owner reinstalling it. Having
I currently have 3 cars lined up for just this operation, and can do a writeup on it if wanted including hours. It will be a few weeks before I do the first one though. |
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| scotty b |
Oct 29 2012, 06:36 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM)  This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play |
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| timothy_nd28 |
Oct 29 2012, 06:39 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,299 Joined: 25-September 07 From: IN Member No.: 8,154 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 04:36 AM) QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play I thought he was talking about the chassis stiffening kit that goes on the exterior. I agree, doing the interior stiffening kit really sucked and was time consuming! |
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| scotty b |
Oct 29 2012, 06:41 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:39 AM) QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 04:36 AM) QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play I thought he was talking about the chassis stiffening kit that goes on the exterior. I agree, doing the interior stiffening kit really sucked and was time consuming! Good point. Are you talking about the interior or exterior kit ? Quite a difference between the two. About half the time in fact (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
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| bulitt |
Oct 29 2012, 09:18 AM
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Achtzylinder Group: Members Posts: 4,189 Joined: 2-October 11 Member No.: 13,632 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 08:33 AM) done properly I would geusstimate at 7-10 hours start to finish. This is removing the interior, stripping the paint from the longs and rear panel, etch priming them with a weld through etch primer. Cleaning the new panels and etching them. welding it all in, then final paint. 7 being the car cam ein with all of the interior alrwady removed, and the owner reinstalling it. Having I currently have 3 cars lined up for just this operation, and can do a writeup on it if wanted including hours. It will be a few weeks before I do the first one though. Is this the Engman kit??? |
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| bluhun |
Oct 29 2012, 09:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 23-January 06 From: San Rafael, CA Member No.: 5,464 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 05:39 AM) QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 04:36 AM) QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play I thought he was talking about the chassis stiffening kit that goes on the exterior. I agree, doing the interior stiffening kit really sucked and was time consuming! I'm talking about te exterior kit. |
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| Eric_Shea |
Oct 29 2012, 10:23 AM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,304 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Still a tremendous amount of work to be done. The entire rear suspension needs to come out and... you will need some serious welding up behind the quarter panels.
I would be it would actually be "more" time to do the exterior kit properly. The weld area needs to be "CLEAN". |
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| hot_shoe914 |
Oct 29 2012, 07:27 PM
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on ramp passer Group: Members Posts: 3,806 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Earle, Ar. Member No.: 8,354 Region Association: None |
QUOTE It will be a few weeks before I do the first one though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| mepstein |
Oct 29 2012, 08:19 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,876 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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When Scotty does mine, you will see; interior long kit, exterior GT kit and CFR suspension console reinforcement with heim rod braces. The works (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| Cairo94507 |
Oct 29 2012, 08:38 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,317 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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Holy crap Mark! That sucker is not going to flex at all. I am just doing the inner kit on mine I believe - unless Scott thinks it needs reinforcement elsewhere. Seriously looking forward to seeing this work done on both of our cars.
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| mepstein |
Oct 29 2012, 08:48 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,876 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Oct 29 2012, 10:38 PM) Holy crap Mark! That sucker is not going to flex at all. I am just doing the inner kit on mine I believe - unless Scott thinks it needs reinforcement elsewhere. Seriously looking forward to seeing this work done on both of our cars. Michael - If I had a real six, I would go your route unless I was doing a GT clone. |
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| Mike Bellis |
Oct 29 2012, 08:49 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,347 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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| Elliot Cannon |
Oct 30 2012, 10:03 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Although his looks can be deceiving. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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| Jgilliam914 |
Oct 31 2012, 06:31 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,349 Joined: 30-July 12 From: Iowa / Florida Member No.: 14,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Last winter I welded in the Engman kit. My interior was already removed and I think the prep time was about 3-4 hours? If I remember right the welding was another 4 to 5. I didn't do it constantly for that whole time. Bending and laying down and twisting to weld all the welds suck at 40 degree temps in the garage. But I was impressed with the fit of the parts and how it turned out when I was done.
If you have any welding skills at all? It really isn't that difficult to do |
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| shoguneagle |
Nov 1 2012, 03:23 AM
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shoguneagle Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 3-January 03 From: CA, OR, AZ (CAZOR); New Mexico Member No.: 84 Region Association: Northern California |
When I welded my car and added stress kitting, I spent an entire day on the preparation side and another day on the welding (maybe part of a third day). I used every kit offerred since "I am a frustrated engineer". kits installed: Brad Mayuer Longs, interior cockpit kit, rear suspension inner ears, lower shock/rear suspension to firewall, and seam welding in critical area of the body. Thus, no body flex; requires the suspension and tires to provide more flexibillity and service.
I may add some more stress kitting along the top of the shock mount to the firewall, cross bracing both laterally and long wise in the front, etc. Final suspension changes will determine these needs. |
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