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trans Mount: This does not look right., 914-6 conversion not right |
bfrymire |
Oct 5 2008, 08:19 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
Hello All,
I have a 914-6 conversion that I bought from someone. Well, looking at the rear trans mount, it's off the posts. This does not look right. Any ideas of whta is wrong and what I need to do to correct. (this does not look safe.) The engine appears to be mounted in the correct place and everything else looks ok. I am thinking that the rear mount is the wrong one??? Here's a pic. I really hope someone can point me in the right direction. -- brett |
morgan_harwell |
Nov 4 2008, 06:14 PM
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Ha! Finally snuck up on a camera! Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 28-January 03 From: Santa Cruz Mtns., Ca. Member No.: 203 Region Association: Northern California |
Without question the RJ/6 mount is excellent. Much better design than even the factory original firewall /6 mount.
The WerksII/6 conversion mount is also an excellent design, a direct bolt-in replacment for the /4 mounting bar it replaces. Galen Bieker used it in his 914/6 race car for years. I installed mine in 1988(no RJ/6 mount availible then). 20 years and ~200K miles later, the engine has fallen out of my 914 exactly zero times. Where one might choose one engine mount over the other is the ease of, and time required to install, provided the WerksII/6 mount is even still avalible. The RJ/6 mount is alot of work to install. Drop engine/trans so you have room in engine bay to weld & paint, remove crappy home-made /6 mount from engine, bolt in RJ mount, weld in RJ mount, paint, and then reinstall engine/trans. If a WerksII/6 conversion mount can be found today, to install it all Brett will have to do is support the front of his engine, lower front of engine slightly, unbolt crappy home-made /6 mount from engine, bolt up WerksII/6 conversion mount to engine, raise front of engine back up, and bolt WerksII/6 mount to chassis. As far as his shift-linkage is concerned, with any /6 mount he uses he will likely need a longer (and straighter?) shift-linkage. |
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