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916 #13 |
kfish914 |
Aug 24 2009, 08:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 7-May 08 From: Osceola, Indiana Member No.: 9,026 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I was flipping through some old magazine articles that i have and was looking at a photo that i have looked at a hundred times. When it struck me that they chopped up the CIS system to fit in the #13 916. The article is fro the 1987 July/August VW& Porsche magazine page 49. The article claims that they replaced the original six with a 3.0 SC motor. My scanner is not working at this time so I can't post a picture. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Does any one else have the picture they can post? I am in the process of putting a 2.7 with CIS and wondering if what they did looks as crazy as I think. or maybe it is a simple way of getting it all to fit?
In the picture it looks like they cut the air boot in half moved the sensor plate and fuel distributor turning it clockwise and connected the two with a metal box??? Leaving the latch in place I will try and get the photo scanned to post. |
ahdoman |
Aug 25 2009, 12:12 PM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman) Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California |
That 916 documentation is really cool but what a mess just to keep the engine latch! The PO on my car had installed a 2.4 w/CIS. I went to a newer 2.7 w/cis and in the process cleaned up a couple of issues on the install. The latch was already gone. I added some marine cam locks to the grill. Because it's a GT lid it's pretty light so I only need one of the torsion springs. If you need to lock the grill you can get the cam locks with a key lock.
When I got the car it had a couple of holes already cut in the rear firewall so that the line from the fuel distributor would fit and the vacuum fittings on the other side would as well. (You might be able to find a smaller fitting for the fuel line so it will fit.) Since I didn't want any holes in my trunk I fabricated a small curved piece to weld in place. I did the same on the other side (flat triangular piece) for the vacuum fittings (again, these could probably be relocated). I also cut a "hatch" so I could get to the rear of the engine. From here I can axcess the oil thermostat, oil pressure sender, bolts for oil cooler shroud cover and all the CIS I/O lines. I've already had to remove the panel to replace a bad oil thermostat. If I didn't have the panel I would have had to drop the engine! The good news is that my top still fits in the trunk. I'm still cleaning up some of the paint damage and need to find some quality beading for the panel edges (for now I used a piece of vacuum line that I split). |
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