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| Freezin 914 |
 Mar 10 2019, 07:43 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 927 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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As I follow many of you building beautiful cars, some of the attention to detail is amazing. Question is have any of you gone the extra mile to clean up the engine compartment? I mean as to streamline to look of the compartment as a whole. I am fan of high end builds, such as Singer, PMS, PMB etc. as most of you are, but I can’t help but say 914’s in particular have pretty “messy” engine compartments. They just don’t look as appealing as, 911’s or 356’s, 912’s or even VW bugs.....
If any of you have done this, please post some pictures, looking for ideas to clean up the look. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| Retroracer |
Jul 10 2021, 03:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 640 Joined: 7-July 13 From: Bend OR Member No.: 16,100 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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So not the cleanest, but here's the engine bay of my faux GT build; no insulation, I removed some of the brackets and relocated the relay board to the battery tray (battery relocated in front trunk); GT engine lid release means a shorter tube run. The firewall access is just visible in front of the cooling fan:
  To get to Singer levels of detail / clean, you could go much further - relocating ground studs, bespoke liners, etc. Relocating the dry sump tank in the front would clean up all those connections, fasteners, filler and such. Depends on how much time and planning you want to invest...! - Tony |
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Freezin 914 Engine compartment....?. Mar 10 2019, 07:43 PM
thelogo You would want to start with a 911 style fan ?
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I powder coated and painted a bunch. But yeah, s... Mar 11 2019, 06:50 PM Mark Henry The engine I have in mine, most of this you can... Mar 11 2019, 06:00 PM Mark Henry This one is my '67 beetle 914 T4 2600cc conver... Mar 11 2019, 06:22 PM Freezin 914
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I dunno...whats not to love? :drooley:
Jeff, ... Mar 12 2019, 03:28 PM JeffBowlsby
I dunno...whats not to love? :drooley:
Jeff,... Mar 12 2019, 08:19 PM maf914 RG/rgolia, Great looking set up!
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RG/rgolia, Great looking set up!
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Friend is messing around with this setup.
Wo... Jul 14 2021, 12:17 PM PaulFV8 I did a few searches and this is the closest I cam... Jul 10 2021, 07:26 AM PaulFV8 And these will be on the 2.7 Jul 10 2021, 07:28 AM rhodyguy That CSP filter assem is slick. I think I might wa... Jul 10 2021, 01:06 PM racerbvd RE: Engine compartment....?. Jul 10 2021, 03:19 PM bbrock I forgot about this thread and guess I should shar... Jul 10 2021, 03:33 PM barefoot 2L 4cyl. Red hose ties both head vents together. ... Jul 11 2021, 06:30 PM Literati914 I've always thought about using an air box fro... Jul 12 2021, 01:59 PM Cairo94507 Here is mine:
Jul 12 2021, 02:44 PM windforfun
Here is mine:
You're an artist. Jul 12 2021, 07:18 PM Shivers "They just don’t look as appealing as, 911... Jul 12 2021, 04:23 PM raynekat Engine bays are tough on 914's.
Hard to see in... Jul 12 2021, 08:49 PM rgalla9146
Engine bays are tough on 914's.
Hard to see i... Jul 15 2021, 10:57 AM raynekat A couple more....
Jul 12 2021, 08:50 PM rgalla9146
A couple more....
That takes the cake f... Jul 14 2021, 08:00 PM mlindner Trying to keep as clean as possible. Mark Jul 13 2021, 04:29 AM rgalla9146 All stock except for air filters.......and louvere... Jul 13 2021, 08:07 PM rgalla9146 All stock except for air filters and ....conversio... Jul 13 2021, 08:11 PM iamchappy just a little bit cluttered Jul 14 2021, 09:14 PM ClayPerrine <object type="application/x-shockwave-flas... Jul 15 2021, 08:36 AM PaulFV8 Anyone paint the engine bay a different color than... Jul 15 2021, 07:09 PM |
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